Friends

Pet Adoption Day

Five little animal shelters and a trailer full of new homes, and somehow that's exactly enough.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 42615 · 2024

Pieces400

Minifigs7

Year2024

Set number42615

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The verdict

This is one of those Friends sets that sounds small on paper, a shop, a picnic table, five tiny animal pens, and then turns out to be the one your kid actually plays with every single day.

The five separate pet shelters are the whole idea, and they work because each animal (dog, cat, pig, hamster, hedgehog) gets its own little scene instead of being crammed into one generic cage. I'll be honest, the build itself is quick and light on tricky technique, this is not a set for someone chasing an engineering challenge. It's for someone who wants a rotating cast of characters and animals they can actually rehome, literally, since the whole point is loading them into Paisley's trailer and driving them off to their new families.

Best for: kids who like small-scale roleplay with animals more than big builds

The full review

What it is

This is one of those Friends sets that sounds small on paper, a shop, a picnic table, five tiny animal pens, and then turns out to be the one your kid actually plays with every single day. The five separate pet shelters are the whole idea, and they work because each animal (dog, cat, pig, hamster, hedgehog) gets its own little scene instead of being crammed into one generic cage. There's a pet food shop, a picnic spot where new owners and their pets hang out, and a trailer for driving the newly adopted pets home. It's a complete little story in a box, adoption day itself, and that narrative hook is what makes it land with younger builders.

The catch

I'll be honest, the build itself is quick and light on tricky technique. At 400 pieces spread across five small structures plus a vehicle, nothing here challenges an experienced builder, this is not a set for someone chasing an engineering puzzle. The pens are simple, mostly open frameworks rather than fully realized buildings, so if you're hoping for the kind of detail Heartlake City's bigger houses deliver, you won't find it. Retail was $44.99 / £39.99, and for that price you're really paying for the minifigure and animal count more than the model itself.

Who it's for

This one is for someone who wants a rotating cast of characters and animals they can actually rehome, literally, since the whole point is loading them into Paisley's trailer and driving them off to their new families. Skip it if you're after a substantial build or intricate detail, this is a roleplay set through and through. But for a kid who likes small scenes, animal characters, and stories that change every time they play, it earns its keep.

The parts story

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

Building this one is fast and modular, you put together five small, distinct shelters one after another, then the shop, the picnic spot, and Paisley's trailer. Nothing locks together into one giant structure, so it plays more like five quick mini-builds than a single project, which actually suits its target audience well since a younger builder can finish a shelter, get distracted playing with the pig or hamster, then come back to the next one.

The standout pieces are on the minidoll side rather than in the brick count. This set introduced a new green mohawk hairpiece and a new long straight white hairpiece, both of which collectors and customizers picked up on quickly, along with some fresh minidoll outfits not seen elsewhere. With seven minifigures (four mini-dolls, two micro-dolls, and a baby figure) plus five separate animal figures packed into just 400 pieces, and five of those figures exclusive to this set, the part-count value leans heavily toward character collecting rather than brick-built detail.

Fun facts

01The set includes seven minifigures in total: four mini-dolls, two micro-dolls, and a baby figure, alongside five separate animal figures.
02Five of the seven minifigures in this set are exclusive to Pet Adoption Day and don't appear in any other LEGO set.
03It introduced new hairpiece molds, a green mohawk and a long straight white style, that customizers and collectors flagged as fresh additions to LEGO's parts palette.
04Despite being a fairly small 400-piece set, it launched with a $44.99 / £39.99 retail price and retired within the year, going off shelves around December 2024.