LEGO Reviews Friends41108

Heartlake Food Market

Name: LEGO Heartlake Food Market 41108
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 41108

80 · HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDINVESTMENT GRADE: A2015388 pcsHigh agreement · 98%

Expert reviews

2analyzed

Owner ratings

BrickScore

Highly Recommended

Owners

Synthesized Verdict

"Reviewers from JANG and Brickset agree that the Heartlake Food Market is one of the more thoughtfully designed Friends sets of its era, earning its BrickScore of 80.0 through a clever dual-story concept, strong accessory variety, and a refreshingly neutral palette that avoids the usual Friends-theme overload."

The Heartlake Food Market (41108) earns praise from both the JANG and Brickset reviewers as a delightful, dual-purpose Friends set that works as both a functioning market and a compact upstairs apartment. Owner data is thin at only 4 LEGO.com ratings, all giving 5 stars with a 100% recommend rate, but the more substantive expert reviews provide a confident picture of a charming, well-detailed build. Both critics celebrated its mini-modular sensibility and its departure from the typical Friends beauty-parlor formula.

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LOVED (7)

01Two-story layout combining a ground-floor food market with a second-floor apartment, enabling multiple play scenarios
02Wide variety of printed food accessories including jam jars with strawberry lids, milk and OJ cartons, pineapples, and a produce scale
03Large plate-glass window tiles giving the storefront an open, airy feel

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CRITICIZED (5)

01Excessive stickers, including a tall floral-pattern sticker outside the apartment door and a laptop sticker deemed unnecessary
02Strawberry jar display pieces placed on the bottom row of the display case rather than a more visible position
03Milk and OJ cartons included but no refrigerator unit to display them properly

+2 more with Collector

Build Facts what critics report

🧩 Difficulty

beginner

🎯 Audience

kids

In Their Words most-used terms across every critic review

apartmentplaydisplaywindowsgoodstructurecitythemeproductincludedaccessoriesfloorpinkdetailsbothoutsidecasestrawberrystickersnotedcomments

What reviewers are saying

"I really appreciate that new uh dark pink colored kind of ice cream cone piece that's used as as a vase or just a a holder for the flowers"

JANG's LEGO Reviews

"I was happy to see the Food Market in the Friends world as it represented a store that wasn't a beauty parlour or something that involved serving food"

Brickset Reviews

Ecosystem

Heartlake Juice Bar — Both are store-based sets that could form part of a Heartlake downtown street; Juice Bar is mentioned as existing comparable set

Heartlake Bakery — Mentioned as another store set in Heartlake that could form part of downtown street

Heartlake Skate Park — Reviewer recommends both for non-pink fans; Skate Park mentioned in comments as 'honestly much better at being simultaneously fun to play with, colorful, and complete'

Heartlake Lighthouse — Mentioned in comments discussion as having pink elements but predominantly two shades of blue

FriendsInvestment Grade

By Reviewer · 2

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JANG's LEGO Reviews 🇺🇸

Expert Video Source

BUY

"I really appreciate that new uh dark pink colored kind of ice cream cone piece that's used as as a vase or just a a holder for the flowers"

Key Pros

✓Delightful overall appearance and design
✓Good structure that blends well with City theme sets
✓Substantial product variety included (fruits, vegetables, jams, beverages)

Key Cons

✕No refrigerator display for milk and OJ cartons despite being included
✕No roof suggestion over the attic bedroom area

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Brickset Reviews

Editorial Source

BUY

"I was happy to see the Food Market in the Friends world as it represented a store that wasn't a beauty parlour or something that involved serving food"

Key Pros

✓Two-story structure with market on ground floor and apartment above
✓Lots of little details and accessories both inside and outside
✓Reasonable price point at $39.99

Key Cons

✕Excessive stickers, particularly unnecessary ones like tall floral pattern outside apartment door and laptop sticker
✕Strawberry jar display pieces on bottom row of case instead of top or more visible placement

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Minifigures & Standout Parts

In this set (2)

Maya

Mia

Standout parts (per reviewers)

Dark pink ice cream cone piece
New color used as a flower vase or holder, part of the fresh flower display
Printed jam/marmalade jar tops
Printed pieces on the lower shelf jars to represent homemade preserves
Printed milk and OJ cartons
Printed pieces for beverage display in the store
Printed pineapples
Printed produce pieces for the market display
Produce scale with sticker
Small functional scale piece with sticker detail for weighing produce
Large plate glass window tiles
Reviewer is a huge fan of these windows and appreciates having big windows in shops