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In 2015, a series of tableaux by the British artist Mimsy featuring Sylvanian Families being threatened by "MICE-IS" terrorists was banned from the Passion for Freedom exhibition. [7] In 2006, the characters in the toy line were chosen to be the mascots for the National Federation of Workers and Consumers Insurance Cooperativess national mutual aid. By the end of the year, the toys sold a total of 78 million units. [5]In 2013, the rights for the toys in the UK were transferred to the newly formed Epoch UK, and they began distributing the toys from January 1, 2014 onwards. Flair stopped distributing the toys on December 31 the same year. [6]

My older sister and I had a whole Sylvanian empire across the top floor of our house,” she says. “We had the bakery, the windmill, but most of the families were in a big doll’s house and boxes we made with dividers and off-cuts of carpets. We made their food and they even had their own currency from modelling clay. Each family kept their money in little yellow pots from Kinder egg toy containers. My parents let us use all the upstairs space – our room, the landing, even their bedroom – and we’d play for hours. Eventually the whole lot ended up in their loft and I went to find it pretty much as soon as I had Catherine. It has lasted really well.” a b "End of era for UK's only independent Sylvanian Families shop" (with video by Alice Salfield). BBC News. 9 March 2023. Rhodri Marsden (2014-03-19). "Sylvanian Families: How folksy ways and wholesome values captured a global audience - Features - Health & Families". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26 . Retrieved 2015-03-18.Cayanan, Joanna (June 20, 2023), "Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters Toy Franchise Gets New Full 3DCG Anime on July 6", Anime News Network , retrieved June 20, 2023

Girl fans heavily outnumber boys, according to Epoch, and the peak playing age for Sylvanians is five to seven – though I think that’s too young to appreciate the intricate detail and fiddly accessories. At the picnic, Abby Walton and Charlotte Jolly, both 11 and down from Chinnor, Oxfordshire, are among the oldest children. Jacc Batch, possibly the world’s largest collector, at the Sylvanian Families 30th birthday picnic. Photograph: David Bebber/Guardian Sylvanian Families was launched in 1985 when the Japanese toy company Epoch (better known for video games) came across a new technical process for simulating animal fur. From this sprung tiny anthropomorphic creatures that bred in absurdly neat family sets (mum and dad, son and daughter) and lived a 1950s pastoral existence. Sylvanian mums wear floral pinnies and love to bake. The dads opt for braces or dungarees and work hard in rural occupations. Next morning, we’re late leaving for school as Orla is lost in Sylvania, balancing bunnies on bikes and sending them off to buy popcorn but I’m trying not to mind. Orla is our last child. When one day she drifts behind a screen, closes her bedroom door and declares herself done with Sylvanians, the whole lot will go to Oxfam. For the first time in years, we’ll be able to walk around the house, without the risk of stepping on a small, hard woodland creature. And that’ll be it. The characters, grouped into families, originally depicted typical woodland creatures such as rabbits, squirrels, bears, beavers, hedgehogs, foxes, deer, owls, raccoons, otters, skunks and mice, and later expanded to other animals such as cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, penguins, monkeys, cows, sheep, pigs, elephants, pandas, kangaroos, koalas and meerkats. Most families consist of a father, mother, sister and brother, and continue to add family members from there on such as grandparents, babies, and older siblings.Abby, who is due to start secondary school this September, is finding fewer friends willing to engage in Sylvanian play. “Most have grown out of them and I think it’s really sad,” she says. “When I told one friend about this picnic, I thought she’d be excited but she just said, ‘I haven’t been collecting Sylvanians for ages.’ She probably wanted to come but she’s worried it wouldn’t seem cool. Sylvanians are like the last little bit of childhood I have left.”