PLUSHIE SPOTLIGHT: Aurora World

Flick the Pukwudgie

  

From the higher end world of Charlie Bears down to the more affordable side of plushie collecting. 

I thought I'd do one more of these posts tonight and I decided to focus on the company called Aurora World. 

I can't remember what my first Aurora plush was. If you've ever been to a zoo, museum or airport gift shop, you may have seen Aurora plush. They're likely carried by a lot of stores in tourist destinations, too. 

Their prices are very reasonable. They're cheaper than Jellycat, that's for sure. 

Koogles Stormie

Stormie here is from a small line of plush I remember buying in Claire's. 

Yoohoo & Friends

 They did the Yoohoo & Friends animals, also found in Claire's. 

Yoohoo & Friends reboot

And the Yoohoo reboot, which had a show on Netflix. These I bought from Amazon and ebay. 

I can't remember the stock name for Spook, my large elephant, but they have had several adorable elephants over the years. 

Squishiverse Halloween

I'm guessing this is their attempt at Squishmallows competition. I love these three. 

Moh the Ogre

My faves by far though are the mythical creatures. 

Agaric the Shroom Fairy

They did the cute mushroom guy before Jellycat!

Gribble the Goblin

I absolutely adore these guys. They're some of my favorite plush from the past couple years. 

Snoozle dragon

My most recent Aurora is this adorable floppy dragon. Super soft. 

I recommend checking out their website, because their range is amazing. I feel like they've got something for everyone:

https://auroragift.com/

Aurora World Fantasy Plush

 

Every now and then, I check plushie company websites to look for new product. Apparently, I haven't visited Aurora World in a while, because they had a lot I wanted!

First, there are four Mythical Creatures. These guys are SO CUTE. 

Agaric here is 9" tall. He's "Agaric the Shroom Fairy" officially. On the website, these all cost $17.79. I got them a little cheaper on Amazon via 3rd party seller with free shipping. 

Then we have Gribble the Goblin, a little bigger at 12." 

With the exception of Agaric, these also have smaller versions in the Palm Pets line. 

Flick the Pudwudgie is also 12". You can see the longer arms and legs on these two and bigger bodies. 

He's probably my favorite, though I love all four of them a lot. 

Last but not least is Moh the Ogre, who's 9" like Agaric. He's very pudgy and bigger around than any of the others. He has fur all over, unlike Flick, who just has it on his back. 

These smaller "Squishiverse" Halloween plush are 55" tall. There's also a purple and pink bat in the set but he wasn't on Amazon. These are all sold out on Aurora World except the zombie. They're listed at $12.59 but I paid less on Amazon, though the seller with the pumpkin and reaper had a shipping charge. Not much though.  

The one I call a reaper is listed as "Day of the Dead," but without the typical makeup, he looks more like a cute grim reaper to me. 

Adorable!

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

NEWS: Yoohoo & Friends Revamped!

I had a bunch of the original Yoohoo & Friends line by Aurora World, some pictured here to the left. I still have a few left, my favorite ones. I think the line is actually cuter than Beanie Boos and they do better designs.

One of the things I like to do when I'm bored is to search for new products on Amazon and other company websites. Well, I visited Aurora's today, and apparently Yoohoo & Friends is now a Netflix TV show!
http://yoohoo.auroraworld.com/
I'm not sure how long this has been going on, so it may not be news at all, but it's news to me and that's enough for me to make a post.

The main cast are: Yoohoo the bushbaby, Pammee the fennec fox, Lemmee the lemur, Chewoo the red squirrel, Roodee the capuchin monkey, Lora the scarlet macaw, and the one you know is my fave, Slo the sloth.

So these guys are the focus of the revamped plush line, but they've already got a ton of friends. You can see the characters and learn about their species here:
http://yoohoo.auroraworld.com/friends/animal-friends/
Some of them aren't working, but I hope they'll be added soon. All of them have adorable art! A lot of them are updated versions of characters from the original line.

On to the plush. The main characters come in 4 different sizes: 11-inch, 8-inch, 5-inch and a 3.5-inch clip. The majority are only in the 8" and 5" sizes, but some slipped into the other sets as well. Prices on the Aurora site are $19 for the 11", $13 for the 8", $8 for the 5", and $5 for the clips. If you look on Amazon, you can find bundled sets for cheaper, as well as individual ones also for cheaper.

I'll do a quick rundown of each size, so you know who's available. I tend to favor the bigger sizes, but as the 11" are limited in character range, I'm going with the 8" as the ones to buy. (I've ordered 2 from Amazon.)

11-inch: The main 7 characters plus RingRing the panda.

Likely the most detailed of the lines, but again, very limited in character selection.

Clips: The main 7 plus RingRing the panda, Mango the flamingo, Betty the European rabbit, Hapee the red panda, and Skippee the rockhopper penguin.

