Tynies are glass collectibles and are intended for collectors aged 8 and older. Tynies ar handmade, so they vary in color and shape. Made of glass. Introduced in 2008 with 40 different styles. New styles will be released 3 times per year. Each Tynies has their own name. The Tynies brand was established in 2009 with just 40 different tiny glass figurines and now we have over 150 characters. Since then, more than 1.5 million Tynies have been sold.
This glass figurine is Papa from the Smurfs in miniature. Each Tynies figurine is no larger than 1"x1". — Dean Smith, Co-owner of JaZams in Princeton, N.J., told TDmonthly in a Summer 2011 survey that Tynies are their best-selling line collectibles.
