30 Days Of Retro Toys - Day 2 - Popples

Day 2: 
Popples

(Magazine ad, 1986)

In the 80s, Transformers were popular, so somebody must've thought, why not extend the whole "transformation" thing to stuffed animals? Popples were animals (aliens?) that could transform/fold up into balls. For throwing around, I guess? The commercials used to highlight the fact that a child could potentially sneak a Popple into school and pass it off as a basketball or something. I wonder if that ever worked? 

The Popples also had their own TV show.

And they're being revived as well.

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