[ID: Charmin' Farm Friends] Flocked Animals

[Eilonwe]

(I split this off from LeahLPS's original post ~Zuse http://ghostofthedoll.co.uk/Forum/index.php?topic=279.0)

Hi all, I've been trying to ID these toys for a bit now, but haven't come up with much of anything for them.  Most of them are relatively high-quality toys, but they don't have any identifying company markings to help me out.

  Also, I was wondering if anyone knows what these jointed, flocked animals are called?  They're about 4 inches tall, and no marking except my sheep has one of those gold oval "Made in China" stickers on her belly...I have a friend that has the same kind of figures as a horse and a cow.  I've always thought they looked a little like Bitsy Bears due to their pastel flocking, but I don't think they're related:

ID: Charmin' Farm Friends

Those flocked animals are driving me insane. I swear I had some of them! I must have sold or traded them though because they're not in my pony box, which is where they would be. *sigh*

[Wildshadow]

I have a backcard to the flocked animals! BUT! I don't know where it went to lately ><

I also have the horse (two different colors that I know of) and the cow, oh and the pig. I don't think I was ever able to get the sheep... Man I wish I knew where the backcard went to D =

[Tribble79]

OOOOH, I want the flocked animals (esp the pig) they are gorgeous. Wish I could help identify them. I've never seen them before.

[DarkAnjel77]

I really like the flocked animals. 
Sorry I am no help with iding them.

[zap18]

Can't resist showing off my lovelies:



A backcard would be amazing!

[Eilonwe]

I think I had the horse and the lamb, but I seem to remember the lamb in a different color. *sigh* Why did I get rid of them?

[EricaVee]

Since there is another horse posted that looks like both the flocked animals and Darlin' Dinos, I figured that all of these might have been made by Meritus. I looked through their trademarks and there were two lines called "Barnimals" and "Barndazzlers" in 1994, and "Charmin' Farm Friends" in 1993. A quick Google search on these didn't turn anything up, though.

[zuse]

You may be on to something... they look very Meritus... hmm.

[EricaVee]

Whoops, just Googled "Charmin Farm Friends" and found this image:



So we can rule that one out.

I'm intrigued most by "Barndazzlers". I'll continue to search.

[zuse]

Well, the Darlin' Dino Gemdazzlers have a jewel on their body - very Treasure Troll-ish.

[DarkAnjel77]

Wow these flocked animals are HARD to figure out. 

I hope we can figure it out.

[EricaVee]

Yeah zuse, your horse looks sooo much like Darlin' Dinos that I feel like there has to be a connection. And also the flocked horse here has the same bandanna and jewel. I found a couple of Meritus horse-related trademarks while I was searching too, I'll list them on that thread.

[Eilonwe]

Aha! Possible breakthrough.

I looked through a page of trademarks and found the following for Meritus:
Annabelle Moo
Ellie May Choppe
Hillary Jean Nay
Patty Joe Skweal

Definitely possible names for a cow, sheep, horse and pig, which make up the flocked animals that we know of. No similar names were there, so those four might be it if this is indeed them.

There's another Meritus trademark for "Moover Groovers." I wonder if the main line could be called Barnimals with the Moover Groovers and Barndazzlers as subsets. Darlin' Dinos had several set names (Dancin' Dino, Gemdazzlers, Dino Petites, etc.). The flocked ones could be Moover Groovers since they're poseable, and the standing horse from the other post could be a Barndazzler.

[EricaVee]

Oooh good find with the names! Your theory about the different sub-lines seems likely.

[Eilonwe]

I wonder if the Charmin' Farm Friends could be part of the line, too. They're not exactly alike, but not totally different either. I wonder if Zuse's horse wore clothes. She's got shoes. So if those were clothed, then the Charmin' figures could be minis of the characters.