Precious Puppies

[deeweb]

After discovering this group and Jennas website at the weekend, I've now also discovered Topps Precious Puppies. I hope I've not put this in the wrong part of the forum, if I have please let me know and I'll re-write it in the correct place. I'm interested to know, was Precious Puppies a side line, or competing brand? What is the view of them here? I'd like to try and track down the little Greyhound called Speedo, as we had a Greyhound some years back. Does anyone know if there were any Greyhounds in the puppy in my pocket range?
Thanks
David

[piddy]

Precious Puppies came out before Puppy in my Pocket issued by Topps who later introduced Puppy in my Pocket range, they also did Precious Kitties, Piggies and Baby Wild Animals, see photos of them all here

www.flickr.com/photos/68284844@N07/albums/72157652575897158/

Puppy in my Pocket never did any greyhounds or whippets.

[deeweb]

Thanks Piddy. That's a lovely collection you have. Do you know how much before imp these were released? I don't really see many for sale on ebay, are they pretty rare? If Puppy in my pocket really does get released, then a Greyhound would be a nice addition.

[piddy]

Just checked my original packaging and Precious Puppies came out in 1997, so after Puppy in my Pocket which seemed to start in 1993, maybe when Topps lost out to Hasbro/MEG they launched there own brand, they did not seem to be succesful in the Uk, so mainly see them in USA and continental Europe. Very hard to get nowadays.

[clover]

Aw, I love all sighthounds...I had a Saluki and want more; 13 of my top 20 favorite breeds are sighthounds. xD Shame so few were represented in the original PiMPs. I have Racer the Whippet and Marco the Italian Greyhound from the flocked "G2" ones though. Fortunately after joining this site I was able to get all the Topps puppies and wild animals, along with all but one pig and all but two kitties.

[deeweb]

Hey Clover, I love all sighthounds too and saluki are a beautiful dog 😍. That was really good that you managed to build up your PP collection some joining here. Perhaps I'll have the chance to do the same.

[clover]

They're my favorite breed--there's actually one named Chaser in my g2 pups as well (plus I count PomPom the Precious Puppy even though she was officially labeled a mix.)
And I hope so! Since I joined in 2015 my crew went from the hundred-something I had, to everything in my signature's links...in other words, it was a real godsend (or perhaps pupsend…) =]

[deeweb]

Yes, definitely counts lol even if its a mixed breed. Wow that's amazing, I actually found your collection by chance when searching through Flickr for pups. It wasn't until I checked your links now that I realised it's your collection. I had a search on tiktok yesterday as well. There are some imp fans on there too. I don't know how into it they still really are, and if any have found there way here yet.

[edwardinsane]

It would definitely be exponentially harder to increase your collection without this community! And more expensive. Haha.

[Jenna]

Hi deeweb, are any of the TikTok collectors collecting vintage IMP? If so I'd love to see links of their videos. I don't have TikTok.

[deeweb]

Hey Jenna, I'm not sure how to tag people on this yet, also I'm using my phone so I may not be seeing all options. There's a mix of vintage 🙌 and newer versions. I've only watched a few of them, I get the impression that some people are just showing their collection from childhood. I'm not sure how many are still genuine collectors. However there is a lot of love in the comments with people saying they still have their collection stored away and how imp was their fave as kids and stuff. I'll try sending you links over soon 😀

[clover]

Haha, cool! x) Guess my tags worked. I hadn’t been expecting the explosion to come my way, just looking to chat about our wee doggos…then wham! :-3

[deeweb]

So true Clover, I'm really enjoying the group. It seems like a really good bunch of people here, I'm very glad I found this place.