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Fall '98
September/October/November

**November 9, 1998**
Puffinstuf will be on the morning news show on WSHB TV, Thursday, November 12th to talk about Puffkins.

**November 6, 1998**
As read in the Puffkin Press, SWIBCO is presently out of stock of the 6 brightly colored bears. They will be available again soon.

**October 22, 1998**
The 1999 Holiday Puffkins will be as follows:
Valentine's Day
Hugs - Style #6679 - Birthday: 2-13-98
Kisses - Style #6680 - Birthday: 2-14-98

St. Patrick's Day
Patty - Style #6677 - Birthday: 3-16-98
Patrick - Style #6678 - Birthday: 3-17-98.

Easter - Limited Edition Set
Bumper - Style #6681 - Birthday: 4-9-98
Chirps - Style #6682 - Birthday: 4-10-98
Bluebelle - Style #6683 - Birthday: 4-11-98

*None of these holiday Puffkins will be made into keyrings. Even though the Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day Puffkins are not limited editions they are not being make into keyrings because of the small size of the hearts on their paws. The Easter Limited Edition Puffkins will not be keyrings simply because of their limited edition status.

**October2, 1998**
According to the Puffkin Press the 10 new Puffkin key rings are now available from your Puffkin retailer. They include: Whiskers the Walrus, Omar the Orangutan, Strut the Turkey, Swoop the Falcon, Violet the purple bear, Skylar the blue bear, Rosie the pink bear, Telly the teal bear, Buttercup the yellow bear, and Mango the orange bear.

**September 27, 1998**
According to the Puffkins Collectors' News (the quarterly newsletter for the Puffkins Collectors' Club) The Fourth of July should also be included in the Holiday styles that Swibco is planning for 1999!

**September 23, 1998**
R&R Depot in the Independence Center shopping center in Independence, Missouri will be hosting Puffkin Day on Saturday, September 26th! The event starts at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. Puffkin buttons will be given out with each Puffkin purchase, rare and retired Puffkins will be on display, and there will be four special drawings for one each of the Halloween Puffkins autographed by Swibco owner and president, John Pouleson. Puffkins Collectors' Club information and memberships will be available as well as exclusive Puffkins T-shirts. R&R Depot is located on the lower level of Independence Center next to Sears.

**September 23, 1998**
If you are in the Kansas City area or have a satellite dish and can get the television station WDAF, tune in on Friday between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m.
I am going to be on the morning news program talking about Puffkins!

**September 18, 1998**
According to the Puffkin Press the new Puffkins gift box is available NOW! The new box depicts recently added Puffkins along with popular favorites from the original 13!
All original Puffkins gift boxes are gone.
To see a picture click here!

**September 17, 1998**
Swibco is planning more Holiday Puffkins for 1999. They will include styles for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Limited Edition styles for Easter. Check back for more details as they are released.

**September 11, 1998**
Here they are! Please give a warm welcome to the new babes in Puffkinland: Violet the purple bear, Skylar the blue bear, Rosie the pink bear, Telly the teal bear, Buttercup the yellow bear, and Mango the orange bear.
Rosie the pink bear shares her birthday with none other than Rosie O'Donnell.

**September 11, 1998**
Please wish a happy retirement to Shadow, Fetch, and Honey.

**September 1, 1998**
On today's episode of Maury Povich, there was a French couple taking a tour of New York City. The husband bought the wife a gift to remember their trip to New York. It wasn't a miniature of the Statue of Liberty or a model of the Empire State Building. It was none other than Lancaster the lion!

**September 1, 1998**
The four Halloween Puffkins; Gourdy the pumpkin, Red the devil, Ding the bat, Hazel the witch have been shipped to retailers and are showing up in stores now!

**September 1, 1998**
Ten new Puffkins keyrings will be available at the end of September. They are: Whiskers the Walrus,Omar the Orangutan,Strut the Turkey,Swoop the Falcon, plus the 6 new Puffkin styles to be released on the 11th. This will bring the total number of keyrings up to 63.

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