The results are in...
Mister Dad...
You ARE the father!

Oh what fresh horror is this?!

Look at dad staring menacingly through that package. Can you say creepy?

No, *I* am your father.

W
T
Flock

Buzz and Darth Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

What’s in the box??????!! WHAT’S IN THE BOX?????????!!!!!!!!

I like how the name implies that this not just anyone’s dad but your own dad.

i wonder how it tastes drinking flower.

To think this was a Lego set...

Well, that answers that. I always wondered why Dad never returned from the Lego Inside Tour

Who among us will admit to being one of the 15 who own this?

Absolute nightmare fuel.

Wait.

Today's random set is My Dad?

That doesn't even look like him.

Can you imagine being a first time visitor to brickset right now, it would scar them for life.

That's not a minifigure.
(Couldn't resist)

I can't get over the eyes, staring out from behind the plastic. This is horrifying.

This paragraph needs to be more clear that it was written by Huwbot. I thought My Dad was a LEGO Idea:

> Help me come to life! If you like the set I've chosen for you today, please pledge your support for me on LEGO Ideas so I have a chance of becoming an official LEGO set!

I would take Galidor over this any day.

That’s not my dad, he lives in a different house now. That is Mum’s new boyfriend. He always brings flowers and chocolates every time he visits. I don’t like him.

I wonder who that “special someone” is who those flowers are going to.
Maybe your mom?
Hey, at least they used ONE real LEGO brick.

A lot of people seem to have made a big deal about female doll proportions being unrealistic, but what about male dolls (NOT action figures!). Seems the average Dad in this area is a balding, overweight (and often) middle-aged guy about 5'6. Not a ripped 6'Something bodybuilder. There are about 3-4 different body types for Barbies these days; while Ken is still same old same old.

And, my biggest problem with Scala is the headsculpts. They are absolutely terrifying. I will admit, I do own a redhead Made to Move Barbie (which is very highly articulated), and a WWE Eva Marie doll (a very muscular body with pretty decent articulation; albeit not as much so as the Made to Move). I got these to go with the GI Joes I had as a kid. I already had the GI Joe Vietnam Nurse (the only female they did with a good head sculpt), and affordable 1/6 female figures with good articulation were far and few between. I geared them up with some old spare GI Joe clothing I had. The Phicen S23B body (the only other 1/6 female body that is as muscular as the WWE body), for comparison, was nearly $100 with a head sculpt. The two dolls I purchased were only about $25 for both. The Triad female body (with just a swimsuit) is $40, and the old BBI Cy Girls figures are around $50.

@crankybricks said:
"Oh what fresh horror is this?!"
Now, now. We’re no longer allowed to pass judgement on Clikits, Galidor, Scala or LEGO paraphernalia such as keychains, remember? :~P (Though I’m really, really tempted to say that Barbie and Ken are my parents. This guy is just an imposter.)

Help me come to life! I would rather not have this guy come to life.

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, and that includes Citizen Kane

@Skippyj said:
"Look at dad staring menacingly through that package. Can you say creepy?"

Was only looking at the box art and didn't notice him.
Now that you made me aware, I can't unsee this.

My dad? Wait... am I adopted?

@SpaceCadet said:
"Absolute nightmare fuel."

THIS!!!

Lego Ken. Or this Lego Allen?

What.

This is amazing. Absolutely the best Rsotd comments section ever. I’m trying so hard not to fall in the floor right now.

If this is in Huwbot’s voice... it must be Huwbot’s dad! This explains so much!

I think we need to turn Huwbot off and turn him back on again, this is clearly a glitch of some sort

@Cooliocdawg said: "This is amazing. Absolutely the best Rsotd comments section ever. I’m trying so hard not to fall in the floor right now."

It's always the worst sets that get the best comment threads.

Hi My Dad

I’m Dad.

"Father of mine,
Tell me where did you go?
Yeah, you had the world inside your hand
but you did not seem to know.

Father of mine,
tell me what do you see?
When you look back at your [plastic] life
and you don't see me?

I was ten years old
doing all that I could,
it wasn't easy for me to be a scared [LEGO] boy
in a [Scala] neighborhood."

With apologies to Art Alexakis of Everclear.

Huwbot has a dad?

