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a b "End of era for UK's only independent Sylvanian Families shop" (with video by Alice Salfield). BBC News. 9 March 2023. My older sister and I had a whole Sylvanian empire across the top floor of our house,” she says. “We had the bakery, the windmill, but most of the families were in a big doll’s house and boxes we made with dividers and off-cuts of carpets. We made their food and they even had their own currency from modelling clay. Each family kept their money in little yellow pots from Kinder egg toy containers. News Breaking News! This category is devoted to all of our news articles, with a focus on the biggest breaking stories in the world of show business. We’ve managed to break plenty of viral news stories in the past, from the release of the new Lion King live-action movie to the announcement that Holly Willoughby would be replacing Ant McPartlin on I’m A Celebrity. As well as entertainment news we also feature breaking articles from the most weird and wonderful corners of the internet. If you want to keep up-to-date with fascinating news stories that are slightly off-the-radar, then this is the place to be.

Now teenagers, they have entrusted their empire to their sister Orla, nine, and it has become her No 1 obsession. These days, you may walk into the bathroom and discover up to 20 little animals gathered round the sink and balanced by the bath – apparently they are at a waterpark. You may go to close a window only to see outside, on the sill, a bunch of bunnies on a camping trip. Returning a book to the shelf, you might be met by a small bear who has moved into the space and set up a shoe shop. Rhodri Marsden (2014-03-19). "Sylvanian Families: How folksy ways and wholesome values captured a global audience - Features - Health & Families". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26 . Retrieved 2015-03-18. It’s not surprising, then, that Orla saw last Sunday’s Sylvanian 30th birthday picnic in Hatchlands Park, Surrey, as a golden opportunity.

In 2015, a series of tableaux by the British artist Mimsy featuring Sylvanian Families being threatened by "MICE-IS" terrorists was banned from the Passion for Freedom exhibition. [7] Claire Armitstead; Jonathan Jones (26 September 2015). "Art and design – Artwork showing Sylvanian Families terrorised by Isis banned from free speech exhibition". The Guardian. Houlton, Delphine; Short, Brian (1995). "Sylvanian Families: the Production and Consumption of a Rural Community". Journal of Rural Studies. 11 (4): 367–385. doi: 10.1016/0743-0167(95)00017-8. In 2007, Epoch teamed up with Itochu, Nippon Columbia and Shogakukan to produce a 3D CGI Original Video Animation series based on the toy line produced by Kōji Kawaguchi and Yumiko Muriai and directed by Akira Takamura. All 3 episodes were released on June 20, 2007. According to Epoch, more episodes were planned, but these were never produced for unknown reasons. In the UK, Flair celebrated the franchise's 20th anniversary with a selected number of new items. The best selling was an Otter boat, and a reintroduced Dalmatian Family who now wore party hats that read "Happy 20th!". New Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters Anime Series to Air in Fall - News". Anime News Network. 2017-09-06 . Retrieved 2020-01-17.

Their ever-expanding infrastructure seems quintessentially English – the Morris Minor, the canal boat and the red telephone box, Sylvania’s only nod to technology. The names are English, too – Hugh Grunt, the brother pig, Emma Dale, the lamb, Beatrix Spotter, the mummy meerkat. Yet, Epoch says Sylvania could be anytime, anywhere – the word sylvan, from which it’s derived, means “of the forest or woods”. Abby, who is due to start secondary school this September, is finding fewer friends willing to engage in Sylvanian play. “Most have grown out of them and I think it’s really sad,” she says. “When I told one friend about this picnic, I thought she’d be excited but she just said, ‘I haven’t been collecting Sylvanians for ages.’ She probably wanted to come but she’s worried it wouldn’t seem cool. Sylvanians are like the last little bit of childhood I have left.”

Cayanan, Joanna (June 20, 2023), "Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters Toy Franchise Gets New Full 3DCG Anime on July 6", Anime News Network , retrieved June 20, 2023 In 2013, the rights for the toys in the UK were transferred to the newly formed Epoch UK, and they began distributing the toys from January 1, 2014 onwards. Flair stopped distributing the toys on December 31 the same year. [6]

My parents let us use all the upstairs space – our room, the landing, even their bedroom – and we’d play for hours. Eventually the whole lot ended up in their loft and I went to find it pretty much as soon as I had Catherine. It has lasted really well.” The characters, grouped into families, originally depicted typical woodland creatures such as rabbits, squirrels, bears, beavers, hedgehogs, foxes, deer, owls, raccoons, otters, skunks and mice, and later expanded to other animals such as cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, penguins, monkeys, cows, sheep, pigs, elephants, pandas, kangaroos, koalas and meerkats. Most families consist of a father, mother, sister and brother, and continue to add family members from there on such as grandparents, babies, and older siblings. In 2006, the characters in the toy line were chosen to be the mascots for the National Federation of Workers and Consumers Insurance Cooperativess national mutual aid. By the end of the year, the toys sold a total of 78 million units. [5] There are several animated series based on the Sylvanian Families world: Sylvanian Families, a syndicated series that premiered in 1987; Stories of the Sylvanian Families (1988), a British series animated in stop motion; and a 2007 original video animation series also called Sylvanian Families. A new OVA was then produced in 2015 with another in 2017, promoting the Sylvanian Families Town sub-line. Both OVAs were produced by Shogakukan Music and Digital Entertainment and were also released outside Japan through YouTube and Netflix.Guardian reader Susan Croft sent us this photograph: her daughter Freya made Guardian Saturday sections for her Sylvanians and their doll’s house. By 1988, Sylvanian Families had become a major success around the world, winning the British Association of Toy Retailers award for "Toy of the Year" three years consecutively, in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Girl fans heavily outnumber boys, according to Epoch, and the peak playing age for Sylvanians is five to seven – though I think that’s too young to appreciate the intricate detail and fiddly accessories. At the picnic, Abby Walton and Charlotte Jolly, both 11 and down from Chinnor, Oxfordshire, are among the oldest children. Samantha Loveday. "Epoch confirms UK distribution of Sylvanian Families" . Retrieved July 10, 2013. Jacc Batch, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, is believed to have the world’s biggest collection. Now 29 and star guest at the birthday picnic, he still remembers getting his first Sylvanian aged seven. “I had to go to the doctors so Mum said I could choose something from the toy shop as a treat. I chose hedgehog brother.”

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