Next most limited in characters, so I'm putting it here.

8-inch: The main 7 plus all the ones from the clips, plus:
Bleu the blue-footed sula
Alisha the snow leopard
William the quokka
Otis the southern river otter
Alvin the whooping crane
Cody the woodpecker
Martee the polar bear
Tamoo the hippo
Kixx the Alpine ibex
Ricky the spectacled bear
Stompee the African forest buffalo
Batu the fruit bat
Spotee the cheetah

8" Stompee

Jolley the reindeer
Pookee the meerkat
Cammee the chameleon
Trevor the beaver
Rino the Sumatran rhino
Max the moon bear
Acha the Argentine horned frog
Shooga the sugar glider

8" Kixx

 

The 5" series is the same as the 8".

I don't find them as cuddly though, so I'm sticking with the 8", even though they cost a smidge more.

8" Cammee

My favorite is Stompee the African forest buffalo. Other ones jumped out at me first from the Aurora website, but he's the one that when I got to him, I knew he'd be one of the ones I ordered today. I got him on Amazon for $11.20. Not Prime though, sadly, so I dunno when he'll get here.

I did get a nice deal on Cammee the chameleon. After my Amazon card rewards came off, he cost $4.44! He was on Prime, so he should be here in a couple days.

I plan on getting more soon. William the quokka is a must have. I didn't realize that's what he was at first, but yeah, need him. I love green, so Kixx the ibex, Otis the otter and Tamoo the hippo are also definites, as well as Alvin and Cody. Ricky the spectacled bear is a maybe, but Max the moon bear is a yes. I also like Bleu for some reason.

PHOTO CREDITS: First image is mine, all others are stock pics from the Aurora website.

OVERVIEW: Koogles

Stormie

In June 2012, I discovered the Koogles while checking Claire's for Monster High stuff. I left empty-handed in that department, but Stormie came home with me that day. I actually had quite a debate over her and Muffin, because Stormie seemed the most obvious choice for me, but I fell for Muffin, too. But Stormie won out and Muffin was bought not too long after, then the other four.

The Koogles are 6" puffballs with four little feet and iridescent wings. They have a pair of antennae in a different shape for each character and stitched mouths and eyes. Stormie is the only one to sport eyebrows and if you get her, don't expect her to look like my picture. She originally had fur all over them and you had to dig for her brows, but I trimmed it to what you see here. She's also the only one with a closed mouth.

Muffin

 
Each Koogle has a paper tag that opens with art on one side and a little personality blurb on the other.

"Stormie is a very quiet Koogle! Others sometimes think she is cranky because she is so quiet, but she is just thinking. She loves to build things from anything she can find. Often she is found rescuing lost animals or building them new homes." Her favorite color is purple and her special gift is building, specifically building houses for lost animals.

Fireball

"Muffin is a very sweet Koogle! She loves to bake muffins, cakes, pies, tarts, and anything else she can come up with to share with her friends." Her favorite color is "blueberry blue" and her special gift is baking, specifically muffins "of course."

"Fireball is a speedy Koogle! He loves to run and can run extremely fast. Sometimes doing things fast does not mean doing them well. Fireball needs to slow down a little bit and do things a bit better instead of faster." Geez, Fireball, your tag is nagging you. Poor guy. His fave color is red and his special gift is speed.

Berrie

"Berrie is a very happy Koogle! She is extremely outgoing and always has a positive attitude. She loves to lend a helping hand to her friends." Her favorite color is pink and her special gift is gardening, especially growing strawberries.

"Blossom is a springtime Koogle! She has a talent for helping the flowers, trees and bushes to bloom in the spring. She spends most of the winter getting ready to spread her magic in the springtime." Her fave color is "spring green" and her special gift is flower gardening.

Blossom

"Rainbow is an athletic Koogle! She loves ot play games of any kind. Her favorite game is jumping rope -- she can jump really high! If there is nothing to do, Rainbow can make up a game that is fun for everyone." Her favorite color is "all colors" and her special gift is being athletic.

The little antenna may be kind of hard to see in my pics. They get buried under all the fuzz. Stormie's are lightning bolts. Muffin's are muffins. Fireball has flames, Berrie strawberries and Blossom flowers. Rainbow's are little rainbows over a smiling cloud.

Rainbow

The Koogles are a really cute line that I think would have done better with more exposure. I only ever saw them at Claire's. I think maybe their price point held them back a bit, because they were $8.50 each, which was a little steep for a small stuffed toy a few years ago.

There were also smaller clip-ons that I never saw in person, but I just ordered a mixed lot of 5 for $6.95 on Amazon, because I am a sucker and want to put one on my purse. Heh.

If you'd like your own Koogle, there are some great deals on ebay (including a Stormie for only $2.49 right now!) and Amazon.

PHOTO CREDITS: All mine.