Is that silhouette of a fairy fixing the roof or destroying it? and and are the fairies defending their home or saying hello?

@Zordboy said:
"Now, is this a flower-themed party for fairies, or a fairy-themed party for flowers ... or a party with a guest list restricted exclusively to flower-fairies?

I have hard-hitting questions that need answers."
The real question is: How does this compare to the shadowbox version?

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Is that silhouette of a fairy fixing the roof or destroying it? and and are the fairies defending their home or saying hello?"

That’s Tinkerbell’s Shadow, and if you’ve ever watched S3 of Once Upon a Time, you know that can’t possibly be a good thing.

Ahhh, I needed this refresher after yesterday.

Not that this set is any good, mind you, but Galidor makes everything else look masterful.

@WemWem said:
"Wow, that baseplate is AMAZING and would be soooo cool to use in so many different MOCs.

Thank you, fairies, your weirdness has gifted us with an assortment of odd and interesting parts."

I concur, the baseplate is very nice. Though I wonder how that stream of water goes up and down, defying the laws of gravity.

I can feel that snail’s disappointment at not being included amongst the minifigs

I have just seen the instructions of this set and I must recognize that they are pretty cool. But... if only that snail would not existed...

Now those are fairy lights!

^ In my original post, I meant to say "Belville", instead of "Scala", I just had "Scala" in my head for some reason, and posted without proof-reading.

I second all your other points, though.

According to rebrickable (which has clearer photos) this set came in either a silver or blue box, which could be delivered by snail mail. The cool baseplate only came in this set and is unavailable at Bricklink, Brickowl or ebay making it priceless!

My brother and I were just diving--36 hours ago--into the rabbit hole known as "Bricklink's colour guide" for magic wands, and while the trans-pink one here is not one of the rare ones, Belville had a LOT.

@ambr said:
"According to rebrickable (which has clearer photos) this set came in either a silver or blue box, which could be delivered by snail mail. The cool baseplate only came in this set and is unavailable at Bricklink, Brickowl or ebay making it priceless!"

BL has 'em. Perfect one for $20.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=44510pb02&idColor=36

It is cool. I'm thinking about getting one.

@WemWem said:
"Wow, that baseplate is AMAZING and would be soooo cool to use in so many different MOCs.

Thank you, fairies, your weirdness has gifted us with an assortment of odd and interesting parts."

Agreed! I'm a sucker for the old raised baseplates, so I'd love to have this one.

@Zordboy said:
"^ In my original post, I meant to say "Belville", instead of "Scala", I just had "Scala" in my head for some reason, and posted without proof-reading.

I second all your other points, though. "

It’s all Scalville to me.

@Ridgeheart:
Or they could be “human lights”, powered by the souls of those who are unfortunate enough to lie down for a nap in the center of a fairy ring.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Is that silhouette of a fairy fixing the roof or destroying it? and and are the fairies defending their home or saying hello?"

Must be destroying and defending, right? Lego is built around conflict.

@Zordboy said:
"Now, is this a flower-themed party for fairies, or a fairy-themed party for flowers ... or a party with a guest list restricted exclusively to flower-fairies?

I have hard-hitting questions that need answers."

Or maybe a political party built around the fairy and flower trade unions.

@Ridgeheart said:
"The instructions are still up at https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/4199098.pdf which showcase not only some nice parts (that trans-green wall-piece is very luxurious, and that printed chef's hat is *chef's kiss*), but also some nice parts-usage. I'm impressed, this is a great find.

However - there is some weirdness floating around, and I don't just literally and figuratively mean the fairies. According to the instructions, the fairies build the set for you, accompanied by their four-eyed, nightmare-fuel slug-minion. Okay, sure, why not. The set does have titanic flowers and a gigantic version of what, considering the circumstances, can ONLY be called "fairy lights", but there's also some minifigure-scale objects such as the plates, the wands, the jar of strawberries, the cherries and the printed letter-piece et cetera.

What's the scale supposed to be here? Is this an incredible close-up, zooming in on some miniscule fairies and a slice of their life? Are these Belville-dolls, cosplaying as fairies? If either way is the case, then why are the blades of grass on the base-piece so tiny?

No, I think the truth is both more uplifting and more sinister. Look at the minifig-scaled accessories. Look at the skintone on the fairies. This is a licensed minifig-set, and what's more; this is a "Legend of Zelda"-set! That's uplifting! Hooray! Unfortunately, those aren't JUST fairy-lights; they're Great Fairy-lights.

https://youtu.be/aniQ7H-kVNU?t=31

Please drink responsibly."

Allright! Exactly who's trolling me, here? You or Huwbot?

@NotProfessorWhymzi said: "sets like this are the reason why Lego phased out raised baseplates. it's never a good thing when 90% of a set is the thing you put other things on"

That's part of my gripes with these plates, how they in some sets felt like downright cheating (think castles with two-brick tall walls etc). OTOH, if you tried to build something more substantial on them, everything became wobbly before you even completed the first floor - they just weren't rigid enough to support a reasonably proportional build.

@Ridgeheart said: "The instructions are still up at https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/4199098.pdf "

GAAAH! You could've warned us that you've linked to the "UltraViolent-Bright" version for birds and insects, encoded in GBU color. Well, who needs eyesight anyway...

To quote Andy Warhol:

"One's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party."

Where's the other fairy?

@Wrecknbuild said:
"To quote Andy Warhol:

"One's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party."

Where's the other fairy?"

They stole it's soul and parted it out to power the fairy lights. Why else do you think they have that as a name? Did you really think the lights were powered by electricity? Also, where do you think they got the food from? (think of where Soylent Green comes from to answer that last question)

@axeleng:
Wow, yeah, they do really need to dial down the green.