Don't forget to seal your dad in a plastic box to mass - produce and sell throughout the world.

Oh blast it all. Because of this monstrosity I spent 20 minutes looking at all the Scala sets through the ages. Sacrificed 20 friggin’ min w this eyesore.

Not even 2 hours in, and already 44 comments!

Even Galidor figures think this is ridiculous.

I can’t look directly at Creepy Dad without bursting into laughter...

Those eyes are like chucky grew up.

Dad must have done something pretty sutpid to get flowers and a gift to make up for what he did...

Go check out 3158 for even more laughs.
Evidently, people don't like this set very much, as shown in the like-to-comment ratio.

Looks like a newly sworn in US Senator.

I guess the set designer's dad usually wore a blazer, but the graphic designer's dad was more of a T-shirt guy?

@PDelahanty said:
"Looks like a newly sworn in US Senator."

At least we in the US will get $2000 if you qualify, and buy lots of Clikits/Scala/Bionicle sets for Lord Huwbot!

@Zordboy said:
" @Cooliocdawg said: "This is amazing. Absolutely the best Rsotd comments section ever. I’m trying so hard not to fall in the floor right now."

It's always the worst sets that get the best comment threads."

That's why I'm here. The title, the lifeless stare through the packaging window, and the misunderstood IDEAS petition all combine to make the perfect storm for this RSOTD

When the mere post of the RSOTD makes you loosing you s***...

Is this based off a real serial killer, or were they just hoping to inspire one to get started? I mean, they’ve done at least two sets named “Fire Starter Kit”, so is “Axe Murderer Starter Kit” that big of a jump? Is Huwbot resorting to threats to get people to vote for him on Ideas? My eyes translate it as the equivalent of a computer giving one of those snarly Gollum screams, but my ears expect to hear discordant “Wah! Wah! Wah!” horror movie music.

@TheBrickPal :
I’m pretty sure she’s buried under the rose bushes.

I would play with this.

Bringing home flowers and chocolate clearly means he has either spent to much time down the pub with Ken and Action Man or to much time doing something else with Barbie....

.
The figure behind the plastic is staring into my soul like Lord Vinheteiro.

You're not my real dad!

@CapnRex101 said:
"Good grief.

Somehow, the neck looks as though the figure has been decapitated and then its head has been hastily replaced."

You'd think with a neck like that the head would be removable and useable as a particularly terrifying part of a build, but it doesn't look like it. Scala really was... Something

1. Open brickset
2. Random set: My Dad
3. Scroll down...61 comments
4. 5 minutes of uncontrollable laughter
5. Still haven’t read any of the 61...

Thank you

@bookmum :
He’s apologizing for existing.

@blueshift :
Looks pretty removable to me. Putting it back on might require some Kragle...

Best set name after Bad Guy.

Next set: Your Mum.

Yes, but is he back from picking up cigarettes at the gas station yet?

Smash announcer: NEW RECORD! (also comment 69! Is 80 possible?)

Huwbot's dad?!

Most read/commented article 2021. Calling it right now!

This was made in 1998, the year that people finally could divorce in Denmark. A lot of broken homes were the result. Lego filled in that lost space...
MY DAD

@BrickTeller said:
"I guess the set designer's dad usually wore a blazer, but the graphic designer's dad was more of a T-shirt guy? "

Exactly what I thought. Is that even the same figure? I would hate to have bought a My Dad set only to get it home, open it up and realize it is actually someone else’s dad.

Can anybody explain the “5-10” notation on the box? Is that the intended age range for this product? Or the number of days you won’t be able to sleep after having seen this thing staring at you through the plastic?

You can also be the proud owner of this set for only € 50! Hurry though, there are only 3 available on Bricklink at the moment!

If the prior year pattern holds, of the worst set getting the most comments, we have a contender for Most Commented Article of 2021 right here.

I'm happy I was well into my dark age when this came out. The trauma of seeing this in store might have turned me away from LEGO for ever.

All joking aside: I'm glad experiments like these did ultimately result in LEGO finding the right path and getting the system to where it is now.

Well I was wondering what set could have gathered 70+ comments that fast. Not sure I was expecting Abject Terror in a Box...

Yup, he sure said he was just gonna go out and get some flowers... never seen him since.

