- Dickens Village "Thomas Gainsworth, Portrait Artist To The Queen"
- Christmas In The City "The Candy Counter"
- The Original Snow Village "Be Witching Costume Shop", 1st Limited Edition Halloween Village Piece
- The Original Snow Village "Snow Village 30th Anniversary Ball"
- North Pole Series "Christmas Sweet Shop"
- Krinkles Poinsettia Frog Jeweled Box
- Dickens Village "Thomas Gainsworth, Portrait Artist To The Queen"
- Christmas In The City "The Candy Counter"
- The Original Snow Village "Be Witching Costume Shop", 1st Limited Edition Halloween Village Piece
- The Original Snow Village "Snow Village 30th Anniversary Ball"
- North Pole Series "Christmas Sweet Shop"
- Krinkles Poinsettia Frog Jeweled Box
- CITY LIGHTS CHRISTMAS TRIMMINGS:
City Lights of San Diego will have a special early release of this SV
house. The pieces will ship with a Landscaping set and a
customized Lamp Post. As an added bonus, each of these pieces
will be signed by artist Scott
Enter. $75.00
- BRONNERS CUSTOM
BUILDING: Bronner's
Christmas Wonderland from Michigan will have a special customization of
the SV
"City Lights" house. $80.00
- CLUB 56
numbers of these pieces will be reduced from 5,600 from 5,000 this
year.
- SV-- Winter park Warming House
- NP Pony Rides
- CANADIAN PUB: Available only to Canadian dealers. This is a modification to the Red Lion Pub and will be part of the 20th Dickens Anniversary pieces.
- PROFILE PIECES:
- Frango's Chocolate Shop
($65.00) and coordinating accessory
- Frango's for You and I ($15.00).
Both can be purchased from Marshall Fields department stores.
Dept. 56 Old News Archive
This page will archive the OLD news that was previously featured on my main Dept 56 website, including exclusives and early releases. Please refer to my main Dept. 56 page for current information. |
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is a list of the known exclusive and early releases for 2006. Spirit of the Bay Gathering: Exclusive Event Figurine “Sleigh Ride on the Bay” $35.00 Bronners: Exclusive Snow Village Piece 06227 "Bronner's Original Store" $99.99 Fortunoff: New York City "Flat Iron Building" (Early Release for 2007) - CIC $150 Collectors Gallery: Exclusive Snow Village Piece 06229 "McHattie’s Tea House" $75.00 To locate one of these specialty dealers, please visit my DEALERS LINK PAGE. Each dealer has Gold/Silver Key, Club 56, and Canadian status designated on that page for easy reference. |
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30th Anniversary "Surprise"
Introductions
30th Anniversary Collectors' Surprise, Limited to 8,000 or 10,000 pieces: |
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30th Anniversary "Surprise" Introductions ~ 2006
30th Anniversary Collectors' Surprise, Limited to 8,000 or 10,000 pieces:30th Anniversary Krinkles: |
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is a list of the known exclusive and early releases for 2005. Delivering Christmas Joy Snowbaby, 30th Anniversary of D56 Early Introduction Piece. Snow Village Stillwater Collectibles and Gifts Features each of the original 6 Snow Village buildings in the windows of this house. It retails for $85.00 and ships late September. - 30th Anniversary of D56 Early Introduction Piece Ed, the NCC Snowman: Soon to be available to members of NCC Clubs $13 San Francisco Cable Car: Soon to be available at the San Francisco D56 retail store, it may be a pre-release or exclusive - details not yet known Frango Factory: 06302 - Marshall Field Department Store Exclusive - $70. Frango Delivery Truck: 06303 - Marshall Field Department Store Exclusive - $70. To locate one of these specialty dealers, please visit my DEALERS LINK PAGE. Each dealer has Gold/Silver Key, Club 56, and Canadian status designated on that page for easy reference. |
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is a list of the known exclusive and early releases for 2004. To locate one of these specialty dealers, please visit my DEALERS LINK PAGE. Each dealer has Gold/Silver Key, Club 56, and Canadian status designated on that page for easy reference. |
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The newest piece in the D56
Profile Series for 2003 is the Spam Museum. These retailed for $63.25
plus $8 shipping, EACH. |
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| Here is a listing of all the
known early and exclusive D56 releases for the 2003. Any others
will be posted as I discover them! These pieces should all be
available now or within a couple weeks. VILLAGE PIECES: D56 Chicago Flagship Store: Chicago Tower Tower Early Release!!! CLUB 56 DEALERS: Dickens: Gunnersbury Park Folly $65.00 Snow Village: American Hero Comics $65.00 Feeneys - Village Billboard Celebrating 50 Years Bronners - Village Lamppost Southern Regional Gathers - Exclusive Bench Accessory PROFILE SERIES: Spam Museum!!! $72 PROFILE SERIES: Wells Fargo Office GCC: Hard Rock Cafe EARLY RELEASE ORNAMENT CANADIAN DEALERS: SNOWBABY PIECES: Parkwest Publications, Inc. will have an
Exclusive Snowbabies piece, again this year. It will be
Department 56 item number 56.69307 and is entitled "The Man In The
Moon". It will retail for
$27.50. The piece features two Snowbabies on a base along
with
a gold ornament hook, coming from the base and extending over the top
of
the two Snowbabies. On the hook is an acrylic moon face, in
detail,
smiling down from the sky. One of the Snowbabies is pointing up
towards
it. GCC will also be carrying the syndicate Snowbabies piece "The Man In The Moon". To locate one of these specialty dealers, please visit my DEALERS LINK PAGE. Each dealer has Gold/Silver Key, Club 56, and Canadian status designated on that page for easy reference. |
