The box showed a one-toned brown bear like the Petite bears, but the Santa figure inside was similar to the Calico Critters Marmalade Bear, with a teardrop shape around his nose. Did you know that the Sylvanian Families Buckley Deer female family members have a heart shape in their ears?
The male members of the Buckley family missed out on this loveable feature, though. In , Sylvanian Families in United Kingdom held a competition to discover the village in England that was most like fictitious Sylvania. There was a Sylvanian First Aid Kit! Back in the heyday of Sylvanian Families in the 's and early 90's, Sylvanian Families produced some fabulous memorabilia items, such as this full sized, wooden Sylvanian Families First Aid Kit.
Now it's very rare and highly collectible. In Sylvanian Families releases several sports sets to coincide with the London Olympics. Sets included a Gymnastics set as seen below , a Showjumping set, Swimming and Athletics sets. These sets were limited in release to United Kingdom.
It came with William Balmoral groom and his beautiful bride Catherine. Although we often hear about idyllic Sylvania, the Sylvanian folks did have an enemy back in , when the first TV Cartoon Series came out. In the popular TV cartoon series, the villain Packbat and his evil helper, Gatorpossum would often try to capture the Sylvanians, with the help of the traitorous Slydale Fox family.
If you've enjoyed this our Sylvanian Families Interesting Facts, you might enjoy reading many of our other Sylvanian Families themed articles, which you will find in our store Blog. Due to various climates or warehouse conditions the box or packet may show a little wear, discolouring, fading or a slight tear or dent in the outer packaging. Sometimes the cellotape that seals a box can appear yellowed and a little curled up at the edges.
Boxes may have some fading or general wear on the outer packaging. The packaging has an appearance consistent with being stored for 20 or 30 years. There may have been 's price stickers that have been removed from the box, leaving a sticker mark. Sometimes there is yellow age spotting on the inside cardboard packaging inserts. Sylvanian Families have always been a top quality product, and were definitely made to last. Items released in the s, brand new in their packaging, can still look as perfectly new as they did 30 years ago.
Likely the outer box will show signs of age and wear, but the buildings, figures and accessories tend to stand the test of time extremely well. In some cases white or cream coloured vintage buildings or furniture may begin to yellow in places, due to age. In general, non-white buildings and furniture retain their original colour remarkably well. Some examples of white buildings and furniture sets which I have noticed age discolouring in are:. One point to note, however, is when figures have remained sealed and never removed from their box long term, the soft flocking on the centre of the back of the figure's head can leave a slightly flattened mark, where the figure's head has been leaning against the back of the box.
This is mostly only noticeable with gray or brown coloured figures, such as the Elephant Family or the UK Hazelwood brown mouse family or the vintage Slydale fox family, as examples. This generally only occurs when the figure is tied by bindings against a cardboard backing, especially when they have been tied into place for many years.
The small area can appear to be a slightly lighter colour than the flocking around it and give the impression of being "faded" when it likely only that the flocking has been pressed flat for some time. This is fairly common with figures that have been stored brand new in the box for several years.
This can even be the case with brand new recent figures too. Often by brushing the flocking lightly in the other direction the flattened flocking impression will smooth away. However with vintage item dating back to the 's the flattened patch at the back of it's head is likely to remain so.
On Sylvanian Families figures with paws, or creviced hands or feet, the flocking can appear slightly darker in colour in the crevices. This is usual for Sylvanian figures, such as cat and dog figures and several other families and this is how the figures arrive from the manufacturer. However, other animal families, such as goat figures, have a flatter, round hand or foot, therefore the flocking coverage will be more even in tone.
If you're new to collecting, you'll be amazed at the variety of sets that have been available over the years. Afterall, Sylvanian Families have been producing items since ! If they produced 10 new sets every year, that could well be or more different Sylvanian Families sets, or maybe many more.
Bearing in mind also, that different countries produce their own exclusive sets which we would never see in Australian stores, this could add up to 20 to 30 new sets internationally each year. Even Mexico and Italy have had sets released exclusive to their own country. This also means there is a wide range of different packaging used over the years.
See below for some examples of how the Sylvanian Families packaging has changed over the years. There are also Sylvanian Families Limited Edition sets released on occasions in some countries. This may mean only several sets were ever produced, making them quite sought after by collectors around the world. Calico Critters and Sylvanian Families are one and the same. Although the same product, our Calico Critters in our store are typically more expensive than many of the Sylvanian Families in our store, due to high importing costs.
Sylvanian Families do vary widely in price. So, why is one family worth so much more than another? In general, Sylvanian Families that can be found in stores still today, that are still in production and are readily available from Australian wholesale distributors, can be purchased for the market price. These will often be found on sale for very reasonable prices in Sylvanian Specialty Store as well as many other stores in Australia. As mentioned above, the pricing of figures depends on their availability and their demand.
If I did make up a name or story for a figure, it will be clearly noted on that particular page. Unless expressly noted, all biographies and names are considered official. Here you will find a list of all of my buildings, sets, vehicles and accessories in my Sylvanian Families collection. On each page, I make a note of what was included in each set or with each building, but sometimes make use of some of my Sylvanian Families figures in order to display the items better.
Unless noted, these sets do not come with all of the figures in the photos.
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