Proably they do the multi-colour thing to make it attract attention.

Last soft toy I bought was a present for my cousin's kid. It was a cute rabbit. It ended up with someone else though as it was sooo cute. Not me, I hasten to add!!!!!

have you guys seen the other ones? i think rachaels is ummmmmm one of the uglier ones really.

but it's the thought that counts. :P

I hate when deadbeat bidders drive the price up. Check out the feedback on t_eggert@msn.com.

I should email eBay and complain. People like that should not be allowed to participate.

I totally agree with you on that one!

I got gipped out of getting a sweet sovenier from Charlies Angels because of a bogus bidder who bid a $1000 more than me.grr...Bogus bidders are the devil...

me too,
i wanted to buy this telephoto lens for my camera, and some dude jacked the price way up.

peace and love
jimmy

So Rachael's not the only one who made a popple? Who else did and what did they look like?

Here is some information I found in the guestbook about who else had their own popple *~*Lil~Pussycat*~*.

dopple
Guest posted November 26, 2001 06:42 PM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Popples for Starbright Ending
***RLC Popple*** - $405.00 - already paid
Nicole Miller - $345.00
Melissa J. Hart - $310.00
Christina Ricci - $270.00
Tiffany - $265.00
Shoshanna Lonstein - $242.50
Jessica Biel - $237.50
Ananda Lewis - $182.50
Elisa Donovan - $105.00

It's cool that Rachael's raised the most cash! I think our plugging it maybe helped out.

Could that be why I am being thanked? I'm not sure why they are thanking me.

-TR

Great. seems only Real Live Claude got my mail. So I'm posting it again. BTW, TR's thanked because s/he joined the bidding and made it fun for all of us, and I don't know the other people behind the ebay nicknames so I can't thank them here. Now, RLC popple is the most costly ($405), most bidded (48 times), and the first paid (immediately), among all the 9 popples. There're still two popples unpaid yet as I know. You got it? Say, "who's the popple star?" - "I aam.", in Josie style. ^_^
_______

Subject: To RLC fans on the popple
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:31:55 +0800
From: Jennyfan

Hi, there, I write you because you posted on http://www.rachaelleighcook.net/board/Forum2/HTML/000135.html
talking about RLC and her popple for charity.

This mail will go to Chaos351, klee, *~*Lil~Pussycat*~*,
Stephen, RSS, moosegirl, RealLiveClaude, TR, jarodt,
opticom, and Jimmy Nguyen. If you're not interested,
just ignore me.

Our people here in Beijing(China) will have RLC's popple.
We're "Jennifer Fan Club" - Jennifer is a rock/pop singer
here, quite famous in China. She's sorta the "Josie"-type
and we're all big Josie McCoy fans - so, now you see why
we bid big for it. And Jennifer will love the popple
for sure. The popple means special good luck and just
what she wants all the time.

Besides, I know many of you would like to have one RLC popple,
and me too, and many people here would like to have RLC popples.
So why not we clone it? It's fine with our side and is it
going to hurt anybody? I think everybody will benefit from the
popple-cloning thing. RLC will be happy, fans will be happy,
Toymax will get orders and we can even raise more money
for charity groups. That's what I'm planning. Any ideas?

Our JFC is a non-commercial, half-music-half-charity group,
so we don't get involved in commercial things and we hope
the popple-cloning thing would be non-profit as well.
If you got any ideas about this, please talk to us.
What's the line? - "It's just we can't sit around here
waiting for it to happen. We have to make it happen."
We need to talk to RLC, Jennifer, Toymax, probably
Starbright and anyone involved to make things work.
If all agree, we can make a budget/supply/needs blueprint
and try to make it happen. I just write to tell you,
we would be glad to share RLC's design with you RLC fans,
all for free. And all what we want is dozens more
RLC popples at affordable prices, our JFC would sell
them here to raise money for local charity groups
if it's fine with RLC.

Here's the page we'll be working on, nothing new yet: http://Lihuizhen.net/dopple
If you're interested in joining the popple-cloning project,
let me know please, and we'll give it a "teamwork".

And special thanks to Klee and rachaelleighcook.net
for the auction news, or I would've missed it.

Have a nice day.

Jennifer Fan Club
Beijing, China
__________

Anyway, the RLC popple has arrived WA yesterday and will be shipped to Beijing, China today. I heard it looks "really good".

Ummm. I don't think this sounds like a good idea because you would need permission from those involved to do such a project.

-TR

I got your e-mail Jenny. I just accidentally deleted it.

I don't think the colours mesh that well either, but then again, that's how popples have always been! I still have a little popple storybook from when I was little.. I loved the little guys! I guess that's why I have three real life ones now.. hedgehogs.

-Dawn

I've received the RLC-popple,
WOW, it's _made_in_China_ - well,
that's not a real surprise as I
know many such toys are actually
made in China and shipped to USA.
I remember I read an inside story
about the toy industry like that.