2003 Holiday Auctions!
Department
56 will be holding a nationwide, online auction to add to the
excitement
of retirement weekend this year. Here are the results of the
auctions:
$27,018 was raised in the
auction!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS!!!!!!! |
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Historic Office The was the newest piece in the D56 Profile Series for 2002. It is the Wells Fargo Historic Office. I was recently able to order more of these. I am now selling these for $45.95 each (More than $15 less than last year's price). Please email me at m@mattlake.com if you are interested in ordering one of these pieces. |
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known early and exclusive D56 releases for the 2002. Any others
will be posted as I discover them! These pieces should all be
available now or within a couple weeks. VILLAGE PIECES: CLUB 56 DEALERS: Dickens: Hop Castle Folly w/acc. $65.00 Snow Village: The Cocoa Stop $65.00 CLUB 56 / GOLD
KEY: CANADIAN DEALERS: DEPARTMENT STORES: AVON: NALED/Parkwest: FEENY'S:
PROFILE SERIES: Wells Fargo "Historic Office" $42.25 SNOWBABIES: Parade of Gifts - "Finishing Touches"-
$30.00 GCC - "Chime in With Me"- $27.50
Select Department Stores (No Names
mentioned) Avon - "I Have Lots to Give"-
$14.99 To locate one of these specialty dealers, please visit my DEALERS LINK PAGE. Each dealer has Gold/Silver Key, Club 56, and Canadian status designated on that page for easy reference. |
Jack's Umbrella Shop"
| Dept. 56 and the NCC
(National Council of "56" Clubs) have gone together again for another
special piece - or should I say pieces. A total of 5 variations
of the "Under the Bumpershoot" will be made in addition to the black
one. The figures are identical, except for a new color on the
umbrella. YELLOW, RED, and GREEN were released in 2000. The final two
colors will be announced in 2001. One was announced at the Mid-Atlantic
Gathering in Williamsburg. It is BLUE and pictured below. The final
color in the series is SILVER, and was announced at the D56 Silver
Anniversary. Each piece is made in a special box identifying the color
and additional info about the piece.
