Mini Boglins
The variety least like the standard "large" and "small" hand puppets were the "mini" boglins. They made out of solid PVC and unlike their predecessors had no movable parts, so were essentially plastic models similar to Monster in My Pocket as well as being sold in blister packs (containing 3 or 5 monsters) and boxes (containing 5, 10, 20 or 100 Boglins) they were available packaged individually, each packet contained a random Boglin and buyers didn't know which Boglin it was, a common practice, similar to Gashapon). In the UK they were available in newsagents and stores like Woolworths, again a common practice.
The Boglins has a small backstory in this incarnation, they had lived in a swamp but their swamp was drying up and their king had sent out the Boglins to find new places to live. The Mini Boglins were first released in 1991 with 36 Boglins subdivided into 6 'tribes' with six Boglins in each tribe over time they were produced by several companies including 7 Towns Ltd. for Mattel. By 1992 there were 56 Boglins in eight tribes with 7 members and by 1994 eight tribes with eight members. Included on many models was a secret label that would show only after the Boglin was heated and left to cool, this was supposed to be their 'secret code', part of the toys' storyline.
The Mini Boglins Swamp Carry Case was also sold separately, made of molded plastic it unfolded to be a small landscape on which children could play with the Mini-Boglins. A Boglins Cage offer however was run in the UK on the backs of the Mini-Boglins and Baby Action Spitting Boglins blister packs. If eight tokens were collected and set together with a cheque or postal order for 80 pence to Ideal Toys a small plastic cage would be sent that could store both makes of Boglin.
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