Toy Story: Squinkies

Hey everyone! Today I'm taking a look at the three sets of Toy Story Squinkies and the Crane Squinkie dispenser! There are three sets (or "series") total and each includes 12 characters.  If you're not familiar with what Squinkies are, they're just very small, rubber characters that you can store in little plastic balls (called bubbles).

Series one is based off of the original Toy Story and includes Baby-Face (from Sid's room), Bo-Peep,  Buzz's Spaceship, 2 Woodys, a Pizza Planet alien, Buzz Lightyear, Lenny, a green army man, Hamm, Rex, and"The Big One" rocket.

From Series two (Toy Story 2), you get Wheezy, another Pizza Planet alien, Buzz in a cone, Woody, Emperor Zurg, Buzz, Bullseye, the Prospector, Jessie, "Glitter" Wheezy and a Star Command spaceship. 

From Series three (Toy Story 3), you get Stretch, Buttercup, Buzz, Woody, Jessie, Sparks, Trixie, Lotso, Dolly, Big Baby, Chunk and Peas in a Pod. 

 The Crane dispenser is a super fun way to play with your Squinkies and is loosely based off the Pizza Planet Crane game seen in Toy Story. It plays as a classic arcade crane game (only with one is not electronic). You put a few of the Squinkie bubbles (with characters inside of course) and use the crane to pick them up and drop them down the shoot. Use the fake money (or real pennies or dimes work too) to clam your prize! It's a fun way to store your Squinkies as well when not in use. The dispenser comes with 4 Squinkies: 2 aliens, Buzz and Woody.
 

Pixar Collection: Squinkies

Following the Brave squinkies from earlier this week, here is a Pixar edition of the "Pets 'n Pals" series! Yes, this is part of the girl's line, but I say the squinkies themselves are very much for anyone.

This set of ninr includes: Doug and Kevin from Up (with a basket/ balloons accessory), Nemo and Squirt from Finding Nemo (with a fish tank accessory) and Flik and Dot from A Bug's life (with a seesaw accessory).

 

This was released only last year but is not available in stores anymore (at least I haven't seen it for quite a while). You can easily find it on eBay and Amazon however for about $15...so not bad if you're interested!

Brave: Squinkies (Toys R US Exclusive)

Here is the Toys R Us exclusive Brave Squinkies 14 piece set! This was released last year near the release of the film.

 

If you're not familiar with Squinkies, they're just little tiny, rubbery characters that don't do much except stand there and look cute, but I like them cause they're small and stylized! They come in little plastic balls for cases which can be stored and dispensed in Squinkie dispensers (sold separately). Look for more Pixar Squinkie posts soon!  

 

This set comes with a pretty good selection of characters/accessories from Brave including: The triplets (in both human and bear forms), Fergus, Queen Elinor, The Witch, Mumbear, Angus, an archery target and two different Merida figures. 

 

  Here is an example how you can insert a figure on each of the pegs on these accessories/mini displays:

If you like Pixar's Brave and Squinkies (or just mini figures in general), this would be a great set to pick up! It's not available in stores anymore but can be relatively easy to find on eBay and Amazon for under $20 (it is on the little more rare/expensive side for Squinkies).

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