"Lovable, Huggable!"
Pound Puppies were designed by Mike
Bowling in 1984 and have been in
production ever since, changing hands many times (as
you can see)! They started out life
a series of soft puppies which were adopted when children
bought them (just like Cabbage patch Kids). Pound
Pur-r-ries were added to the line, and as
they grew in popularity, more and more related merchandise
was produced including books, animated videos, puzzles
and games.
Over the years they have been produced
by Irwin, Hornby,
Tonka, Galoob, Mary
Meyer, Jakks Pacific, Mattel
and Flair. Every company re-designed
the puppies slightly and brought out different lines,
Tonka and Galoob being the most prolific. Just to
make things even more confusing, Pound Puppies were
also produced for different parts of Europe under
various names and by various companies (which were
all also differently designed).
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- Canada: Piteux Pitous
(as well as Pound Puppies)
- Germany: Wauzi and
Miauzi
- France: Pitou
- Brazil & Argentina: Snif
Snif
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| Pound Puppies Production
History |
Pound Puppies started
production in 1984 by Irwin
just for Canada, until around 1987. Hornby
also produced a few puppies from 1984 to
around 1986 for the UK market, but the
main production run was by Tonka
from 1985 until 1988.
After a few years break
Pound Puppies came back with avengeance in 1997,
this time produced by Galoob. They expanded
the line to include many more different types of plush animals
(now smaller in size) and lots of little playsets for miniature
figures to play in. They ceased production in 1999.
Pound Puppies were briefly
produced in 1998 by Mary Meyer
and then again in 2001 by Jakks
Pacific, both with a small run and slightly different
designs. Production was
taken over in 2004 by Mattel,
with a bigger run of plush puppies, some of which were interactive,
and then taken over yet again in 2008
by Flair who added a few more plush puppies
and included the Hanna Barbera cartoon on DVD.
Below is a selection of
images of the basic puppies and logos for quick comparison
to see how the designs change, plus links to each company's
separate sections where details of all releases can be found.
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Irwin :: 1984 - 1987 |
Irwin were the very first
company to produce Pound Puppies, specifically for sale
in Canada.
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Irwin |
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Go to the Irwin section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Hornby :: 1984 - 1986 |
Hornby produced Pound Puppies and Pur-r-ries
for the UK market and used the same designs and logo as
the Tonka line.
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Go to the Hornby section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Tonka :: 1985-1988 |
Tonka is the most well known
of the 1980's production run of Pound Puppies. They also
introduced Pound Pur-r-ries, Rumpleskins, Newborns and Furries
as well as fashion outfits, plastic figures, miniatures,
games and many other related merchandise.
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Go to the Tonka section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Galoob :: 1996-1999 |
Pound Puppies went off the
market from 1989 until 1996, when Galoob took over and re-launched
the Puppies, this time as miniature plush. They also introduced
many other plush animals lines such as Pound Ponies, Pound
Jungle and Pound Ocean, but the most prolific addition to
the line was the many miniature playsets they produced for
little figures to play in.
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Go to the Galoob section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Mary Meyer :: 1998 |
A small series of plush puppies, finger
puppets and ponytail holders were designed by Mary Meyer
in 1998. Other than that I know nothing more about this
production run.
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Mary
Meyer |
>
Go to the Mary Meyer section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Jakks Pacific :: 2001-2003 |
Jakks Pacific took over
production in 2001 with a small a small run of 9" puppies
which barked and wagged their tails when patted on the back.
Although they put the word around that they were going to
be bringing back the larger 16" sized puppies, I don't
believe they produced any more than the "Happy Waggin's
Pups" line.
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Jakks
Pacific |
>
Go to the Jakks Pacific section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Mattel :: 2004-2007 |
Mattel took over production in 2004 for
three years with seven different sets of puppies, three
sets with interactive features.
>
Go to the Mattel section <
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Flair :: 2008 |
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Pound Puppies production was taken up again
by Flair in 2008 with five more sets of puppies including
jumbo sized puppies at 24" long (my favourites)!
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Go to the Flair section < |
or eBay
