I love my Moss family, I bought them new off Trade Me a week or so ago and I finally got them a few days ago. I was jumping up and down as soon as I saw that they weren’t faded like they looked on the photo that the seller had posted. She had just used flash. Though my family isn’t perfect, a bit dusty, faded and some of the markings have rubbed off, I am still very happy!
Anyway, here are the two parents. I actually like their original names, Rowena and Cameron so I will use these. Mother Rowena is wearing quite a nice dress which has a good bit of lace which I think makes this dress different from the rest of SF women’s dresses. Father Cameron looks very smart in his blue velvet tailcoat with gold pearls. He did come with a yellow bow but I changed it into a red one as I think he looks much better with it red.
From the back Cameron looks very smart indeed. I love his outfit, it makes him look quite well off and I think that he will be known as the ‘rich’ family from the noble house of Moss (Remember, you can be well off and not spoilt). The lace of Rowena’s dress stops at her sides, this doesn’t bother me too much but I personally think her dress would look nicer if the lave went all the way around.
Here are their children Buck and Juniper. They both look very tidy in their outfits. Buck’s straps of his trousers are a bit too long and big for him, they do not fit him properly in my opinion, they are too big.
This is the back view of the two of them. The stitching of the side back of Buck’s trousers has become undone but I will just fold it over.
I would have thought that the Moss family would be quite big as reindeer I think are but to my surprise, the parents are the size of child rabbits! In this photo we can see the size comparisons.
Does anyone know what version I have? The mother wears the dress like the 1997 version but I doubt that they are that old and they have the newer 2004 face mold. The sisters dress is different from the 1997 and the 2004 version so maybe this is the 2010 re released version? Is the sister even wearing the original dress? Buck still has a sticker on his foot, it is a golden 1985 EPOCH China one.
Any help would be appreciated!
By the way I have a winter clothing crochet tutorial series which I will publish soon( a hat, jacket and shoes). I wrote this weeks ago and still haven’t posted it. I will try to do an introductory story of the Moss family sometime and I have a few reviews to post as well. I will post the first crochet tutorial probably at the start of December and now… Oh well, I figure it out as time passes!
Right now, life is just a blur. School, homework, assignments and revision for tests, argh! Luckily I only have a few more exams next week and then I hope I will be done (I got a score which you would expect someone who is two years older than me to get in my science essay! YES!) School finishes in three weeks for the year and the I finally have the long holidays!
Have a wonderful day!
Emily
Hi Emily!
First of all congrats on your science essay! You must have done a very good job!
And congrats on the Moss Family too. They are in perfect condition!
I didn´t know there were different versions of this family. I had a look at mine and Rowena´s and Juniper´s dresses are a bit different. Rowena´s dress has a different floral pattern, orange flowers and Juniper´s dress is also blue but mine has a darker shade.
I agree with you on Buck´s straps. They don´t fit him properly. My Cameron was also missing his yellow bow but I put him a red one instead. I also think red looks much better.
Good luck on your final tests. Holidays are around the corner!
Hi Cutata! I think that maybe they used the same trouser design as they did for other families at that time and didn’t make them smaller to suit Buck. Do the trousers fit your Moss brother well? I may shorten the straps, or not, I don’t know yet, I will see on the weekend. I hope that I will be able to find a house for them before Christmas, the Moss family seems so Christmassy. I wanted to bid on a very cheap house ($20nzd + shipping) but it sadly sold before I could bid. Oh well, maybe next time.
Wow, Emily! Congratulations on scoring higher than average on your science essay!!! That’s just awesome. :))
Also congratulations on the Mosses, they are beautiful and I am so happy for you that they aren’t faded and turned out to be in such good condition. Cameron really is very handsome with the red ribbon.
Hugs and regards from Riverside,
Nina
I didn’t mean higher than “average”, I meant to say higher than expected from someone in your year! 🙂
Thumbs up!! 😀
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Thank you Nina for your kind words! Cameron I think looks a lot better with a red ribbon than with a yellow one. The red one ties the whole family together if you get what I mean.