Yowie - New for 2023

[Halichoeres]

From a Yowie email newsletter:

"Something special is hatching soon...
It's the moment you've been waiting for... a BRAND NEW SERIES will be hitting shelves early this year, and we couldn't be more excited!

Strap yourself in for our most loveable series yet - one we know both the kids AND the kids at heart won't be able to resist.

Stay tuned with your little ones to be among the first to discover our big surprise... coming soon!"

I'm not sure what 'most loveable' means, but it's great to see a new series is in the works. I was worried that maybe the pandemic had hurt their sales by reducing impulse buys. I'll update when I know more.

Update 6th March: Baby Animals series

Antennarius commerson, Commerson's frogfish


Sus cebifrons, Visayan warty pig


Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe chase figure at a ludicrous 1 in 500 eggs


Neophocaena phocaenoides, finless porpoise


Ursus thibetanus, Asian black bear


Pagophilus groenlandicus, harp seal


Lynx pardinus, Iberian lynx


Atelerix algirus, North African hedgehog


Trachypithecus cristatus, silvery lutung


Dugong dugon, dugong


Petaurus australis, yellow-bellied glider


Tachyglossus aculeatus, short-beaked echidna


Crocodylus rhombifer, Cuban crocodile


Casuarius casuarius, southern cassowary


Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtle

[NSD Bashe]

Makes me think either birds, turtles or dinosaurs but who knows

[bmathison1972]

Hmm...'loveable' sounds like pets, baby animals, 'cute' animals, or maybe animal pairs; however, they did pets for the Gummies collection.

All Yowies come in 'eggs', so 'hatching' doesn't necessarily imply an animal that hatches from an egg

[Gwangi]

Exciting news! I've been waiting to see what's next from Yowie. My daughter likes getting them but she's disappointed by repeats, they've had the same series going for a couple of years now, it can't be good for sales. The emphasis on cute has me slightly worried though.

[NSD Bashe]

Hmm...'loveable' sounds like pets, baby animals, 'cute' animals, or maybe animal pairs; however, they did pets for the Gummies collection.

All Yowies come in 'eggs', so 'hatching' doesn't necessarily imply an animal that hatches from an egg

oh yeah I should've thought of that   

well then maybe it is just general animal babies

[endogenylove]

I'm thinking it has to be "cutesy" animals - either pets, animal babies, or cartoonish animals. None of these options thrill me but we shall see what they have in store for us.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, I'm afraid that 'lovable' might imply something saccharine like baby animals or dog breeds or cute-ified versions of cuddly mammals. I hope I'm wrong! Naturally, I'm specifically hoping for a prehistoric series, but I doubt that's in the cards.

[bmathison1972]

Here is the link for the new series, or at least some of it. Yup, baby animals. Some nice species, but all babies/immatures.

I can't study it in detail as the site is blocked at my work. I'll look more into it this weekend and add individual pics if possible.

https://yowieworld.com/baby-animals/

[NSD Bashe]

You know despite being woops all babies they do have an interesting array and they actually look pretty decent and not overly "cutesified".

[NSD Bashe]

So for any folk who can't see the site the species listed are:

Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons),
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis),
North African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus),
Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus),
Yellow Bellied Glider (Petaurus australis),
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius),
Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus),
Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commerson),
Dugong (Dugong dugon),
Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides),
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta),
Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus),
Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer),
Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus),
Silvery Lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus)

Oh and the giraffe is listed as "1 in 500 chance to find"
(which is ironic with it possibly being the only "common" animal toy species there)

[Gwangi]

It could definitely be worse. There are quite a few of these I wouldn't mind having, including the finless porpoise, Cuban crocodile, giant frogfish, and southern cassowary. Still, I can't help but feel a little let down, having waited YEARS for their next assortment. 

[bmathison1972]

They are neat, but I'll be passing on all of them, even those that are species I don't have

Too bad they didn't have a butterfly caterpillar 

BTW, search images of the Silvery Lutung! They really have bright orange babies in contrast to the gray adults     

[Gwangi]

They are neat, but I'll be passing on all of them, even those that are species I don't have

Too bad they didn't have a butterfly caterpillar 

BTW, search images of the Silvery Lutung! They really have bright orange babies in contrast to the gray adults     

I'm just happy that they chose young animals that look distinct from their parents. On that note, I'm surprised they didn't do a tapir. I was afraid it was going to all be cute baby bunnies and kittens and such. So for what it is, I'm content.

[NSD Bashe]

I may have a mind to pick up that giant baby frogfish if I happen across it at some point

[BlueKrono]

I'm in for the frogfish fry and the cassowary.

[Isidro]

I'm just happy that they chose young animals that look distinct from their parents.

The hedgehog, glider and porpoise could easily pass as an adult animal figure, for those that mind having figures of adult animals in their collections.

[bmathison1972]

I'm just happy that they chose young animals that look distinct from their parents.

The hedgehog, glider and porpoise could easily pass as an adult animal figure, for those that mind having figures of adult animals in their collections.

I half-considered the glider for that very reason

[endogenylove]

I will be going for the hedgehog, glider, giant frogfish, cuban crocodile, and possibly the lutung and visayan warty pig. I would definitely prefer adult versions of those two especially, but I will take what is available in the meantime and I don't want to miss out on some potentially forever unique species!

[bmathison1972]

I will be going for the hedgehog, glider, giant frogfish, cuban crocodile, and possibly the lutung and visayan warty pig. I would definitely prefer adult versions of those two especially, but I will take what is available in the meantime and I don't want to miss out on some potentially forever unique species!

that's a good philosophy, and I almost considered it myself. But with so many other releases for me in 2023 (already!) I can pass on babies, even if unique. Who knows, maybe I'll change my mind. I do know that I will not go and blindly buy Yowies; I'll wait for eBay releases

[Halichoeres]

I guess that shouldn't be surprising considering we're coming up on Easter. I also won't be buying any of these as eggs, but there's a couple that I might be willing to trade for. I'll get the OP updated.