Uglydolls

Uglydoll is a brand and series of plush toys created by Sun-Min Kim, based on an idea by Kim and her husband David Horvath. The Uglydoll line was launched on February 14, 2001, and was awarded the Specialty Toy of the Year award by the Toy Industry Association in 2006. After several years of not producing any characters from the original line, due to the movie deal, the dolls returned in 2024. The initial release includes six dolls, OX, Babo, Trunko, Moxy, Blue Ice Bat and Purple Ice Bat.

==Origin== thumb|Sun-Min Kim and David Horvath, the creators of Uglydolls, at the 2012 Free Comic Book Day Uglydoll started with a letter Horvath wrote to Kim after she had to move away due to an expiring student visa. The letter had a cartoon of his character "Wage" at the bottom with the words, "Working hard to make our dreams come true so we can be together again soon," next to it. thumb|Two costumed characters of Wage (right) and Ox (left) As a surprise gift, Kim sewed a doll of Wage and sent it to Horvath in the mail. Horvath showed Wage to his magazine publisher friend, Eric Nakamura, owner of the Giant Robot magazine and store, who thought Horvath was pitching him a product and immediately ordered a few more for his shop. Horvath wrote to Kim, asking her to sew more while sending emails with stories about Wage, Babo, and Ice-Bat's first-ever adventure, soon to become Chilly Chilly Ice-Bat.