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LEGO Friends are Heading to Space with Olivia’s Space Academy

LEGO has just revealed an upcoming Friends set, sending mini-dolls to space for the first time. There’s a huge range of LEGO City space-themed sets, many of which have NASA branding. But this is a first for LEGO, doing a space set squarely aimed at girls.

While we don’t think it’s entirely necessary to stick a few pink bricks on a space shuttle to get girls interested, we do appreciate just how popular the LEGO Friends brand is. And so, any new set that might ignite a love of space and science into a younger generation is good by us.

LEGO Friends 41713 Olivia’s Space Academy features a NASA-branded space shuttle that’s very much based on Discovery. It has opening payload doors, though there’s no Hubble telescope inside; instead, t here’s a Canadarm which can hold a mini-doll as they explore the far-reaches of space.

It also comes with a ‘Space Academy’ building, a multi-axis trainer that spins mini-dolls around, and a telescope. There are four mini-dolls included: William, Dr. Vidya, Julian and Olivia.

Olivia’s Space Academy is coming to stores on 1st May, and it’ll be priced at £59.99. For a 757-piece set, that’s not bad value, and all told, this is a very nice-looking set.

You can see more images below. For more information, visit the listing for LEGO 41713 on the official website.

Written by Kim

Hi, I'm Kim, the creator of ThatBrickSite.com. I loved Lego as a kid, but didn't get back into the plastic bricks until my late 20s. In the last several years that love has become an obsession, and Lego has taken over my house, and my life! When I'm not building Lego, I'm likely to be playing video games or writing about them: I'm also the co-owner of GameSpew.com.

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