In 1963, a new range of puppets was introduced which have become some of the most collectible Pelham puppets. These puppets were made from the first major sets of moulds produced after the disastrous factory fire of October 1961. Some were made for a few short years but others were made until the 90's

The prototypes were carved by Peter Carter-Page, a respected Canadian Artist, who had worked for Disney in California before joining Pelham where he worked alongside Gill Leeper.

At first they sold well but as performing puppets go they do not work as well as the standard SS, SL and SM ranges and so in 1966 almost half the range was discontinued with the stock being sold off at half price in 1967.

There are 31 in the range which is often called the 63 animal Range. Early on each had a sewn in tag to stop copies being made. A year or so later this practice was discontinued. During the moulding process it was normal to do runs of 40 moulded parts and so it is most likely that in some cases only 40 were ever produced

These are the graphics used on the front cover of the sales leaflet at the time.

SL King SL Queen SL Wizard SL Witch SL Old Man
SL Pig SL Father Bear SL Baby Bear SL Mother Bear SL Wolf
SL Mother Dragon SL Baby Dragon SL Frog SL Pirate Mouse SL Giant
SL Tiger SL Bull SL Cow SL Elephant

These are the graphics used on the rear of the sales leaflet at the time.

SL Crow SL Fifi the Poodle SL Bulldog SL Owl
SL Hedgehog SL Caterpillar SL Tortoise SL Rabbit
SL Dachshund SL Scottie Dog SL Katie Caterpillar SL Seahorse

About half of this range were later discontinued and sold at half their normal price.