Random set of the day: Hannah's Flower Stand
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 3715 Hannah's Flower Stand, released during 1985. It's one of 17 Fabuland sets produced that year. It contains 14 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$2.25.
It's owned by 255 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $136.20, or eBay.
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And, the Fabuland conspiracy.... continues.... (sigh)
Hooray more Fabuland!!
I don't remember a Hippo Tribe in Chima...
Never mind Clikits, Fabuland seems to be Huwobt's new favourite!
I guess Huwbot is excited about 40506.
Oh no, I retracted my statements about Fabuland being evil, and now they've taken over Huwbot!
Diabolic Cretans! Horrendous Monsters! Freaks and Neerdowells! Be gone I say! Back from wence you came you Ravenous Beasts!
Fabuland double whammy
basicly just Chima, before everyone got addicted to chi
@Worrissey said: "Fabuland double whammy
basicly just Chima, before everyone got addicted to chi"
I forget who, but someone once made a very compelling argument that Fabuland comes after Chima, where -- instead of relentless war -- the ruling class of carnivores made the decision to forget the Chi crystals and just build a society with themselves in positions of power, with the lowly herbivores unaware of what's really going on around them.
I mean, isn't the mayor of Fabuland a lion? Red flag, right there.
2 straight Fabuland sets
@Zordboy said:
" @Worrissey said: "Fabuland double whammy
basicly just Chima, before everyone got addicted to chi"
I forget who, but someone once made a very compelling argument that Fabuland comes after Chima, where -- instead of relentless war -- the ruling class of carnivores made the decision to forget the Chi crystals and just build a society with themselves in positions of power, with the lowly herbivores unaware of what's really going on around them.
I mean, isn't the mayor of Fabuland a lion? Red flag, right there."
What about the omnivores of Fabuland?
@TheOtherMike said:
"I guess Huwbot is excited about 40506."
Also what I was thinking.
Maybe Huwbot is suggesting to TLG that they left out an important figure from 40506 !
Does fabuland have lore? Like, do the characters have personalities and stories?
@Zordboy:
Animal Crossing, then Fabuland, then Chima. And curiously, hippos kill more humans every year than sharks do. Something about having a mouth the size of a lawn chair, four razor sharp shortswords for teeth, and an incredibly short temper.
Back to back Fabuland... This is fabulous, and what a lovely little set it is.
@PurpleDave: Well, yeah...plus, ironically enough; a lot of those hippo deaths are water related. People underestimate how fast hippos MOVE in water, and they're downright agile in there too.
As to the set; it's not bad, a I juuuust realized: Fabuland figures look less creepy than Funko Pops. I think it has to do with the fact that FL figs have the 'light dot' on their eyes, and FPs don't...:|
Fabuland dominance could bore fans.
@Zordboy said:
" @Worrissey said: "Fabuland double whammy
basicly just Chima, before everyone got addicted to chi"
I forget who, but someone once made a very compelling argument that Fabuland comes after Chima, where -- instead of relentless war -- the ruling class of carnivores made the decision to forget the Chi crystals and just build a society with themselves in positions of power, with the lowly herbivores unaware of what's really going on around them.
I mean, isn't the mayor of Fabuland a lion? Red flag, right there."
That was me; see
(sorry, Brickset's comment algorithm eats URLs with the pound sign in them; you can manually add it back before each "comment" to go to the exact spot)
https://brickset.com/article/99402/random-set-of-the-day-playground comment584190
and
https://brickset.com/article/99402/random-set-of-the-day-playground comment584247
@stevild3
Absolutely Fabuland has lore. But the lore published by Lego is all a pack of lies. With a little careful observation, the whole terrifying truth of Fabuland lore comes tumbling out. For example:
https://brickset.com/article/74749 comment478911
https://brickset.com/article/115745 comment671994
https://brickset.com/article/112674/random-set-of-the-day-school-room comment657327
https://brickset.com/article/110166/random-set-of-the-day-the-motel comment642601
https://brickset.com/article/102651/random-set-of-the-day-catherine-cat-in-her-kitchen comment603354
https://brickset.com/article/101179/random-set-of-the-day-roadster comment595070
It's hardly just me, either.
https://brickset.com/article/96035/random-set-of-the-day-pat-and-freddy-s-shop comment567935
This is one of the more bucolic-looking Fabuland sets.
But look deeper. Hannah Hippo is pictured supine in a box, clutching a bouquet of white posies, her lifeless eyes masked. She is accompanied by several special objects which were meaningful to her in life.
Did Hannah perish of natural causes?
Or was she released from the community involuntarily? And her ample meat carefully removed and roasted? And the rest of her stuffed and returned to her grieving relatives for burial, with a cover story about a tragic malfunction of an amusement park ride? All so hippopotamus brisket continues to be a delicacy at the Fabuland café?
Two in a row!?!
Fabuland conspiracy theories are ruling the headlines today!!! ??
My parents bought me this set during their holidays in Italy back in 1986. My sister got 3796.
A double dose of Fabuland? Triple if you include the review of the tribute set. Huwbot is in a mood of some kind, clearly!
I can assure you that Huwbot is picking the sets totally randomly, he has not been rigged!
Ain't no party like a Fabuland party 'coz the Fabuland party don't stop!
@KotZ said:
" @Zordboy said:
" @Worrissey said: "Fabuland double whammy
basicly just Chima, before everyone got addicted to chi"
I forget who, but someone once made a very compelling argument that Fabuland comes after Chima, where -- instead of relentless war -- the ruling class of carnivores made the decision to forget the Chi crystals and just build a society with themselves in positions of power, with the lowly herbivores unaware of what's really going on around them.
I mean, isn't the mayor of Fabuland a lion? Red flag, right there."
What about the omnivores of Fabuland?"
What about Chima being a Ninjago realm? Doesn't that mean the Fabuland world is some part of the Merged Realms post-DR?
Coincidence? I think NOT!
@Huw said:
"I can assure you that Huwbot is picking the sets totally randomly, he has not been rigged!"
That’s exactly what someone who’d rigged Huwbot would say…
I love that the flower stand is just two bricks and a plate. There's something to be said for simplicity.
Fabuland :D
Again :D
@Huw said:
"I can assure you that Huwbot is picking the sets totally randomly, he has not been rigged!"
Totally.
;-)
@AllenSmith
Fan-made lore is the best lore
For a moment I was convinced I had this set......but got it mixed up with 3787 . Hannah sure loves gardening....
@stevild3 said:
"Does fabuland have lore? Like, do the characters have personalities and stories?"
There were tie-in Ladybird books with stories about the characters, as I recall.
@Huw said:
"I can assure you that Huwbot is picking the sets totally randomly, he has not been rigged!"
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more!
@SDlgo9 said:
" @stevild3 said:
"Does fabuland have lore? Like, do the characters have personalities and stories?"
There were tie-in Ladybird books with stories about the characters, as I recall."
Ladybird books, now that spells happy childhood memories for me.
@stevild3 said:
"Does fabuland have lore? Like, do the characters have personalities and stories?"
there was a British stop-motion cartoon for it in the 80s, "Edward and Friends"; the first LEGO television show i believe