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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 308060, member: 106"]Is the little red guy that I was calling an elf a snowbaby? Cool! Thanks for that info! He has a number impressed on his back that looks like 2769, but no other marks. The three 'dwarfs' are marked Japan.</p><p><br /></p><p>The house itself is 3½"wide X 2¼"deep X 4½" to the top of the chimney (9cm X 5.6cm X 11.5cm) I don't see that the roof was removable ... there is still some pretty thick paint and mica up where the roof meets the top of two of the walls without any cracks or signs that there was an opening an any time. I think the color may have been a light minty green that has faded to white (looks mint on the back and under the eaves) I was trying to find one like mine - with that cotton batting roof - but had no luck. The roof is kinda dingy from years of dust (how could they have dusted cotton fluff!) ... so I'm pretending it's in Wales. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> There is what's left of the original tree stuck into the side of the house - a few 'needles' and rusty wire.</p><p><br /></p><p>under the eaves:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]101475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>original (I suppose), tree stuck in the side of the house?:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]101476[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 308060, member: 106"]Is the little red guy that I was calling an elf a snowbaby? Cool! Thanks for that info! He has a number impressed on his back that looks like 2769, but no other marks. The three 'dwarfs' are marked Japan. The house itself is 3½"wide X 2¼"deep X 4½" to the top of the chimney (9cm X 5.6cm X 11.5cm) I don't see that the roof was removable ... there is still some pretty thick paint and mica up where the roof meets the top of two of the walls without any cracks or signs that there was an opening an any time. I think the color may have been a light minty green that has faded to white (looks mint on the back and under the eaves) I was trying to find one like mine - with that cotton batting roof - but had no luck. The roof is kinda dingy from years of dust (how could they have dusted cotton fluff!) ... so I'm pretending it's in Wales. :) There is what's left of the original tree stuck into the side of the house - a few 'needles' and rusty wire. under the eaves: [ATTACH=full]101475[/ATTACH] original (I suppose), tree stuck in the side of the house?: [ATTACH=full]101476[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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