NEWS & INFORMATION

Variations
'Things that make you say hmmmmmm...'

Updated (10/27/99) - Omar
**Please note: We will classify 'variations' as intentional changes that were made to a particular Puffkin, like the change from Bright Green Feet to Moss Green Feet on Lily and Shelly. We will classify 'oddities' as unintentional changes, such as the eye color on Tipper or the color or texture of Fetch's nose.
There are many oddities out there on Puffkins. Be aware that some oddities such as nose stitching (or lack of) or the wrong color of stitching on a Puffkin can be easily altered by anyone! These types of oddities shouldn't effect that particular Puffkin's value.

**Also note: There has been some confusion as to the terms 'matte', 'shiny' and 'textured' as far as describing Puffkins noses. We will only refer to Puffkin noses as either 'smooth' or 'textured'. There are varying degrees of shine on the smooth noses ranging from a very high gloss to a soft satin sheen, but all will be referred to as smooth.
(Listed alphabetically)

ARMOUR (05/98) - The fur on Armour's back can be sewn with the nap going upwards, downwards or half and half. Click here to see a picture!

AUSSIE (01/02/98) - Smooth black nose and a slightly smaller textured black nose! Click here to see a picture!
(01/17/98) - Today Puffkin Paws saw two Aussies with the slightly smaller textured black nose. One had the older dark purple border tag and one had the new lavender border tag.

BANDIT (01/07/98) - Smooth and textured nose. Click here to see a picture!

BENNY (02/07/98) - Smooth black nose and black textured nose.
(03/06/98) - Dark brown eyes and an almost taupe (lavender/brown) colored eyes.

BLUEBELLE (03/16/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey.

BRUNO (02/04/99) - Bruno can be found with varying sizes of nose rings which are sometimes sewn on at different angles. Click here to see a picture!

CASEY (03/28/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey. The grey eyes have been spotted on 'she' Casey.

CINNAMON (09/03/98) - Muzzle & feet in a lighter beige color like Honey the bear. Click here to see a picture!
(03/07/98) - Light blue eyes and dark blue eyes. Cinnamon with the darker eyes has a pale pink nose and Cinnamon with the light blue eyes has a bright pink nose.

FETCH (03/25/98) - Fetch has been seen with a black(?) textured nose. This has not been confirmed. Please let me know if you have seen a black nose or is it just very dark brown?
(01/98) - Smooth dark brown nose, smooth lighter brown nose (the same color as Gus') and a textured dark brown nose. The smooth darker nose is the original. Click here to see a picture of the brown nose variations!

FLO (03/28/99) - Seen with one brown eye and one grey eye.

FRANKLIN (01/23/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey. (03/10/99) - Click here to see a picture!

GINGER (03/18/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey. Picture coming soon!

GOURDY (10/01/98) - Gourdy's stem and leaves can be either bright green (like the bright green feet on Shelly or Lily) or a darker green. Bright green seems to be the most common. (Thanks, Susanne!)
(10/05/98) - The orange foot pads on the non-folded tush tag Gourdy seem to be a brighter orange than the folded tush tag version. The same seems to be true of Red's horns. The orange is brighter on the non-folded tush tag version of Red. (Thanks, Linda!)

GRIZWALD (05/22/98) - Textured black nose and smooth black nose.

HENRIETTA (03/06/98) - Nostrils put on vertically and horizontally or a combination of both.
(01/03/98) - With nostrils and without. Click here to see a picture!

HONEY (01/18/98) - Smooth nose and textured nose.
(03/06/98) - Darker brown eyes and an almost taupe (lavender/brown) colored eyes.

HUGS (01/22/99) - Two eye colors, brown and grey.

JINGLES
(11/1/98) - Some Jingles have been showing up without their candy canes.

KISSES (01/27/99) - Two eye colors, brown and grey.

LENNY (03/16/99) - Two eye colors, bright lemon yellow and amber. (03/27/99) - Click here to see a picture!

LILY (01/11/98) - Two eye colors, bright lemon yellow and golden.
(10/97) - Moss green feet and bright green feet. Click here to see a picture!
Leap Year birthday(2/29) and regular birthday (2/28).
(08/13/98) - It was first reported that there were no Lilys with a regular birthday (2/28) and bright green feet. I have recently heard from a number of reliable sources that this Lily does exist, although I have not seen one myself.

