Beginner
≈ 4 hSuggested range2 h 30 min – 6 h 15 min
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Friends · SET 42719
Heartlake City Shopping Mall
Two shopping floors and a lift become an everyday setting for Heartlake City. The build alternates interiors and window displays: many little activities rather than one large repeated structure.
Pre-order · Announced release:
- Pieces
- 843
- Release year
- 2027
- Theme
- Friends
- Set number
- 42719
- LEGO recommended age
- 7+
- LEGO retail price · Italy
- 99.99 €
Available to pre-order on LEGO Italy when checked on 28 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
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TIME TO BUILD
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Intermediate
≈ 2 h 45 minSuggested range1 h 45 min – 4 h 15 minExperienced
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h 15 min – 2 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
Multiple interiors, a lift and decorations; estimated before release, allowing for accessories and stickers.
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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Checked: 28 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
Four shops, two floors
The lift connects shops, a hair salon and a café. Irene, Nova, Liann and Leo bring the visit to life.
LEGO sourceCustomisable displays
Ten charms, accessories and stickers let builders change the characters’ looks and decorate the shopping spaces.
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The severed rope
Origins.
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In 1854 Elisha Otis demonstrated his safety brake in New York by standing on a platform and ordering its rope cut. The short fall stopped, addressing a practical fear of vertical transport: protection when the main lifting support fails.
Shopping upstairs
An 1857 department store.
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In 1857 Otis installed its first passenger elevator in New York’s five-storey E.V. Haughwout department store. Safety became part of the shopping experience, connecting mechanical technology with public access to upper floors and the way commercial buildings could be used.
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· Selected for the subject and atmosphere
Instrumental conversation and a small-club character accompany urban and sociable interiors. It is a way to imagine the completed place being lived in.
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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