Starting off with a fun tidbit: Elena Biscuit has been officially elected mayor!
Alright, let's look at some of the new releases on the Japanese online store. First off, two new older brother keychains. Can't say I'm a fan of the keychain aspect, but these guys are looking pretty dapper.
These are exclusive to the online store and select official shops. Bruce Husky Cat
We also have some new standing baby keychains: a Deer prince in a red and blue outfit with a cloak and a Chocolate Rabbit princess in a frilly pink dress. These are also exclusive to the online store and select official shops.
And yet more keychains:
- a curly-eared cat girl in a fluffy grey cat costume (cat-ception?)
- and a chef deer standing baby in a pot of soup (I hope that little chef knows what she's doing)
We have another new town older sibling: the Persian Town Girl, also an online shop/select official stores release. Also check out this special website about the town ladies, as they're called here!
And yet more online shop/select official store releases: the Elegant Husky Family and Elegant Husky Puppies. These huskies feature delicate pastel outfits with ornate floral accents. The family comes with two adults, two kids, and three laying babies. The puppy set comes with a sitting, standing and crawling baby. These fancy individuals fit in well with some of the other elegant redressings we've gotten lately.
And a pretty scrumptious set with a recoloured Red-Roofed house in muted red/pastel mint (with some brown, cream, and muted blue details) and a ton of very nicely detailed furniture recolors. Yep, this is also online shop/select official stores only.
Another super sweet Easy Buy set has three laying Floral Cat babies (in purple, pink, and yellow) all nestled in a blue and pink triple stroller with a little orange flower detail on each section of the stroller.
And finally an Easy Buy nursery castle with a lop-eared rabbit baby. All these sets can be viewed on the Brazil site.
Before we get into some of the biggest new releases (there are two whole new lines 🙀), here's a little lightning round of additional items:
⭐The newest baby blind bag series has been revealed on the Japanese site: Baby Adventure Series. Note the tiger baby!
⭐There are some new online exclusive additions to the United States Calico Critters official shop. I believe all of these have been previously released in other countries: Cutie Collectibles - Milky Way Babies | Cutie Collectibles -Milky Way Friends | Beautiful Bride and Groom (Chocolate Rabbits) | Happy Honeybee Babies | Blossom Dress Baby Duo | and the Elegant Striped Cats (four figure family)
⭐Some keychains have also joined the United States Online shop: the Burger Baby (Fennec Fox), Sweet Snowman (Koala), Charming Chihuahua, and Dainty Dress Milk Rabbit. All but the last two are online exclusives.
⭐Some footage from New York toy fair, a couple months ago, showed us some probable North American releases for this year, including the Sparkling Water house, Sparkling Water house furniture set, Classic Family Car, Fairy Mushroom house, Seal Captain & boat, berry blind bags, the Citrus Birds (parents only), and more. The Citrus birds are up on the online store already and I think I heard they've been spotted in the wild too.
⭐ It looks like some Calico Critter families are dropping the beads and buttons and switching them for fabric details like bows, so watch out for these clothing changes if you're buying in North America
⭐ There's a whole lot of new merch on the Japanese online store (bags, notebooks, stickers, and more)
Okay, with all that covered, now let's look at the two new lines that we have coming out. First is the Little Tales line. This is a whimsical fantasy-inspired line with four sets so far:
Little Tales Collection: The Owl's Secret Room
Translated from the Japan site: "This set includes a baby owl and owl-themed furniture. It comes with a rocking chair, clock, specimen shelf, celestial globe, and star-shaped mat. The minerals in the specimen shelf appear to glow. The clock's hands and pendulum move."
Yep, that's right - new owls! This witchy owl has a peer:
Little Tales Collection: The Owl's Mysterious Vegetable Garden
Translated from the Japan site: "This set includes a baby owl and a vegetable garden. When you stir the pot, the vegetables and mushrooms in the garden sway – it has a magical mechanism! The baby owl is characterized by the small decorative feathers on its head. You can put a pointed hat on it." Note: I think the "decorative feathers" are referring to the fluffy flocking.
And mum owl can be found in this set:
Little Tales Collection: The House Where the Owl Can See the Stars
Translated from the Japan site: "This set includes an owl mother and a pointed-roof house. It comes with a telescope and a magical experiment apparatus. When you turn the handle of the experiment apparatus, the crystals appear to float and glow."
And the owls have a feline friend:
Little Tales Collection: The Flying Broom in the Moonlight
Translated from the Japan site: "This set includes a Silk Cat Baby and a broom that flies through the night sky. The broom moves up and down, making it look like it's flying. The Silk Cat Baby is wearing an outfit and hat with star motifs."
Little Tales items are available to purchase in Japan and hopefully will be announced in other countries in the future!
Okay, as if that's not enough, let's check out new line #2. I'm not sure what they're calling this one but all these items have similarly designed boxes and seem to be part of a new range. These are newly listed on the Japanese site, with only the Crocodile Train being ready for pre-order so far. These appear to be regular runs, so hopefully we'll see them in additional countries in the future, too!
Showtime at the Cactus House
Tiger Adventure Bike
Okay, that was a whole lot of news! What do you think of the new sets? Any favourites?
And if you know of any other new releases I missed, feel free to drop 'em down in the comments👀
~Skylark 😺
As a cat enthusiast I am, of course, attracted by the dapper Sandy Cat Older Brother. Purrchester's Floral Cat family would be happy about the arrival of those darling triplets. The Tiger Bike Adventurer and the baby tiger from the new blind bag series are on my wishlist, as well as the little key chain curly-eared kitten (as there are no Curly-Ears in Purrchester, yet). Hope one or another of those editions will make it to our shops in town... Oh - and I forgot: That beautiful Posh Persian Older Sister with her chic clothes would be 'the cherry on top' and talk of the town! -grin-
ReplyDeleteWow! What a catalogue of goodies! Thanks for assembling all this info, Skylark.
ReplyDeleteThe Pomeranians and Tigers pique my interest, as do the older brother key chains. The chains themselves might get in the way, but the dapper attire gives them character.
There are quite a few fun things here! I really like the Tiger, the witchy owl sets, the Exciting Crocodile Train, and the Adventure babies (most of them anyway - Creme seems somehow out of place in her fairy-princess-vibes dress...?)
ReplyDeleteAs for all the keychains, they don't surprise me after my holiday to Japan earlier this year - keychains seem to be a SUPER popular item across all franchises. But I'm thinking probably the keychain part could be cut off the older brothers, so they could just be used as a normal figure...? Especially if the attachment point is under their very fine hats!