Bananas are made by a company called Cepia. They're sold in packages of 3. They might also be sold separately, but I've never seen them in anything other than the 3-packs. They cost $9.99 each, although they're often on sale on Amazon and Target.com.
They're plastic bananas that smell like banana taffy, according to my mom, and they contain your typical blind-packed toy items.
This is Jamie Jellyfish from Bunch 1. Here you can see most of the bits and pieces. Each banana contains 1 Crushie figure (I don't know why they needed the cutesy name), 2 smaller figures that are basically combinations of food and bugs, one character sticker, one sheet of rhinestone stickers (not pictured), and one stand. One of the three bananas will also have a copy of the checklist inside.
There are the rhinestones. I typically throw these away, but this one snuck into my storage bag so here it is.
And here are the stands put together and one of the small foodbugs.
I stupidly did not try to put the stands together until tonight and therefore didn't realize how easy these are to display until tonight.
So they're all in my closet now.
Let's pause a moment to admire my purse rack. That is a handmade vintage coat rack clearly from the 80s because not only is it Rainbow Brite, but the name on it is Lori. I think most of us Loris are 70s and 80s kids. I found that on ebay and had to have it.
Anyway.
Before we get into the individual characters, here's an example of the stickers.
The same art is used on the checklists and website. It does not always accurately portray the toy. The colors can be a bit off. Like the lion and slug from Bunch 2 look more orange in their art, but the toys are yellow.
Here are some of the foodbugs. I don't have all my collection out. There's one little baggie of stuff that I think is in one of my as yet still not unpacked bags that I brought over from the other apartment. But these are most of them, as I've bought a lot of Bananas recently and I think I only had 6 before.
The Crushies are small enough, but the foodbugs are super tiny!
Each one is a different food. Most are fruit, but there are also doughnuts, tacos, ice cream cones, and slices of pie.
The accessories are completely random, except for the character sticker. The stands can be different colors for doubles of the same character, and so can the foodbugs. Totally random. And there are no differences between Bunch 1 and Bunch 2 that I've noticed.
So let's get into the characters. There are 3 types: common, rare and ultra rare. Both bunches so far have 1 ultra rare, 4 rare and 19 common characters. I have no idea how rare the ultra rares are. I've never opened any. I have managed to get 4 different rares though. (And one double.)
Andrew Monkey and Pipo Panda are two of the rare characters from Bunch 1. The checklist will tell you who each one's BFF is and there's a personality blurb on the website profile for each character, too. One different thing about Bananas is that they constantly tease new characters. Andrew Monkey's BFF is Marci Mouse, who is neither in Bunch 1 nor Bunch 2. She's one of the Lemon & Lime series. And while she mentions Andrew Monkey and Gail Giraffe in her personality blurb, she lists her BFF as Poki Sloth. Sometimes the BFFs match, but not always. Pipo's BFF is Terence Turtle, who's in Bunch 1 and who lists Pipo as his BFF in return.
Here are Poki Sloth and Lacy Lizard.
There are also errors between the website and the checklists. Poki's BFF on the checklist is Blu Otter, but on the website, it's Marci Mouse. All the BFF stuff is just random fun, not well thought out by the company it seems.
Pia Pig and Jamie Jellyfish.
Jamie's my 2nd fave from Bunch 1.
Ofia Owl and Pop Unicorn. These two are a bit unusual for me, because you'd think I'd prefer the blue owl, but I actually really like the link unicorn. Maybe because she's got closed eyes.
Mildred Cow and Robbie Rooster. Robbie is my #1 fave from Bunch 1. Mildred's #3. My grandmother's name was Mildred and I think she'd like this little toy.
I spotted Bunch 2 at Target last week and bought all 4 sets. Then I've gotten 4 more over the past 2 days. I was doing quite well until today, when the 6 I opened were 5 doubles and 1 new.
My 6 from yesterday were great though. I opened both these rares! Bubba Bigfoot and Bobert (really?) Bunny.
Priscilla Puppy is one of my unexpected favorites. She's just really cute for some reason.
And Onno Otter you'd think I would like more. Maybe it's because I have 3 of him that he's less of a fave.
Hope Hamster was my only new one from tonight's pack. And Renee Rhinoceros is very cute.
There are only a few animals that repeat in both bunches. Hamsters and rhinos are two of them. (The others are unicorns, spiders, cats and owls.)
Bunch 2 definitely went outside the box. The most unusual animal in Bunch 1 was the jellyfish, but Bunch 2 has several odd ones, like Bubba Bigfoot from up above. Another is Snappy Venus Flytrap! I love this thing. It's so cute. And Sammy Slug. Who knew a slug toy could be that adorable?
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Lewis Lion is made more interesting because he's laughing, and Pistachio Unicorn is really pretty. Prettier than Pop Unicorn from Bunch 1, although she doesn't have Pop's cute face.
Ducky Platypus is a bit of a disappointment, because from the front, he looks kind of like a bird. You don't figure platypus until you see his tail in the back.
And then my favorite: Cindy Lou Cthulhu. Points to whoever added Cthulhu to a cutesy toyline and more points to whoever designed her to have that sleepy face and the most points to whoever named her. I love this tiny toy so much.
Miss Alisah Spider must be Crushies royalty or something, because she's the only one to be Miss anything. Ariana Spider from Bunch 1 isn't a Miss! I love Alisah though. She's adorable with great colors.
Zerba Zebra makes me want to smack whoever named him, but his colors are lovely. There are actually 3 characters in Bunch 2 with this same mold. The other two are ponies: 1 rare in orange and the other common in red.
Celyse Cat was the first one I opened and then she made a pest of herself. I have FOUR.
And Ura Deer has a punny name, but at least it's a cute pun.
I definitely plan on buying more of these. Bunch 2 has an AXOLOTL character. I need that one! And the ultra rare is a darling alien. The others I'm missing are the rare moose and pony, and the common owl, canine (why not dog?), pony and crocodile. So only 8 more to go for Bunch 2. Bunch 1 I need 14 more, but I like less of them. I want the spider, goat, chameleon and elephant, but not as much as I want the alien and axolotl from Bunch 2.
If anyone decides to get into Bananas, I do have all these extras here to the right. I'd be very happy to trade for ones I don't have!
PHOTO CREDITS: All mine except the first photo, which is from the Bananas website.
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