Dale / Lambrook Sheep Family

Toy Line: Sylvanian Families, Calico Critters
Company: International Playthings, Flair, Epoch
Country: US, UK, JP
Year Introduced: 2005
Figures Available: Mother, father, sister, brother, baby girl, baby girl (green, JP), grandmother, grandfather , aunt (1) (UK set), aunt (2) (UK set)
Frequency: Common

Version:
Grandparents - UK, Sylvanian Families (Flair), open hand
Mother, father - US, Calico Critters, open hand
Sister, brother - US, Calico Critters, open hand
Baby (green) - JP, Sylvanian Families (Epoch), jointed body
Baby (pink) - US, Calico Critters, sitting body, carry case

Official Names & Bios:
Bios in the photo album, pamphlets, annuals, books and boxes can be slightly different. Even different countries! I have combined any I have found to the best of my abilities or have labeled them separately.

Dale (UK, Sylvanian Families)

• Grandmother Dove regularly looks after her grandchildren when their parents are busy in the orchard. She would look after them all the time if she could. The grandchildren love her because she plays games with them, she is not very good at ''hide'' but excellent at ''seek''. Best of all they love her cooking!
• Grandfather Wesley planted up the original orchard that his son Ewan now tends. Wesley walks through the orchard whenever he has the chance, not to check that Ewan is doing a good job of looking after the fruit trees, but rather to reminisce about the good old days when he was a young man.
• Aunt Wendy loves being in the garden. She thinks talking to her vegetables helps them grow. But not only does she talk to them, she has also taken to singing to them. It must work as her harvest is always very good. Set includes vegetable patch, garden tools, seed packet and of course a whole range of vegetables.
• Aunt Dolly loves the seaside and being by the sea in the sunshine. Dolly spends all day at the beach in the summer pedaling her tricycle and selling the candy floss that she loves to make. Everyone likes to stop and ask for a candy floss and most comment on the fact that Dolly's fleece and her candy floss look very similar!
• Mother Barbara is the real expert on fruit trees of every kind. Her busiest times are late fall and early spring when she is in the orchard all day, pruning and re-shaping all the trees and checking for any problems. When the trees start blooming in the spring, she loves to take long walks along the orchard path every evening.
• Father Ewan is in charge of the orchards in Cloverleaf Corners, keeping the grass short and the place tidy. He is very proud of his Calico Red apples and Peachy Perfect peaches. After a day's work done, he likes to relax on the couch with a glass of freshly-squeezed fruit juice.
• Sister Iona has been given the very important job of collecting and sorting all the different types of fruit. She much prefers this part-time job to going to school because she can chew to her heart's content, without any teacher telling her that it is not allowed!
• Brother Winton loves helping his parents in the orchard. His favorite job is looking after the bonfire, but before he can do this, he has to rake up all the fallen leaves and twigs, which he finds a bit boring. However, he is always very thorough since he knows that the more he collects, the bigger the bonfire will be!
• Baby Sister Shona (pink) can spend hours watching birds and butterflies in the orchard. She loves flowers and thinks there is nothing prettier than orchard trees blooming in the spring time.
• Baby Brother Sean (blue) likes to taste every fruit he finds, but sweet Asian pears have always been his favorite.
• Baby Sister Emma (green) really enjoys attempting to help the rest of the family in the orchard, even though she is very small. She is quite happy following everyone around the different trees, dragging an old fruit basket behind her. After being stung one afternoon by a wasp, she soon learnt not to pick up the fallen fruit from the ground!

Lambrook (US, Calico Critters)

• Father Danny is in charge of the orchards in Cloverleaf Corners, keeping the grass short and the place tidy. He is very proud of his Calico Red apples and Peachy Perfect peaches. After a day's work done, he likes to relax on the couch with a glass of freshly-squeezed fruit juice.

Accessories:
The jointed baby comes with a bottle and a brown cradle. 
The sitting baby girl (pink) comes in a carrying case with a red train.
Each grandparent comes with a pair of plastic glasses.
Aunt Wendy comes in a set with a vegetable garden and accessories.
Aunt Dolly comes in a set with a candy floss/cotton candy cart and accessories.

How I Got Mine:
I purchased the main family at a local Toys R Us toy store.
The jointed baby was acquired by trade with another collector.
The grandparents were acquired by trade with a collector in the UK.
The carry case baby was purchased at Toys R Us (2014).

Extra Info:
The Dales have little wire tails. 
Carry case babies have no names or bios.

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