For the NCC 10 Year Anniversary D56/NCC are coming out with "Jack's Umbrella Shop." It is a special lit house. Visit the NCC56.com for more official info! |
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This was Heinz's newest Profile piece for 2001, which is the Heinz Town Clock. Unfortunately, Heinz will not have a new piece for 2002. We can only hope they will continue their tradition next year! |
Avon Snowbunnies Exclusives -
2001 A Basket Of Cheer &
2002 A Basket of Joy
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| The Snowbunny pictured on the left is the first exclusive piece to the Snowbunnies Collection. It is titled "A Basket of Cheer" and is available ONLY through Avon. The 2002 Exclusive is called "A Basket of Joy" (pictured right). It is a Snowbunny holding a basket of Easter chicks. Call your Avon rep today! |
Avon Exclusive -
North Pole Beauty Shop
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This is the first exclusive piece to the North Pole Collection (Elf Land) from Avon. It is titled "North Pole Beauty Shop" and is available ONLY through Avon. Call your Avon rep today! It retails for $39.95. |
Heinz Horseradish
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| This is the newest piece of the Profile Series. It's the Heinz Horseradish Factory. I hope to have a couple of these for sale if you need one. Please email me for all the details. To enlarge the pictures just click on it. |
Exclusives and Early Releases
| Here is a listing of all the known, early and exclusive D56 releases for the 2000 Christmas season. Most of these items are already sold out. A few of them might still be available in limited quantities, though. |
| GCC - DV Ashwick Lane Hose & Ladder Exclusive Gift Set - SB Be An Artist Ornament NALED/Parkwest - HV Holiday Tree - HV Town Tree Carolers Set of 6 - SB Puppy Love Gift Set of 6 - Story Book Village 'Twas the Night Before Xmas Set of 6 State Farm - Profile Fire Station No. 1 Heinz - Profile Evaporated HorseRadish Factory Parade Of Gifts/Coynes - SB Light up the Night Ornament - SB Friends Light the Way Set of 2 - NPW Santa's Retreat Ideation - SB Smooth Moves Ornament - SB In the Groove Avon - SB A Wish for Snow - SB P.S. I Love You May Co. Department Stores - NP Santa's on His Way - Musical Waterglobe - SB Leading the Way - EL Ginny's Cookie Treats - Santa's On His Way - Animated Sleigh - Working Mill Creak Waterfall Lord & Taylor - NP Lord & Taylor Hot Air Balloon 2000 William Glen - HV Village Gathering Taxi Feeny's - HV Feeny's Delivery of Dreams Taxi Dayton's - SV Mistletoe Chapel & Accessory Eatons - SB May All Your Wishes Come True Ornament Order Eastern Star - SB Let Your Light Shine |
GCC Naled/Parkwest Parade of Gifts Ideation May Department Stores. Lord and Taylor Department Store
Feeney's William Glen Dayton's Department Store Order of Eastern Star Avon |
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| This is the newest piece of the Profile Series. The new State Farm Firehouse is on its way! It is reported that 50000 will be made. The brick work is identical to the State Farm office. The firehouse is smaller and taller thought. It's "officially" called "Fire Station No.1" It is 10"x6"x7". I have a couple of these for sale if you need one. Please email me for all the details. |
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| This is the newest piece of the Profile Collection. It is the Heinz Hitch. These were available to Heinz employees for Christmas gifts. It might be available to the general public later on in 2000. It's a great piece! I have 2 extra Hitches for sale. Please email me if you would like to buy one! |
Habitat House - "A
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| "A Home In The Making" (Set of 5) is the name of the piece that D56 is doing for Habitat for Humanity. It depicts a house undergoing construction and the enthusiast workers putting it all together. A portion of the $95.00 purchase price will be donated to Habitat for Humanity International. It is being released first to Carson Pirie Scott & Company, Bergner's and the Boston Store. The piece should become available at the stores somewhere between mid and late October. This is a Snow Village house. To order by phone call 1-800-374-3000. |
Lord and Taylor Flower
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| D56 is once again making an
exclusive piece available to the Lord and Taylor Department Store
Chain. This is their
version of the "Flower Cart."
This new piece is a Lord and Taylor exclusive version of the "Flower Monger Cart" accessory. As you know, it has two parts: the lady with a flower basket in hand & one on the ground, and the cart with the umbrella. The cart has the "Lord and Taylor" logo on the side of it. The ad says "Created
expressly
by Department 56 for our Heritage Village Collection." 27.50 plus
shipping, direct from L&T. 1-800-223-7440 to order it. Mention is
is in Catalog 98 Page 236 and it will be easier on you. |
Heinz Grocery Store!!!
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(Click on photo to enlarge picture.)
This is the NEWEST piece of the Profile Series!This brand new building has been manufactured by Department 56, Inc., for the H.J. Heinz Company. This lit-house was presented as a surprise 1998 Christmas gift to many Heinz employees, and the piece will go into production to be offered as a "Profile" Series piece by H.J. Heinz Company to its stockholders. The piece is dated 1998 and carries the Department 56 logo on its bottom, and also reads "Made Exclusively for Heinz."Lighted and dated 1998, this new Department 56 Heinz Grocery Store was commissioned by H.J. Heinz Company, and at the current time, it is believed it will NOT be available to the general public. It is the sequel to the first piece - 1996's "The Heinz House" - which is a replica of the first H.J. Heinz home in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. The new piece is packaged in a box (not a sleeve) emblazoned with Heinz old-fashioned advertising on all sides.The building has a turret, under which is a recessed front door. A hanging pickle is suspended above this door. The two ground floor windows are filled with pyramids of Heinz products. It has matte (porcelain) finish and would fit nicely into any Village display. |
Collector's Club House
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(Click on photo to enlarge the Collector's Club House.)
| Thursday, August 27, 1998, was a turning point in
the history of the NCC. For more specific information on the NCC
itself, please refer to the NCC web site at http://www.ncc56.com.
