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Title: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on September 03, 2018, 08:01:00 PM

I'm sure many of us have collected toys that aren't nearly as famous as MLP, at least in our area. If you've ever told someone what you collect, and they gave you a blank stare, mention it here! Please feel free to include pics so we don't have to google it. I might edit in a list im this post to include everything mentioned in here.

Here's my most obscure, at least in the US:
Diddl mouse and friends

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Plushies and stationary were sold at Toys R Us for a brief time around 2004ish, shortly after my mom's Danish friend introduced us to Diddl, and I obtained as much as my 9-year-old self could while it was available. Aside from my BFF at the time and my sister, no one I've mentioned it to in the US has recognized it. I've hear that he's rather famous in parts of Europe, like Mickey Mouse.

I've also had to explain Popples to several people but (girl) toy collectors seem to be familiar with them.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Mewtwofan1 on September 03, 2018, 09:32:30 PM

     I stopped collecting after a while, but I have a pretty good collection of bakugan. Not really popular, more of like a five minute thing for most. But I loved it for years. It was the first anime-esque media I’d seen, and I loved it. Bakugan were these little figures that rolled into a ball, and had magnets on the bottom so when they hit the playsets and magnetic “gate cards”, how you started a battle, they would pop open. I’m not sure what happened to the franchise, only that it came and went relatively quickly.
     I even have a wii game for it. I’ll try to dig up whatever I can, and post a pic later. Wonder if the dragonoid colossus figure I had still works...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on September 03, 2018, 09:39:28 PM

Quote from: Mewtwofan1 on September 03, 2018, 09:32:30 PM

     I stopped collecting after a while, but I have a pretty good collection of bakugan. Not really popular, more of like a five minute thing for most. But I loved it for years. It was the first anime-esque media I’d seen, and I loved it.

I remember Bakugan! I have 2. I loved that they were like cheap, mini Transformers toys. I didn't care about the game at all. If I recall, Bakugan was on the shelves for at least a couple years and had a few gimmick sets.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on September 04, 2018, 09:12:11 AM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

I've heard of Get Along Gang (saw a DVD at TRU) but not the others, to my knowledge.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Galactica on September 04, 2018, 10:54:13 AM

Quote from: Khoufu on September 03, 2018, 08:01:00 PM

I'm sure many of us have collected toys that aren't nearly as famous as MLP, at least in our area. If you've ever told someone what you collect, and they gave you a blank stare, mention it here! Please feel free to include pics so we don't have to google it. I might edit in a list im this post to include everything mentioned in here.

Here's my most obscure, at least in the US:
Diddl mouse and friends

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Plushies and stationary were sold at Toys R Us for a brief time around 2004ish, shortly after my mom's Danish friend introduced us to Diddl, and I obtained as much as my 9-year-old self could while it was available. Aside from my BFF at the time and my sister, no one I've mentioned it to in the US has recognized it. I've hear that he's rather famous in parts of Europe, like Mickey Mouse.

Aww, I love Diddl! I had a plushie of him and a sheep, and a bunch of school-type supplies. He was popular in Germany (or at least the little southern town my sister lived in) in the 1990s.

I guess my obscure collection is that I've collected Strawberry Shortcake dolls from Peru- (and Brazil).  I guess Strawberry Shortcake is hardly obscure, but the dolls from Peru are really different...
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 (https://flic.kr/p/7ynLCT)brazils n perus (https://flic.kr/p/7ynLCT) by Sarah (https://www.flickr.com/photos/51192881@N00/), on Flickr

I used to have the complete collection for Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic, but I finally did sell that...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Miniature Sheep on September 04, 2018, 01:15:55 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

*dramatic gasp*
Miffy!!! :heart: What a blast from the past! The art style in those books always chilled me out when I was a kid. :D

As for toy collections, I'm not sure quite how obscure they are (Macclesfield certainly did not have an active community of collectors though) or if they're even still a thing but I used to really enjoy collecting Crazy Bones, especially around 2007 when the designs got kind of futuristic and more varied. Unfortunately, the chap who ran the newsagent where I went to get them decided to fold his tent, and nowhere else in town had them, so that was that scuppered. :/

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 02:27:33 PM

Quote from: Miniature Sheep on September 04, 2018, 01:15:55 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

*dramatic gasp*
Miffy!!! :heart: What a blast from the past! The art style in those books always chilled me out when I was a kid. :D

As for toy collections, I'm not sure quite how obscure they are (Macclesfield certainly did not have an active community of collectors though) or if they're even still a thing but I used to really enjoy collecting Crazy Bones, especially around 2007 when the designs got kind of futuristic and more varied. Unfortunately, the chap who ran the newsagent where I went to get them decided to fold his tent, and nowhere else in town had them, so that was that scuppered. :/

LOL I have some Crazy Bones!!!! We tried to sell them at a yard sale and everyone got a good laugh of of the package tagline:  "Join the Craze!" ... that apparently none of us had heard of. 

