2026 New Releases - July/Aug

Hello all,

Let's check out some more new releases!

To start, the Japanese Online Store has added some mashup sets that contain a couple of previously released sets bundled into one. 

Baby Bakery Munching Set (July 24 Release)

This set combines the Baby Bakers Set, Baby Baker Trio, and the Fresh Baked Bread Set (Sheep).  Currently available on the Japan Online Store until Sept 30.

Wisteria Terrace's Lovely House Set (July 24 Release)

This one combines the Wisteria Terrace Gift Set, Kitchen Playset, and (Country) Bathroom Playset. Available on the Japan Online Store until Sept 30.

French Bulldog Family Exciting Camping Set (July 24 Release)

This set combines the French Bulldog Family, French Bulldog Triplets Camping Stroller Set, and the Countryside Camper. Available on the Japanese Online Store until Sept 30.

Raspberry Forest Happy Baby Set (Aug 17 Release)

This set includes the Sweet Raspberry House set with Creme Chocolate and her slide, the Baby Trio (Mascot) set, and the New Arrival set. Available on the Japanese Online Store until Sept 30.

Rainbow Kindergarten Set (Aug 17 Release)

This one has the Coloured Pencil Babies, the Sunshine Nursery Bus, and the Baby Castle Nursery. Available on the Japanese Online Store until Sept 30.

Moving onto some original items.

Grape Cat Keychain (Aug 8 Release)

We've got a new keychain: A Caramel/Macavity Cat standing baby in a grape costume. Exclusive to the Online Store and Official Shops. 

FamilyMart Exclusives

FamilyMart has a Sylvanian Families lottery this year with some exclusive prizes. This follows last year's sweets-themed lottery. This year's theme is Starry Sky Pajama Party.

The prizes are:

Starry Sky Nursery

Dreamy Dress Pair

Dreamy Pajama Pair

Baby Trio

Prams

Beds

Baby Keychains

Baby Blind Bags

The full baby run including the secret prize is:

• crawling seal in purple pjs and nightcap
• infant hamster in yellow floral nightgown and yellow nightcap
• infant grey Persian cat in pink fabric basinet
• biscuit bear in teal floral nightgown and sleepmask
• Marguerite rabbit in blue floral nightgown and sleepmask
• and some little fellow I can't identify in a sleeping bag.
   In-hand photos here.

Lightning Round:

• The Exciting Adventure Mountain that we saw a promotional image of back in June is now on the Japanese website and available for purchase. This appears to be a regular release so hopefully other countries will receive it before long.
  
  
• Puzzle piece acrylic patches with Sylvanian characters on them are available in Japan: Set 1, Set 2
  
  
• The new North American releases we saw teased in toy fair footage earlier this year have been added to the Calico Critters site.
  
  
• Calico Critters has added a three-baby version of the Coloured Pencil baby set to their Online Store. It's got a Persian cat, Tuxedo cat, and Latte cat.
  
  
• The Calico Critters online store has also added some other items that have been released previously in other countries, including the Countryside Friends duo, the Tea Party babies, and the Tea Party Friends.
  
  

There's some sort of freebie campaign happening on the Japanese store. I can't read Japanese unfortunately, so I'm not sure exactly how it works but it looks like the freebies are:

1.  a persian cat ghost baby
2. a polar bear witch baby and a tuxedo cat ghost baby
3. two persian cat babies in adorable wooly bat costumes.

Before we close up, there's some troubling news for US collectors. Due to increasingly particular toy regulations about flocked figures, there are issues surrounding selling smaller Calico Critters figures in the US. Two significant outcomes of this have transpired:

1. US collectors importing sets from overseas have had their packages seized and smaller figures destroyed. As a result, some overseas importers like KobeeJapan have paused selling to the US. See discussion about this here on Reddit (please note there has been a lot of speculation about what the impacts of this will be, so if you see a comment, take note of whether it's speculative or a statement of current evidence)
   
   
2. Calico Critters has changed the new fairy figures to be unflocked, to avoid getting penalized by the aforementioned rule (which only applies to flocked figures below a certain size). Photos here and here.
   
   
3. A new standing baby mold has been introduced with unjointed legs (arms are still jointed) and somewhat taller stature. Comparison with previous baby molds here.

There has been speculation about whether this will affect Canada or other countries surrounding the US, but at this point I don't know of any evidence of unflocked fairies showing up in other countries.

Alright, sorry to close things off on that note, but I'll be back soon as I catch up with September's releases!

Best,

Skylark 😺