Popples was a series of fictional characters created by Those Characters From Cleveland (TCFC), a subsidiary company of American Greetings, and the plush toys were manufactured by Mattel. Produced in the 1980s, these toys resemble brightly colored teddy bears or rabbits (but with long tails with pom-poms on the tip), and have pouches on their backs that can be inverted, so they are in the pouches and resemble brightly colored balls. American Greetings is the worlds largest publicly-traded greeting card company. ... American Greetings Corporation, Inc. ... Mattel headquarters in El Segundo Mattel Inc. ... The 1980s was the decade spanning from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ... For other uses, see Teddy bear (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ...

A revival is currently being attempted by Playmates Toys (who are also the current makers of toys featuring another American Greetings property, Strawberry Shortcake), however this rendition (which currently only has four characters with names ending in "popp") is significantly different from the original 1980s incarnation (which had various different characters with names beginning with "P"). Playmates Toys is a Costa Mesa, California toy manufacturer and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Playmates Holdings Ltd(SEHK: 0635) which was founded in 1966. ... This article is about the American Greetings character and franchise. ...

Other merchandise

Main article: Popples (TV series)

In 1986, a two-season Popples cartoon series aired on Saturday mornings, and there was a four-issue comic book series from Star Comics based on this cartoon (which was intended to be five issues long, but the fifth issue was never published). Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Saturday morning is the block of animated television programming during Saturday mornings. ... Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 one of the first titles published by the imprint. ...

See also

• Care Bears
• The Wuzzles
• Trolls

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External Links

Popples Official Website