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Ponyfan on September 04, 2018, 02:59:00 PM

Mine would have to be Nature's Nursery Lockets.

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I only have one but they don't come up on Ebay very often. I also had the green house to grow seedlings in. Not many people seem to remember them anymore. It must have been a pretty short lived toy line. I aksed someone once if they remembered but couldn't stop laughing at the idea of a toy locket that you wore around your neck that grew flower seeds.


Also Bubblins are pretty hard to find. I still have my childhood Lady Mermaiden and her seashell case.

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Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 04, 2018, 03:25:56 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

I used to have a book of the get along gang. Don't recall seeing any toys.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 04:17:24 PM

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on September 04, 2018, 03:25:56 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

I used to have a book of the get along gang. Don't recall seeing any toys.

yeah they had 8" vinyl toys with fabric clothing and I believe their playset was the railroad caboose that they used as a clubhouse.  I have three so far but only one with clothes.
Also there was the usual paper/kitchen products like nearly all 80's toylines originating from stationery companies.  There are also kids' bedding sets. 

OH!  I also collect Herself the Elf, I totally forgot about her because my collection is so small LOL

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Aadra310 on September 04, 2018, 08:12:05 PM

Wow!  Those SS Cake dolls are very cool!  I like the ones that look like "real" little girls!

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

Do you need any of this cool stuff, lovesbabysquirmy?  Got it for sale!
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I don't have an obscure toy collections and I haven't heard of a lot of the stuff on this thread.  So, that was fun!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Marlin on September 04, 2018, 10:11:40 PM

Thos Peru Strawberry Shortcake dolls are neat! I had no idea they existed.

They're not really obscure, but I've developed a love for Fashion Star Fillies and have a decent herd now.

One toyline I um and ah about getting (purely nostalgia as I had a couple as a kid) but haven't quite gone there yet are the Hornby Flower Fairies. I remember having a big, green playset with spiderweb hammocks... and there was a little white bridge over a stream. If I see them super cheap I might get some one day, but right now MLP and FSF keep me poor  :P

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Shaz on September 05, 2018, 01:42:07 AM

So many awesome toys mentioned in this thread! I remember buying Crazy Bones around 2002. They were quite popular in my little corner of England. I also had Miffy books when I was little, inherited from my mum. We still have a full set of them I think.

Most of my toy collecting energies are directed towards ponies, Monster High and 90s Kitty in my Pocket, none of which are very obscure. I also have a small collection of vintage dolls, including some 1960s-70s Amanda Jane dolls. They really are quite obscure; I think they were only ever sold in the UK! British company Amanda Jane started out just making dolls' clothes and later produced several different types of doll, from quite large baby dolls to a line of 7 inch tall Amanda Janes and the shorter Amanda Jane babies. Apart from the later babies, all their dolls were made in England; the babies were made in Hong Kong. My mum had some as a child which is how I came to know about them. They're very cute and had awesome outfits and some cute accessories e.g. tiny notebooks with real lined pages.

1970s Amanda Jane Baby: https://imgur.com/a/np6CdWb
1960s Amanda Jane: https://imgur.com/a/ohP8AoM
1962 Amanda Jane Bubbles: https://m.imgur.com/a/iPsrL3P

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Gaspode on September 05, 2018, 02:01:11 AM

Shaz I clicked on this topic out of curiosity and saw your post and can't believe it because my Mum is getting ready to part with her small collection of Amanda Jane stuff!!! Pm me if any interest x

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Zapper on September 05, 2018, 07:44:35 AM

Omg Diddl :lol: He was all the rage in the 90s. I had so much Diddl stuff. That's why my Diddl collection was more "obscure" than yours, but only because I had access to everything.
What made Diddl so popular was the writing pads, no joke. You got one writing pad with a single Diddl illustration on each page. Then you took a few pages and folded them up neatly to place in your Diddl note pad page collection folder. It sounds hilarious when I type it out but it was sorta like collecting trading cards.
The note pads would quickly go out of productiob so after a short while some of them became very rare and you had to trade 5 different pages for one page of the rare illustrations.

