I have quite a few. I call them 'Stumpies' because Stumpies are actually alive and have personalities and everything. Some of them have alter egos and make up the Avenger Toys (such as The Wootinator, Ninja Bunny and Robobert). Coincidentally, around the time that my friends and I realised that what we thought were simply our stuffed toys were actually Stumpies, I was given the nickname of Loony BoB.

I still need to go back to California to collect Bert/Robobert. I have a couple of Stumpies with me in Edinburgh, the main one being Poor Puppy, but most of them I handed to my siblings when I left New Zealand.

Poor Puppy, who has insanely sad puppy dog eyes, was found lying on the floor of a department store. I was about five years old and was having an operation on my nose so my Mum got him for me to keep me company as I had to stay in the hospital overnight.