I've got to credit Chris Palmer on the Wars of Ozz Facebook Group for the heads up. Last week he alerted the group of new Fairy Garden houses and accessories on the shelves at their local Dollar Tree.
It took nearly a week for my local shops to finally clear out the Christmas stock and set-up the Valentine's and St. Patrick's Days shelves before moving onto spring, but some of the Gnome Homes were in stock.
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| With Gnome Wars figures for scale. |
The variety at my local shop was mostly from the Enchanting Fairy Garden line, and definitely fit the fantasy gnome aesthetic, although inflation does chip away at the $1.25 price.
These gnome homes are incredibly narrow... and full-sized Tiki Bar is too tall (without stools), while the smaller Tiki bar packaged on a card display is way too small.
The blistered cards for the line include some nice treant/treefolk, although my shop did NOT have all of them.
Outside of the sample Tiki Bar, I've avoided the Beach Fairy Garden line, while interesting, is also full of awkwardly scaled items and buildings. Some of the boats might do well as background scenery, as they barely fit the lines smaller gnome figures.
The Sweets Fairy Garden line might work for a Candyland themed games and the Farm Fairy Garden has scale issues for game play.
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