Nuts About Neopets Plushies!

last updated: 8/2003

Hello, friends! Witness the sheer insanity of the collector's gene in my collection of neopets plushies!
The only plushies I'm missing is the 2001 yellow chia, and any plushes without the Limited Edition
printed paper tags. The latter I could care less about since the plush looks the same, so I guess my
addiction could be worse.... : ) Enjoy - and be afraid!


Four awesome kitties!

The rest of the bunch

Plushies that Neopets has released so far:

2001 Editions:
Yellow Chia
Blue Aisha
Green Cybunny
Red Scorchio

2002 Editions:
Yellow Chia
Purple Chia
Blue Aisha
White Aisha
Disco Aisha
Halloween Aisha
Cloud Aisha
Blue Bruce
Fairy Kougra
White Kougra
Brown Doglefox
White Doglefox
Red Kau
Blue Kacheek
White BaBaa
Blue Noil
Brown Harris
White Angelpuss
Starry Scorchio
Red Scorchio
Blue Cybunny
Blue Kadoatie

2003 Editions:
(not including 2002 re-released as non-LE)
Shadow Aisha
Desert Aisha
Blue Kougra
Red Usul
Cloud Usul
Spotted Kau
Fairy Kacheek
Striped Kacheek
Green Kacheek
Fairy Poogle
Fairy Scorchio
Blue Uni
White Uni
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Neopets Plushies variations:

2001 vs. 2002 editions

* Differences from the 2002 version:

Reversed paper tag w/different coloration & LE 2001 on the back of the paper tag
Darker nostril color that does not match the mouth area
The plastic inside the wing falls to the bottom, rather than the top of the wing
It's fur is a red-pink rather than red-yellow
Smaller Body
Darker belly lines

* Differences from the 2002 version:

Reversed paper tag w/different coloration & LE 2001 on the back of the paper tag
Darker blue on inside of ears and antennae
The width of the plastic inside the antennae is 1/8" less than that found in the 2002 version
The antennae plastic is not sewn into the top of the head, making it more wobbly
The "A" is a cooler color of yellow (Cad. Yellow Lt. as opposed to Cad. Yellow Med.)
The "A" is attached to a loop of golden thread instead of tightly sewn into the collar w/golden thread
The smile is larger and composed of more than 4 stitches, giving the appearance of a single "painted" line

Hand Stitched Mouths and painted pieces:

Since each plush is hand-made, each will look a little different, esp. in the plushes
with hand-stitched faces (such as the aisha), or painted parts applied after the plush is made (such as the
Kougra and Fairy Kacheek). Machine embroidered mouths can also have some variation in terms of
placement on the face rather than shape, but this is mainly caused by how the fabric pieces w-the
embroidery are sewn together.

Kadoatie inner-ear color:

The first run of Kadoaties seemed to have a lighter color of purple inside the ears than the later ones.

Aisha V-mouth vs. Cup mouth:

Aishas can have 2 general mouth shapes, either a curved "V" shape, to a rounded "U"
cup shape. I'm guessing this has something to do with which factory created each
aisha batch - the few times when I've observed Limited Too employees dishing out plushies
from the factory bags, each bag seemed to contain all aishas w/the same shaped mouth,
either all "V"'s, or all "U"'s. It could just be me though. I for one, prefer the V shape, since
it's higher up on the face - the lower U just looks frumpy.

LE 2002 vs. non-LE 2002

- There's really no difference between the plushes; the back of the paper tag either
says "Limited 2002" edition, or it's not present.

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In July 2003, I found some white aishas lying around Limited too for $3 since they were dirty
and missing their tags. I picked them up and have started to make my own colored aishas! I'm
currently made a glowing aisha, and am in the process of making a purple and fairy aisha using
fabric paint pens. I'm also fixing up the smiles on the aishas since they look a little "frumpy," lol.

(under construction)

The fabric paint pens are great since they're non-toxic, and have very little clean up. My
place is small and not well ventilated, so I wouldn't be able to clean up with chlorine
as you're supposed to with powder dyes : ( It's a long process with the pens to make the
colors even, but it's a neat project for those free weekends.

Inside a neopets plushie:

(A white Aisha's head, inside out)

Regular polyfil stuffing,
a muslin pouch containing some plastic pellets,
and various machine and hand embroidered pieces.
(more pictures to be up soon!)

So basically...stuff you can find anywhere so that it's easy to
repair and/or re-stuff these plushies (great for aishas w/floppy necks!).
Now if only the fabric and floss was as easy to find...

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My Favorites:
Halloween Aisha! (the coolest, imo)
Disco Aisha
Cloud Aisha
Shadow Aisha
Blue Noil
Angelpuss
Yellow Chia
Fairy Poogle
Fairy Kougra
Fairy Kacheek
Green Cybunny
Brown Doglefox
Starry Scorchio
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Ones I'd love to see made!:
Orange Noil (maybe I'll gut one of the interactive ones...lol)
Meerca (Brown, orange or yellow)
Fire or Blue Gelert
Glowing, Starry, Striped, Pirate or Fire Aisha (I'll probably make these anyway, tho...)
Yellow or Island Chomby
Orange or Fire Kougra
Starry Zafara
Green or Yellow Blumaroo
Orange or Purple Wocky
Red or Green Korbat
Red Skeith
Red Grarrl
Fairy, any fruit/veggie Chia
Purple Shoyru
Orange or Blue Moehog
4 - footed version of Poogle (any color)
Red Ixi
Red Pteri
Green or Red Techo
Acara (any color)
Peophin (any color)
Slorg PetPet
PuppyBlue PetPet
Mutated anything
Lightning anything
Fairy Anything
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If you have anything to add to the information on this site, send me a neomail!
(Go to my Pet's homepage and click on my username)
Also - let me know if you're willing to trade or sell plushes - I'm looking for the 2001
yellow Chia and have an extra Disco Aisha.