During a press release party at the Department 56
Showroom in Eden Prairie, MN; CEO Susan Engel along with Customer
Service Manager Judith Price announced and unveiled the "NCC Collectors
Club House." This time limited, exclusive lighted piece and accessory
are available only to NCC affiliated club members. 1) This matte finish piece includes: b) There is a village display set up and recessed in the front bay window of the house that lights up when the house itself is lit. c) An included accessory features a man and a woman each carrying a Snow Village and a Heritage Village shopping bag respectively. d) A special box and under stamp will be included.
Porcelain house, measures 8"X6"X6", and features a Village scene displayed in the window. Sign in front can be personalized with your club's name or logo. Club decals will be available through your club after all orders are received. Bottom stamp will include special decal for this exclusive piece. Not part of a series - can be displayed alone or with either Village. Available only through the NCC and your local D56 club. |
Lord and Taylor Coach
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Dept. 56 made a coach for the Lord and Taylor department
store chain. As you can see, it's
basically the Fezziweg Wagon painted different with the Lord and Taylor
logo.
You can locate a store near you and get the ordering
phone
number by going to:
http://www.maycompany.com/Stores/lt_contact.html
The item number is 7880. That is the number on the UPC symbol.
I wish you luck with getting one if you want one!
1998 Mid-Year Releases
On May 15th D56 announced their 1998 mid year releases.
Much
to my surprise there
were very few new intros. This made me happy though! I have the
complete listing here
on my web site.
Click here to see the 1998 Mid Year Intros!
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(Click on photo to enlarge Kensington Palace.)
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Department 56 will donate a portion of the proceeds from Kensington Palace sales to local Ronald McDonald Houses in North America adding to the $2 million raised by Department 56 since 1995. Kensington Palace will be available for U.S. $195/CN $295. |
1998 Snowbunny New
Intros
and Retirements!!!!
It is already that time....SNOWBUNNY© NEW
INTO/RETIREMENT Time! Here is all the info!
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| 26301 | "Hop Skip & A Melody" Set of 2 |
$30.00 |
| 26302 | "I Can Do It Myself" | $16.50 |
| 26303 | "Loves Me, Loves Me Not ..." | $16.50 |
| 26304 | "Just Start All Over Again" | $16.50 |
| 26305 | "I Love You" Hinged Box | $15.00 |
| 26306 | "Rock-A-Bye Bunny" | $22.50 |
| 26307 | "This One's A Keeper" | $16.50 |
| 26308 | "April Brings May Flowers" | $35.00 |
| 26309 | "Can You Come Out And Play?" Limited to Year of Production |
$25.00 |
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"Happy Easter" Hinged Box |
$15.00 |
| 26311 | "Sweet Dreams" Hinged Box | $15.00 |
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| 26313 | "Alleluia" | $20.00 |
| 26314 | "True Blue Friends" | $20.00 |
On Friday, June 26th, Dept 56 announced the retirement of the following Snowbunnies©:
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Not included on the list were the 1998 Easter Pigs. They are probably on someone's table now!
| What? You haven't seen this before?? No wonder, it's only in Canada! The 1998 Lit House IS To Be For Sale Only In Canada! It's the new "Canadian Trading Company". It's the twin to the new "East Indies Trading Company" for the Dickens Village. This exciting news was told to me by the GREAT folks at the D56Pride in Canada Thank you guys for the news!! |
Department 56
State Farm
This is the State Farm 75th Anniversary Building. As you can see it has a Barber shop on the left hand side of the building, the front entrance with the dome top is a drug store and the State Farm office is on the right hand side with a hanging State Farm sign and two people in the window.This new D56 house is called "Main Street Memories" and is taken from a painting by Randy Souders. This painting was apparently used in a company promotion in 1994 and showed street life in the 1930's. -Agents have been told they can order up to 10 houses. 50,000 will be available for shipping starting Oct 20th. Orders over the 50,000 will be shipped after Xmas as soon as they are available from D56. -Price was $35.50 plus tax where applicable. It is now anywhere from $75 - $100! - Has been described as a brick building, 7x7x7... has a State Farm sign hanging over the door. It is our understanding that some agents will not allow you to order if you are not a customer of theirs. It is also my understanding that some agents are telling people that they have no idea what they are talking about when they ask. We don't know if they really don't or just don't want to be hassled with it. I wish you the VERY best of luck in getting this NEW Profile! |
