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Title: Popple Anyone?
Post by: FullMoonFever on March 02, 2015, 08:42:50 AM
So who remembers Popples?  I was grubbing around in the attic and found a vintage baby popple in a bin full of Beanie Babies, and I found a rereleased Popple from 2001 that I remember buying at a Ross.  I guess their rerelease failed miserable.  I have a feeling that these guys have been in the attic for about 10 to 15 years.

~Jenn
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Post by: palaisdejouets on March 02, 2015, 09:02:07 AM
Popples are the best!

The 2000s-era Popple line diverged too much from the proportions of the original, IMO. I didn't care for it and I wonder if that's why it didn't succeed?

The original Popples are soooo cute and full of personality!
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Post by: kaoskat on March 02, 2015, 10:12:03 AM
Congrats on rediscovering them!
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Post by: Applejax on March 02, 2015, 10:39:59 AM
There will be a new show sometime soon. So excited!
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Post by: Ivaness on March 02, 2015, 10:45:44 AM
When I worked at a daycare, they had a blue Popple with a super hero cape! I wanted to bring it home with me so badly!

Popples are awesome.
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Post by: mlp4me on March 02, 2015, 10:55:06 AM
Pop-pop-pop-popples! I love Popples, even have a few VHS tapes floating around (that I haven't watched in years). I only had a small one with plastic arms and legs that's all pink, Pretty popple?
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Post by: melodys_angel on March 02, 2015, 12:52:38 PM
None for me but I definitely remember them :)
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Post by: True on March 02, 2015, 01:22:55 PM
loved them as a child!
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Post by: northstar3184 on March 02, 2015, 02:54:24 PM
I loved them as a kid. I had one of the rock and roll ones, a bunch of the mini ones (like 7 or 8), and few other miscellaneous ones.
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Post by: robinharper on March 02, 2015, 03:23:34 PM
I have a green Popples.  They remain great.  :biggrin:

Hugs
  Robin

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Oh, and a Popples sticker album too!
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Post by: Koudoawaia on March 02, 2015, 04:20:43 PM
I used to have the baby Popple....Bibsy. Horrible name. I named her Baby Rainbow when I was little. Had her til I was well into my 20s.
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Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on March 02, 2015, 05:09:48 PM
Ooooooh!  Some of my favorite childhood toys!  Here is my small Popple collection:
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Post by: Kiwi on March 02, 2015, 06:14:34 PM
I have a knock-off bunny popple (my mom says he's a real popple, but I can never find him on in any IDs, and he doesn't quite look the same), and hubby has the baseball (real) popple.
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Post by: invaderhorizongreen on March 02, 2015, 06:21:50 PM
I have a popple in need of a home if anyone wants them, please pm me.
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Post by: mlp4me on March 02, 2015, 06:22:22 PM
Almost forgot, I had a small yellow popple in the back window of my car. He was so cute and fuzzy, a puffing popple, potato chip (he was weird but so cute I wanted the world to see him). Then somebody broke into my car stole my seat covers and the Popple. I think I have 6 Popples now, but they're packed away in storage except for my small one and a big pink one, I just checked her name, Party Popple.
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Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on March 02, 2015, 07:52:51 PM
I have a knock-off bunny popple (my mom says he's a real popple, but I can never find him on in any IDs, and he doesn't quite look the same), and hubby has the baseball (real) popple.

Maybe it's a French one - the Euro Popples had animals like "Cousins" as well!  Parrots and bunnies and dogs I think...
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Post by: palaisdejouets on March 02, 2015, 10:16:03 PM
Ooooooh!  Some of my favorite childhood toys!  Here is my small Popple collection:
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Wow, you have a good selection there!!! I have the girl rocker Popple, the smaller-size yellow one (Potato Chip) and a few of the Pocket Popples, which are really super sweet with their PVC faces and arms.
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Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 03, 2015, 10:05:34 AM
I used to have one. Wonder what happened to it?
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Post by: FullMoonFever on March 03, 2015, 02:09:50 PM
I have Bibsy, bought him at a flea market a long time ago.  I actually like the rerelreased Popples, they're kinda cute.
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Post by: Sukey on March 03, 2015, 02:36:23 PM
Kiwi, it could be a real one. I know I've seen a dog one before.

