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Toy ID Boards => Archive Of Identified Toys => Topic started by: Silvertwilight05 on Saturday 03 December 2011, 02:01 am
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I'm trying to figure out what this toy was. It was my friend's plush, but I remember always wanting one (this was in the early 90s, but the toy had been given years before).
Here is a quick sketch of what I remember it looking like:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/SilverTwilight05/shrimpy.jpg)
(please forgive the crappiness, it wasn't nearly this creepy in real life)
I remember it being sort of like a big orange duck, with blue dinosaur-feet, fins for arms, a duck bill, a fish fin on its head and a fish tail on its behind. I think it was about 1.5 feet long, and it reminded me a lot of Sad Sam (sad basset hound plush), but this one had a happy expression on its face.
Has anyone else seen/heard of such a plush?
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found the thread here is the link http://ghostofthedoll.co.uk/Forum/index.php?topic=409.0
Your toy according to this link looks like Fird, part fish and part bird. from the Firffels line by remco. check out the link for more info.
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Nice job Rider- that was fast! I would have guessed a pokemon creature!
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They sell the stuffed animal sewing pattern on ebay!
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-Simplicity-7202-Vintage-SEWING-Pattern-Firffels-FIRD-STUFFED-FISH-BIRD-/00/$%28KGrHqV,%21i8E2Ll3eQocBNllzlK4HQ%7E%7E_3.JPG)
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That drawing was really spot-on! I'm impressed. Maybe we should all attempt to draw our unknowns. :)
Other pictures:
(From an old eBay auction)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/3/5/4/8/5/1/webimg/387225485_o.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g43/hellgiant/firfird1.jpg)
http://ghostofthedoll.co.uk/Forum/index.php/topic,409.0.html
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Thank you all so much! Wow, I didn't know that there was an entire toy line or a storybook (I'd never seen any of the commercials). I'll have to get looking for one on ebay (or if I'm feeling adventurous I may even snag a pattern and try to make one of my own).
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Good luck!!! If you make one on your own, I would LOVE to see pics when you are done!! :-)
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FIRD!!!!! I was just thinking about Fird!!!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QlcQ2liSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I read this book somewhere between when I was 5 and 7. I don't remember if it was in my classroom or in the school library but I always thought that it was just a book series, not a toy line.
According to the book, he's actually a Bish, but Bishes like to bunch in the bushes, and Fird doesn't like doing that, which causes the Bishes to think he's weird... then he meets another Bish who doesn't like bunching in the bushes, so they just decide that they're Firds instead and they run off to have an adventure. I only read that book a few times but I still remember it!
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Thanks for sharing! What a cute story!