Friends

Creative Beach and Travel Suitcase

A little beach holiday that folds shut and rides in a backpack.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 42672 · 2025

Pieces192

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number42672

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The verdict

I love a set that admits it has somewhere to be.

This one folds up into an actual carry handle case, so a beach scene, a little cafe corner, and a couple of tiny builds all travel together without spilling into the car seat. It will not blow away anyone chasing a big centerpiece build, and 192 pieces goes fast in a single sitting, but for a kid packing for a road trip or a rainy afternoon at grandma's, that portability is the whole point. I would hand this to a young builder who already loves Friends over someone hunting for a display piece.

Best for: younger Friends fans who want a self contained travel and car ride build

The full review

What it is

The idea behind this one is simple and it works. Everything clicks down into a case shaped like a little suitcase, complete with a handle, and inside is a beach and travel themed scene built from Friends parts. I am a sucker for sets that solve their own storage problem, and watching this fold flat after playtime is genuinely satisfying in a way a lot of bigger sets never bother to be.

The catch

I will be straight with you though, 192 pieces is not a lot, and a set like this leans hard on the fold up gimmick to justify the box. If you are the kind of builder who wants an engineering challenge or a big reveal at the end, this will feel over before it starts. It is built for a different kind of fun, quick assembly, then hours of imaginative play with something you can actually take places.

Who it's for

Get this for a young Friends fan who wants a self contained world to bring on a trip, in the car, or to a friend's house. Skip it if you are shopping for yourself and want a display centerpiece or a meaty build session, because this set was never trying to be that.

The parts story

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

Building it is quick and light on tension. There is no long stretch of repetitive plate stacking here, you move through a small handful of little builds, a folding case shell, a beach adjacent scene, and some furniture or accessory pieces, and you are done well within an hour. It reads as a set designed for a younger builder to finish in one sitting without help.

The part count won't wow a parts hunter, at 192 pieces this is squarely an entry level build rather than a source of rare elements or new molds. Its value is in the format, not the parts list: a hinged, latching case shell is doing double duty as packaging and play feature, which is the kind of practical design choice I always want to see LEGO lean into more.

Fun facts

01This set belongs to a recurring LEGO format, the fold up carrying case playset, which the Friends theme has used before to make portable, travel friendly builds for younger fans.
02The suitcase shell itself functions as the storage box, so there is no separate packaging step, once it is built the model and its case are the same object.
03At 192 pieces it sits well below the average Friends set size, positioning it as an easy, fast build rather than a weekend project.
04Its 2025 release places it in a wave of Friends sets continuing the theme's push into travel and lifestyle scenes beyond the core Heartlake City settings.