This is a piece that I had my eye on a long time ago, and then I finally purchased it. There is something very cute about penguins, their shape, and the way they hobble around on the ice. And these mini figurines are extra cute, because they are baby penguins. I love how Swarovski incorporates all of the animals in the animal kingdom (or almost all) into their collection of crystal figurines. And I like how detailed their pieces are. They really look like true representations of real animals.
These penguins each measure about a half-inch by about three-quarters of an inch. The fun thing about these penguins is that each one of
them is posed in a different way. One of them is looking down, another one is looking slightly upward, and the third one is looking ahead of him. And they have very realistic looking eyes! They look like clear crystal with a black dot in the center.
The set includes a plastic base, as Swarovski calls it on their website. This base is supposed to be a little ice floe that you can sit the penguins on. I am very disappointed, because I did not get this ice patch when I purchased my set. The salesperson did not know that it came with the set of penguins, and I am just learning now ...
