Trollbeads Christmas Kit 2011 sneak peek

Mistletoe is £42?

Christ on a sodding bike, I was thinking glass one.

Oh okay, I see the new pictures, it is quite big.

Still, they can go whistle at that price.

<another new release passes Wildthing by>

just want to see them irl

Wildthing wrote:Mistletoe is £42?

Christ on a sodding bike, I was thinking glass one.

The first "Universal Diamons Beads" are on Ebay

I do not like the way TB is turning!

ar least the price is the same??

trollshopper wrote:ar least the price is the same??

They are selling them for 57,- Euro.

same also,

leaves me to ask if i buy online ,. what kind of core does the bead have??

I think I will buy the Unity bead at £35 it look the same as mistletoe to me from the photo.
So is the blue diamond in UU as well? For interest.

I am confused...didn't we just get a teddy bear with the fall release? The gold two-tone lock is cute...but that's just it - definitely reminds me of Pandora. Too cutesy. I am glad that the glitters don't really strike my fancy that much now that I have seen them from the side. The gold open hearts one is nice but also reminds me a lot of the Pandora gold beads.

would they consider joyning up with pandora??

I put my chosen beads aside today and I must say I was disappointed with the reds for sure! I chose 2 of the ornament pattern with glitter - the two most 'red' ones but they are not truly red....a dark orangish color to them. They do look nice with the tiger's eye beads and the lovely white bead with glitter, so I went ahead with them as I think I'll be able to put together a nice Christmas combo. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen any from the red kit. The blue kit is nice, I chose 3 from that kit (one being the diamond bead)....love the rich blue colors.

The teddy bear looks just like the last one -- a turkey in a rotisserie -- only with a leg bent. This teddy bear thing is BIZARRE.

I wanted to love the mistletoe bead, but it's hard to interpret...

Overall, I was disappointed in the whole batch...the pictures that were shown in the sneak peak were SO SO SO SO MUCH more beautiful than the colors IRL. Just my opinion of course.

Tonton, did you by any chance see the red tiger eye? I am dying to see it in real life but I want to know if it is more of a brick red, true red, or more of a rust color...

Smschoenauer, my LD had 10-12 of them and there was a wide range of colors from orangy brown - rusty orange - brick - brownish red - darker red/rust. I really struggled to pick out the two that I wanted. I thought they were all really pretty. As in many cases, some had more flash than others, but the ones with more red were the ones I was drawn to. I will say that while I wasn't a fan of the ORANGE red beads...the red tiger eye does look nice with them.

Thanks so much

smschoenauer wrote:Thanks so much

OH sure! :-)

What a shame, was hoping for redder reds. Sounds like the red Tiger's Eye and Blue Diamond bead are the best picks. Don't think I want the teddy or mistletoe by the sounds of them.

Hmmm - don't like the sound of those prices!

tonton wrote:I put my chosen beads aside today and I must say I was disappointed with the reds for sure! I chose 2 of the ornament pattern with glitter - the two most 'red' ones but they are not truly red....a dark orangish color to them. They do look nice with the tiger's eye beads and the lovely white bead with glitter, so I went ahead with them as I think I'll be able to put together a nice Christmas combo. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen any from the red kit. The blue kit is nice, I chose 3 from that kit (one being the diamond bead)....love the rich blue colors.

The teddy bear looks just like the last one -- a turkey in a rotisserie -- only with a leg bent. This teddy bear thing is BIZARRE.

I wanted to love the mistletoe bead, but it's hard to interpret...

Overall, I was disappointed in the whole batch...the pictures that were shown in the sneak peak were SO SO SO SO MUCH more beautiful than the colors IRL. Just my opinion of course.

Oh dear - not again. Which 2 beads are redder than the others? I thought only 1 red one had glitter.

Now I'm confused about the cores, do the beads come in a choice of core sizes ? or all large cores ? or what ?

I think it is only the Diamonds that are being offered with large cores at the moment.

A last one...


"This year we give you the Mistletoe. Keep it at hand and hold it over your loved ones head. The Mistletoe comes in silver and in gold. Retail $52/$675

We also have a little Cute Teddy in silver. Retail $52

And of course – at this time of year one certainly needs hearts. We bring you a Bouquet of Hearts – in gold! Retail $662

The popular Diamond Bead will be launched in beautiful midnight blue. Retail $63

And finally we have a Red Tiger Eye – a beautiful red stone which is said to offer clarity and perspective. Retail $63"

If they're going to obsess about teddy bears, is there a reason they have to have their hands in the air as though they're involved in a holdup?

Where does this idea of a stick-em-up teddy come from?

This poor Teddy is being forced to stand on one leg and with both hands in the air. Look at its poor scared face. It is really cruel.