CarolineSwing says:
The Art and Culture of Wine.
Fabulous miniature collection. By far the best Orcara collection and imo, one of the better miniature collections period. Most of it blends seamlessly with the best and most realistic of Re-ment and Megahouse. Most of the food in this set is ok, but the grapes in #5 are *wonderful*! The wine rack can be tricky to build, but it worth it. There are a couple wine opening sets that have many wonderful tiny and realistic pieces. Absolutely wonderful!
Here is a BIG & small picture I took of the very high end bottle opener.
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((sorry, I couldn't find an official photo for this))
CarolineSwing says:
Cooking with the Master
At first glance some of the pieces look boring; some of the food looks iffy and maybe all of it is too small. Well, your wrong, sort of right and mostly wrong. Honestly, for the price this usually goes for (even when including shipping) it's an easy collection to take a chance on. There are some stellar pieces in this set (please see my link below); even the non-stellar pieces are still good. The baking goods (flour and pats of butter, etc) are excellent but the salad-like items and spaghetti are not very nice. Most of the collection fits wonderfully with Re-ment, etc; except for the little flour and sugar canisters, they are itty-bitty when compared to the rest of the collection (which is too bad as they are very realistic looking).
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CarolineSwing says:
Fish Market
This is also one of the better collections, although I think they could have done a little better with a few pieces. Again, with the low price, you can take a chance and deal with the few less appealing pieces. Might as well get those less appealing pieces out of the way: Geoducks (pronounced gooey ducks) in #8. Blah! If you don't know what they are, try a Google search, but not if you are about to eat. ;) I'm also not a fan of the crab things in #7, ick! Let's end on a good note. The salmon is lovely as well as several of the other pieces, especially the blow fish. Love the containers for all these as well, very versatile for other things.
CarolineSwing says:
Fruit
Wonderful collection! Many of the pieces aren't quite as nice as vintage Re-ment, but they are far more accessible and affordable than the old Farm collections. I love Orcara grapes far more than any grapes by Re-ment, etc and this collection has lovely green grapes. Many people think the Orcara pears are far more realistic than Re-ment's. Another thing I like is that each set has some form of sliced fruit or a look inside the fruit. Again, the price on this collection makes it an easy thing to take a chance on. Personally, I have at least four full collections and multiple single sets from this.
Please see the link below: it is an old picture of my miniature fruit storage. It's mostly Re-ment, but there are several Orcara pieces too.
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CarolineSwing says:
Called Handy Cuisine (thank you Rebecca!) this collection has so many tiny items and accessories that it is an absolute jewel in the miniature world. Even if you wouldn't eat or use most of the food represented here, you can still use a lot of the containers, cups and condiment bottles elsewhere.
I might consider this Hong Kong Street Food with many of the items are similar to T for Candy's Street Food collection (awesome) and Mimo's street food full-full collection and various street food carts. So I mentally call it Street Food. :)
CarolineSwing says:
Caca collection.
I know, I know. Caca is generally not the best of name as far as English speakers are concerned. Still, some of Orcara's neatest items come from this collection. I think of this as being convenience store food, with a touch of fast food and a touch of Hong Kong street food as well.
The coke, popcorn and hot dog machines are fabulous.
* Warning - the Coke machine is tiny! It's a much smaller scale than the other items in this collection. Still really cool though. ;)
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