Littlest Pet Shop
Littlest Pet Shop are a line of toys sold by Hasbro. They are marketed for girls. The toys were first sold in 1992.[1] They were sold for four years before Hasbro stopped selling them. In 2005, the company started selling them again. Since 2005, over 60 million of the toys have been sold at about $4 each.[1] The Littlest Pet Shop toys are one of the main types of toys sold by Hasbro.[2]
The toys
Each toy is a one inch statue of an animal. Most of these animals are commonly found in pet stores. For example, puppies, kittens, turtles and hamsters. They also sell other types of animal toys, for example horses, penguins and even skunks. There are many different types of each animal. The company has made more than 300 different versions of the animals.[1] It changes the ones it sells every few months.
A Littlest Pet shop (also LPS) is a little toy. There are cats, dogs, birds, pigs, mice, and also snails. There are also playsets. Here are some playsets. Jungle playplace: comes with a steak, a tiger, playhouse, and a monkey.
Other media
The company has a website that can be used by people who buy the toys. This website lets the user create pets and play games. In 1995, an animated television series was made based on the toys. In 2012, another show was made that aired on Sprout.
At E3 in July 2008, Electronic Arts said it was making a video game based on Littlest Pet Shop.[3][4] The game is for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and the PC. It was released on October 14, 2008.
Littlest Pet Shop Media
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Retired toys of the Defunct Kenner Products toy company, est 1947. From left to right: Bashful Bunny, Color Change Chameleon, Frisky Kitty, Jolly Toucan. These little toys were favored by many children in the 1990's.
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Stuffed versions of Littlest Pet Shop toys
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hasbro's Little Cash Cows". BusinessWeek.com. December 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ↑ "Hasbro profit rises, names new CEO". Forbes.com. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-19.[dead link]
- ↑ "[E3 2008] EA details Littlest Pet Shop for Wii and DS.". Nintendic.com. July 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ↑ "EA Unveils Blockbuster Games for 2008 Holiday". Foxbusiness.com. July 10, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
Other websites
- Official site Archived 2008-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Littlest Pet Shop on IMDb
