Trollbeads Fall Release 2011 details

Thanks Sita and Sherlock

The silver/gold beads are better than I expected, not sure if I'd actually buy them though, I'm done with the baby thing

I'm disappointed with the lock, its not much different to the silver/gold one that they have, and I'm not keen on that.

Lots of other things to spend my money on though !

i loove the pregnancy and parenting ones. I think TB has already released lots of animals, and they needed some more of the babyish beads.

The lock is definitely a snoozer unless there is something spectacular about it that is not translating in pic. LOL...

I agree that instead of having a mass of animals, baby stuff, cooking, etc. , it would be better to have a mix for each release.

Hey, I'm still excited for since there are plenty of goodies to add to my wishlist.

Thank you so much for the preview... I am working on my plans now.

OMG! I'm falling in love with the maternity! I saw the bead and thought on my daughter. She had spent many time on me knees.And now she will be 18 years old tomorrow!

Thanks Sita so much for the photos!

As there are no babies in my family's future, the three maternity and parenthood beads hold little interest. I wish there had been a dragon, or a new troll bead in this mix.

this is a real fun topic to follow. All the comments make you see things which you did'nt noticed yourself....

Brightonbelle wrote:Wish they would filter beads of certain very specific types in one at a time. 1 cute animal (ugh), one parenting (zzzzzzz), one..... rather than shove them all out in a rush.

Well, it gets them over with and leaves hope for the next release... doesn't it?

I really like the silver whorl, looks a bit like Joyful. Also love the purple armadillo, not sure about other glass. Definitely need to see irl. I'm also disappointed with lock, looks a bit boring, going to get the RBF OHM lock instead. My bank balance is happy I don't love more of them.

I'm very proud of the fact that the maternity is designed by polish designer I wish to have lots of money to buy almost all of new beads- especially the maternity !

bijouxbabz wrote:Am I wrong about the gorilla? I had my hopes up for him (or her).
Of course, there's a lot here to keep me occupied for awhile. I just hope there's a gorilla in our future.

What I heard was there were many versions of the gorilla that Nicolas wore and they have not decided which one to go with. I too hope it is still in the future, maybe Winter release.

Thank you Sita and Sherlock for the great preview, this is a really great forum!

Did y'all know that there is an official "Year of the Gorilla"?

It was in 2009 .... whaaaahhhh!

Well, as I love my wife and kids more more than my beads, The pregnancy and pat/mat beads really appeal to me! My youngest is 7 and my oldest is 11 so, we are well in the target range I think!
I too would loved the Gorilla and will hold out hope that he shows up in the Winter release!

The pregnancy and parenthood beads hold little personal meaning for me but I find them wonderfully executed like little statues! Better than the hundreds of embryo/foetus beads submitted during the last 3 years of People's bead contests!
Love so many of the other silvers, glass and the blue tigereye, I wonder if I should file for bancruptcy already now or after the release date ?

Sita & "Sherlock", I can't thank you enough for posting these marvelous pics! While my curiosity has been sated, my wallet has serious intentions on most of these glorious beads! Thank you again, so much for all your hard work and efforts in presenting these to us! TB ought to endow you with something for totally blowing our minds with this one!

kitsunegrl wrote:Can anyone tell if the Rolling Waves is one or two parts?

If they done it like the original design, it's two 'wave pattern' disks that move freely around a center silver core, but I don't think it'd come apart like the Double Heart!

mermaidspurse wrote:

kitsunegrl wrote:Can anyone tell if the Rolling Waves is one or two parts?

If they done it like the original design, it's two 'wave pattern' disks that move freely around a center silver core, but I don't think it'd come apart like the Double Heart!

Let's hope not! I have one and never use it because I really hate having to intertwine the two so they fit just right!

Brilliant! Thank you!

Thanks again!!
All pic's in one place saves so much scrolling...

Molamola wrote:

Brightonbelle wrote:

Hodge wrote:It's interesting that there are three 'parenthood' beads - that was a very strong theme in the top 100 of the last two People's Bead competitions, I would like one but they will be too expensive I fear.

There are 4 parenting type beads in 1 release (the Teddy obviously ties in). I find that rather a high proportion but my credit card is very relieved.

kitsunegrl wrote:I love the beads, but personally, I am disappointed that three beads feature parenthood or pregnancy.

I would have much rather have seen a gorilla and another pattern bead.

Since they've never really had much in the silver line to do with parenting except the Anniversary pram or the Screaming Baby I think it's nice that they've added some well executed arsty beads. Much more creative than the endless dummys, bottles and so on that dominate other lines.

I was dissapointed by all the cutsey animal beads the last few times (and Zodiac -bleck!). You can't please all the people all of the time.

I agree - although perhaps it is a bit of an overload in one go!!

Just had a proper look at the close ups - I will happily sell a member of my family into slavery for the decorated bird - I think it is utterly beautiful!!

And the whorl is fantastic... and the parenting ones are fab but I can't afford silver and gold.

Hodge wrote:Just had a proper look at the close ups - I will happily sell a member of my family into slavery for the decorated bird - I think it is utterly beautiful!!

And the whorl is fantastic... and the parenting ones are fab but I can't afford silver and gold.

Now the question remains: which member of the family? Surely not the two curly ones?

capesandra wrote:also, i've been looking at the new glass beads and it appears that some of them have already gone out into "troll world" as OOAKS. what bothers me about this is that we've purchased them at a higher price but now they are going to be production beads at a lower price. while the cost is not that much, it does seem unfair.

I've not been particularly zealous about OOAKs, so I can't say I recognize any of these as having been OOAKs before, at least not in these colours. Purple dillos, maybe. The Purple waves bead to me looks just a little different from the zig-zag/northern lights patterns we've seen in OOAKs.

In a way, it is unfair if the exact beads have been available as OOAKs in any great quantity. But if you had bought them as OOAKs, then you've already had months of pleasure from them, before the people who may buy them now from this new release. So your price difference goes for that.
Also, putting them into production now is much fairer to all those folks (in Australia, for instance) who never got to see any OOAKs at their dealers.

capesandra wrote:

LindaJo wrote:Sounds like an idea for the next People's Choice----
a money tree bead!

GREAT IDEA!

also, i've been looking at the new glass beads and it appears that some of them have already gone out into "troll world" as OOAKS. what bothers me about this is that we've purchased them at a higher price but now they are going to be production beads at a lower price. while the cost is not that much, it does seem unfair.

Even though I get your point capesandra, OOAKs have always been 'experiments' as far as I have learned from others on TB forums. Dealers buy these at the same price as any other trollbead, it's the dealers that charge higher prices for more desirable OOAKs (because they know their customers will pay these prices). No one knows in advance whether any of the OOAKs or any of the styles seen in OOAKs will be brought into the production line, but it is the customer who decides what he/she is willing to pay for a bead. (I hope this came out right, I'm really tired and don't feel I got my point across...)