Friends

Pony Ranch & Stable

The set that finally gave Friends its own pony mold, and the little guys are ridiculously cute.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 42654 · 2025

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Year2025

Set number42654

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The verdict

This is a sweet, playable little ranch, and the headline is those brand new ponies.

After years of Friends horses, LEGO finally molded a proper stubby pony, and it comes in three colors you can only get here. The build itself is gentle and the hay elevator is a genuinely fun play feature. It is not doing anything clever architecturally, and if you already own a Friends stable you have basically seen this layout before, but for a horse-mad kid it lands exactly where it needs to.

Best for: horse-obsessed kids age 7 and up who want animals to play with, not a display piece

The full review

What it is

I have a soft spot for the small Friends animal sets, and this one got me the second I saw the ponies. For thirteen years Friends horses were tall, leggy things, and then along comes Pony Ranch & Stable with a proper stubby, round little pony mold that stands three bricks high instead of five. There are three of them here, a white one, a sand blue one and a warm medium nougat one, each with a soft side swept mane, and honestly they are the whole reason to buy this set. Around them you get a two stall stable with living quarters above, a small garden with an apple tree, a pull cart and a working hay elevator on the front. It is a warm, busy little scene aimed squarely at a kid who wants to act out ranch life rather than admire a shelf piece.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where it wobbles. At roughly 70 dollars for 742 pieces the value is fair rather than generous, and a chunk of those pieces are small play accessories rather than structure. If you have bought a Friends stable in the last few years, the bones of this one will feel familiar, because the two stall plus loft plus paddock formula has been recycled a lot. My other quibble is the pony pose itself. The head is molded low with the neck pushed forward, which reads as cute grazing to some people and as a horse straining against a rope to others. I land somewhere in the middle, they photograph a little awkwardly but kids do not care one bit.

Who it's for

So who is this actually for. If you are shopping for a child who loves animals, especially horses, this is an easy yes, because the ponies, the cat and the four dolls give a ton of play value and the hay elevator is the kind of feature small hands fiddle with for ages. If you are an adult collector chasing display drama or an ambitious build, this is not your set, you are really buying it for the exclusive pony molds and the accessories. Rescale your expectations to a friendly, sturdy playset and it delivers exactly what it promises.

The parts story

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

The build is calm and quick, the sort of thing a seven year old can mostly handle alone with an adult nearby for the fiddly bits. You put together the stable core, drop in the two stalls, add the loft and the little upstairs living space, then finish with the garden, the cart and that hay elevator on the facade. Nothing here will challenge an experienced builder, but the elevator mechanism is satisfying to assemble and test, and the whole thing comes together in one relaxed sitting.

The stars are obviously the new pony molds, three of them, and this is their debut, so every color is exclusive to this release right now. Part watchers noticed the little horse head accessory is the hobby horse head from the collectible minifigure line given a fresh recolor, and the reviewers I trust singled out the broom elements tucked under the curtains as the fringe, which is a genuinely clever use of an unexpected part. Add in the two minidolls Aliya and Liann, the two microdolls Victoria and Ella, a cat and a generous pile of ranch accessories, and the parts value tilts toward play and animals rather than rare connectors or printed bricks.

Fun facts

01These are the first purpose built pony molds in LEGO Friends history, arriving thirteen years after the theme launched with its taller horse figures.
02The pony stands three bricks high with the seat stud two bricks and a plate up, noticeably shorter and rounder than the five brick Friends horse.
03The small horse head accessory in the set is a recolor of the hobby horse head first seen in a Collectible Minifigures series.
04The set carries a 69.99 dollar US price and released on August 1, 2025 as part of the summer Friends wave.