Although generally speaking I don't mind how the female Scala dolls look, I have to admit that they made a pretty big mistake with my poor old dad Christian. They got his neck VERY wrong...

Kill It! Kill It with FIRE!!!! :)

I think the box he is holding is his very own LEGO Scala 3220 My Dad set.

He might not be my father but he's definitely my daddy.

Heeeeerere's Daddy!

We all know already which RSOTD will appear at the end of this year as 'most commented on', and the year's not even ten days old :-D

I'm not going to lie, I am super tempted to get one of these monstrosities to use as a LEGO boogeyman for the kids. "Better pick up your LEGO, or MY DAD will come get you!"

i have daddy issues

@theJANG said:
"No, *I* am your father."

Review the set, please!

Oh my god this just gets better and better

Huwbot should have said this in order to skyrocket its support count to 10k:

Pledge your support for me on LEGO Ideas now, or My Dad will get out of the box and hunt you!

@BulbaNerd4000 said:
"Huwbot has a dad?"

By science-fiction rules, his dad ought to be @Huw , but instead there is... this.

After seeing this, I'm starting to think that "erasing history" isn't always a bad idea...

@CarolinaOnMyMind said: "Can anybody explain the “5-10” notation on the box? Is that the intended age range for this product? Or the number of days you won’t be able to sleep after having seen this thing staring at you through the plastic?"

I'm more interested in hearing from the 15 people who actually own this thing.

Unless they all disappeared under mysterious circumstances ...

@Huw said:
"It seems that the correct set name is Christian with gifts, https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=3220-1T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}, so I'm wondering whether one my daughters changed the database entry in Brickset's infancy when they were younger!"

So 3220 is Huwbot's father indeed!

From the inventory there are 4 perfume bottles are these the gift in the box or are these for personal use?

Bring back Bionicle, quickly!

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/254/007/19d.gif

(I don't know anyone else will get the reference, but hey. It was my immediate thought when I saw that name. After the insane laughter at seeing the set itself, of course!)

One hundred comments, and it's only just after 11AM. I think this is already an early contender for most-commented random set of 2021, when the end-of-year analysis rolls around...

@legodachi said:
"That's not a minifigure.
(Couldn't resist)"
It's a space station

No. That's not true. That's impossible!

That's not my dad! My dad is not the stuff of nightmares!

@Huw said:
"It seems that the correct set name is Christian with gifts, https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=3220-1T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}, so I'm wondering whether one my daughters changed the database entry in Brickset's infancy when they were younger!"
No, apparently My Dad here was one of those sets with multiple names for different countries, as he also went by Father with Gifts in some places.

And now that makes me wonder how we ended up with Christian with Gifts and Father with Gifts which are pretty similar, but then some unfortunate country just got ‘My Dad’.

There are some who say all Lego parts are Space parts. Anyone willing to accept that as a challenge? But building a Dadmech doesn't count -- too easy.

FATHER!!!

/MattBerry

I just finished reading all of the comments and now I can’t wait to check in later today for more.
Please everyone continue.

@Huw said:
"It seems that the correct set name is Christian with gifts, https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=3220-1T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}, so I'm wondering whether one my daughters changed the database entry in Brickset's infancy when they were younger!"

At first i thought it means christian as in religious belief, with gifts, quite Xmassy :D

@Rob42 said:
" @BulbaNerd4000 said:
"Huwbot has a dad?"

By science-fiction rules, his dad ought to be @Huw , but instead there is... this. "

Who’s to say this isn’t @Huw ?

1998: when Lego itself had a dark age.

Christian with gifts? I thought Lego didn't do religious sets?

15 members own this.

Fifteen.

Is this her daddy or her father?

In the danish retail catalog from 1998 he's called "Far" = Dad/Father. It says that it's moms birthday and father has bought her som flowers and a gift.

Really hope this gets a set review @huwbot :)

@Cooliocdawg said:
"This is amazing. Absolutely the best Rsotd comments section ever. I’m trying so hard not to fall in the floor right now."

Please fall on the floor, not in the floor.

And that’s not my dad. Wait, have I been lied to my whole life?!

To everybody commenting that tomorrow’s RSOTD would be Your Mum, I’d like to propose that Your Mum with My Dad is terrible news.

