Random set of the day: Thumbelina
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 5964 Thumbelina, released during 2005. It's one of 5 Belville sets produced that year. It contains 49 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$6/£4.99.
It's owned by 233 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 $39.60, or eBay.
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Behold! A bit of an oddball of a set.
I saw the name before I saw the picture and had a brief moment of "Wait, what?" Then I noticed the picture and was like, "Oh, right. Belville was a thing."
An undescribable horror.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?
@PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?"
Well he did write a story about indescribable colours, and I'm sure the fairy's would be into that kind of colour spectrum.
@TheOtherMike said:
""Oh, right. Belville was a thing.""
And in its 11th year by this point, no less! It survived past 2003 as well, when many things did not.
Having said that, this fairy character is pretty survival horror-esque.
Cool transparent flower parts though
…definitely not the Don Bluth version.
We have such sights to show you.
A ton of weird and rare colors in the same set plus a licence so old it needs no licencing fee - yay!
Also Belville getting into crazy, we-no-longer-care-about-scale-territory.
EDIT:
It's crazy how long Light Yellowish Green survived the Big Color Change.
@Atuin said:
"A ton of weird and rare colors in the same set plus a licence so old it needs no licencing fee - yay!
Also Belville getting into crazy, we-no-longer-care-about-scale-territory.
EDIT:
It's crazy how long Light Yellowish Green survived the Big Color Change."
Well, this particular wave was based on fairytales, so scale is a bit negotiable, you might say.
Also, kudos to Lego for depicting a mermaid society advanced enough to make actual clothes.
Is this our first 1:1 actual scale minifig?
Ah, from the Hans Christian Andersen homage wave! How cute. The flower petals always intrigued me.
@Brickalili said:
"Is this our first 1:1 actual scale minifig?"
Perhaps! That said, we just don't know if some sets depict liliputians...
Sometimes my fandoms intersect in unexpected and uncomfortable ways. Phyrexians, in my Lego?
https://www.mtgkingpin.com/product/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite-phyrexian-language-altered/
Fascinating
I just realise the bed has a an antenna with leaf foliage sprouting from the top. It looks the right kind of odd.
Spot the Fabuland green car radiator! Fairy no 7 only appears in this set, shame the teapot is not the silver chrome version.
@Miyakan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?"
Well he did write a story about indescribable colours, and I'm sure the fairy's would be into that kind of colour spectrum."
*quietly backs away without pointing out that purple is technically an imaginary color*
@PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?"
Well he did write a story about indescribable colours, and I'm sure the fairy's would be into that kind of colour spectrum."
*quietly backs away without pointing out that purple is technically an imaginary color*"
All colour is merely perception, ImaginaryDave.
@Crux said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?"
Well he did write a story about indescribable colours, and I'm sure the fairy's would be into that kind of colour spectrum."
*quietly backs away without pointing out that purple is technically an imaginary color*"
All colour is merely perception, ImaginaryDave."
'Remember: Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold! BYE!' - Bill Cipher, dream demon (from Gravity Falls TV show)
@SearchlightRG said:
"…definitely not the Don Bluth version."
A fun movie for what it is.
@Murdoch17 said:
" @Crux said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"An undescribable horror."
Who knew H.P. Lovecraft was into sparkle fairies?"
Well he did write a story about indescribable colours, and I'm sure the fairy's would be into that kind of colour spectrum."
*quietly backs away without pointing out that purple is technically an imaginary color*"
All colour is merely perception, ImaginaryDave."
'Remember: Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold! BYE!' - Bill Cipher, dream demon (from Gravity Falls TV show)"
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Ford Prefect, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.