Paw Powered Cruiser

The Paw-Powered Cruiser is a small playset that was released in early 2010. It was available in two known releases.
==2010==
A commercial was released in February 2010 when the set had made its way into retail stores, advertising a pink vehicle with a hamster wheel, two swinging baskets, a pet bubble, lookout spot, revolving platform, and perching areas. It included LPS Hamster #1341 and three food accessories that could be attached to a hook on the front of the cruiser; this was to emulate that the hamster is chasing the food. The back of the packaging showed a picture of the set pointing out its various features.
A Kohl’s exclusive version was later released with three extra pets: LPS Rabbit #1705, Puppy #1706, and Rat #1707.
===On-Box Description===
"Pets can "drive" & play! Put your pets in the driver's seat and onto the road. While cruising along, your pets will love to spin up and down on the elevator, hang out in the lookout and swing in the hammock!"
==Pre-Production==
In the 2010 catalog pamphlets that are included in LPS packaging, the set was advertised with a blue Paw-Powered Cruiser instead of a pink one; there is no known record of the prototype color being sold in the official production. 
The cruiser makes a cameo appearance during the ending cutscene of Littlest Pet Shop: Friends for Wii and Nintendo DS, sharing this blue color scheme. The game was released in late 2009, likely around the time the physical playset was ready to be shipped out to stores.
===Prototypes===
Concept art done by Brian Kavanagh reveals that the Cruiser playset was originally designed to be a mobile vet set, eventually evolving into a transportation vehicle instead.Kavanagh, Brian @bkdesignsstuff. "This is the Littlest Pet Shop Paw Powered Cruiser from 2010. It started out as a mobile vet set and evolved from there. Here’s several of the development sketches along with layout drawings and beauty shots of a catalog model. Still one of my all time favorite projects." Instagram, 10 Jul 2023. https://www.instagram.com/p/CuiiJfdreWM/?img_index=1 Timestamps also show that the set had been in development since 2008.
==Value==
The original retail value of this set was $19.99 in 2010.Internet Archive. LPS Catalog, captured 10 Feb 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100210042558/http://www.hasbro.com/littlestpetshop/en_US/shop/details.cfm?guid=4C395C5F-19B9-F369-1072-D7B5C8C45FA9&product_id=26038&src=endeca The Kohl’s exclusive production had a retail value of $39.99.
===Manufacturing Information===
Paw Powered Cruiser
UPC - 653569433248
Product / Wave Number - 93141/93140 Asst.
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==Citations==
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