Sylvanian Families originally began life in Japan, created by the Japanese company Epoch in 1985. In 1987 the Sylvanian Families had finally made their way to the UK becoming a major success and winning the British Association of Toy Retailers award for “Toy of the Year” three years consecutively, in 1987, 1988 and 1989.

The characters, grouped into families, feature woodland creatures such as beavers, hedgehogs, mice, rabbits and bears, and in more recent years, they have expanded to other animals such as cats, dogs, penguins, monkeys, koalas and meerkats.

By the end of the 1990′s though Sylvanian Families had seen a major decline and eventually became discontinued in the UK. Although this was not the end for our little Sylvanians, they eventually became reintroduced into the UK by Flair plc, and are now celebrating their 25th Anniversary.

To help celebrate the Sylvanian 25th Anniversary, Flair have introduced Four fantastic new sets over the last year, all of which can be found at toyopia.co.uk .

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