I still have my folder from way back when :lol: I also still have the plushies and yes, the first soundtrack :lol: Diddl had songs. One of them was about collecting note pad pages,bwahaha.
It was such a money maker.

Nowadays people don't care as much about Diddl anymore. For some reason the franchise didn't achieve nostalgia status. Diddl merch is still selling but the huge fandom kind of ended.

Germany has a new mascot love right now: Pummel, a chubby unicorn who loves cookies. Pummel is from an entirely different creator, tho.

Any Diddl fans can hit me up. I could sell it all, I have no connection to it anymore.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on September 05, 2018, 08:06:56 AM

Oh man, Zapper, 9-year-old me would help loved more Diddl. The only cool notepad I had was one where you used a mostly clear plastic sheet to reveal hidden pictures on the pages. I had a stationary set in a box, plushies of Diddlina, Mimihops, Pimboli, and Gallupy, a sticker roll, and a pack of trading cards. I have a white mouse costume  (fashioned after the videogame character Mappy) who could easily be used in a Diddl costume.


So many lines in this thread that I'd never heard of! Those Peru Strawberry Shortcake dolls are indeed interesting. Meanwhile Diddl, Popples, and pins from the game The World Ends with You are the only ones I ever have to explain to people.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Taffeta on September 05, 2018, 08:58:12 AM

Oh yeesh. Collection is maybe a strong word, but I do have a gathering of random Japanese things that I've amassed because of various fandoms.

I have two Sotsugyou M dolls. Nobody in the West has a clue what that is unless they speak Japanese and are at least 30, it's from the 90s and it never got translated, but the dolls I think are Takara.

I also have two Saiyuki dolls. Those maybe are less unknown - though finding them with the rooted hair is really hard. I looked for ages for Gojou. So happy to finally get him. The other one I have is Sanzou.

So random Japanese dolls I guess, if four means a collection?

I also have tiny little cute plush things I picked up. It began with Sumikkogurashi and Kirimi-chan. Kirimi-chan stuff is like sushi with faces and its just ridiculously cute. And I already had some ebi-fry Sumikkogurashi stuff before I went to Japan, so now I have a few more odds and ends from that. Then in Japan I found Jinbei-san stuff, so now I have a little oyster, and a great big softie whale on my shelf as well.

I have a few random cute Japanese things that off-hand I am not sure what line they belong to. I have a bit of gudetama stuff - a keyring, a pencil - but no toys so he doesn't count. Some small sheep and alpaca, though. Not really sure what they are, but they're cute and they live on my shelf too.

Finally, I have owls. That began with PO (Pink Owl) who was given to me when I did my MA. Now I have Owlie as well, who is a big TY owl I bought at Innsbruck airport (not a sensible thing to buy before you fly...). I also have a little Halloween owl and a little grey one my sister bought me (also Ty) and a handful of small clip on Ty ones as well. Then Naynie brought me back one from Korea, I have some other bits and pieces with owls from other countries too. But I don't think owls are that unusual a thing to collect...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Zapper on September 05, 2018, 12:40:40 PM

Quote from: Khoufu on September 05, 2018, 08:06:56 AM

Oh man, Zapper, 9-year-old me would help loved more Diddl. The only cool notepad I had was one where you used a mostly clear plastic sheet to reveal hidden pictures on the pages. I had a stationary set in a box, plushies of Diddlina, Mimihops, Pimboli, and Gallupy, a sticker roll, and a pack of trading cards. I have a white mouse costume  (fashioned after the videogame character Mappy) who could easily be used in a Diddl costume.

