Plantation Play (RETIRED)
Oct 27, 2007 20:35:21 GMT -5
Post by Colonial Rose on Oct 27, 2007 20:35:21 GMT -5
This set was introduced in 1992 and retired in 2001. It is associated with the book, Felicity Saves the Day. (Note, the set originally came with two battledores; by 1998 it was sold with only one battledore.)
PC description: Felicity loved the long summer days on Grandfather's plantation. She played shuttlecock and battledore with Nan and William and blew bubbles at the river's edge with a shell and reed. They all waited for a bird to nest in the bird bottle, which turned out to be the secret hiding place where Ben left the note and signal whistle that started Felicity on her dangerous summer adventure.
This set includes a shuttlecock (racquet), battledore, shell and two reeds, bird, bird bottle, note from Ben and a whistle. The shuttlecock is a light wood with string woven through it and green something wrapped around the handle (I only wish I'd gotten the set that came with two), the doll can hold this and balance the battledore on it. The battledore is a cork ball with feathers in it, looked great new, but my feathers disintegrated while it was sitting unused in it's box. The shell and reeds are just that, a little shell and two plasticy reeds for blowing bubbles. I can get Felicity to balance the shell on one hand and hold the reed between the fingers of the other, so it at least kind of looks like she is using it. The bird is cute and has a little plastic tube to help it perch on the bird bottle, unfortunately mine broke off while I was putting it on the perch so mine sits in the opening of the bottle with the note wrapped around her. The bird bottle is terra cotta pottery with a stick perch through it. The bottle is glazed everywhere but the back and the glaze has a tendency to craze. The note from Ben is printed on a scrap of fabric with unfinished edges, looks just like the picture in the book. It also looks like it would fray easily so I left mine in the plastic it came in and it still looks new. The whistle is adorable, it is made of wood and comes on a leather cord, and best of all it actually works. B
PC description: Felicity loved the long summer days on Grandfather's plantation. She played shuttlecock and battledore with Nan and William and blew bubbles at the river's edge with a shell and reed. They all waited for a bird to nest in the bird bottle, which turned out to be the secret hiding place where Ben left the note and signal whistle that started Felicity on her dangerous summer adventure.
This set includes a shuttlecock (racquet), battledore, shell and two reeds, bird, bird bottle, note from Ben and a whistle. The shuttlecock is a light wood with string woven through it and green something wrapped around the handle (I only wish I'd gotten the set that came with two), the doll can hold this and balance the battledore on it. The battledore is a cork ball with feathers in it, looked great new, but my feathers disintegrated while it was sitting unused in it's box. The shell and reeds are just that, a little shell and two plasticy reeds for blowing bubbles. I can get Felicity to balance the shell on one hand and hold the reed between the fingers of the other, so it at least kind of looks like she is using it. The bird is cute and has a little plastic tube to help it perch on the bird bottle, unfortunately mine broke off while I was putting it on the perch so mine sits in the opening of the bottle with the note wrapped around her. The bird bottle is terra cotta pottery with a stick perch through it. The bottle is glazed everywhere but the back and the glaze has a tendency to craze. The note from Ben is printed on a scrap of fabric with unfinished edges, looks just like the picture in the book. It also looks like it would fray easily so I left mine in the plastic it came in and it still looks new. The whistle is adorable, it is made of wood and comes on a leather cord, and best of all it actually works. B