sylvanian families - show your collection!

[AnnaPommes]

good morning!
i am not sure if sylvanian families are considered as dolls here?  At least they have a dollhouse and so much re-ment accersoires.

does anyone of you collects them? show us your collection!!

has anyone customized them? i bet thats difficult because of the fur?

as i child, i had a dollhouse with a bear family from "bärenwald", of which i think is the german equivalent to sylvanian?

what is on your current "wanted list"?
well, currently i am looking for ingrid, the rabbit with the spot on her eye, or another member from the blackberry rabbit family:
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and now show us your collection!

(i´ll take pictures of mine in a moment


edit:
there are cows?!? O-O you never learn enought!
is there a reliable collectors site to see whats released so far?

[frizzycat]

Yay, SF! I've been thinking about making a thread, but never got around to it.

I think the Barenwalds are a different brand.

I've re-flocked a Sylvanian bootleg to make a black baby sheep.
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Little Black Sheep by bbqweasel, on Flickr

And on the Sylvanian Families forums, LadyLollipop has made an impressive cheetah custom from a bear. Just scroll down: http://bsfforum.runboard.com/t3393,offset=0

Wendy's site is a good resource for most of the families: http://www.sylvanian-families.net/

Come join us on the forums

[NoDivision]

they have SO many new animals now, it's crazy.

I had these as a little girl and loved them. They were one of the few toys that I actually had multiples of and had the hoouse and everything - I think it almost all came from carboot sales or charity shops, but still. My house was really cute, too. I did some neat water marbling and used that for wallpaper, and I used postage stamps as paintings

[CottonTALE]

Up here in canada, they are called "Calico Critters of Cloverleaf Corners" but at the kindergarden of my mom's school, they have them. They are really expensive up here too... The families can go for 30-50 bucks up here. but the ones the kindergarden class has a House, a few furniture sets and 3 families that i'm not sure of the names of (wealthy-looking bears, White Rabbits and Pandas)

[duckie]

Oh I wish I had photos of my collection! They're all in storage but when I had them on display as a child they took up our entire attic floor  when we get our own place next year I've told my bf they're coming with us, so who knows I might be adding to the collection soon. Can't wait to see everyone's pics though!

[shockponie]

Yes! I love Calico Critters!!! I don't have my whole collection together (and I hope to take some pictures of it soon), but I think it'd be appropriate to share the holiday set. Did anyone pick this up?

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Heehee 

[NoDivision]

Oh my gosh, the holiday set is so cute!

[Flitter]

Awww shockponie that holiday set is adorable!

I don't have any of these but I like them. I nearly always go look at the Calico Critters aisle when I'm at TRU and have considered ordering some Sylvanian Families things online before but I just don't know if I want to start on another collection...
I wish the Calico Critters line had shops and restaurants like the Sylvanian ones. It seems they only get doll house kinda stuff.

[Colorscapesart]

These are sooo sweet!  I hope to see more pics!

[Lightninglover]

I love Sylvanians, I've had to cut back on my buying though because I've run out of room Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get some new additions for Christmas! Most of my collection is on my Flickr account, here are some of my favourites though:

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JP Charcoal Cats by lightning_lover, on Flickr

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P1020806 by lightning_lover, on Flickr

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JP Red Panda Family by lightning_lover, on Flickr

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P1020797 by lightning_lover, on Flickr

[wystearya]

Too adorable!   Don't make me want another collectable!  eep!

[AnnaPommes]

frizzycat, your custom black sheep is awesome! *o*
really, really good work and thank you so much for the tutorial! i´ll definately consider customizing now!

nodivision, yes, i had them as a kid too! ^^and stamps as framed pictures in the dollhouse is a very good idea. do you still have your house? i could bite myself for let my mom selling it on a fleamarket. >o<

cottontale, thank you for the hint! i read calico critters somewhere but didn´t know they are the same. the kids at your mothers kindergardenare really lucky! they are quiteexpensive here too. ^^"

oh, duckie, if you find time to take pictures someday, please show us, that sounds likea must-see collection!

and shockponie: AHHH!!! cuteness overload!!  now i totally want this set, so cute!! is the kid on theright a deer? they even have a dollhouse with the presents >o< how cute is that! i haven´t seen this set in germany so far. ;o;

3377345, i agree, but, wait, sylvanian have restaurants? what do you mean? as in playsets?
well, another line to collect is quite adecision, but since i had them as a kid, well, i want to say i collected them before, why not today?

lightening lover, your photographs are so wonderfull! do you use a special camera? i love yours sets, especially the mixed cat family!! >o< i need to see throught your flickr roght away! how do you get the JP-sets?

wysteraya and colorscapeart, i totally agree!!


now, up to mine!
i am not the best photographer now,soplease excuse the light.
here is my newest boy, ben:
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he is the chocolate baby with the small bed, it even has drawers! he is my first i got new and in box.
an all the others are from flea markets and partially in bad shape. U.U
i want to restaurate them but i am afraid to ruin them while cleaning. the method of letting them soak in handwarm soapwater worked partially on one grey bunny, but i am to scared to test it on the others.
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some are in a bad shape with flock coming off, is there something i could do?
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and i recogniced the rabbits have different molds, are they sylvanian after all?  is someone able to identify them?
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i loove the crocodiles, but on my search, i haven´t found any from sylvanian, could they be from bärenwald, then?

[hannaliten]

Oh, I have those grey bunnies as well. Now I need to go find them!

[frizzycat]

Up here in canada, they are called "Calico Critters of Cloverleaf Corners" but at the kindergarden of my mom's school, they have them. They are really expensive up here too... The families can go for 30-50 bucks up here. but the ones the kindergarden class has a House, a few furniture sets and 3 families that i'm not sure of the names of (wealthy-looking bears, White Rabbits and Pandas)

Wow, families can go for $50 there? In Australia the average price for a new family is $25. I don't like Calico Critters packaging. It's bright pink! Yeesh, not all girls' toys have to have pink on them.

frizzycat, your custom black sheep is awesome! *o*
really, really good work and thank you so much for the tutorial! i´ll definately consider customizing now!

3377345, i agree, but, wait, sylvanian have restaurants? what do you mean? as in playsets?
well, another line to collect is quite adecision, but since i had them as a kid, well, i want to say i collected them before, why not today?

Thanks! Do post pics when you custom!

Sylvanian Families have a lot of restaurant playsets, and they actually have real Sylvanian Families themed restaurants as well. There was one in Thailand, but I'm not sure if it's still there, and there are a few in Japan. Japan even has a Sylvanian Families theme park.

Here's a blog post (with LOTS of pics) of a visit to one of the Sylvanian restaurants: http://goawaysam.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/japan-day-6-tokyo-2-dec-2010-part-2.html

That same person also posted heaps of pictures of the theme park in the forums: http://bsfforum.runboard.com/t3084 (scroll down to see)

The crocodiles and elephants are from a similar line called Forest Families. I think the bears are Barenwald. Not sure about the rest, I think a couple of the grey bunnies might be Maple Town characters. The middle bunny is SF, but the two on the sides have molds different from the SF bunnies.

[shockponie]

emuel, I LOVE those crocs!! Very cute. Yeah it's a deer, like the baby from Buckley Deer family.