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Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


Again, this set is available in the UK as the Cosy Dining Room and is themed to match the Calico Critters Country Treehouse or the Flair Sylvanian Families Old Oak Hollow Treehouse.

The set is relatively cheap, but it is again small and very stark with very little staging to help make the room feel "homey" or "lived in." On the plus side for this set, it is the least cartoony looking "Country" themed set.

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The set includes eighteen pieces. The four dining chairs and dining table have a beautiful acorn and leave pattern on them. The table is quite good, but the chairs sit very low. They have great detailing, but these stubby little shapeless legs that make them look ridiculous. This lowness that the chairs have though make the set match the other low pieces in the "Country" (or "Cosy") theme.

The hutch with sink is quite nice also. I have no complaints. It's a very fine piece of furniture that will make any dining room looked dressed up.

Then there are the four cups and eight dishes (four large and four small). I think these are the biggest yawn ever in a Calico Critters set. They are white. Nothing else. The cups are wide like a grande cafe mug and white. A little bit of color would have really helped this set. An acorn and leaf pattern on the dishes would have been mind-blowing, but I would have settled for just a different color band to be painted around the plates' edges. Maybe having some wine glasses would have been better to add detail to the set, or dare I dream a vase of flowers for a center peice?

A little something would have made this set a winner, but with the stark white dishes and mugs, it fits nicely in my opinion with the Country Living Room set in the "loser" category. It's not a big loser due to the hutch, but the set overall looks like a bunch of plastic. Not good for the charm and detail that Calico Critters and Sylvanian Families are known for.

-Eric

Check out images of each item mentioned above on the set's inventory page on my web site:
http://calicocrittersfansite.weebly.com/country-dining-room-furniture-set-inventory.html

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Re: Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


I really liked the acorn and leaf motif on the chairs and table of this set. The hutch is also very nice. As Eric commented, the chairs are a bit low, but this may be advantageous with figures sitting in them. I'll have to see about this in the coming days. A stove and a few more kitchen accessories would have been nice in this set. The set is small but can be used in smaller buildings. In the Tree House, it works fairly well especially since there are a lot of kitchen-specific decals to dress up the kitchen.

One and a half thumbs up for this set.

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Re: Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


I got this set yesterday.

It fits nicely inside the houses with smaller rooms like the Townhome/Willow Hall, but on the other hand it just doesn't seem grand or fancy enough for the aforementioned building.

My Willow Hall is decidedly where one of the wealthier families of Sylvan Forest live - and based on the ad copy, I understand this is the intention - but the larger, fancier furniture sets don't fit inside the rooms! On the other hand, you can easily get the Deluxe Living Room Set inside one of the smaller, simpler starter houses like the one that comes with Freya Chocolate (does that one have a name? The US one, I mean.) or even Ivy/Rose/Applewood/etc Cottage. It's a little irritating.

I do like the leafy acorn design on the furniture. It's a nice little detail that sets it apart from a knockoff or generic dollhouse furniture.

All in all, I'd say it's a nice, basic set for $14.99, and my complaints and annoyances have more to do with the whole line in general rather than this set.

If you wanted to get crafty and dress the set up a little, you could make a table runner from a couple of inches of wide, flat (not gathered) lace. That's all they use for the table runners in the Deluxe Living Room, after all.
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Re: Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


I agree, there's nothing really excisting to this set. You should personalize it I guess, get a nice flower vase miniature, make a napkin, and combine this with other sets with lots of nice things. I like the cupboard with the sink though. And the huge set of plates. Too bad there is no cutlery. Sylvanian is definitely short of cutlery. My BBQ set came with plates, but no cutlery (ok you can eat the skewers with your hands), I only got now two amazing forks and spoons with the Applewood Departement Store. I thought it would be nice if you could order plain dishes, glasses, and cutlery.
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Re: Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


I think they look like they are made out of frozen chocolate more than wood :/ I don't like SF/CC way to make "wooden" furniture. The items often look really nice in promopictures, but the reality is this... chilled chocolate. In a bad way.
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I hope for white and NOT kitschy furniture...
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LOL- Toukkero, you are right. Now I will always think of fudgesicles when I see these sets... I like the hutch as well- but overall this set seems bland and the Country items do not mix well with most new releases.

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Re: Calico Critters Country Dining Room (CC2126)


I've received an order from http://www.toysdirect.com/ today and I got this set for free emoticon

They're advertising with "For a Limited Time Spend Over £40.00 on Sylvanian Families and get A Dining Room Set Free." and I got this set (UK version).

So if anyone is interested in this set, this could be good deal.
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