Mini Plush and Keychains

More about mini plush and keychains

The 3.5-inch keychains are the smallest Snackles made. They come as a fixed two-pack, each with a mini snack, on a reinforced loop with a metal clip — built for a backpack strap rather than a display shelf. The 5-inch minis sit between the keychains and the standard 8-inch plush and are the cheapest way into the Disney, Love and Ninja Turtles editions.

The Core Series 2 capsule is the odd one out on this page and on the site generally: a sealed ball with one unknown character inside. You cannot pick, and that is the product. It is also the least expensive route to a Core Series 2 character, if you can live with the uncertainty.

What is in the mini range

Five listings, and they are the two smallest formats we make: four 5-inch minis and one pair of 3.5-inch clip-on keychains. Everything here is built on the same round body and the same sewn-in snack accessory as the full-size Snackles plush toys, scaled down rather than simplified.

The 5-inch minis are the Ninja Turtles mini, the Disney Mini 2-Pack, the Love Edition mini and the Core Series 2 blind plush. Three of those are fixed — you know what is in the box — and one is deliberately not. The 3.5-inch listing is a two-pack of plush keychains with metal clips and reinforced loops, which are the only Snackles designed to be dragged around rather than displayed.

This is the cheapest part of the shelf and the part that behaves least like the rest of it. A mini is not a smaller version of a character you can also buy large; in most cases it is the only way to get that particular thing at all.

The blind capsule, and what it means to buy one

The Core Series 2 blind plush is a sealed ball containing one unknown 5-inch Series 2 character. You do not choose, you cannot tell from the outside, and that is the entire product. Crack the capsule, find out who you got, then celebrate or trade.

It draws from the Series 2 roster, so the characters inside are the licensed snack pairings — the shark, the sloth, the hedgehog, the lamb and the rest — in a 5-inch format that exists nowhere else on the shelf. At around ten dollars it is also the cheapest way to own a Series 2 character.

Two warnings worth giving honestly. You can get a duplicate, because there is no tracking of what you already own. And the capsule is the one listing on this shelf where the photograph cannot show you what you are buying, so if the surprise is not the appeal, buy the Disney 2-Pack instead — same size, fixed contents.

The fixed minis and the keychains

The Disney Mini 2-Pack is two 5-inch Disney characters, each with its own snack accessory, in one box. It is the only way to get the round-body Disney treatment at mini size, and the pairing is fixed, which makes it the opposite proposition to the blind capsule.

The Ninja Turtles mini is a single 5-inch turtle with the mask and a themed accessory — the pocket version of the 14-inch turtles for people who do not want a turtle the size of a cushion. The Love Edition mini is a 5-inch seasonal character with a sweet treat, and at under ten dollars it is the least expensive entry point into the Valentine's set.

The clip-on keychains are the only 3.5-inch Snackles made. Two to a pack, each holding a mini snack, with a metal clip and a reinforced loop because a keychain plush lives a harder life than a shelf plush. They are the most-used product on this shelf and the one people buy repeatedly as a small gift.

5-inch Snackles plush toys in the mini range

The 5-inch band covers the mini Snackles plush toys and the clip-on charms: 4 plush toys small enough to ride on a bag. Prices run $9.97 to $19.99 at the moment. The snack is moulded rather than sewn at this scale, so the charm keeps its shape. It is the first of 2 sizes on this page.

Snackles Core Series 2 Blind Snackle is a 5-inch plush whose treasure travels in its paws, rated 4.9 by 28 reviewers. The 5-inch Snackles Disney Mini Duo keeps a hangtag with a birthdate, a hobby and a star sign, and fans rate it 4.2. Snackles Mini comes as a squeezable 5-inch plush with an origin story comic folded into the tag; it scores 4.7. For a cute display piece, Snackles Ninja Turtles Mini is the 5-inch plush, rated 4.7 across 63 reviews.

3.5-inch Snackles plush toys in the mini range

The 3.5-inch band covers the mini Snackles plush toys and the clip-on charms: 1 plush toy small enough to ride on a bag. It sits at $12.72 right now. The snack is moulded rather than sewn at this scale, so the charm keeps its shape. It is the second of 2 sizes on this page.

Snackles Clip-On Keychain Duo is one of the soft 3.5-inch plush toys here, and 41 reviewers give it 4.6.

Snackles small size next to the full-size shelves

The small end of the line is five listings. The 5-inch Snackles small size minis come as a core Series 2 blind ball, a plain mini, a Ninja Turtles Mini and a Disney Mini Duo, and the clip-on keychain duo is smaller again at around three and a half inches. The snack is moulded rather than sewn at this scale, so the charm keeps its shape on a bag. They are still squeezable plush, still super soft, and the characters are the same cast you find on the bigger shelves.

What the small size trades away is the paperwork. A full-size Snackles plush toy comes with a hangtag holding a birthdate, a hobby, a star sign and the origin story comic; the minis keep the character and drop most of the story. That makes them the cheap, cute way to collect a face you like, and the obvious thing to carry rather than to display. The blind ball is the one with the surprise, which is either the fun of it or the frustration, depending on how many duplicates you can stand.

For the full version of any character, the standing ranges are the place to look. Series 1 holds the original ten. Series 2 is the big shelf of favorite snacks, with Hershey's on the shark and Jelly Belly on the lamb. Series 3 is the teen cast with human names. Snackles Disney has Stitch, Rex and Minnie, and the Disney Mini Duo here is the pocket version of that shelf. A Super-Sized Snackle is the same design at a bigger super size, filled for hugs. ZURU designed the whole line to the same proportions, so a 5-inch mini and a 14-inch plush read as the same adorable friend at two scales, which is most of the joy of collecting it.

Snackles mini plush toys and keychains