The Original Polly Pocket

The original Polly Pocket toys were invented in 1983 by a man named Chris Wiggs, who fashioned a miniature house within a powder compact as a gift to his daughter. From 1989-1997, Bluebird Toys produced all kinds of magical tiny worlds you could open up with your hands. In 1998, Mattel made hostile attempts to purchase the rights to Polly Pocket and eventually won. Afterwards, the Polly Pocket designs slowly became less and less miniature, until soon all of their tiny little worlds had disappeared fr