FINGER PUPPETS - Bags and Cards - GLO FRIENDS

Group of different GLO FRIENDS Collector Character Cards from 1980s

1980s GLO FRIENDS Finger Puppet Bags
Group of ALL Sleeping Bag Colors
Note the different bag colors and thread/stitching colors

1980s GLO FRIENDS Finger Puppet Bags
Close Up of Green Bags & Blue Bags

1980s GLO FRIENDS Finger Puppet Bags
Close Up of Pink & Purple Bags

1980s GLO FRIENDS Finger Puppet Bags
Close Up of Red, Orange, & Yellow Bags

Here's a group of items that come with the GLO FRIENDS Finger Puppets.

The cards were part of the packaging for all singular Glo Friends Finger Puppets available for sale in Cardboard/Blister packaging. Only the exclusives had cards already cut-out. With the exception of Glo Turtle, who also needs to be cut from the cardboard box. Almost EVERY finger puppet, whether for sale on its own, or as an exclusive (i.e., Playsets, Animal Sets, Mail Orders) came with a card. Only exceptions for the cards were the Animal Sets. I have not found any cards in the boxes I have purchased, nor seen them for sale separately. If there are in fact cards, I would like to know about or see them!

Since there were SEVERAL finger puppets in blister cards produced. There are also different versions of the character cards. Obviously, the various translations would be one difference. But the main differences would be in whether there was a story shown on the card, or just the character's name. In some cases, UK versus US produced finger puppets, the story on the card may have a slight change in wording. Then, whether the cards with only the names is in Yellow Ink (with White Halo) or Green Ink (with Yellow Halo). For a complete collection, there would have to be at least 3 versions in English (Story, Yellow Names, Green Names).

Though I'm known for being an organization freak, I have yet to create a checklist for the Cards by version. But it is a project I will complete and share on this blog soon! That brings me to the Finger Puppet Bags. I have also created my own checklist for the finger puppet bags, which can be found in my Pages section.

There were no bags for any exclusives with the exception of the Mail Orders (I think, I don't have them packaged). There are 10 different bag colors. You will also need to note that the thread/stitching color is important as well. For example, there is two green bags, one with orange stitching, one with purple stitching. The two blue ones are questionable as to whether its just faded, or they had a slight color change when producing another series of the same bag, or simply that they (Playskool, whatever) chose to produce a lighter shade of blue bag for new figures. Either way, that one is much harder to pin to a doll unless you have it in the package, and in your hand for comparison.

Most sites I've seen use pictures to identify the bags to the finger puppets. Not only are they guessing the color of the bag, but they are omitting the color of the thread/stitching. I do not have all the figures packaged, but I have good amount of them. The checklist I made is pretty solid, but a few can be up for debate. You may use mine to compare to yours or others so that you may match them up.

Good luck collecting & matching!! ;)

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