I love how much you love(d) Diddl. It was such a German phenomenon, I thought nobody else had heard of it. These new characters weren't part of my childhood obsession because they didn't exit back then. I think Pimboli is the one I still recognized, and of course Diddlina.
I just went to the website and what the heck -- there are over 20 characters now. There is even a Jamaican Diddl. I'm old, man...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Wardah on September 05, 2018, 10:06:17 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 02:27:33 PM

Quote from: Miniature Sheep on September 04, 2018, 01:15:55 PM

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

*dramatic gasp*
Miffy!!! :heart: What a blast from the past! The art style in those books always chilled me out when I was a kid. :D

As for toy collections, I'm not sure quite how obscure they are (Macclesfield certainly did not have an active community of collectors though) or if they're even still a thing but I used to really enjoy collecting Crazy Bones, especially around 2007 when the designs got kind of futuristic and more varied. Unfortunately, the chap who ran the newsagent where I went to get them decided to fold his tent, and nowhere else in town had them, so that was that scuppered. :/

LOL I have some Crazy Bones!!!! We tried to sell them at a yard sale and everyone got a good laugh of of the package tagline:  "Join the Craze!" ... that apparently none of us had heard of. 

Crazy Bones are back, I saw them at Target. Not really my thing tbh.

I collect so many random things that catch my eye and some are quite obscure. One of my more obscure ones is Polly Pocket Cutants. I got a lot of them including some that never appeared in the US.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on September 06, 2018, 10:02:03 AM

Out of all the actual toy lines I collect, like as in things that are predominately toy lines, I don't have any. All the dolls and other toy lines I collect are pretty well known. In terms of things where the focus of the series or franchise is toys, at least.

The only thing I can think of that's particularly obscure would be that I've got a somewhat small collection of Di Gi Charat merchandise. It's a manga/anime franchise that I really like and I do have some merchandise of it that would be considered toys, as I've got five plushes. I've also got trading cards, guess those could be considered toys to an extent. The rest of my DGC collection aren't toys, I've got some books, a CD, a hat, and animation cels. But yeah, as it is predominately a manga/anime, not sure if that'd count as an obscure toy collection because I'm just collecting merchandise for an anime I like, and the focus of the series is not on toys.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: wystearya on September 06, 2018, 03:00:20 PM

Quote from: Ponyfan on September 04, 2018, 02:59:00 PM

Also Bubblins are pretty hard to find. I still have my childhood Lady Mermaiden and her seashell case.

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I remember the Bubblins!  I had one as a kid, but I don't think I have it anymore.  Cute tiny things!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Carrehz on September 06, 2018, 04:20:53 PM

oooh Crazy Bones, now there's a blast from the past! And Diddl - we had them over here for a little while, I love Mimihopps. Such a cutie :) I love Miffy too.

Hmm.. I like weird semi-obscure anthro dolls, like Catwalk Kitties and Petworks' Usaggie series, I dunno if those count. I guess my Ojamajo Doremi collection is sort of obscure? At least outside of Japan. I've only seen one or two other people with collections as big as mine (and I don't say that to brag, I just mean I mostly just see collections consisting of a handful of things), I assume there are more collectors in Japan though.

I'm probably forgetting something, haha.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: vampyrefay on September 06, 2018, 04:28:59 PM

I collect nightmare before Christmas things but that's not obscure, I would collect herself the elf but I've only ever seen one book for her and nothing else, I collect anthro dolls like pinkie cooper or I make my own, I collect novi stars

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on September 07, 2018, 06:07:00 AM

For obscure toy lines, I have all three animals for the line called my little angel, I found the three big angel dolls, but no cherbs, I am trying to sell the angel ones. No luck so far but the pets are cute.  I went back to the thrifts store and found the barrette for Clover, and Dallas the horse, but lea's was not there.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: bright rabbit 1 on September 07, 2018, 09:17:35 AM

I had a whole load of Digimon figures, but mum got rid of them. Plus Dragonball Z figures. My most obscure collection I had was seashells.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on September 07, 2018, 09:34:59 AM

Did anyone else have Fisher Price's Briarberry Bears?

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Crystal-Sushi on September 07, 2018, 11:38:36 PM

Novi Stars, Sailor Moon Knockoffs, promotional tie-in Barbies and any kind of 'unusual' fashion dolls - weirdest is probably Mattel's Gorgeous Creatures, I love them so much :heart:

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Dreamer on September 08, 2018, 02:15:38 AM

Oh boy, here I go!

My biggest obscure toy love is Safiras, little flocked blindbag dragons by Simba. I love the wide arrange of poses and colours, and the little details that make each elemental dragon unique! I also highly appreciate that each bag has a little hole (I guess to prevent choking) through which you can peer at your possible buy to see which are you getting if you wiggle the figure around. Not all blindbags have such an useful "tell"!

