Welcome to the guide to Cutie Club toys



                          

Cutie Club was a teeny tiny toyline produced by Lewis Galoob toys, made in 1989. The line is extensive and consists of tiny things - horses and children - or colts and kids, as they were called- only an inch tall, and all kinds of playsets for them. Each figure has brushable hair. Each set had a generic name but the characters did not have individual names.

Part of the fascination on this line is its size. All the items, though so small, are very detailed. There are several variations on each building and building base. Unfortunately this line was never very popular, and there are very few collectors around.

The kids and colts were usually sold in packages of five figurines in each pack - either five colts, five kids or possibly three colts and two kids. Each package also came with posing stands for each figure (excluding the bridal dress kids, which did not need stands), instructions and a brush. Locket playsets came with a tiny little house that could actually be also worn as a necklace, a necklace itself (with a clasp and a latch that could be attached to the building), a playset base, a play piece (= accessory, such as a bench, a fence, etc), instruction sheet, a kid or a colt and a stand (except, of course, when the kid included was a bridal kid). In one particular case The Cutie Village-set was sold with eight locket sets and twelve colts and kids in one huge box, more of that in the confirmed locket playset-section. There were also several larger playsets, including four purse playsets that could be folded up as bags, a much larger City Park case set, and even a large manor- The Cutie Manor. These sets had of course much more accessories. Information of each of these can be found on pages at the left hand menu.

This site is still under process. Since there is very little knowledge around, it will take time to gather information, and the only way to get completely reliable information is through examining mint in box/unopened items, items never removed from packages. Unfortunately there are very few around these days, but some surface from time to time, so keep checking back for updates! Also the memories of those who had Cutie Club as children is very helpful and will help me to gather info and connect items to each other, so if you do remember this line, please do let me know- you can contact me via email (kmlahti (at) gmail. com.

Remember, this is a nitpicker's guide, and I only take MIB information for certain. All the pictures on this site are (excluding the few exceptions which are noted otherwise) from my personal collection. All the contents on this page is ©2006 Katja M. Lautanen (with the exception of pictures where otherwise noted), and Cutie Club is © 1989 Lewis Galoob toys. If you have any items I do not have and are willing to sell, drop me a line via email (kmlahti (at) gmail.com), I will pay well for any part I do not own, and I usually have some extra Cutie Club parts for trade or sale. Just make sure you include the words "Cutie Club" to the subject line!

Thank you for Ilona Lassila for her support, suggestions and help with checklists, for Mikko Lahti for scans on the instructions, for Sariki Schutte for the pictures of the box of the fashion mall purse set, to Nikki Allen and Crystal Fenwick for the information on some locket set identifications, to Zuse for several suggestions and heads-ups, for Trumanshower for the beautiful French magazine advertisement scans and for Robert Alcock for the picture of the Cutie Manor box.



How To identify Cutie Club


The Cutie Club figurines have no markings on their bodies, but they should be impossible to mix to any other line once a few pictures have been seen. Each figurine stand has the same marking underneath; ""© 1989 L.G.T.I. CHINA". All the brushes are the same mold, but there are two colours; hot pink and light pink. I've never found the lighter pink brush coming from sets from the USA, but I've often come across it in European sets, so it may be a European variation. It is also much rarer than the normal brush colour.

The play bases of the basic locket sets have no markings, but they should be distinct due their puzzle-like nature. All the bases are purple with a sticker decal, and measure 4 inches width and length, plus the tiny puzzle-tabs. The mold of each land piece is the same with multitude of tiny holes under sticker (visible if you look at the base against a bright light) and, if the set came with a play piece, the appropriate holes were punctuated in a factory. Occasionally the land pieces came with different lockets and play pieces, so the way each land piece is punctuated depends completely on what play piece it came with. Of course, there have been mishaps where a child has, perhaps, punctuated more holes themselves- see "unidentified locket sets" for one example. The Locket houses are less than two inches tall each- of course this measure changes a bit from house to house. Each house has the same text under it; "© 1989 L.G.T.I. CHINA". The locket necklaces have no markings, but they should be easy to recognize with a few pictures seen- they are all the same except for the colour. The accessories, unfortunately, have no markings and are often the hardest to recognize. Unfortuately, Galoob re-used the Cutie Club molds (locket sets and purse sets, at least) on another series called "Tiny Troll Town" which are very hard to distinguish from genuine Cutie Club- I will do my best to add information on that.

Under the Cutie Manor you should find the Galoob logo and text;
"NO.8232
© 1981, 1990 Lewis Galoob, INC, South San Francisco, CA 94080
All Rights Reserved, MADE IN CHINA
CUTIE MANOR Is a U.S. Trademark of Lewis Galoob, Inc,
U.K. Design Application No. 999702"
The manor's base is a bit under 9 inches by 8 inches. Assembled the house stands approximately 5,5 inches tall. The furniture has no markings and thus is in some parts rather hard to recognize. To see more Id marks on this set, see the manor's own ID page.

The city Park set measures, when folded up, approximately 8,5 x 3,5 x 6 in inches. Underneath the case is a tiny print © 1989 Lewis Galoob Toys. INC, MADE IN CHINA". To see more Id marks on this set, see the park's own ID page.







Cutie Club around the world


Cutie Club was sold in various countries and continents. In English-speaking countries (USA, Great Britain) and in majority of other European countries (such as Finland and Sweden, for example) it was sold and marketed under the name Cutie Club.

In France the CC was at least marketed under the name Mini Pouces, but the packages seem to have had the Cutie Club logo in English, at least according to the magazine scans I've seen.

In Argentina the Cutie Club was sold under name My Little Club, and this was also the name on the actual packages.

In Italy the packages were named "le Bricioline e il loro piccolo mondo".



Recent updates


May 7th, 2012: Thanks to Cirrusrose, all the instruction leaflets have now been scanned! Links can be found in scans-section and also under the playset pages. Also a MIB picture of Rainbow Colts-collection has been added.

April 12th, 2012: Thank you, Cirrusrose! We now have MIB pictures of several sets: Bridal collection, Lucky Collection, Soda Shoppe locket and Sweet Treats collection! The checklists will return when I find the time to update them. Adding a scan of the Diner locket playset leaflet as well.

April 11th, 2012: I might have found the "Lucky Colts and Kids"-set in a French package. It is called "Mixtes" there, but the picture in the back card matches the Lucky colts and Kids. See Identified kids-section. I also have a treat for you: scans from the Cutie Club pre-production advertisement, one that was distributed to stores, to those people who chose which toys would be taken in to be sold. Many pretty prototypes to be viewed on scans section, on page 11.

March 1st, 2012: Almost all photos have been swapped for better, clearer versions. New info on the Sweet Treats colts&Kids- the last missing item has been identified! New bits of info in the "misc info"-section.










Cutie Club is a trademark of Lewis Galoob toys INC. This site is a collector's private identification and tribute and not used for commercial purposes. All the pictures are copyrighted to Katja M. Lautanen, Finland (unless otherwise noted), do not take them without permission, thank you!