Friends

Costume Party with Unicorn & Fairy

A tiny dress up box that punches way above its piece count.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 42661 · 2025

Pieces262

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number42661

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The verdict

I sat down expecting a quick, forgettable little build and ended up grinning at the costumes.

The idea is simple, you build a small party space and two wearable outfits, a unicorn and a fairy, that actually clip onto the minidoll figures like real dress up clothes. That trick is what sells this set, not the room around it. If you have a kid who plays out stories more than they display finished models, this is exactly the kind of set that earns its shelf space by getting handled every day, not just built once and forgotten.

Best for: kids who like imaginative roleplay and swapping costumes more than static display builds

The full review

What it is

I sat down expecting a quick, forgettable little build and ended up grinning at the costumes. The idea is simple, you build a small party space and two wearable outfits, a unicorn and a fairy, that actually clip onto the minidoll figures like real dress up clothes. That trick is what sells this set, not the room around it. The unicorn costume in particular has a horn, mane and tail that turn the doll into something genuinely different looking, and that is a fun bit of engineering to hand a kid.

The catch

I will be honest about the size of it though. At 262 pieces this is a small set, and the build itself is over quickly. The party stage and decorations around the costumes are pretty minimal, so if you are picturing a full Heartlake City building with rooms and furniture, that is not what you are getting here. This is a costume box with a little bit of scenery attached, and the price per piece reflects a small accessory set rather than a big centerpiece build.

Who it's for

If you have a kid who plays out stories more than they display finished models, this is exactly the kind of set that earns its shelf space by getting handled every day, not just built once and forgotten. If you are shopping for a bigger build experience or a standalone display piece, I would look elsewhere in the Friends lineup first and treat this one as a nice add on rather than the main event.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build itself moves fast, you are not fighting with technique here, it is mostly straightforward stacking and clip assembly that a younger builder can manage with a little help on the smaller connections. Where it slows down in a good way is the costume sections, because those pieces have to line up just right to clip onto the minidoll shoulders and head without falling apart during play, and LEGO clearly spent the piece budget there rather than on the surrounding scenery.

The standout parts are the costume specific pieces, the unicorn horn and mane piece and the fairy wing element both do a lot of visual work for their size, and they are the kind of pieces that show up loose in bins for years afterward because kids love repurposing them onto other minidolls. For a 262 piece set the color variety is solid, pastel pinks and purples alongside the white and gold of the unicorn look, so it does not feel like a beige filler set the way some small Friends sets can.

Fun facts

01LEGO Friends minidoll figures have used the same slimmer, more proportionally realistic body style since the theme launched in 2012, which is part of why costume pieces like this one can be designed to clip on rather than just print onto a standard minifigure torso
02Dress up and costume play sets have become a recurring idea in Friends and Friends adjacent lines because they let kids restyle the same doll into different characters without needing a brand new figure
03Heartlake City, the fictional setting for LEGO Friends, has been home to hundreds of sets since 2012, and small costume or accessory sets like this one are usually designed to slot into that wider town rather than stand alone