I love Popples!
Here's my plush collection. Not the best pic of them. I looked for Pancake Popple for years and years and I finally found her at a local flea market that hubby talked me into going to :) I only paid $5 for her- I was so excited.
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 (http://s62.photobucket.com/user/Sukey_57/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_1.jpg.html)

Here's the ones with poseables arms/legs. I am looking for the others if anyone has any for sale.
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I bought some of the new releases from 2001, but I am going to try to sell them.
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Post by: robinharper on March 03, 2015, 03:01:00 PM
Almost forgot, I had a small yellow popple in the back window of my car. He was so cute and fuzzy, a puffing popple, potato chip (he was weird but so cute I wanted the world to see him). Then somebody broke into my car stole my seat covers and the Popple.

Nnnnooo!!!  You don't go around stealing people's Popples!  bad, bad thieves!   :mad:

Post Merge: March 03, 2015, 03:02:06 PM

I have a knock-off bunny popple (my mom says he's a real popple, but I can never find him on in any IDs, and he doesn't quite look the same), and hubby has the baseball (real) popple.

It is possible ...  I seem to recall that there were indeed also animal variations ...

Hugs
  Robin

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Is it this one, Kiwi?  http://www.vecchigiocattoli.it/popples1848.jpg

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look here: http://members.chello.at/cornelia-hoffmann/popples_spezial.html
Title: Re: Popple Anyone?
Post by: Kiwi on March 04, 2015, 04:23:35 AM
No, mine doesn't really have that popple look (head is different). This is the closest I've found in Google searches, but still no real ID info.
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(this isn't quite like mine, but is fairly close)
Ebay: 9" sitting Easter Pets LIKE POPPLE POPPLES YELLOW BUNNY RABBIT plush stuffed
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Post by: robinharper on March 04, 2015, 04:54:40 AM
Hm, perhaps a fakie after all then?

Hugs
  Robin
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Post by: Tribble79 on March 04, 2015, 07:52:57 AM
Ooooooh!  Some of my favorite childhood toys!  Here is my small Popple collection:
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I have e small one in the lower left side of this picture. In received it as a gift exchange gift in 2nd grade. Been through a lot nose is now stitches as one of my first ferrets stole her and chewed off her nose!!


That's really weird that my reply is in with the quote


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Post by: Elisto on March 04, 2015, 09:01:29 AM
I have a decent-sized Popples collection that I periodically think I'm going to sell or at least stop buying because I have very little nostalgic connection to them (unlike with MLP), but then I look at them and can't bring myself to sell them or pass them up when I find them second hand XD Thankfully I don't find them often.

They do seem to be hard to sell, but maybe I just haven't really found collectors. I have two for sale once I get around to it, so we'll see.
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Post by: palaisdejouets on March 04, 2015, 09:24:33 AM

They do seem to be hard to sell, but maybe I just haven't really found collectors. I have two for sale once I get around to it, so we'll see.

For Popples that were played-with, often the fur on the head gets pretty matted and that lowers the collectibility. Alternately, I think that people who collect vintage plush are fewer in number than collectors of other types of toys, simply because plush toys take up so much more space! I have really resisted the urge to get into collecting plush extensively. Of course, if I find something really good at the thrift store, it WILL come home with me  :biggrin:
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Post by: Elisto on March 04, 2015, 10:20:02 AM

For Popples that were played-with, often the fur on the head gets pretty matted and that lowers the collectibility.

Yeah, that's definitely a problem with one of the ones I don't want anymore. I got him for 50c at a yard sale but it turned out I already had that one, also not in great shape.
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Post by: invaderhorizongreen on March 04, 2015, 06:41:57 PM
I know ghost of the doll has a good guide for the, though they are in need of pictures of a few sets.
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Post by: Ponyfan on March 04, 2015, 06:58:50 PM
I still have my original white Popple. I think her name is Puffball. She's white with a blue tummy.


Ponyfan
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Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on March 04, 2015, 07:54:31 PM
I really really really want the medium-sized green one with orange hair and I have been scouring thrift stores for decades...  oh the hunt!
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Post by: Einhornbaby on March 05, 2015, 02:50:42 AM
hehe Popples are super cute :) I love them! Cant collect because my ponies already overtook my whole collection room, but once in a while ill take one home from a fleamarket (IF I find one lol). My daughter has a big blue one and Ive got a tiny white one from my childhood. I remember I adored the little guy back then <3
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Post by: Elisto on March 05, 2015, 08:44:46 AM
How about some more pictures?

