{{Short description|Lego theme}} {{Infobox Lego theme | image = [[File:Logo Lego-Fabuland.png|200px]] | name = Lego Fabuland | from = 1979 | to = 1989 (EU) or 1983 (US) | sets = 102 | characters = Edward Elephant<br>Bonnie Bunny<br>Max Mouse<br>Mike Monkey<br>Paulette Poodle }}

'''Lego Fabuland''' is a discontinued theme and product range of [[Lego]] construction toys, aimed at young children. Introduced in 1979, the range aimed to fill the gap between [[Lego Duplo|Duplo]] and the standard Lego product ranges. Aimed at both boys and girls, the range encouraged storytelling, and was the first theme to be extended into books, clothing, and a [[claymation]] [[children's television series|children's television show]], ''[[Edward and Friends]]'', that aired in the United Kingdom and Canada during the 1980s.<ref name="The Lego Book" />

==Characters== Fabuland sets featured [[anthropomorphic]] animal characters. These pieces were larger than standard Lego [[minifigures]], but smaller than Duplo figures, and included movable arms, legs and heads. Some of the characters appeared in multiple sets, were given names, and sometimes stories.<ref name="Fabuland 3679" /> This was the first Lego theme with named characters.<ref name="Lego Fabuland history" /> Names of the characters varied by country.

==Style== Fabuland had a distinctive, friendly style, with various animal characters that each had a job or purpose in the town of Fabuland. Fabuland featured special elements that were larger than standard Lego bricks, but were fully compatible with regular Lego. Fabuland used a primary colour scheme and the sets were aimed for children between 4–8 as a transition from Duplo to Lego. Fabuland was unique due to the special elements, such as walls, roof elements, tables, chairs, boats and cars chassis. Larger Sets included buildings with story book like instructions and the theme also had many vehicles and individual characters with accessories. Fabuland is highly sought after today among collectors and there is a large fan base that keeps the theme alive via Lego fan sites.

Fabuland was discontinued in 1989 and many elements have since reappeared in other product lines, such as [[Lego Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]], [[Lego Harry Potter|Harry Potter]], [[Lego Belville|Belville]], [[Lego Castle|Castle]]/Kingdoms, [[Lego Friends|Friends]], Lego Games and others. The Fabuland line was referenced in the 2014 film ''[[The Lego Movie]]''.

==Books== Instructions for sets contained text stories with illustrations. This was the first time Lego used inspirational material.<ref name="Lego Fabuland history" /> There were also printed story books based on the Fabuland theme, including [[Edward and Friends#Books|seven books]] based on the Fabuland television series ''Edward and Friends''. The comic strip ''Fabuland, il paese delle fantaviglie'' ('Fabuland, the Country of Fantasies') was included in the Italian magazine ''Più e il suo Gioco''.<ref name="Lego Fabuland"/>

==Other products== For the Fabuland theme Lego introduced such licensed products as key chains, books, table decorations, [[pen]]s, playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, [[Concentration (game)|memory games]] (in association with [[Ravensburger]]), parachute toys, children cutlery sets (in association with [[J. A. Henckels|BSF]]), bed cover sheets, children's clothing.<ref name="Lego Fabuland history" /> Fabuland characters were attached to [[Nestlé]]'s Orzoro jars.<ref name="Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1985" /><ref name="Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1987" /> In 1979 in Germany [[Phonogram Inc.]] released on [[vinyl record]] radioplay "Stories from Fabuland" written by Sebastian Beck and directed by Michael Weckler.

==Notes== <references> <ref name="The Lego Book">{{Cite book|last = Lipkowitz|first = Daniel|title = The Lego Book|publisher = Dorling Kindersley|year = 2009|pages = [https://archive.org/details/legobook00dani/page/126 126]|isbn = 978-1-4053-4169-1|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/legobook00dani/page/126}}</ref> <ref name="Fabuland 3679">{{cite book|title=Fabuland 3679|date=1986|publisher=Lego Group|location=Germany}}</ref> <ref name="Lego Fabuland history">{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/legohistory/fabuland |title=Legoland Fabuland |publisher=Lego Group |access-date=2017-09-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005100736/https://www.lego.com/en-us/legohistory/fabuland |archivedate=2017-10-05}}</ref> <ref name="Lego Fabuland">{{cite web |url=http://mikimoz.blogspot.com/2017/01/costruzioni-lego-fabuland.html |title=Lego Fabuland |date=2017-01-26 |website=mikimoz.blogspot.com |access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref> <ref name="Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1985">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5YgUB_-vak |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/K5YgUB_-vak |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1985 |date=2016-01-30 |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=2017-10-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref> <ref name="Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1987">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCSTlvrQ1w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/qxCSTlvrQ1w |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Nestlé Orzoro Fabuland TV Commercial 1987 |date=2016-01-30 |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=2017-10-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref> </references>

==External links== *[http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Fabuland Fabuland] on ''Brickset''

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