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Another dragon-related toy I like is Mystic Babies, which are brushable baby dragons! I'm quite surprised Ghost of the Doll has a page on them: http://ghostofthedoll.co.uk/mysticbabies.php I clearly remember being in front of an Aubretia back in the store and then refusing my mom's offer to buy it for me because face-to-face, I found them too "pony-like" and I was in an "anti-girly" mode back then. Younger me would be so ashamed of current me... but current me is a happier me!  :P

Continuing with the brushable hair trend, I like to grab Monster Friendz when I have the chance. They're blindbag animals with Troll-like hair, which make good pets for Trolls and Zelfs. http://www.monsterfriendz.com/us/home/ They stopped bringing them to stores recently, but sometimes they can still be found on flea markets.

I'm also into Hero 108 Krashers, a series of figures from a show that used to air on Cartoon Network. My collection is almost complete thanks to a shop who put them all for clearance.

Like Carrehz, I also enjoy it when anthropomorphic dolls hit the market, such as Catwalk Kitties and Pinkie Cooper! I only own bootlegs of them, but I love finding out about other obscure iterations like Gorgeous Creatures and Peteena the Poodle.

Finally, for something recent but still obscure, I enjoy Lockstars, but only the robots

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: bright rabbit 1 on September 08, 2018, 04:32:53 AM

Quote from: Aadra310 on September 04, 2018, 08:12:05 PM

Wow!  Those SS Cake dolls are very cool!  I like the ones that look like "real" little girls!

Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 04, 2018, 06:34:15 AM

Not exactly obscure, but not many other people collect Get Along Gang stuff.  Also I collect anything Miffy, Poochie or Moomin.

Do you need any of this cool stuff, lovesbabysquirmy?  Got it for sale!
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I don't have an obscure toy collections and I haven't heard of a lot of the stuff on this thread.  So, that was fun!

I used to have the dog in the red skirt from The Get Along Gang. My dog chewed it and my parents threw it away.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Other than that I am collecting the Sinclair dinosaur family :biggrin: I have the baby, Fran and Charlene. Still missing Earl and (my favourite) Robbie. And the boss of course. I can’t really remember his name...

I also have many of those animal babies who changed color on their diapers when they were in water. Pink for girls and Blue for boys. Those are all from my childhood, but I can’t really remember what they were called....?

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on September 08, 2018, 07:32:30 PM

Those little flocked dragons are precious Dreamer!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: mlly on September 09, 2018, 07:41:59 AM

do Begoths dolls count as obscure

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on September 09, 2018, 11:39:19 AM

Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Other than that I am collecting the Sinclair dinosaur family :biggrin: I have the baby, Fran and Charlene. Still missing Earl and (my favourite) Robbie. And the boss of course. I can’t really remember his name...

I also have many of those animal babies who changed color on their diapers when they were in water. Pink for girls and Blue for boys. Those are all from my childhood, but I can’t really remember what they were called....?

Same here I have some children's  books  from the late 1800's as well, it is neat to see how perspectives changed.  However I will say art of the 30's is one of my favorites, I love art deco and art neuaveu.

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Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Other than that I am collecting the Sinclair dinosaur family :biggrin: I have the baby, Fran and Charlene. Still missing Earl and (my favourite) Robbie. And the boss of course. I can’t really remember his name...

I also have many of those animal babies who changed color on their diapers when they were in water. Pink for girls and Blue for boys. Those are all from my childhood, but I can’t really remember what they were called....?

Were the toys these?  http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/magicdiaper-animals.php

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Luxrayx on September 09, 2018, 12:14:09 PM

Oh my gosh, I can't believe someone actually collects Diddl! I have a tiny duffel bag with a picture of him on it, and I used to have all kinds of Diddl school supplies. I still use that duffel bag whenever I go on short trips, because it's just big enough for a single change of clothes and a sketchbook :P

My very favorite toy when I was a kid was a plush dog from a happy meal, which was based on a franchise called The dog: artlist collection. Every now and then I'll find another toy like it in a thrift store, and I just can't help but pick it up. I wasn't planning on starting a happy meal dog collection, but you know how it is... Also, there's apparently a video game based on the same franchise called The dog island. If anyone here happens to own it, let me know :lookround:

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on September 09, 2018, 01:47:25 PM

Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Oooooh I collect a lot of older kids' books as well!  :D  Well and the 1980's editions of the Baby-sitters Club, I've only got a few left to go to finish the whole set, mysteries included!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: katrine2309 on September 11, 2018, 01:20:30 PM

Quote from: invaderhorizongreen on September 09, 2018, 11:39:19 AM

Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Other than that I am collecting the Sinclair dinosaur family :biggrin: I have the baby, Fran and Charlene. Still missing Earl and (my favourite) Robbie. And the boss of course. I can’t really remember his name...