LUCKY
(04/24/98) - Textured pink nose and original smooth pink nose. The textured nose has just been spotted on some of the new lavender tag Luckys. The textured nose is fuzzy like the nose on Cinnamon and Tibbs. Click here to see a picture!

MAGIC (01/27/99) - Two eye colors, dark blue and light blue like Tasha.

MAX (12/20/97) - Flared nostrils and non-flared nostrils. Both Max's have nostrils, but on some the stitching was done so tightly you can't see the nostrils unless you really look. Some Max's have one flared nostril and one non-flared nostril. Click here to see a picture! Click here for a tag variation.

MYSTIC (7/7/99) - Can have either SILVER stars on cape and hat or GOLD stars.

ODIE (09/21/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey.

OLLEY (03/12/98) - Two eye colors, bright yellow eyes and golden eyes, much like Lily's.
(02/21/98) - Face sewn on upside down which gives Olley the appearance that his beak is coming out of his forehead. The rounded parts of the white fur are on his chin instead of above his eyes!

OMAR (10/27/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey.

PATRIOT (04/30/99) - Two eye colors, gold and blue. During the first production run of Patriot, some blue-eyed Patriots were made and shipped. Patriot's correct eye color is gold. SWIBCO doesn't give a definite total, but they do say it appears the gold-eyed Patriots far out number the blue-eyed Patriots. Click here to see a picture!

PATTY (01/27/99) - Two eye colors, brown and grey.

PAWS (05/21/98) - Textured pale pink nose and original smooth pink nose. The textured nose is on some of the new lavender tag Paws. Click here for the tag variation. The textured nose is fuzzy like the nose on Cinnamon and the same pale pink color. Click here to see a picture!

PERCY (08/27/98) - Snout and foot pads a darker peachy/pink on some Percys and a lighter peachy/beige on others. I have seen both shades on the 3rd generation tagged Percys, but only the darker peachy/pink shade on the older Percys. Click here to see a picture!

RED (10/05/98) - The orange horns on the non-folded tush tag Red seem to be a brighter orange than the folded tush tag version. The same seems to be true of Gourdy's foot pads. The orange is brighter on the non-folded tush tag version of Gourdy. (Thanks, Linda!)

SHADOW (07/26/98) - Two eye colors, bright lemon yellow and golden.

SHELLY (10/97) - Moss green feet and bright green feet. Click here to see a picture!

SNOWBALL (10/97) - The true Snowball was originally created with a black nose. Swibco decided that real Siberian tigers do not have black noses, so Snowball was retired and replaced with Tasha, who has a pink nose. The first 6,000 or so Tashas were mistagged with Snowball's tag, thus the pink-nosed Snowballs.
The pink on pink-nosed Snowball is a bright bubble gum color pink where the lavender is a softer pink with a violet tinge to it. Apparently this was just a variation in the material used when making Snowball and totally unintentional. Both are considered pink-nosed Snowball by Swibco. Click here to see a picture!

TASHA (01/14/98) - Three nose colors: bright pink and lavender like Snowballs and a very pale pink.
(02/98) - Two eye colors: light blue and a darker blue like Snowballs. Click here to see a picture!

TIPPER (06/20/98) - A very few Tippers have been spotted with brown eyes.
Mackenzie has shared her pictures of Tipper with brown eyes!� Click here to see them!
(12/20/97) - Two (possibly three) eye colors, bright green and yellow/green. There has also been a sighting of a Tipper with a green eye color somewhere in between the bright green and the yellow green. Click here to see a picture!
(12/30/97) - Informed by Swibco that the yellow/green color of eyes is the original and the bright green eyed Tippers are the oddity.

TUX (06/11/98) - This is not a major variation, just an interesting observation. I noticed on the Puffkins gift boxes that Tux appears with black legs and yellow footpads. Tux actually has yellow legs and yellow footpads. The Tux in the picture on the boxes was a prototype and no black legged Tux's were ever produced or released.

ZACK (8/28/99) - Seen with one brown eye and one grey eye.
(03/18/99) - Two eye colors, brown and light grey.

If you see other variations or oddities of Puffkins just let us know and we will post them here.

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