Littlest Pet Shop Mini Suprise Families

[beanie]

Yes, they are LPS. They were being sold with other LPS toys in the US, at least - check out Lil Alley Cats MOC pics. =3
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They were towards the end of the LPS line here, but they were definitely still LPS. I remember 'cause I only got a few of them... because I was sort of getting out of buying them all (I had SOOOOO many already. )

[lilalleycat]

Yes they are LPS. I used to have the Chapel and the Schoolhouse MIB but forgot to take pictures before selling them, that's why they are not pictured in my album.

Thanks for the plug beanie!

Lil Alley Cat

[zuse]

They definitely were part of the Littlest Pet Shop merchandise. I don't think any of the later stuff was as cool as the original. The sparkly critters with hair were strange as well as the even tinier animals in the "Mini Surprise" sets. Trying to rip off Polly Pocket I guess.

I saw this on eBay:

It doesn't look like any of the Mini Surprise Families sets that I'm familiar with. It's Teeny Weeny Families by Vivid Imaginations. (I don't know which came first: maybe Kenner ripped them off.)

Hope that helps!

However, I have seen a little house with a handle on it that apparantly says "Pet Shop" and is Mini Surprise sized included in many Littlest Pet Shop lots on eBay. I don't think it was made by Kenner. Might it be Teeny Weeny families?

[zuse]

Did more research:

Did Kenner completely rip this set off, or does it have pieces from another set with it. It looks just like the Frog Chapel (But those figures do seem to fit the Chapel/Wedding and one of the correct frog figures is separated into a different lot).



Another lot said that the Chapel playset said Vivid Imaginations c.1995 on it. Oh, WAIT! That Company made these sets FOR Littlest Pet Shop... so, they made the Teeny Weeny ones too. That's why they look so darn close and were labeled differently in other countries (these were from England's eBay.)

Also found out that some Puppy in My Pocket in England were made by Hasbro for Vivid Imaginations.

[zuse]

Yeah, I saw the Sewing Machine one... "Waddle's Boutique" or something like that.

[starshine]

Those are cute and I've got to have the fish one.

[zuse]

No. The Mini Surprise Pets aren't related. These are the Mini Surprise Families Home Sweet Homes and Hiding Places.

[pearlsmom23]

Hi, I have a pamphlet from the Mini Surprise families that clearly states littlest pet shop on it..
this is a quote from it, "Made Under License from Dixon-Manning Limited:copyright Vivid Imaginations Limited.
Kenner Copyright 1996 Hasbro Inc"
There is the Mini Surprise Families Schoolhouse, Mini Surprise Families Chapel, Mini Surprise Families Market and Mini Surprise Families Cafe. Along with 3 Hiding Places little sets.
We have all of these sets, plus alot more from vivid imaginations....And that picture of the Wedding Chapel with all the figurines, I recently won off of ebay..I wanted those little guys, didn't need the chapel ...I will try to get a copy of the pamphlet up sometime soon and I will get pictures of the sets we have....My daughter really likes these sets by vivid imaginations....more animals and such then polly pocket compacts.....Lisa