Sunday 24 August 2014

School Sports day in Rooibosch Hill

Since SSK has recently marked down the school sports day set (4416), I decided to jump at the opportunity and buy one for myself. I don't have any sports accessories yet and after all, it includes a Norwood mouse right? Who can resist!?

The lovely stock photo from SSK's shop website. See Katy Norwood there?

Aww, Katy Norwood is falling behind in the sack race!

And isn't Katy Norwood just too cute with that whistle (Note how big this soccer ball is...)

And finally we have the photo showing the included accessories, Barry Periwinkle (Let's call him a cousin) and little Katy Norwood.

Have I mentioned that little thing that I have with luck? Yes, this set does include a Norwood mouse... if you are lucky! However, Mr. Murphy never seems to smile on me and I usually do not have any other luck than the bad kind.

So, when my parcel arrived, I was very excited to add Katy Norwood to my village! Finally the Norwood mice would have a child of their own, Yaay! :D And, of course another Periwinkle  boy, because every Sylvanian village has to be overrun with Periwinkle rabbits... Bells were ringing and angel choirs singing in my mind as I opened my box to find:

Oh no, wait... Isn't that a Maces mouse?

Yes, it's true. I did not receive Katy Norwood in my box. Instead, I found a Maces mouse. I immediately contacted SSK to let them know about my surprise. I wanted to cry, the angel choirs were replaced by evil laughter, the bells and sparkles gone and disappointment set in.

I was much too disappointed to open the box, even after I received an answer from SSK that this is a known problem and somewhere on the packaging line a problem must have crept in, which has since been corrected. They did also promise to send off a real Norwood mouse figure for me for alerting them of the problem and I felt my disappointment lift slightly. None the less, this box has been floating about my study for a few days now and tonight I finally decided to open it.

Barry Periwinkle and Katy Maces decided to play baseball first, but Katy had some trouble pitching the ball.

So the two switched over to hockey instead. This went better, but Barry felt that playing hockey wasn't quite for him.

So he suggested that they try a sack race. However, Barry came second to Katy Maces and soon suggested they try something else.

So, Katy Maces drew a fictional goal line and Barry tried to get the tiniest soccer ball in Sylvania past her. This didn't last long either, since the little soccer ball was deflated to begin with! (The stock image's ball looks MUCH better!)

Lastly the two tried the egg and spoon race... Unfortunately Barry lost his balance just before the finish line and fell flat on his face, getting egg all over  himself while Katy Maces gained the lead.


At the end of the day, Katy Maces won the trophy and Barry Periwinkle went home with bumps and scrapes to remind him of the day that he was beaten by a girl! 


I don't totally dislike this set, but with the Maces mouse drama, I lost a lot of the zing that it had previously. 
Overall this is a good set though and you get lots of tiny pieces. The whistle is very cute and I really can't complain about much. Except the little deflated soccer balls... At least I think they are soccer balls though! :P

For some reason I couldn't figure the egg and spoon race out at first... It took hubby's laughter at my puzzlement over the inclusion of two spoons in a sport day set to finally realize that I was missing something. Of course he couldn't help but gloat at figuring out that the little white oblong balls were in fact eggs long before I did and we had quite a laugh at my attempts at figuring out what kind of balls they were...




13 comments:

  1. That's a really cute set, and your scenes are darling! I think those (soccer) balls might really be some other kind of balls--they're just so small! I'm thinking it's a British game, but for the life of me, the name isn't coming. I hope someone else can solve this mystery. Glad you're getting a Norwood mouse after all! xo Jennifer

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    1. Thanks, I just set up the scenes really quick to take some photos of this set. :D I really don't know about those balls... From the stock photo I really thought that they were soccer balls since they have the characteristic lines where the seams would be, but the real ones are so tiny! :P

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  2. What an adorable set! Despite the hiccup with the Norwood Mouse, it looks like a nice set. And at least you are getting a free one in the mail :) Poor Barry, this was obviously a blow to his pride. The other boys will never stop teasing him...
    :D

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    1. Yes, this is a lovely set! I am very glad that SSK offered to send the right mouse to me after all. :P
      Don't worry, Barry is a big boy, he doesn't let things like this get him down!

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    2. Could the balls be a rounders balls? They don't have the seams in the right place but they seem to be the right size...
      I'm glad Barry took defeat graciously :D
      A x

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  3. Oh dear, that's a shame with the two mice! But I'm glad you'll receive the "real" Norwood mouse. Although I really like that set, the little sport accessoires are so cute. :) I had to laugh about the egg part, because I wondered about the egg and spoon race. Is is a popular sport? I just know it from childrens birthdays. But it's really cute :). Congrats on this set :).

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  4. Your pictures are wonderful to look at! I think it's a great little set and I love the potato sack! I am so glad for you that SSK store will send you the right mouse. It's very kind of them because I don't think many stores would actually care if the package was defective in anyway. I wouldn't have known about the egg-race either! Not something I would expect in a school sports set!

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    1. Thank you, I am learning to enjoy setting up tiny scenes now. The only problem that I have, is that I have to remove my son's computer to make space to set everything up. Then afterwards, everything needs to be put away and the computer set up again before he finds out!

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  5. Don't you just hate when SF's product pics don't show the actual product :( But it's great they offered to send the actual mouse!

    Either ways it's a super cute set and such a sweet short photostory ^^

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    1. Thank you! Yes, I get quite peeved when the product images show a different product than what you actually get.. :(

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  6. Lovely review! It makes me want this set! It's too bad about the Norwood mouse, but hey, at least they're sending one to you! The ball did seem to look better in the stock photos, but their outfits are so cute!

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  7. Aww... but Katy Norwood is so cute! I like the set though, even with that soccer ball.

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