Rare 1998 Large CVS Drugs Yukon Cornelius Lumberjack Rudolph Misfit Plush NWT

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Save $$ with our Free Shipping! The more your buy, the more your $aveRudolph and Island of Misfit ToysRARE! Highly collectible Christmas DecorMisfit Yukon Cornelius the Lumberjackdoll 14" Plush CVSPeppermint! What I've been searching for all my life! I've struck it rich! I've got me a peppermint mine! Wahooooo!CVS Limited Edition 50th Anniversary1998 Stuffins Inc.CVS Limited Edition 50th AnniversaryStuffins Inc.Approx. 14 inchesRudolph the Red Nosed ReindeerPlush ToyMaterial: Polyester FibersManufacturer tush tag attachedCVS Tag and LGB - Little Golden Book attached.Rudolph the Red Nosed ReindeerPlush ToyMaterial: Polyester FibersManufacturer tush tag attachedCVS Tags*Please note that most of the tags were not placed in tag protectors immediately after purchase & show some degree of storage wear.Yukon Cornelius & Santa Claus have black fabric boots & King Moonracer's nose is black fabric as well; the rubberized coating that was on these areas deteriorates with age & you eventually have to remove it (once cracking starts) in order to preserve the plush.This toy is part of the CVS Limited Edition to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the song "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Approx. 20 years ago, CVS ran an exclusive program offering limited edition character collectibles in the 6 weeks leading up to Christmas. Two 6" plush toys were introduced each week. They sold out immediately and are very highly collectible.Rankin Bass Classic T.V. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Toys. Find Trivia answers to your questions: The name of Island Land of Misfit Cartoon CharactersFrom my experience this past 17 years, the rarest, most limited, least produced and undeniably desirable are the CVS Stuffins, Inc 12" Pink Spotted Elephant, The Misfit Doll aka Dolly For Sue Ragdoll, The Misfit Train, Sant Claus, King Moonracer the lion.The Misfit collection of Beans, Plush and Ornaments from 1998 and 1999 sold Exclusively in CVS stores and made by the Stuffins company. From the website of Rankin Bass " These are perhaps the most faithful renditions of the characters to date."We have been buying and selling these Misfits since they first hit the shelves in 1998!CVS PHARMACY could hardly keep their ISLAND OF MISFIT TOY doll line on store shelves in 1998! It was like a scavenger hunt searching for these misfits at all CVS stores when they first hit!CVS ran an exclusive program in 1998 offering limited-edition character collectibles in the six weeks leading up to Christmas, with two six-inch plush and bean bags introduced each week to spark multiple visits from would-be collectors. The 12" were even more limited as less were produced which Rankin Bass eagerly introduced on their web site in 1998!Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Bean Bag Plush Figures, 1998 CVS Pharmacy Exclusives. This is the original set, the collection that started it all!The set of 12 includes: Herbie Hermey the Wanna Be Dentist, Fat Santa, Rudolph, Clarice, Rag Doll for Sue, Train w/square wheels, Pink Polka Dot / Spotted Elephant, Charlie in Box, Yukon Cornelius, King Moon-Racer, Sam Snowman the story teller and Bumble the Abominable Snowman Snow Monster.In 1999 not only did CVS have the same promotion with additional characters from the Rudolph T.V. Classic but they also added 4 Characters from Frosty the Snowman Beans and Plush with the names listed below:1999 Rudolph Land of Misfit Toys Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys Bean Bag Plush Figures, 1999 CVS Pharmacy Exclusives.The set of 12 from 1999 includes: Adult Rudolph, Thin Santa, Comet Coach Reindeer, Sam Snowman w/ umbrella, Herbie Hermey Dentist Elf w/ Elephant; Boss Elf, Tall Elf, Misfit Cowboy, Misfit Airplane, Misfit Jelly, Squir Gun / Watergun, Yukon w/ snowshoes, and Millinium Bumble the Abominable Snowman / monster.1999 Frosty the Snowman Cartoon by Rankin Bass:1999 Frosty the Snowman Stuffins CVS: Frosty, Professor Hinkle, Karen, Traffic Cop.To give you an idea of how rare and desirable these collectibles are, The 12 inch Pink Polka Dot Spotted Elephant is the crème de la crème for collectors. His CVS original price tag may read $12.99 however, on ebay, the highest price I have seen him sell for since 1998 is $400.00 I kid you not!Here comes a curve ball! Arbor Drugs Pharmacy was rumored and alleged as having problems with the Government re: Medicare over billing etc. CVS bought out Arbor Drugs in 1998 before the Christmas season hit. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to get the misfits to every store, A very small portion of misfits hit Arbor Drugs stores. Before they were able to change the tags to CVS, some of the tags have the name "Arbor Drugs" on them. VERY VERY few! (we have very few of these in our store!)Get them while you can!Also added to the CVS Drugs / Stuffins, Inc mix were many other T.V. Cartoon Characters and Fairy-tale Mother Goose, Santa Claus Comin To Town, Monsters and more!Here are some statistics on how many CVS Stuffins are thought to have been produced exclusively, only to the U.S.:The 1998 first release smaller 6 inch dolls were said to have had an edition of only 26,000 world wide and these were only available at the CVS drug stores;From Funk and Junk website "We don't have the official numbers on the very limited release of these 1998 CVS store only 12" dolls, we do have the figures for the much smaller beanie dolls (approximately 26,000 of each character COUNTRY wide!) and based on our in person experiences we would put the common 12" doll releases in the 15,000 or less country wide and probably half of that for the rarer dolls. The larger dolls sold out often times the day they arrived."As an avid collector of these misfits since their first release in 1998, I concur!The impact from the CVS Stuffins 1998 promotion started a plethora of offerings from the market place ever since but to this day, the CVS Misfits are the most desirable, collectible, rarest and their value just keeps going up!rankin bass, figurines, stuffin, plush, doll, limited edition, cvs, holiday, christmas, ornaments, rudolph the island of misfit toys read more

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