Garish colors galore. Today’s set, 30102 Olivia’s Desk, is in typical LEGO Friends style with its loud and bright colors. But you know, I’m okay with that, this time anyway. One quick note before we move on: I’ve mentioned this once before, but it still baffles me every time I run into a polybag that doesn’t have a name on it and just a number. This is one of those sets. I’m like why? Anyways…

The first thing I thought of when I built this desk is that it honestly looks like something that you can get from IKEA from their Children’s Furniture section, right down to the neon green padded stool. I’m not sure what the age range of the minidoll characters are supposed to be. Maybe 12 or so? A bit too old for the Children’s Furniture section at IKEA, but it still works.

I knew Olivia was a girl with taste. Here you can see she’s blogging on her PowerBook Pismo. Okay I kid, but that’s all I see with the laptop element. It just needs an Apple logo on the back.

Olivia is not unique but that’s okay. She was available in two other sets, one was the 3184 Adventure Camper and the other was 3315 Olivia’s House. I never built Olivia’s House but this polybag looks like it can slide right into that house set.

You may need to do some rearranging of the furniture or take out her dresser, but I’m sure it can be made to fit. And that’s why I’m giving this set a thumbs up. It’s a slice of the LEGO Friends life and can enhance some already existing sets, so it wins.

Does It Suck or Does It Rock?

 

This set rocks! It’s a nice little desk vignette, very simple with a couple of desk accessories, all of which makes sense to have. The flowers are where they’re supposed to be, in a vase, and not somewhere dumb like the feet of the desk. It’s a winner.

Sponsorship

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You Can Win This And Every Other Polybag I Review This Year

I’ll be raffling every polybag I review this year in one big lot, all 260 sets (with the possibility of more). Each set will be individually stored in a ziploc baggie complete with the extra pieces, instructions, and the actual polybag bag it came in. The cost of a raffle ticket is just $1 USD and you can enter as many times as you want. Send a PayPal payment to paypal@fbtb.net for $1 USD for every ticket you want to purchase. DO NOT send one payment for multiple entries i.e. do not send one $5 USD payment for five tickets; five $1 USD payments must be made instead. Raffle is open to everyone in the world except where raffles are illegal. Be sure to put “POLYBAG RAFFLE” in the notes section of the payment in order to be entered successfully. Winner will be drawn sometime early January 2023 and contacted at the PayPal email address the payment was sent from to arrange for delivery. For a running list of all the sets that you can win, check this Google spreadsheet.

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