Minikins is a set of German PVC figures produced by Heimo, beginning in 1974. Heimo was the first company in the world to produce Sesame Street PVC figures. The set features the Sesamstrasse characters Samson and Tiffy, and quite a few secondary characters.

Heimo figures have no brand name, but they can be recognized by a small circle. The figures are quite small and were only sold in Europe. Various different color and material variants of these figures were released.

Heimo also created a set of three PVC pen holders in 1981.

An Italian toy company, Fabianplastica, released a version of these figures in Italy.

Minikins set

Bert

Bert playing accordion

Bert as a fireman

Betty Lou

Big Bird

Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster playing drum

Ernie

Ernie playing guitar

Grover

Herry Monster

Lefty

Oscar the Grouch

Professor Hastings

Roosevelt Franklin

Samson

Samson eating cake

Sherlock Hemlock

Tiffy #1

Tiffy #2

Bert pen holder

Ernie pen holder

Sherlock Hemlock pen holder

These figures appear to be part of the Minikins collection. They were given to children by Myer department store Santas in Australia throughout the 1980s.

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Heimo's collection also includes:

• Cookie Monster as a chef

Variants of the Ernie, Bert, Sherlock Hemlock, Cookie Monster and Samson figures were released as pencil toppers on Sesame Street markers.