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 (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/ElistoDragonwings/media/ponies/100_3340.jpg.html)
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 (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/ElistoDragonwings/media/ponies/100_3335.jpg.html)
(I only have pictures of the ones I want to sell, not my whole collection, sadly, which is in a box in the attic. I really should make a list of all the ones I have, just for my own records.)
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Post by: palaisdejouets on March 05, 2015, 10:40:15 AM
Those are great, Elisto! I would love to see a pic of your whole collection  ^.^

Here are the ones in my collection. The small Potato Chip was a great deal for one in basically mint condition a few years back -- I had the same one as a child. The Rocker Popple is a newer acquisition.
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 (https://flic.kr/p/pi3qBE)Mini Potato Chip (https://flic.kr/p/pi3qBE) by palaisdejouets (https://www.flickr.com/people/125650416@N03/), on Flickr
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 (https://flic.kr/p/qcKqTj)Rocker Popple (https://flic.kr/p/qcKqTj) by palaisdejouets (https://www.flickr.com/people/125650416@N03/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Popple Anyone?
Post by: Elisto on March 05, 2015, 10:51:28 AM
I didn't even know those Rocker Popples existed...I think I kind of want one...

No, look what you guys are doing! I'm trying not to get more! XD
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Post by: mylittleponysparkle on March 05, 2015, 03:16:26 PM
I love Popples! I think they're cute! I have a Pocket Popple I keep in my car because I love them so much on my dashboard. : ) They're sweet. Didn't know about the show but happy to hear about it it sounds fun don't know when it will come out I hope to find it when it does.
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Post by: FullMoonFever on March 06, 2015, 07:12:47 AM
This is what the Popples that were released in 01 look like.  I only have one, Polka Dottie Popple

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sorry about the size.
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Post by: Elisto on March 06, 2015, 02:38:34 PM
Wow, so I just checked eBay's completed listings prices for Popples and I had no idea they could sell for so much! I guess I had been thinking they, like the MLP plushies, didn't sell well because of the shipping costs, but clearly I have been mistaken. Now I really am thinking of selling my collection XD
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Post by: Sukey on March 06, 2015, 03:52:11 PM
I really really really want the medium-sized green one with orange hair and I have been scouring thrift stores for decades...  oh the hunt!

Putter was really hard for me to find, too.  He was the second to last one I found and I got him at an indoor flea market.

I remember one time I was at Goodwill and I had just searched through the stuffed animal bin and this guy comes by digs straight down to the center and pulls out a Potato Chip Popple- I couldnt believe it, cuz she was one that I needed for my collection. He took he up and bought her- I was so sad that I had missed her.
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Post by: palaisdejouets on March 06, 2015, 04:16:19 PM
I really really really want the medium-sized green one with orange hair and I have been scouring thrift stores for decades...  oh the hunt!

Putter was really hard for me to find, too.  He was the second to last one I found and I got him at an indoor flea market.

I remember one time I was at Goodwill and I had just searched through the stuffed animal bin and this guy comes by digs straight down to the center and pulls out a Potato Chip Popple- I couldnt believe it, cuz she was one that I needed for my collection. He took he up and bought her- I was so sad that I had missed her.

THAT IS THE SADDEST STORY I HAVE EVER HEARD.

(OK, maybe not the saddest but that is TRAGIC!)
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Post by: Elisto on March 06, 2015, 04:36:32 PM
I really really really want the medium-sized green one with orange hair and I have been scouring thrift stores for decades...  oh the hunt!

Putter was really hard for me to find, too.  He was the second to last one I found and I got him at an indoor flea market.

I remember one time I was at Goodwill and I had just searched through the stuffed animal bin and this guy comes by digs straight down to the center and pulls out a Potato Chip Popple- I couldnt believe it, cuz she was one that I needed for my collection. He took he up and bought her- I was so sad that I had missed her.

THAT IS THE SADDEST STORY I HAVE EVER HEARD.

(OK, maybe not the saddest but that is TRAGIC!)
:( This is my biggest fear when it comes to thrift-store hunting!
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Post by: Sukey on March 07, 2015, 12:14:13 PM
Actually if I remember correctly I was still searching through the bin when he pulled it out. It was like he knew exactly where to pull it out of- like he stashed it there. My hubby(then my bf) offered him more than he was going to pay for it- he tried anyway :) of course the guy refused. I did eventually find her online, but I was never that close to finding something for my collection and watch someone else buy it in a thrift store.
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