Friends

Creative Flower Shop

A tiny shop packed with flower after flower after flower, and I mean that as a compliment.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 42693 · 2026

Pieces377

Minifigs2

Year2026

Set number42693

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The verdict

I love a small Friends set that actually commits to its theme, and this one does not hold back on flowers.

Nova and Astrid get a proper little storefront with a cash register, a display wall for bouquets, and a tandem bike parked out front for deliveries, and every corner of the build is doing something instead of just filling space. At 29.99 dollars for 377 pieces it lands in a fair spot for the line, not a steal but not a stretch either. This one is for the kid, or the adult, who wants a cheerful small build with real play value, not for anyone chasing a technical showpiece.

Best for: kids and Friends collectors who want a compact, flower-themed play set with strong role-play value

The full review

What it is

I will tell you straight off what won me over here, it is the display wall. Nova and Astrid run a proper flower shop, not a vague building with a sign slapped on it, and the set gives them a wall of bouquets, a counter with a working register, and a sign and pink-and-white awning out front that actually reads as a shop from across a shelf. The tandem bike is a nice touch too, it gives the minidolls somewhere to go once the shop is closed for the day, which is exactly the kind of detail that keeps a kid playing with a set instead of shelving it after one build.

The catch

I want to be upfront that this is a small set, 377 pieces at the age 7 plus tier, so if you are picking this up for an older builder expecting an engineering challenge, you will finish it fast and it will not scratch that itch. The flower pieces are also doing a lot of repeating work across the display, which is part of what sells the flower shop concept but does mean the parts list is heavier on repetition than variety. And since this one only just landed, I have not yet seen a wave of hands-on builder reports on how the shopfront holds together under regular play, so treat that as an open question rather than a confirmed weak point.

Who it's for

Get this one if you want a cheerful, compact play set that leans hard into its theme and gives two minidolls a genuine little world to run. Skip it if you are shopping for a display centerpiece or a build with real technical bite, this is a play set first and a build second.

The parts story

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

This is a fast, friendly build built around a shopfront facade, a counter and register module, and a flower display wall, with the tandem bike as a nice little side build for Nova and Astrid to share. Nothing here demands patience the way a big Icons set does, it is the kind of build you can finish in one sitting and then hand straight to a kid for open-ended play.

The value is in the florals. You get a real spread of flower and bouquet elements dressing the display wall and shop counter, which is what makes the shopfront read as a flower shop rather than a generic storefront, plus the pink-and-white awning pieces and shop signage that give the exterior its identity. At 377 pieces for 29.99 dollars the piece count is fair for the current Friends lineup, especially with two minidolls and a vehicle build included rather than just the building alone.

Fun facts

01Creative Flower Shop 42693 is one of the new wave of 2026 LEGO Friends sets, with an expected release around August 1, 2026
02The set includes minidolls Nova and Astrid, giving it a two-character cast rather than the single-minidoll setup some smaller Friends sets use
03It pairs a static shopfront build with a tandem bike, so the set covers both a location and a small vehicle in one box
04At 29.99 dollars for 377 pieces, it sits in the everyday-price tier of the Friends lineup rather than the larger flagship builds like the Botanical Collection Flower Bouquet