Rousselle, Christine (March 9, 2023). "What is 'Huggy Wuggy,' the 'sinister'-looking toy popping up for sale on streets of NYC?". Fox News . Retrieved March 20, 2023. Huggy Wuggy, otherwise known as Experiment-1170, is a toy produced by Playtime Co., who makes his titular debut in Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze. As stated by Playtime Co., Huggy is one of their most successful products.

The creator of one of the more popular pieces of fan content was Igor Gordiyenko who is TryHardNinja on YouTube. He created the controversial Huggy Wuggy song that has around 5 million views. Baby Long Legs– the child of Mommy Long Legs and Daddy Long Legs, Baby Long Legs is the child of the Long Legs family set. Playtime Co. likely created him in 1993 to complete the family unit after the success of its parent toysPoppy Playtime: Primaria llama a estar alerta ante aumento de casos de cortes en niños". El Observador (in Spanish). September 15, 2022 . Retrieved September 17, 2022.

The first chapter was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on October 12, and later for Android and iOS on March 11, 2022. [12] After the first chapter's release, official merchandise of the game began being released, including T-shirts, posters and plush toys, [13] [14] [15] as well as official collectibles produced by Youtooz. [16] a b Baird, Scott (May 5, 2022). "How Long Poppy Playtime Ch.2 Takes To Beat". Screen Rant . Retrieved May 6, 2022. Sant, Sam (October 14, 2021). "Is there a Poppy Playtime PS5, PS4, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch release date?". GameRevolution . Retrieved October 28, 2021.

I spoke to Zach Belanger, President and CEO of Enchanted Mob who made the Poppy Playtime game. I asked who the game was aimed at. “Poppy Playtime was not created with the intention to target any specific audience. Bear in mind that this was the first game our studio ever created, and our main priority was to create something that we would enjoy playing ourselves. Beyond that, we have a passion for any content we create to be enjoyable by audiences of all ages. To us, it isn't accurate to say that we created Poppy Playtime to be consumed by kids or adults, but rather our goal was simply to inspire and entertain anyone who decided to play the game.” Barrel o’ Huggys– a barrel of stretchy, flat versions of Huggy Wuggy that can hook together, similar to the real-life Barrel of Monkeys game. Rejected as it was deemed a choking hazard after children tried to eat from the barrel thinking it was candy

Bunn, Glenn (December 7, 2022). "Project: Playtime Misses Release Day Due To Server Issues". Screen Rant . Retrieved December 7, 2022. What advice would he have for parents if they were worried about children finding the song and being upset by it? “As a parent, if even after making sure I’ve done everything I could to filter out this content and it still gets through, I would sit with my child and talk to them about what they saw, their feelings and reassure them that Huggy Wuggy is a made up character that can’t hurt them.” Lane, Amaya (November 24, 2022). "Project: Playtime Trailer Reveals First Look At Terrifying New Monster". Screen Rant . Retrieved November 24, 2022. After managing to momentarily escape Huggy and landing on a brittle catwalk, the player pulls a crate onto the crumbling structure just as Huggy bursts from the vents, causing it to collapse. Though the player manages to land safely on another catwalk not far below, Huggy strikes the railing and proceeds to fall into the abyss on the facility, slamming into several pipelines and leaving behind dark red blood splatters.

Ciuraneta, Cristian (November 25, 2022). "Project: Playtime, el nuevo F2P multijugador asimétrico de Poppy Playtime ya tiene fecha en Steam". MeriStation (in Spanish) . Retrieved November 26, 2022. In a trailer headshot close-up of Huggy, it seemed that behind his plastic "eyes" lie big shot, human-like eyes.