Now, the popple is cute and a little
smaller than I expected - that means
it's cuter than I expected,
and it feels "mushy", exactly.
By the way, RLC wrote her popple's
name wrong the first time. She wrote
something like "Hoppler.." and she
scratched it out (a big black smear)
and wrote the right one "Hopper..", ^_^

From now on, I'm going to contact everyone
involved to see if we could clone out more
RLC-popples. I thought we could afford
100 and sell them out to raise money for
non-profit/kids programs, since the
RLC-popple is smaller than I thought,
I guess our budget will be easier to work out.

The latest news will be posted at http://Lihuizhen.net/dopple
No hurry, I think it's a months-long project,
and we'll make enough many if there're enough
many buyers - they might be available for one
or two years. You can make a reserve now if
you want, (I'm working on the reserve form),
and I think that will help us to understand
the buyers' situation. And I'm sure we'll
keep the price as affordable as possible.

Yeah, like 75% of the stuff in the US is made in China or Taiwan or Mexico. Labor in the US is like 100 times more expensive than in those countries. The US is one giant consumer, we don't really produce very much of value. Not that we don't produce a lot of stuff, it's just all crap.

-Nate (who isn't jaded... no not him)

I was reading about new books and graphic novels that were coming out and I saw one coming out in February called "Hoppel Poppel Kosher Comix TP" by Litterati Books. LOL I know that isn't really useful info or anything but that lil similarity was too funny to not share.

It's almost as if they stole the name Rachael chose for her Popple! LOL

-TR

I guess that's not exactly the case, TR.
I didn't read the book but I have made
a search on net and found out what a
"Hoppel Poppel" is. It seems like cooked
potatoes to me. Well, it does have some
relationships with "Cook" You can find
more by keying in "Hoppel Poppel" and
option as "exact phrase" in search sites
like http://www.hotbot.com
Here's one page about the recipe: http://www.nbpa.nb.ca/recipes/poppel.html

As to the name, I guess RLC chose "hopper"
as the popple hops as supposed in the
toy company's description. And the "dopple"
word from a JATP line, by Fiona, "your
dopey and mopey friends" at the ending.
It refers to Melody, I hope. She's cutie
and dopie. Also, it might be something to
"Are we happy...are we dope/dupe?" line,
by Mr. Freak "We're-to-Frame", at the beginning.
All my guess, nothing serious anyway.


[Edited by jennyfan on December 17, 2001]

"I hit my nose on the mic." ^&^

Subject: RE: A Demand for 100+- Toymax Popples
From: Toymax
Date: Dec 17

Dear ...,

Thank you for your email dated December 14, 2001.
We have discussed your request with the parties
involved and although we understand that your
intent is to donate the proceeds to charity,
we are unable to modify the terms of the auction
and accordingly must deny your request.

I understand your disappointment,
but this is not open for negotiation.

Sincerely,
...
Marketing Manager
Toymax Inc.

cc: ..., Toymax Legal Counsel
..., Toymax Marketing Vice President
..., Southard Communications Inc.
..., American Greetings

-----Original Message-----

From: jennyfan
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:14 AM
To: Toymax
Subject: A Demand for 100+- Toymax Popples

Hi, ...,

I'm here talking about a possible order for
about 100 Toymax popples. Client from China.
I hope you're interested.

We're Jennifer Fan Club. Jennifer is a famous
pop singer in China. We're a non-profit private
fan club in Beijing, China. We actively take
part in charity programs. In the recent
(Nov 16-26) "Popples For Starbright Auction
on ebay", we won the one-of-a-kind
celebrity-designed popple by _Rachael_Leigh_Cook_.
It's a product from Toymax. (That's how I
got your business card and your email.) We're
wondering if/how we could clone it and have
around 100 look-alike popples. We'll cover
all the cost and we'll sell them to raise
money (100% of the proceeds) for charity.

That means the auction terms with the original
RLC-popple will be modified. (As said in the
auction page's FAQs: "Q: Will these designs ever be
reproduced? A: No. The participants have granted
Toymax and American Greetings permission for
a one-time-only use of the designs. The hand-made
Popples listed are one-of-a-kind collector's items.")

As long as I believe, this modification and
reproduction should be fine with literally everybody
involved here. It's a nonprofit project supported by
Toymax, RLC, our JFC buyer, that will benefit everybody.

Here I need your advice on how to make it work out.

...(omitted)...

I hope we can reach a contract, with your help.
And I always think it's a great idea to sell
children's toys to raise money for children's
needs.

Thank you for your time and ~~*M*E*R*R*Y X*M*A*S*~~

[Edited by jennyfan on December 17, 2001]

[Edited by jennyfan on December 17, 2001]

I had a feeling that your idea wasn't going to happen. Not to say it was a bad idea. I myself do volunteer work at the school for the deaf and blind in Saint Augustine, Florida with my fiancee, Rachael. Maybe someday your idea will fly!