@MCLegoboy:
I was thinking more “Rabbit of Caerbannog”, but okay.

That could be debateded

"You must have been a beautiful baby, you must have been a wonderful child..." Or maybe not.

Sorry. Not beautiful.

That's beautiful, all right.

One of the most popular and famous sets…

@Harmonious_Building said: "I strongly encourage everyone to take a look at the "minifig" entry for this set just before going to bed. In a completely dark room. It'll be nice. "

I knew what would happen, but I did it anyway. Clearly, that was on me.

@chrisaw said:
"Who knew there was a potty piece? Not me. "

The parts list confirms it is a potty (or “pottie”), but I thought it looked a lot like the “bumbo chairs” we had for my kids when they were very young.

This is one of my daughter's favorite sets of her Belville collection. I don't recall her baby piece having such a strange look on its face. My daughter recently asked for her LEGO collection, which mainly consists of Belville sets-her favorite LEGO still today and some HP sets. If you weren't the target audience for these sets or shopping for them, you won't appreciate how unique these sets were, or how popular they were, they always sold out so quickly.

Rosemary's baby, little princess. Called that because she is the new regent of this dimension and anyone who opposes her will be beheaded.

At least the transparant bricks, dish and teddy bear are nice. A shame they're too much in a dangerous area to get close to.

Awww.... I love it. I would have so wanted this had I been age 7 in 2002.
Unfortunately I was 27 and hardly anywhere round my way sold Belville.

Creepy Belville strikes again!

@chrisaw said:
"Who knew there was a potty piece? Not me. "

Fun fact: "potty" is the sound that the "material" makes when it hits the bottom of the "potty", in Hungarian (with different pronunciation)

I’m surprised they didn’t get more use out of that cabinet mould.

That blue teddy bear looks more possessed and scary than the child.
Strange they had lots of drawers and cabinets from the 1970's Homemaker sets 260-3 , but chose to create new ones. Those 4 clear bricks look like a token gesture to qualify as a Lego set.

Apparently this set is owned by more brickset members than the Black Panther Bust 76215. Nice.

@ambr:
This was a huge problem by the turn of the millennium. There were at least three incompatible umbrella and umbrella stand designs, two trellises, tons of non-standardized wheels and tires, several different hinge systems, turntables, and at least three different gear systems.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ambr:
This was a huge problem by the turn of the millennium. There were at least three incompatible umbrella and umbrella stand designs, two trellises, tons of non-standardized wheels and tires, several different hinge systems, turntables, and at least three different gear systems."

Don't forget Znap!

We as a community should make t-shirts that say something like "I survived LEGO's Belville / Scala era, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt". We could Put My Dad's ugly mug on it for good measure.

Because how did society ever survive this... thing(?) is a question for the ages!

@chrisaw said:
"Who knew there was a potty piece? Not me. "

Though it may seem anachronistic, potties specifically made for very young children date back to ancient Greece. Also, the adult version, the chamber pot, is one of the things an adult princess would keep in her room as well.

@Murdoch17 said:
"We as a community should make t-shirts that say something like "I survived LEGO's Belville / Scala era, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt". We could Put My Dad's ugly mug on it for good measure.

Because how did society ever survive this... thing(?) is a question for the ages!"

Today's FOLs have it easy. Now every set is super realistic and directly based on whatever licence. Back in my day, themes were so varied in subject matter, building style and parts that you grew an appreciation for the wildest of things. There were only a handful of licenses, and they were rough in exectution. And we loved them for it because of that! Moreso there were original themes as far as the eyes could see. But they were treacherous sometimes. But for every My Dad there was a diamond out there.

We did not just survive the Belville / Scala Era. You think the automatic binding brick (tm) is your ally? New FOLs merely adopted the automatic binding brick (tm). We were born in it, molded by it. We didn't see a regular 2010s theme until we were already an AFOL.

Jk, I hid from the horrific sights in a hole. It's the only way to not go mad from My Dad's eternal stare into your soul.

@Murdoch17: Surviving Belville and Scala was easy compared to surviving Galidor.