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Mighty Max Dread Heads – Bluebird

Company: Bluebird (UK), Mattel (USA), Irwin Toy (Canada)

Release date: 1993

Size: +/- 6cm

Main distribution: Europe / America

Mighty Max is a series of playsets with a horror theme, similar to Polly Pocket but aimed primarily at boys. Dread Heads are small “trophy” heads, which can be hung on your belt or backpack, and hold a Mighty Max figure in their mouth.

Mighty Max Horror Heads – Bluebird

Company: Bluebird (UK), Mattel (USA), Irwin Toy (Canada)

Release date: 1992

Size: +/- 8cm

Main distribution: Europe / America

Mighty Max is a series of playsets with a horror theme, similar to Polly Pocket but aimed primarily at boys. Horror Heads are smaller compacts existing out of a head, a Mighty Max figure and an enemy.

Polly Pocket – Bluebird

Company: Bluebird

Year: 1989-1997

Size: various

Main distribution: Europe / America

Polly Pocket are a bunch of playsets existing out of compacts with tiny dolls. Little buildings and rings were also made. Polly Pocket has gone through various iterations over the years and are still made today. I’ll only list the classic Polly Pockets here though, as those are the ones I grew up with and prefer. The Disney ones I have listed here.

Animal Sauna – Bandai

Company: Bandai

Release date: 2020+

Size: +/- 5cm

Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)

These are Gashapon figures of animals sitting in the sauna.

Animal Skateboard – Bandai

Company: Bandai

Release date: Spring 2023

Size: +/- 6cm

Main distribution: Japan / USA / UK (Gashapon machines)

These are Gashapon figures of animals skating with skateboards.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2.5″ figures – Jakks Pacific

Sonic the Hedgehog 2.5" figures by Jakks Pacific

Series: Sonic the Hedgehog

Company: Jakks Pacific

Year: August 2020-current

Size: +/- 6 cm / 2.5″

Main distribution: Europe / America

These are a 2.5″ line of action figures of Sonic the Hedgehog characters made by Jakks Pacific.

Furry Families – Takara

Company: Takara / Playmates

Year: 1993

Size: various

Main distribution: Worldwide

Furry Families, also known as Secret Families or Furry Tails, are a bunch of playsets existing out of little animal family figures, often forest creatures, with a little home.
Although mostly pastel in colour, in Japan these came in more realistic natural colours.

World’s Smallest Hot Wheels – Super Impulse

Series: Hot Wheels

Company: Super Impulse

Year: 2020+

Size: +/-2.5cm

Main distribution: America, Europe

World’s Smallest are miniature versions of iconic retro toys. Several sets have been made like action figures, games and toys. And within these sets even more series have been made. This is the Hot Wheels line.

Mameneko dangler – Tomy

Company: Takara / T-Arts / Tomy

Size: 3 cm

Release: 2010

Main distribution: Japan

These are little strap figures of Mameneko. They are cats (neko) on beans of Edamame (mame).

Mr Men figures – THOIP

Company: THOIP / Sanrio

Release: Summer 2015

Size: 7.5 cm

Main distribution: Beefeater (UK)

This is a figure from the Mr Men series of children’s books by English author Roger Hargreaves which he started in 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author but with female characters was published. These particular figures came out of a Kids Meal from the Beefeater in the UK, made by THOIP, which are a subsidiary of Sanrio in the UK.