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Post by chara on Apr 6, 2017 8:16:39 GMT -6
My main collection has always been Grand Champion Horses, a line of toy horses that stopped being produced (by Marchon or Empire) sometime before 2010. They also had a line of dogs that I'm working on collecting now. The dogs were either Show Champions (2 different breeds in a package), Pretty Puppies (a mom and pups), or Loving Mothers (also a mom and pups, but different packaging). I've got most of the Show Champions (missing the Chihuahua, Golden Retriever, Doxi, and Dalmatian). I've got the Saint Bernard and Lab Pretty Puppy sets. Other than that I'm still looking for the rest. They were mainly sold in Europe.
As you search for IMP stuff, could you please keep your eye open for these as well, especially if you're not in the US. Sometimes they are marked as Barbie dogs or LPS (but they should say Empire somewhere on them, except for maybe the smallest). They don't have to be in packaging at all since I'll just end up taking them out of the package.
Here's a good site for seeing what they look like. I've also added a few pictures of ones I'm most looking for.
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Post by clover on Apr 6, 2017 17:05:08 GMT -6
I will! I used to have a number of them, and wouldn't be surprised to see them labeled as Barbie or LPS because I too mixed them in with my Barbie and other similar dogs--especially my favorite Poodles & Afghans...I had one yellow Afghan with a button between the shoulders so that her forelegs would move. She feels as though she might have belonged to this line since each of mine had some kind of movement, and she was about the same size & style/material, yet strangely I don't have her card anymore...and she was my favorite one. But fortunately I've still got these cards:
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Post by chara on Apr 6, 2017 17:40:43 GMT -6
You've got the Afghan?! That's one of the rarest! I found one labeled as a Barbie dog. So far, yours might be only the third known to have existed. Check out the website I linked but yours sounds like the show champion one.
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Post by chara on Apr 6, 2017 17:48:29 GMT -6
Here's the Afghan
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Post by clover on Apr 6, 2017 18:09:33 GMT -6
THAT'S HER!!! 8''-D Oh, how I miss her...sadly, I don't have any of 'em anymore; they were among the loads of stuff eventually given away by my evil mother. They probably got lumped in with all the Barbie sets & dollhouses & whatnot. But aw, man, I loved her. x') I think she may have come with the Show Champions Pet Shop set...the only piece I've still got is the cashier station.
Okay, I just went through that site, and surprisingly I don't recall the Shih-Tzu who apparently came with the Afghan. :/
I definitely had the pet shop, Afghan, Poodle, Maltese, Jack Russell, Collie, Lab, Yorkie, German Shepherd, and Husky. Don't believe I had the Dachshund, Chihuahua, Dalmatian (that one might feel more familiar because it's the same thing as Dusty), Doberman, Basset hound, Boxer, Golden Retriever, Saint Bernard, or mothers. I also hadn't known about the other mom/pup sets, cats, or horses...but I really like the Cornish Rex, 'Russian Shorthair,' Siamese, Akhal-Teke, Trakehner, Foxhounds, etc. ^w^
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Post by chara on Apr 6, 2017 20:58:12 GMT -6
Here's my entire collection of dogs, minus the cards and accessories.
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Post by clover on Apr 6, 2017 22:32:14 GMT -6
So jelly. :'} Especially of Fifi & the Afghan, 'cause of course they were my favorites.
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Post by Smitty on Apr 7, 2017 4:03:30 GMT -6
I have the collie mother and puppies set. There was a seller on eBay selling numerous of these sets a while ago. I don't know if they have any left though.
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Post by chara on Apr 7, 2017 4:56:25 GMT -6
Smitty, if you ever decide you want to sell the collie mom and pups, let me know. I'd really love to buy them. Iowa Dirtman had a bunch on eBay but that was just before I started looking for them. The only ones he's still got I've already got and his prices are higher than they should be. I've gotten most of mine via a grand champion buy/sell/trade group.
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Post by chara on Apr 7, 2017 7:47:44 GMT -6
Clover, I think there might still be a FiFi somewhere on eBay for sale, can't remember what it was marked as. I already had 2 so didn't get it.
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Post by clover on Apr 7, 2017 16:04:38 GMT -6
I do see one Fifi+Dusty package on there for a rather hefty $48. xD
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Post by chara on Apr 7, 2017 16:35:24 GMT -6
Yeah. That's not the one I'm thinking of. It was in a lot of Barbie dogs. I didn't see it when I looked earlier. But if I ever end up with an extra, I'll let you know.
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Post by clover on Apr 7, 2017 16:47:05 GMT -6
Thanks very much! ^u^
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Post by sparrow on Apr 14, 2017 18:08:02 GMT -6
Are these the ones that are about the same size as the vintage my little ponies? I remember there was a sort of dog-set that was MLP-sized, but it might have been something else. I was drooling over it so much but it went off the market pretty fast if I recall, atleast here.
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Post by chara on Apr 19, 2017 19:25:39 GMT -6
There's some pictures earlier in this thread. I'll try to get some size comparisons. The smallest are a little bit bigger than puppy in my pocket. I've actually got three boxed sets coming my way if anyone is interested (collie/Jack Russell, yorkie/husky, and German shepherd/maltese).
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