POTD 8/9/17 Baby Blubberchen

[Goanna]

Oooh she is quite cute! I love her aqua hair and her adorable duck symbol :3

[Broken Irishwoman]

So sweet! And so unaffordable.

[northstar3184]

Want. she's very cute!

[NightGliderSA]

I love her symbol, and her pose! So, want. One day. Very far away.

[The_Loner]

I don't have her but I'd love to because she's really cute, but I'm sure I'll never get her.

In French this series was called Bébé Nurserie, but I don't know what their individual names are.

[Zapper]

New to me! Ohh she's so cute! What does her name mean?

"Blubbern" roughly translates to "to bubble".
"Chen" is the suffix that indicates something is small/cute/petite. So she is basically named "Lil Bubbles".

[Taffeta]

New to me! Ohh she's so cute! What does her name mean?

"Blubbern" roughly translates to "to bubble".
"Chen" is the suffix that indicates something is small/cute/petite. So she is basically named "Lil Bubbles".

That's why I call her Bubble-chan Because ~chan is an affectionate honorific often used with children, especially girls

Yeah the insert I have says Bebe Nurserie but I have never seen a French box emerge with the French names :/

[Leave a Whisper]

New to me! Ohh she's so cute! What does her name mean?

"Blubbern" roughly translates to "to bubble".
"Chen" is the suffix that indicates something is small/cute/petite. So she is basically named "Lil Bubbles".

How cute. Thanks for the translations guys. :3

[achab1984]

Have never had her before.

[kitkatvintage]

I have a picture saved of the pre-production package layout for this set. There were 4 languages on the sheet - English, German, French, and I believe the fourth was Dutch (although I could be wrong). Their English set name was the Nursery Babies with Baby Playful (Wurfelchen, blue), Baby Bye-Byes (Schlummerlein, yellow), and Baby Bubbles (Blubberschen, pink).

I love this set! It's a shame they were not more widely available. I have all 3 babies & several accessories.

[Carrehz]

I have a picture saved of the pre-production package layout for this set. There were 4 languages on the sheet - English, German, French, and I believe the fourth was Dutch (although I could be wrong). Their English set name was the Nursery Babies with Baby Playful (Wurfelchen, blue), Baby Bye-Byes (Schlummerlein, yellow), and Baby Bubbles (Blubberschen, pink).

I love this set! It's a shame they were not more widely available. I have all 3 babies & several accessories.

oooh, thanks for sharing!! I had no idea there were official English names for these girls :O

[LadyMoondancer]

Oh wow, I had no idea there were English names for this set!  Awesome!

[Clipper]

Taffetta,
I actually have a UK proof box for this set. The english name for this baby is actually Baby Bubbles (pink).. Another is Baby Bye Byes (yellow) and the other is Baby Playful (blue).

I wish that we could get the english names onto the G1 ID sites, as I think it's easier for everyone to pronounce those and I do have the package art to confirm it if needed
 
-Clipper

I nicknamed mine Bubble-chan xD. I don't have an image as cool as Baby Honeycomb's with the three of them in as my Wurfelchen is in box but I do have her. I love this set. I have heard that there are English examples of the box for this set but I don't know if they ever made it to our stores. My Wuerfelchen's box is German :/

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Here is mine. I don't have her accessories, sadly :/

I can only imagine how much the native German speakers feel when they hear us butchering the set name to Nestie Baby, but the fact is they aren't just German babies...I have a french insert that also have them on. I don't know what her French name is but maybe someone here does?

[Taffeta]

Taffetta,
I actually have a UK proof box for this set. The english name for this baby is actually Baby Bubbles (pink).. Another is Baby Bye Byes (yellow) and the other is Baby Playful (blue).

I wish that we could get the english names onto the G1 ID sites, as I think it's easier for everyone to pronounce those and I do have the package art to confirm it if needed
 
-Clipper

I nicknamed mine Bubble-chan xD. I don't have an image as cool as Baby Honeycomb's with the three of them in as my Wurfelchen is in box but I do have her. I love this set. I have heard that there are English examples of the box for this set but I don't know if they ever made it to our stores. My Wuerfelchen's box is German :/

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Here is mine. I don't have her accessories, sadly :/

I can only imagine how much the native German speakers feel when they hear us butchering the set name to Nestie Baby, but the fact is they aren't just German babies...I have a french insert that also have them on. I don't know what her French name is but maybe someone here does?

I knew someone had it, I knew I had seen it somewhere, but I couldn't track down who or where so I haven't been able to add it. I'd love to see/use a scan of it if you didn't mind. I have them on my site under "Germany" because that's where they predominately appear, but I think that if there are official French and English names they ought to be included on their pages as well. I haven't ever seen a French box but I knew there was a UK/English language one somewhere. I don't know what the status of them was in the UK because they're not on the insert or anything I have from Hasbro UK for that year,  but as English language boxes were exported to some places in Europe it's not impossible they formed part of a line somewhere else...or we had a few of them and then they were pulled...

I don't totally agree that all non-English names should be Anglicised but in the case of an official English name I do agree that it ought to be recorded. Sort of like correcting Countalot from Abacus which is her Spanish name,

All that said, I will probably still call my Blubberchen Bubblechan and my Wuerfelchen Wafflechan because that's how I've always called them.