Was Lucas' first year a failure?

When Mayor Lucas Gabriel was sworn into office in January 2009, toys rejoiced the election of Smallvania's first non-Sylvanian Mayor. That the Bratz, a minority in Toyland, could provide a popular mainstream leader, ushered in a new age of relative optimism. Over a year on, and Lucas faces opposition from the 'tea party' movement, and even reportedly sleeps on the sofa in the dolls house because 'there aren't enough beds'.

Former Mayor, P.Puddleduck, has led the anti-Lucas 'tea party' movement, where toys sit in the Bramble Cafe drinking tea and moaning about how they don't like the current Mayor.


Pictured: Lucas came to power after a slick and inspiring campaign.

'I mean, what has Mayor Lucas actually done?' asked Puddleduck at a tea party last Thursday, to cheers from mostly Sylvanian supporters. 'Toyland today looks exactly the same as it did a year ago... If not worse!'

Lucas supporters contend that the Mayor has made significant progress, pointing to the Bramble toy shop and cafe being switched over, and the entire of Smallvania being quickly rebuilt, from dolls house living room to juice stand, after a particularly bad Hurricane Julie last month.

Lucas still has nearly three years left in his job, so whether the handsome plastic toy can bring meaningful change to Smallvania really remains to be seen.