There aren't enough fan sites on the web for Hornby Flower Fairies! These little dolls were a staple of my childhood, and I have recently dusted them off and become dangerously obsessed. I adore the pixies! Was a doll ever cuter? Am I the only person who thinks their little outfits are the most adorable thing ever?
The little poser on the left is actually my Healing Pixie (you can tell from the blue eyes) but he's dressed here in my Elm Pixie outfit. They tend to fight over who gets to wear the most pink...
Susan Brewer has produced an excellent booklet on the history of these beautiful toys, catologuing as much of the collection as possible (available here), and has blogged about them here.
I am lucky enough to own one of the rare ones, the Holly Pixie, who seems to be worth a few bob. I would love to get my hands on a few of the others, but might have to be patient, and then pay a high price. A Strawberry Pixie recently went on Ebay for over £180!!!
Ha! Those ARE exactly the dolls we had when we were kids! I never knew what they were called. The 2 we had were blond, and we had 2 of those dresses shown in her blog...man, I'll have to check if they're still at home when I go down this weekend!! I hope so!
ReplyDelete*g*! Fantastic - let me know which ones you've got, I'd love to know. Some of the rare ones are pretty valuable these days, as I said. They were totally my favourite dolls back then...never thought I'd start collecting them again 20 years on, mind!!
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