A First Look

For all you Jolly Mah fans out there, some new friends are coming to town very soon.  Have a look at Jolly Liselle and Jolly Wolf Hugo.

Liselle is the second female sheep by Nici following the success of Jolly Rosa.  Liselle does come in two styles, the one pictured and one with a purple scarf and pink thongs.  Hugo is the second wolf in sheeps clothing by Nici, this time in a stylish black fleece.  These new friends will fit in great with any flock and should spice up the lives of our other Jolly friends.

Feel free to tell us what you think of these new characters.

At Long Last And Yet So Soon

Finally, our new friends have arrived!  Jack and Jill Husky have survived their travel down under and are happy in their new home.  They are absolutely adourable - cuter than I ever thought they would be.  As far as I know, Mel and I are officially the first in Australia to own Jack or Jill.  Althought it’s nice, it’s also a little sad that others cannot enjoy the cuteness.

In our best Nici shops here, we have JUST got the Verano Caliente range.  Also, we miss out on heaps of other Nici things that is available overseas but is just too expensive to be worthwhile over here.  Many owners of a Nici toy in Australia probably don’t realise that Nici make stationary, mugs, bags and cushions.  Plenty of things you can have in the office and not look strange; let’s just say manly plush love is not commonly expressed though I know men do have plush love.

Hopefully, one day, I can either convince Nici to start a shop in Australia or do it for them!  Then we would see more Aussies loving Nici (simply through exposure) and we would also open the eyes for many Australian Nici lovers who think that Nici is just cute plush.

Nici Frenzy

Since the release of Nici’s Winter Husky collection a few weeks ago, Mel and I have been waiting patiently for them to arrive at Cuddly Kingdom.  Now they have, and our order is placed, the excitement is building as we wait for our new friends to arrive in the post.

Coincidentally, last night I got a sneak peek at some of Nici’s new product lines which will come out in the next 6 months or so and that has just built my excitement even more.  Check out the products section at nici.thestable.info for a sneak peek of your own.  Something very special that took me completely by surprise are the ‘Cozy Cups’.  I had heard of the other products before but the cups; totally out of left field.  And how cool!  A cup that is cuddly!

Anyway, I also got thinking about a cool idea.  I was thinking about making a Nici screensaver and realised that the easiest way was to make a flash animation first and then convert it.  Well I’m not much of a flash animator so the idea was lost - until I realised that Nici had already created the perfect animation for me.  It’s the story of Jolly Wolf and is no longer available at the Nici site, so here it is for you online as a flash file and as a screensaver file.  The screensaver file has been checked on my computer for viruses but it is recommended to run an antivirus program to be safe.  I trust me but you shouldn’t.

Download Screensaver

Jack & Jill - coming to a hill near you soon

The first images of Nici’s new winter collection are out. Jack and Jill husky are to be released in September in Europe (probably a longer wait for us ‘down south’). Last year the winter collection was the reindeer and bunny which you can still find in shops in Australia now (our local Myer store STILL has stock mostly because they have hidden them away in the back of the shop where no one looks) so hopefully when these guys are released in Australia they will stick around so everyone can buy one … or many.

Some of us are too excited for words and are going to import ours from the UK as soon as we can - for some unknown reason importing from Germany is too expensive albeit possible.  Though our supplier in the UK is usually very prompt with their new arrivals and often allow pre-orders on their site.

And now, meet Jack and Jill.

NICI Winter Catalogue (German)