My name is Oana. I discovered my first Li'l Pepper from Russ Berrie in an airport boutique after a holiday in Lanzarote with my husband. It was Finny, the clown fish.I Instantly fell in love with the little big eyed animals. Afterwards everytime I saw one in an souvenir shop where-ever I was traveling, I bought one or 2 of them. After a while, I couldn't find them anymore in the souvenir shops or in the aiport boutiques: Russ Berrie was bankrupt :(. I was very sad about it even if on the market were existing the similar products from Suki. They are simply not the same, they lack the original charm. So I started to look for them online , buying them from private collectors or wherevene I could find the missing ones. I am still searching for any Russ Berrie original Li'l Peeper which is not in my collection yet. I am collecting only size S. I am looking especially for the gray cat "Smokey"