I also have many of those animal babies who changed color on their diapers when they were in water. Pink for girls and Blue for boys. Those are all from my childhood, but I can’t really remember what they were called....?

Were the toys these?  http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/magicdiaper-animals.php

YES! It was exactly those! I’ve all of the 2nd set of baby animals and almost all the Dinos. I also got some trolls I can’t see there. I adore these cuties :inlove: Thanks for finding them :)

And WOW- 1800s childrens book! I would have imploded if I found one  :shocked:

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Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 09, 2018, 01:47:25 PM

Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Oooooh I collect a lot of older kids' books as well!  :D  Well and the 1980's editions of the Baby-sitters Club, I've only got a few left to go to finish the whole set, mysteries included!

I love old childrens books! Many of them are beautiful :heart:

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Dreamer on September 12, 2018, 01:41:30 AM

Quote from: Leave a Whisper on September 08, 2018, 07:32:30 PM

Those little flocked dragons are precious Dreamer!

Thank you, LaW! They're my current toy pride and joy  ^.^

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Loreofyore on December 20, 2018, 02:14:42 PM

Quote from: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 12:20:18 PM

I collect old childrens books from 30-40-50-60 and 70’s. I’ve got quite the collection :P

Other than that I am collecting the Sinclair dinosaur family :biggrin: I have the baby, Fran and Charlene. Still missing Earl and (my favourite) Robbie. And the boss of course. I can’t really remember his name...

I also have many of those animal babies who changed color on their diapers when they were in water. Pink for girls and Blue for boys. Those are all from my childhood, but I can’t really remember what they were called....?

Your animals in diapers, were they these?
http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/magicdiaper-animals.php
Hey anyone else out there have a thing for Wheel Pals or similar in your herd? Like you drive some ponies & friends instead of cars who have wheels in place of legs?
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 In my herd they are sort of the cyborg/A.I. animal friends if a pony's car breaks down they can do the D.A.Y.R.L. machine-whisperer thing that D.A.Y.R.L. did with the A.T.M. in the vintage movie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KfWXZrsuI
As for books how many Whisper the Winged Unicorn people remember the same people at Anitoch making up a mermaid character named Misty that had a few books of her own by the same authors? How many people (besides me) are frustrated that the promised sequel to 'The Happy Ways and Fiery Ways of Fred the Fearless Dragon' has yet to materialize? Cause I really wanted to know about Fred & the Queen of Drowse contest or none.
But I may digress too far into my geekhood...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: CinnamonOnions on December 20, 2018, 04:28:50 PM

Old thread but oh well. There's obscure stuff I always grab if I see at thrift shops like Brush a Loves, Playskool GoBot animal Transformers, and Monsuno toys.

And I collect Digimon stuff, but my main interest in Digimon toylines are european plushies by a small company called Jemini - now that's obscure because I haven't heard of Jeminis Digimon plushies even surfacing elsewhere than Finland in good amounts.

If we are allowed to go into anime merchandise with this, then there's also Shinzo Ningen Casshan.

Also back to toys, Biker Mice from Mars action figures I accidentaly started collecting. They're known and popular here but hardly anywhere else. I recently managed to complete a basic set of all the main villains and good guys, but especialy the helmets and Modos basic motorcycle are something I still hunt for in my thrift adventures.

And, of course, last but not least; Then there's my whole Megaman Battle Network merchandise craze. My small but main collection next to ponies. The anime for whatever reasons wasn't aired here so the toys are pretty hard to get for me and I'm settling with only the things I want the most.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on December 20, 2018, 04:44:23 PM

Hey there's nothing wrong with bumping this thread!  Maybe someone will see something that they need for their collection!  :)  I know I was able to...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Leave a Whisper on December 20, 2018, 05:00:08 PM

Quote from: Galactica on September 04, 2018, 10:54:13 AM

Quote from: Khoufu on September 03, 2018, 08:01:00 PM

I'm sure many of us have collected toys that aren't nearly as famous as MLP, at least in our area. If you've ever told someone what you collect, and they gave you a blank stare, mention it here! Please feel free to include pics so we don't have to google it. I might edit in a list im this post to include everything mentioned in here.

