Well, actually, they are not exactly two new faces.
They are just two familiar faces with new identities.
Andrew: 41056 Heartlake City Van
Julian: 41058 Heartlake Shopping Mall
Matthew: 41036 Jungle Bridge Rescue
Robert: 41057 Heartlake Horse Show
Andrew and Robert were from the first wave of 2014 while Julian and Matthew appeared in the second wave.
The guys from the first wave were utterly disappointing to me, since I already owned the two boy mini-dolls from the previous year.
Andrew wears the same outfit from the Dolphin Cruiser, but instead of his wig, he has his blue baseball cap on. I never like it when mini-dolls are simply given minifig hats with no hair showing; it just feels like lack of effort.
The brand new character Robert is not that great, either. He is simply Matthew from 2013 with a different wig and a different name. And there's nothing special about his hairpiece; it's the same one as Peter's. Poor Robert appears to be made of readily available parts.
Somehow it feels like these two boys were added as an after-thought.
The two guys from the second wave were better treated with at least one new element. Matthew got a cool khaki shirt, and the new character Julian got a hoodie torso with long sleeves as well as the wig in Dark Orange.
By the way, I have a sneaking suspicion that when they designed Julian, they had Jacob in mind, but somehow they got his name wrong. If you have watched LEGO Friends mini-movies and webisodes, you know that Jacob is a recurring character, and he is especially close to Olivia. Webisode #17 from Season 1 is called "Two Jacobs", and the plot revolves around the fact that Julian looks exactly like Jacob. But it just seems like a lame excuse for having Julian mini-doll instead of Jacob...
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