Well...I told my girls I would NOT buy any Scala.
Found Scala Boutiquqe 3118 at a very good price - so good I could not resist it...
They ended up with 38 different sets (+six more doubbles)....

Well, apparently we all share the same father. Oof

Was I in a coma and just woke up on April 1st?

Who designed this? Looks like a good set for Barbie and not Lego. Maybe it was a former Barbie designer who created this..... or just had a few to many to drink......

@Koentinius said:
"Christian with gifts? I thought Lego didn't do religious sets?"
In case it’s not a joke comment: Christian is a common Danish name.

I had a look at other Scala sets from the same year... what the heck is 3120 Additional Room? Is it really one baseplate set or is there something missing in Bricklink’s database?

@Yoda_to_do_or_do_not said:
"Who designed this? Looks like a good set for Barbie and not Lego. Maybe it was a former Barbie designer who created this..... or just had a few to many to drink......"
Or somebody wanted to compete for Mattel’s share of the toy market? That’s the only reasonable explanation I can think of

Huwbot has a dad! THE LORE!

@omnius said:
"15 members own this.

Fifteen."

The rest set fire to their copies after purchase.

His face looks even more terrifying on his "minifigure" page. And he's naked!

@TheRightP_art said:
"To everybody commenting that tomorrow’s RSOTD would be Your Mum, I’d like to propose that Your Mum with My Dad is terrible news."

Good job TheRightP_rt, worth repeating.

@Huw had better reverse engineer the Owned By function so we can track down those 15 people and double check that they haven't suffered from some terrible terrible fate.

@crankybricks said:
" @Rob42 said:
" @BulbaNerd4000 said:
"Huwbot has a dad?"

By science-fiction rules, his dad ought to be @Huw , but instead there is... this. "

Who’s to say this isn’t @Huw ?"

Oh my god... so are the shaved head and glasses we usually see on Huw a disguise, or is this a glimpse into his younger years?

15 own one... but who??? well folks, I have to admit... and it really is hard to say... oh man, it's like a coming out, a revelation of what should be hidden forever, but I can't stand it any longer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THEM!!! (I'm just thowing in my cents to push this comment-section!)

“Heeeeeere’s DADDY!”

Definitely getting some psychopath vibes from this dude.

When people claim they have insider info into upcoming sets because their dad works at Lego, this is who they mean.

Why does Huwbot call it My Dad, when the database calls it Christian with Gifts?

EDIT: Oh, now I found it. Carry on being creeped out :)

@Captain__Fordo said:
"Well, apparently we all share the same father. Oof"
We're all brothers/sisters in AFOLdom :~)

@Huw said:
"The popularity of today's selection has encouraged me to dig out my daughters' collection out the loft so you can look forward to reviews of 'my dad' and other sets in the coming days!"
As an 1st April review, you can tell us how much you like this set :~P

So that's where he went when he said he was going to the store

@StarWarzFan7777 said:
"His face looks even more terrifying on his "minifigure" page. And he's naked!"

WHY?!? Why would you tell us this?!
Have we not suffered enough? Do we need any more horror? What have you DONE?!?
(because of course we’re going to look)

@omnius said:
"15 members own this.

Fifteen."

And 32 members want it.

Thirty-two. Some of those, presumably, after seeing it.

You cannot Blacktronize this. But perhaps we can find a way to weaponize it, and unleash it upon the Space Police?

Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying. No other Lego set is as creepy as this.

Want to make another dad joke, but it seems they have all been done... Maybe time for an actual Dad Joke?

[In the David Attenborough voice]: "Two decades ago, in the search of new frontiers and markets, Lego anthropologists stumbled upon an unexpected and absolutely horrifying discovery: My Dad.

Known to experts as the Christian with Gifts, this species has inspired as much awe as it has confusion and bewilderment. What is it? From what dark place did it emerge? Who thought it was a wise idea, and how do they sleep at night?

Two decades is a mere blink of an eye in evolutionary terms, yet this Christian is almost unrecognizable to modern AFOLs, as though it were a vestigial organ science has no way to explain. Note the piercing gaze, the crazed eyes, the stiff posture, and bright red gifts it brings to entice females of the species. It strikes wonder and fear in all who see it.