Here's my most obscure, at least in the US:
Diddl mouse and friends

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Plushies and stationary were sold at Toys R Us for a brief time around 2004ish, shortly after my mom's Danish friend introduced us to Diddl, and I obtained as much as my 9-year-old self could while it was available. Aside from my BFF at the time and my sister, no one I've mentioned it to in the US has recognized it. I've hear that he's rather famous in parts of Europe, like Mickey Mouse.

Aww, I love Diddl! I had a plushie of him and a sheep, and a bunch of school-type supplies. He was popular in Germany (or at least the little southern town my sister lived in) in the 1990s.

I guess my obscure collection is that I've collected Strawberry Shortcake dolls from Peru- (and Brazil).  I guess Strawberry Shortcake is hardly obscure, but the dolls from Peru are really different...
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I used to have the complete collection for Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic, but I finally did sell that...

Your collection is so pretty!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on December 20, 2018, 08:07:08 PM

Cinnamononions mentioned GoBots! I got one of those recently. It's more interesting that modern plastic McD's Transformers toys, even if it was the toy that was the worst disappointment to get as a kid if you wanted a Transformer.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: CinnamonOnions on December 21, 2018, 02:19:16 AM

Quote from: Khoufu on December 20, 2018, 08:07:08 PM

Cinnamononions mentioned GoBots! I got one of those recently. It's more interesting that modern plastic McD's Transformers toys, even if it was the toy that was the worst disappointment to get as a kid if you wanted a Transformer.

I have to disagree because a GoBot Cheetor was my most well loved Transformers toy as a kid haha. It was simple enough and it was A ROBOT CHEETAH, what else could a child like me have asked for.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: invaderhorizongreen on December 21, 2018, 12:45:05 PM

I once had a few wuzzles plush they were not very popular or well known disney line. I had an elroo twice but lost both of them and have not seen any sense.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: mlp4me on December 21, 2018, 01:40:44 PM

I live with a Get Along Gang fan... So we have Zipper the cat  and other stuffed friends of his and the caboose. Plus my BFF is obsessed, so she has snot tons of stuff.

I have a small collection of Poochie as well, but it's stored allover the basement, I really should get it organized to take a pic.

Obscure... I have a collection of seaQuest DSV models, those count as toys, right? Just unassembled ha ha ha. One day I'll get my grubby hands on some of the action figures...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Galactica on January 03, 2019, 10:10:55 AM

Hmmm, lets bump again :D

Okay, I don't know if obscure is really the right word, but kinda? I kinda collect prototypes from various 80s doll lines...
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The Star Fairies are fairly obscure-  they use the same mold as the Hornby Flower Fairies-  crazily enough, I have the entire collection
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Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on January 03, 2019, 10:18:28 AM

Those are cool, Galactica! Prototypes are always special, and I'd not heard (much) of Star fairies or Flower fairies.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: StrawberrySundance on January 03, 2019, 12:05:40 PM

How did I just notice this thread? XD
I remember Diddl, I think I used to own a plush of him at one point :)

I do collect things other than ponies and while they're not toys, it's more obscure video game merchandise from 90-early 2000's period. I'm pretty proud of my Parappa the Rapper collection. While it's not an obscure game, most merch was sold in Japan when the game was first released so it's a little hard to find here in the UK. I managed to get my hands on the Rodney Fun Collection Comics, PJ Berri plush toy from the late 90's, a 2000's Japanese Um Jammer Lammy keychain and a whole bunch of other stuff- some newer stuff too like the Totaku figurine. I always keep my eye open on eBay for more stuff, it's a great game series and has a range of odd things to collect (there's a toaster out there somewhere XD )

