Other Diener erasers will be added

Many other erasers were created by Diener Industries from the 1960s to 1993, and RetroErasers.com hopes to feature all of them on this website.  Here are some of the characters that may be added in the future.

Funimals include, top from left: Balletpotamus, Pigarina, Prima Caterina, Prima Bearina. Bottom from left: Surf’s Up Cat, Casey at the Bear, Soccerphant, Pigskin Pig. Not pictured: Hockeyphant (hockey elephant) and Puss ‘n’ Board (skateboard cat).

Funimals

Fun-loving animal athletes called “Funimals” use sports equipment in a line of pencil toppers from 1988.  The cartoon-style characters range from the silly, such as the ungainly Balletpotamus, to the super-cool, such as the Surf’s Up Cat in sunglasses. The elephants, bears, pigs, cats and hippos are equipped with soccer balls, hockey sticks, surf boards, baseball bats, football helmets, skateboards and ballet tutus, resulting in at least ten unique characters.  They’re often called simply “sports animals” because Diener didn’t do much to promote the Funimals brand name or the cute names that they copyrighted for Prima Bearina, Soccerphant and their friends.

Fantasy, Fictional and Fairy-Tale Characters

Funimals (sports animals)
McDonaldland characters
Gingerbread Boy and Girl
Jack and Jill (looks like Raggedy Ann and Andy)
New Zoo Revue
Three Bears

Fun Objects

Fruit
Geometrics
Happy Burger Pencil Toppers
Speedy Shoes
Sports Fun
Tooth

Politicians/Patriotic

Mr. Goober P. Nut (smiling peanut based on President Jimmy Carter)
President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew
Liberty Bell set
Statue of Liberty

Monsters and Outer Space

Halloween

Realistic Characters

Mr. T

Vehicles

Space Shuttle

Pencil Toppers

Jungle-Zoo-Circus
Endangered Animals
Woodland Creatures

Extra-Large Characters

Banana Splits
Disney Jiggling Dolls
Trolls: Itty Bitty “Fings,” Trollkins