Random set of the day: The Royal Crystal Palace
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 5850 The Royal Crystal Palace, released during 2002. It's one of 7 Belville sets produced that year. It contains 149 pieces and 3 minifigs, and its retail price was US$50/£49.99.
It's owned by 165 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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"Friends" sets are now eligible, but it's like Huwbot just doesn't quite want to commit. I think this set is a nice idea, but the lack of walls or an actual real structure bothered me as a kid, and it still does.
Also, why is that one tower on backwards? How would you even get into that room?
Is that a pet Polar Bear Cub with the face of a Wolf?!
And what is that Arctic Butterfly Monster?
And then there's just a normal Owl... with no printing.
Okay...
Let it... go?
I was thinking of buying 43197 today and then this appeared. Coincidence?
There is an unattached swing piece at the foot of the bed with something hanging from the top bar. Hangman’s noose?
Orange carpeting. How quaint.
Not going to lie... I've never seen this baseplate before and I kind of really want one now.
What for? I don't know. But I love me some raised baseplates.
Mom: "We have the Frozen Ice Castle at home"
Frozen Ice Castle at home:
@Zordboy said:
""Friends" sets are now eligible, but it's like Huwbot just doesn't quite want to commit."
The twist is that Huwbot prefers the girl-targeted themes from the good old days, like Clikits, and loathes Friends for "replacing" them. Similarly very few Ninjago sets have been picked, likely because Huwbot is traumatized for having his algorithm rigged to pick one.
@BovineBrick said:
"Let it... go?"
Let it go
Let it go
Shove this theme right out the door
Wow that is some powerful prophecy right there.
Truly a roller coaster of strangeness.
Is that guy skiing down stairs?
Polar-dog: check
Guy skiing down the stairs: check
Giant mutant moth: check
Overly confident king fig: check
SHIP IT
"How many times have I told you, no skiing in the palace!"
This set came with a butterfly hair clip, and an awesome baseplate, I love it.
I am an Arsenal fan, so no Crystal Palace to me, thanks.
That king has a little Captain in him.
Some Bellville lore.
In 2002 the Prince lived in a Royal crystal palace. Now, after a messy divorce and a series of unsavoury scandals, he lives a simple life as a private citizen.
Not gonna lie, that raised baseplates is based!
Yes! Six sided ice crystals. Good job LEGO!
Ah yes everyone remembers this as the setting from Dosney’s Freezed, where Olsa sings the beloved song “Let It Out”
@MCLegoboy said:
"Is that a pet Polar Bear Cub with the face of a Wolf?!
And what is that Arctic Butterfly Monster?
And then there's just a normal Owl... with no printing.
Okay..."
Times were different back then, you know...
@Formendacil said:
"Not going to lie... I've never seen this baseplate before and I kind of really want one now.
What for? I don't know. But I love me some raised baseplates."
Welcome to raised baseplates side.
This baseplate has a winter (this on) and a summer version happy hunting
5862 and 5858 also have nice baseplates and they are a pain to store.
Got this for my preschool daughter after she was transfixed by it either at the Legoland shop in Carlsbad or Disney in California. The open play area seemed right for her play style along with the larger characters.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Is that a pet Polar Bear Cub with the face of a Wolf?!
And what is that Arctic Butterfly Monster?
And then there's just a normal Owl... with no printing.
Okay..."
The original owl piece has moulded detail, no printing
We have this one in the roof somewhere. I'm amazed no one has mentioned the magnificent printed chef's hat desserts on the table! In chrome dishes no less!
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3898pb01&idColor=32T=C&C=32
This set was one of my daughter's favorites. Belville was a great theme.
That king dude’s pose.
@MeisterDad said:
"Orange carpeting. How quaint."
30+ years before this set was released, orange carpets were considered cool. I’m not sure why we thought that at the time, but we did :~P
Cold theme with orange parts (sorry, trans-orange) from 2002? This is obviously an Ice Planet set.
I must say, that background is absolutely beautiful.
It's nice to see so much interior to a castle, but I always wondered how complete it would look from the back and I found this:
https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/0116/18/lego-belville-royal-crystal-palace_1_7c2b978813306c39e47e876a407b2c8e.jpg
There's stairs leading to that tr medium blue wall/window!
Sets 7577 and 5808 therefore make better use of the baseplate and look more complete because of it:
https://www.decotoys.ch/images/product_images/original_images/le-legobelville5808-m_rchenschlossd.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTT9UmZb7-4CbXUB9KGuXpakd6ZC4STQ-Q78A&usqp=CAU
Interesting...?
Assuming this is an enchanted castle where the inside of the rooms appear outdoors.
The wine pitcher, glass, chrome plates, chrome crown etc. would be very useful today. Fabuland car radiators for the back of the chairs is different.
All I really care about is that I see what looks like a trans-light-blue 8x8 plate. I wanted _one_ of those for one of my Aquaman Vs vignettes (specifically Aquaman Vs Swimming Pool), and there were only a handful listed on Bricklink. I paid around $10 each to buy a few, and what I received was trans-medium-Blue instead. Got a full refund for my trouble, which was actually pretty cool, because trans-medium-blue cost about the same. I did eventually track some down, but I had to start contacting sellers to verify color and quality, since nobody had any in New condition.
@Zander:
30 years before 2002, so 1972? Five years after the Summer of Love, and three years after Woodstock? Everyone was probably still stoned out of their gourds at the time.