Unknown 2001 Popple

[Roxanne]

I am a Popple Collector from Belgium and I have gathered a really nice collection if I may say so myself.
I can name every Popple I have by it's name. But still; I have one Popple that I have never seen before anywhere else.
A while back I bought quite a big Popple lot on Ebay. After buying I counted all the Popples in the picture just to be sure.
As I opened the box and took them all out one after another, as I counted, I noticed there we're about 3 more in there that we're not in the picture. One of these 3 was a 2001 Popple I had never seen before. I have been looking everywhere for her but I just can't find her anywhere. I have had contact with a woman who owns a Popple site and is one of the biggest Popple Collector's in the world. But even she told me that she had never before seen this Popple.

- The Popple is not fake because her tag does say she is from Characters from Cleveland and Toymax.
- She is not made the same as the other Popple's though. Her eyes are not of plastic, but are soft.
- She is a girl because the general rule of Popples is that the guys have hard plastic noses while the girls have soft noses, and she has a soft nose.
- She has hair around her neck and paws.
- She can transform into a bag which you can hold.
- She wears a bow.
- She has the Popple logo which is another evidence that she is not fake.
Pictures;

1) http://oi55.tinypic.com/2dwgv7.jpg
2) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9855/002voy.jpg
3) http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8384/003kq.jpg
4) http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3997/004kpzy.jpg

I hope anyone can help me on this one.

- Roxanne

[Coma]

Is it supposed to be an updated version of Party Popple?

[Roxanne]

I don't think so because Party's colour is lighter.

[EdenEye]

I wish I could help. Definetly an interesting question. I would suggest contacting the manufacturer of Popples in that year.

[Roxanne]

I was thinking about that myself too, because no one can seem to help me.
But I don't really know where I can contact them?

[mouse]

I have no idea but it's really cool

[Roxanne]

Yes, it is.  

I think the only solution would be like EdenEye says.

[emery]

This to me almost looks like one of those plushies that you would win in those big claw machine games? Or maybe a prize at a carnival or amusement park. It looks like it's made pretty cheap. Did they ever have Popples as prizes like that?

[zap18]

Do you still have the ebay seller's info?  Maybe you could ask where she got it?

[Roxanne]

This to me almost looks like one of those plushies that you would win in those big claw machine games? Or maybe a prize at a carnival or amusement park. It looks like it's made pretty cheap. Did they ever have Popples as prizes like that?

I don't think she's a fake at all because she has the Popple Logo and her tag does reads she is from Characters from Cleveland and Toymax.
I have seen some Popples prizes that were given out on amusement parks etc.
But they looked alot different. My Popple looks a bit like the Cutie-Fruity Popples from 2001;

Do you still have the ebay seller's info?  Maybe you could ask where she got it?

The seller was french, and I don't know a word french to start with, lol :-)
I don't even know if I still have her, I'll take a look ASAP.

[EdenEye]

Hey well that is a clue! The Popple may be from France.

[catlover51]

Lots of stuff -wow!
I didn't find yours on here but on page 4 is an email maybe they can help.
http://www.80stoysale.com/popples.html

[Roxanne]

Hey well that is a clue! The Popple may be from France.

I just took a look at the Popple's tag and it does is english.
French Popples also have French tags as far as I know that is. 

Lots of stuff -wow!
I didn't find yours on here but on page 4 is an email maybe they can help.
http://www.80stoysale.com/popples.html

That is the owner of a Popples site, and one of the greatest Popples collector's I was talking about in my first post,
and she didn't know it either. 

[bjnorvell]

I hate to say it but I think she is a fake...here are the reasons:

1: She looks to be made of a felt material
2. The Popple Logo doesn't match the 2001 logo on the other Toymax Popples, or other ones that I can find.
3. ToyMax only produced a few Popples (celebrity Popples, etc) and there names were sewn onto the bottom of their foot
4:2007 Playmates started making them.

Unless she is a prototype of a ToyMax Popple that was never sold I really believe she is a fakie. You can get tags off any other Popple and sew them on a homemade item, and like I said the Logo that you took the picture of doesn't match the 2001 logos.

Here is a listing of a 2001 Pixie Doodle off ebay that shows the 2001 logo:
http://cgi.ebay.com/POPPLES-PIXIE-DOODLE-2001-TIE-DYED-APPROX-18-/250621493654?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5a348196

[DarkAnjel77]

She looks like she came from a claw machine.  I have a LPS mouse made with the same looking material.  I know NANCO was popular for the name brand claw machine stuffies.  I don't really know if that helps but i guess it could be worth a look.