My plan for the Lego Store shopping spree met with limited success. First they didn't have the Green Grocer, then they didn't have the Technic bulldozer either, and that was my backup plan item. I was able to get a Cafe Corner and I quickly filled two large pick a brick cups. Well I saw the Bellville set 7586 for $80.

I had read some reviews of the set and thought it had some neat uncommon pieces but was afraid of the high price point and fear of useless pieces. It turns out this set is full of usefull pieces you could use in almost any project, a nice selection of uncommon usefull, and very few worthless pieces of crap. I counted only two or three totally useless pieces. These pieces like the baby and the bear have zero attachment poins. They can not even stick between studs like the fairy pieces. It does have a few pieces like the parents or the pink panels that are mostly useless but the set overall doesn't have many. Turns out I really like this set and would seriously consider buying another. If you have thought about buying a Belville set but couldn't bring yourself to do it, this is a very nice set if you want some different colors or unusual pieces. My favorite piece in the set is the baby toilet, I need to get some more of the for a spaceship design I've thought of.

Pros:

lots of food pieces, apples, turkey drumsticks, croisants, bananna,hot dogs

pink windows including a bay window.

cool gold dinner plates and 1x1 cones

large green pine tree, small green pine tree, 3 bright green plants, 3 pink flowers - the trees are not shown on the box at all

stickers- yes in this case the stickers are a plus, not putting them on gives lots of good pieces, printed bricks would have made the set crap. They put stickers everywhere.

Baby toilet piece - Ok so this piece probally only appeals to me, but I am positive it hasn't ever been used for a spaceship part before.

Cons:

couple of totally useless pieces

some mostly useless pieces like the figs

some cloth pillows and sheets, clothes - come all sealed in their own plastic so your real pieces aren't tainted

baseplate color ( its a light blue) will be tough to use in a layout unless had enough for maybe a river.

Overall I rank it 5 out of six studs.

-Steve