Beginner
≈ 7 h 30 minSuggested range4 h 30 min – 12 h
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Friends · SET 42704
Heartlake City Grand Hotel
A large pink-and-white hotel brings together balconies, an entrance and Heartlake City characters.
- Pieces
- 1,406
- Release year
- 2026
- Theme
- Friends
- Set number
- 42704
- LEGO recommended age
- 9+
- LEGO retail price · Italy
- 149.99 €
Available at LEGO Italy when checked on 28 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
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Official English name verified at: LEGO English catalogue ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 5 hSuggested range3 h – 8 hExperienced
≈ 3 h 30 minSuggested range2 h – 5 h 45 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment of the first illustrated arrangement: A large pink-and-white hotel brings together balconies, an entrance and Heartlake City characters. Windows and balconies repeat across several levels, requiring care with facade alignment. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks and subsequent play are excluded. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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A clear entrance
An awning and columns mark the entrance, separate from the rooms above.
LEGO sourceStacked floors
Windows and balconies repeat across several levels, requiring care with facade alignment.
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Modern hotels switched on the lights
London’s Savoy opened in 1889 with electric lighting, lifts and hot and cold running water. It shows how late nineteenth-century hotels turned new technology into comfort for guests; it is not presented as the model’s inspiration.
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London’s Savoy opened in 1889 with electric lighting and constant hot and cold water. D’Oyly Carte connected hospitality with his theatre and Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Luxury included technologies now ordinary: reliable access to such services formed part of the innovation experienced by guests.
Lifts once called ascending rooms
The Savoy’s innovations included “ascending rooms”, an early name for lifts. The phrase captures how surprising a service we now take for granted could seem to travellers at the time.
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The Savoy’s opening innovations included lifts described as ascending rooms. The expression frames vertical travel almost as another interior experience. Modern hospitality involved not only bedrooms and public spaces but also movement through the building, designed as a service supporting guests’ comfort.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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