Scientists are still searching for the even more elusive Your Mom, but chances are that when she is discovered, Your Mom will be so big she needs two Colloseums worth of pieces to build her."

@Huw:
I hope you figure out if one of your daughters really did rename this, because you might need to arrange daily family counseling on Monday.

@CarolinaOnMyMind:
To be fair, there’s no option to say _why_ you want a set. Maybe they have hated enemies they want to send these two. Maybe they run a really popular haunted house? Maybe they want to collect them all in one place and cleanse them with fire. It’s a bit more disturbing when someone actually has one in their collection and is willing to publicly admit it that’s cause for concern. That means they haven’t destroyed it, or “gifted” it to someone. They might be using it for nefarious criminal purposes, or maybe they need to be institutionalized for the good of everyone.

Checkmate now-is-the-golden-age-of-lego folks

There has to be a way we can crowdfund a review of this

"Who is your daddy and what does he do?"

My Dad can beat up your dad . . . or maybe just give your dad a heart attack!

@Yooha said:
"Is this a new record for number of comments in a RSotD article? "

By a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG shot. How about more than DOUBLE the previous record (67)?

Whatever criticism anyone might aim at today's themes marketed at girls, at least they don't look like this!

I was just a few years too old for the 90s Scala. Not sorry about that either. I don't think I actually knew this horror existed then. In any case, my parents refused to give me and my sister "girls' LEGO".

I believe I had a nightmare about this last night...

Go figure

The figure peering out of the box is like when a school kid is removed from class but still causing trouble.

I could see Cartman putting this doll in his basket along with the lotion.

@Huw said:
"The popularity of today's selection has encouraged me to dig out my daughters' collection out the loft so you can look forward to reviews of 'my dad' and other sets in the coming days!"

You're reviewing yourself? :s

What's that old trojan horse idiom again? Beware of Christians bearing gifts? Or is it Greeks? I can never remember...

@jalc_45 said:
"My boy Huwbots dad be lookin fresh with his tough wear in 3158."

Thank you for that gem!

@snarljones said: [[[In the David Attenborough voice]: "Two decades ago, in the search of new frontiers and markets, Lego anthropologists stumbled upon an unexpected and absolutely horrifying discovery: My Dad.

Known to experts as the Christian with Gifts, this species has inspired as much awe as it has confusion and bewilderment. What is it? From what dark place did it emerge? Who thought it was a wise idea, and how do they sleep at night?

Two decades is a mere blink of an eye in evolutionary terms, yet this Christian is almost unrecognizable to modern AFOLs, as though it were a vestigial organ science has no way to explain. Note the piercing gaze, the crazed eyes, the stiff posture, and bright red gifts it brings to entice females of the species. It strikes wonder and fear in all who see it.

Scientists are still searching for the even more elusive Your Mom, but chances are that when she is discovered, Your Mom will be so big she needs two Colloseums worth of pieces to build her."]]

From the very bottom of my heart, thank you for this.

@Slobrojoe said:
" @omnius said:
"15 members own this.

Fifteen."

The rest set fire to their copies after purchase. "

Or the rest were set on fire by their purchase.

1998
Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California.
The European Central Bank is established.
Chilean dictator Pinochet is indicted and arrested.
Titanic wins 11 Oscars including Best Picture.
Evidence is published that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
French soccer player Kylian Mbappè is born.
Unabomber pleads guilty.
Yugoslavia starts the Kosovo war.
The Clinton/Lewinsky affair breaks out.
Lego releases set 3220, My Dad.

@LegoRobo said:
"Looking at the scala sets, I’m getting more and more curious as to the lore behind this. Mainly, why does Christian seem to be in a close relationship with two different women, Olivia and Marita. Which one is the wife, and mother of Thomas? See 3290 , 3149 , and 3119 for where I’m coming from with this."

I was wondering the same thing. Plus it appears their last name is “Big” based on set 3290 ;)

^^Meanwhile, Dreamworks and Pixar (who both would later have movies that have a Lego theme), would duke it out with ANTZ and A Bug's Life.

And if this is the last comment, it has been one WILD ride. Then watch the next set be Clikits/Jack Stone/Bionicle.

@Isabella_and_Lego_Liker :
Let's see if I can sneak one in after the bell...

Ha! Success! 177. Wonder what it'll take to hit 200.