Another collection I have is a Japanese Animation/ PS2 Video Game called Soul Collector in Japan or Gregory Horror Show pretty much everywhere else. I managed to get my hands on the game, series one of the anime (I'm not into anime but I quite enjoy this one, it has the same art style + English voice actors as the game and follows the plot of the game from the players perspective)  which was imported from the US and the official board game. Theres only a few things to collect as the game is pretty obscure. I'm still hunting for the board game miniature figurines I have 2 out of a possible 57 - I think they're a bit easier to collect in the USA and Canada compared to the UK. (Ive actually got my notifications turned on on eBay for the miniatures- I'm determined to get at least 5-10 of them! But still not luck :( )

I have other merchandise from stuff like Psychonauts, Spyro etc but they're not huge collections compared to my Parappa stuff- if I see something for my collection I usually buy it XD

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Theres only a few things to collect as the game is pretty obscure. I'm still hunting for the board game miniature figurines I have 2 out of a possible 57 - I think they're a bit easier to collect in the USA and Canada compared to the UK. (Ive actually got my notifications turned on on eBay for the miniatures- I'm determined to get at least 5-10 of them! But still not luck :( )

EDIT: Can you believe it? I managed to purchase all but a few! How weird, just after this post there was an auction for the mini figures! I think I only need 2 or 3 to have the whole set!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: JazzMatazz on January 09, 2019, 08:17:13 AM

I've since sold them but I had a small collection of very short lived toyline called Doggie Bag Doggies. I suspect the original artist may have bought them when I put them on ebay several years ago. His website has a ton of obscure toy lines if you want some nostalgia http://www.melbirnkrant.com/

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Galactica on January 09, 2019, 11:24:26 AM

Quote from: JazzMatazz on January 09, 2019, 08:17:13 AM

I've since sold them but I had a small collection of very short lived toyline called Doggie Bag Doggies. I suspect the original artist may have bought them when I put them on ebay several years ago. His website has a ton of obscure toy lines if you want some nostalgia http://www.melbirnkrant.com/

That's kinda cool!  ALso yes his website is pretty neat- I don't recognize any of those obscure lines...

I remember I sold a pile of "Pound Pupppies" once to the artist who created the artwork for them, he wanted all of them- I thought it was so sweet, I sent him everything I had...

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Ponyfan on January 09, 2019, 11:46:30 AM

Are Krystal Princess dolls considered an obscure toy line? I bought a few last year and I’m hoping to be able to add more characters eventually. :)

Also I’m a fan of “ Miraculous:The Adventures of Ladybug and Cat Noir” but there doesn’t seem to be merchandise widely available in the US? I know a few years ago Walmart had Ladybug and Cat Noir figures but  they were clearanced a long time ago. :sad:

Ponyfan

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on January 09, 2019, 03:41:06 PM

So many toys I've never heard of!

Does anyone have Darling Dinos? I have one and met someone else who had some recently.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Sora on January 09, 2019, 05:43:31 PM

I casually collect Were Bears!

Does The Land Before Time count as an obscure toy collection? I only know a few collectors these days.

Quote from: Khoufu on January 09, 2019, 03:41:06 PM

So many toys I've never heard of!

Does anyone have Darling Dinos? I have one and met someone else who had some recently.

I have one somewhere! I also have a small ring figure toy.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: Khoufu on January 09, 2019, 05:57:29 PM

Quote from: Sora on January 09, 2019, 05:43:31 PM

I casually collect Were Bears!

Does The Land Before Time count as an obscure toy collection? I only know a few collectors these days.

I've seen Land Before Time stuff for sale but haven't known any collectors personally. I know the movie(s) certainly are nostalgic for many people.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: nessa16 on January 10, 2019, 12:43:46 AM

I just saw new large Getalong Gang plush at Hallmark the other day. I always remember Pammy panda. I have a small collection of Blinky Bill toys my grandma got me when they were on clearance. I even have the schoolhouse play set.

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on January 10, 2019, 06:56:28 AM

Quote from: nessa16 on January 10, 2019, 12:43:46 AM

I just saw new large Getalong Gang plush at Hallmark the other day. I always remember Pammy panda. I have a small collection of Blinky Bill toys my grandma got me when they were on clearance. I even have the schoolhouse play set.

I loved Blinky Bill!

Title: Re: What are your obscure toy collections?
Post by: CinnamonOnions on January 10, 2019, 08:21:48 AM

Quote from: Khoufu on January 09, 2019, 03:41:06 PM

So many toys I've never heard of!

Does anyone have Darling Dinos? I have one and met someone else who had some recently.

I have one temporarily, and I have a faint memory of seeing them in kindergarten.