Winnie the Pooh® Holiday Villages and Trains


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Winnie the Pooh® Holiday Villages and Trains

A.A. Milne's beloved Winnie the Pooh has enchanted children of all ages for almost a century. I was young when Disney® made the first Winnie the Pooh movie, and my children have seen many of the movies and specials over the years. But there's still something uniquely charming about a bear named Pooh who lives in the Hundred Acre Woods under the name of Sanders. (That is, the name of Sanders is written over the door of Pooh's house, and Pooh lives under it.)

Collectibles Today® and Hawthorne Village® have offered collectibles featuring Winnie the Pooh in the past, including a quality train set collection that is shown on this page. In 2008, Hawthorne Village added a Halloween set that has been very popular in the short time it has been available as well. If you want the ultimate family-friendly Halloween village decoration, this is it.

Note: Although your children may love these sets, the Disney® villages are not toys, but heirloom-quality collector's items - in other words, they're "toys for big people." I post this only because small fry find them irresistable, so you need to be careful to keep them out of reach of small children, or anyone likely to wander off with the figurines or accessories, as my kids were prone to do when they were little.

Most of the products on this page are available by subscription, which means that you sign up for them like you would a magazine and get a package about every four weeks for the next four months. For more information on subscription trains, please refer to the "About Subscription Trains" article.

Every piece is exquisitely detailed and warranteed for one year against manufacturing defects by Hawthorne Village®. In addition, the mechanical parts of the trains shown on this page are manufactured and warranteed by Bachmann®, one of the world's largest model railroad manufacturer. So parts, service, and accessories will always be available.

Although service will always be available, it is worth noting that the products on this page will not. Most of them are "limited runs" which will be discontinued after the initial "run" of products is completed. In most cases, this means that the time will come when these trains and villages are unavailable except from other collectors who will demand a huge profit. (A good number of the e-mails we receive about these products ask us to track down trains that are no longer available, so as Dave Barry used to say, we're not making this up!)

Note about Suppliers: While we try to help you get the products you want by recommending suppliers with a good record of customer service, all transactions between you and the supplier you chose to provide your trains are governed by the published policies on the supplier's web site. So please print off any order confirmation screens and save copies of invoices, etc., so you can contact the appropriate supplier should any problems occur. (They almost never do, but you want to be on the safe side.)

Note about Deadlines: These issues arrive about once a month, so the earlier you get started the more you will have to display this holiday season.

Winnie The Pooh's Haunted Acre Halloween Village Collection - Here is the first-ever Winnie the Pooh Halloween Village, with all of your favorite Pooh settings and characters. When you subscribe to the series, you will receive a delightful new issue about every four weeks, including. Each issue comes with one or two figurines or additional accessories to give you more ways to enjoy your collection.
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Winnie The Pooh Collectible Hundred Acre Wood Miniature Christmas Village Collection - Help Winnie the Pooh and his friends celebrate the best Christmas ever with this original holiday village. When you subscribe to the series, you will receive a delightful new issue about every four weeks, including "Pooh's Holiday Hideaway," "Eeyore's Tree Lot," "Owl's School of Knowledge," and an illuminated "Town tree." Each issue comes with one or two figurines or additional accessories to give you more ways to enjoy your collection.
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Winnie the Pooh Hundred Acre Wood Christmas Express Train Collection - According to the Hawthorne Village people, this train is: "a hunny of a celebration of friendship and the holidays. Adorned with fully sculptural handcrafted, hand-painted Christmas scenes of your favorite Pooh characters, including Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger created from original art by Disney artists.This heirloom-quality On30 scale Pooh electric train set features a cheery locomotive that really lights up and coordinating cars, all richly decorated and alive with the spirit of the holiday."
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Pooh's Spooktacular Halloween Village Accessory Set
Pooh's Spooktacular Halloween Village Accessory Set

Collectible Disney Winnie the Pooh Village Accessories Are Simply Spooktacular! Includes All Your Favorite Characters! - Where does a silly old Pooh Bear turn into a silly old Boo Bear? Why, in your Pooh's Haunted Acre Halloween Village, of course - with the help of these collectible Disney Winnie the Pooh village accessories! From Pooh and Eeyore playing in piles of fall leaves, to Tigger juggling autumn's yummy harvest, to Rabbit's Mummy costume and much more, it's the perfect way to add plenty of boo-tiful accents and whimsical charm!This village figurine accessory set is licensed by Disney and brought to you by Hawthorne Village. Each figurine is lovingly handcrafted and hand-painted by master artisans, ready to help make your Halloween village display come alive with defrightful joy. But don't delay! Strong demand is expected, and you won't find a finer value anywhere. Order now!Fine collectibles, not intended for children.

Note: If you buy a collectable train with the idea of running it around your Christmas tree, you might want to take special precautions so that someone who missteps near the tree doesn't accidentally kick an irreplaceable locomotive across the room. (Don't ask me if this warning is based on personal experience.) One possible solution might be to start a subscription of the Hawthorne Village train you like the most, and at the same time buy a Bachmann On30 train set that you can afford to leave on the floor or let the kids run. (And when the kids go to bed, and everyone else leaves the house, you can get out your Hawthorne Village train and run it--they run on the same track.)

Where to Go for More Trains and Towns

www.HalloweenTrains.com - A whole new page devoted to spooky railroad collectible fun. Start your collection now.

Hawthorne Village Collectible Trains and Villages - Describes the most popular trains and towns, including designs by Thomas Kinkade, Al Agnew, Norman Rockwell, and many more!

Trains and Villages for Every Season - Describes On30 (indoor) display trains for St. Patricks' Day, July 4, Halloween, and more!

More Holiday Villages - Includes villages and accessories inspired by It's a Wonderful Life, the Andy Griffith Show (A.K.A. "Mayberry RFD"), John Deere, Norman Rockwell, NYC landmarks, and vintage 50's-era businesses like McDonalds, Sinclair Gasoline, and many others.

Big Trains Store™ - Describes On30 and O gauge model trains for building indoor model or display railroads - most of the trains and accessories would go great with the villages and trains on this page.

Big Christmas Trains™ Catalog - A description and catalog of Christmas Trains for Large Scale and Christmas Village users.

Where to Go for More Holiday Decorating and On30 Model Railroading Ideas

BIG Indoor Trains™ Primer Pages Our sister site Big Indoor Trains™, lists many ideas for decorating with holiday villages, as well as setting up On30 and O gauge railroads.

New for 2008!: Introducing Spook Hill™. Our sister site Big Indoor Trains™, now features a series of free, 100% original Halloween building projects in O or S scale, enough to give you a complete Halloween village that you can build yourself from inexpensive materials. In addition, most of these structures will complement any train or town on this page.

What Is a Glitterhouse?: Our sister site Big Indoor Trains™, also features a series of free, 100% original articles on collecting and building those cardboard Christmas houses that were popular between 1920 and 1965. Supplement any Christmas village with your own vintage-style structures that you can build yourself from inexpensive materials.

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readers. Many are designed by Thomas Kinkade and other world-class artists and designers.