What are they, who are they, where are they? I want one!
Popples logo (PRNewsFoto/Netflix, Inc.)
Originally marketed between 1986 and 1988 by the company Those Characters From Cleveland, Popples are brightly coloured bear-like plushies with the ability to be inverted and rolled up into a ball. A cartoon series was produced to compliment the toys as well as merchandise like puzzles, games, a comic run, ride-alongs, school sets, watches and clocks, and even a paddling pool set.
Popples plushies include the original line, Rock Star and Baby Popples, Pufflings (a kind of Popples pet), Popples Clip-ons, Sports Popples, Pom-Pom Popples, and even Rucksack Popples to wear on your back. In later years the toy line would undergo three revivals, its most recent being one to compliment the Popples Netflix series.
TVTA is delighted to present a small selection of Popples merchandise scanned from 1980s Dutch and French catalogues. Enjoy 🙂
Speelboom Club Journal N°2. 1987. Netherlands.
De Speelbooml N°3. Nov 1987. Netherlands.
De Speelboom Club N°3. Nov 1987. Netherlands.
Speelboom Club Journal N°4. 1986. Netherlands.
Speelboom Club Journal N°1. 1987. Netherlands.
DE Speelboom N°3. Nov 1987. Netherlands.
Speelboom Club Journal N°3. 1987. Netherlands.
Cora. 1988. France.
Popples bath toys and slippers. Wonderland Catalogue. France. 1987.
Thank you for getting all inside-out and brightly fluffy with us 🙂 This post will be updated as soon as we find more Popples!
Updated: Jan 2022.
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These are ADORABLE. I would insist on having most of this product line if they were around when I was a kid.
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Yes adorable. Imagine how colourful, cheerful and rainbow-y the childhood bedroom would be with a number of them!
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LOL!!! They’re cute! I have a vague memory of Popples, but had no idea of all the offshoots! x
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They are cute aren’t they. I also have a vague memory of Popples and also Wuzzles which I think are similar xx
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Hi TVTA, thanks for checking out my latest post. I am at a bit of a loss with this collection of toys. I had seen them but have no experience with them except I think I might have seen an elephant based rucksack (it could have been a cheap copy as the local bargain market traders used to sell “knock-off” unofficial merchandise).
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Hi FT. Yes, I bet there was a host of imitations. Back then toys like Popples, Wuzzles, Care Bears, Lots-a-Legs and the like were hugely popular.
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I love them 😍 !
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Adorable little self-contained fluffies! 🙂
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