ianandjane
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Country Patio Furniture Set (CC2128)
Finally a Calico Critter set from the Country theme that is great! This set is available in the UK as Patio Furniture Set. When compared to the Country Living Room Set and Country Dining Room Set, this Patio Furniture Set is remarkably better. I'd even consider buying a second one.
The set is small and pretty inexpensive like the other sets from the Country theme. The table has a really nice wood graining detailed into the plastic as do the benches and folding chairs. The folding chairs have a nifty green detailing on the upper portion of the seat back. I'm not sure how to describe this detailing, it's not floral or leafy (like the dining room set). It's just a nice squiggly shape on either side of a star/flower with some dots thrown in. It's a nice touch.
The benches are a bit bizarre as the table is pretty high and the benches are pretty low. I really like the inclusion of these benches though because they can be used as end tables, shop tables, and such around the village.
The real stars of this set are the food items though. Very detailed and delightful. The set includes a plated strawberry tart, a plated piece of chocolate strawberry pie, a pudding piece that can be filled into an amazing sundae flute, and a basic white plate with a tea cup "filled" with tea. This is the first time I received a tea cup that was not empty. It's a simple detail, but really neat in my opinion. The sundae flute is a beautiful little piece.
Of course, I have one complaint. I would have rather had a second sundae flute and pudding piece than the strawberry tart and strawberry pie. They are really nice, but having only one flute is a bit disappointing. The simple benches that can perform mulpitle functions and the sundae flute are my reasons that I'd consider purchasing a second set.
This set is definitely the best from the Country theme (although I don't really own the bedroom set, but the promopictures are so unappealing to me that I will never buy that set unless I get a crazy insane price). This set doesn't really even seem to fit with the Country theme. The Country theme is known as being "low." The dining chairs sit low to the ground and the living room table is very low to the ground. The patio furniture set has a really high table; it just doesn't fit with the rest of the theme. The green detailing on the chairs also doesn't really fit with the pinks and reds of the living room and bedroom. Also the living room and bedroom have hearts all over the place not matching the star/flower shape on the stars. The dining room really could have used some of the food details included in the patio furniture set to make it seem more complete. It was almost as if someone looked at the other three Country sets and said "We can do better than this" and then set about creating the Patio Furniture set.
I'd really recommend this set. It can be used as suggested on a patio, but it could also be placed in the downtown section of the village to make a cafe with the Delightful Doughnuts Set or the Dessert Counter Set. It could be used around the hamburger wagon if you don't want to use the slightly awkward roof/ceiling seating included in that set. It's a very versatile set and again relatively inexpensive.
-Eric
Visit my web site's inventory page for this set to see individual pictures of each item included in the set:
http://calicocrittersfansite.weebly.com/country-patio-furniture-set.html
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9/25/2010, 8:26 am
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toukkero
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Re: Country Patio Furniture Set (CC2128)
Okay, that really looks like wood instead of frozen chocolate...
The set is so small that I must admit that I have never ever given it any attention. I propably have seen it, but never really looked.
The accessories are kind of dull. There should have been two of each of them.
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9/25/2010, 9:48 am
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