Reek did it some time ago with the Reek ‘Bouncing Shrooms’ – a good lot is on display around the Ozimal’s mainstore of course. As far as the new Ozimals SIM goes, it’s mushroom heaven, with a good smattering of mad hatter’s tea party too.
Not a completely new concept, as a previous couple of markets for breedable pets were based on the Mad Hatter concept with a few good mushrooms too. And of course – a week before Ozimals opened, the other bunny brand – HunnyBunny opened up it’s own mainstore on the Bunnies SIM – and guess what – the Bunnies sim has a mad hatter tea party table out, and there are quite a few mushrooms to sit on around the SIM and mainstore too.
Then there’s Petable Turtles – who a couple of months back produced a new home object which centralises the roaming on turtles, plus makes them non-physical. Yep – it’s a mushroom. The shroom is completely modifiable, so you don’t have to have a shroom, and mushrooms and turtles do seem an odd mix, whereas bunnies and mushrooms seem to go together. Right?
What is it about breedable pets and mushrooms then? It’s something about fairies, fantasy and animals – there’s something going on with the world where we are moving back to stories, fairytales and fantasy. Perhaps our real lives are harsh – what with the wars and recession, economic and ecological problems. But nowhere can we find this return to fantasy more-so than in our Second Lives, where it’s very easy to do, and acceptable too.
The Ozimals SIM has mushrooms of so many types you’re going to have to visit to see. Many were supplied by Fae & Tiny Fantasy Creations at Rainbow Island, who do a mass of mushrooms, houses and fantastical trees. Previous to that I’d discovered a similar fantasy place - Fae Faire – which has recently brought out a ‘Cartoon It’ range – those trees, a house, silly furniture and sitting mushrooms look like cartoons, with black borders around their outside. Fae Faire House & Garden has a huge abundance of normal mushrooms too.