Puppy in a royal guard hat (#6)

This puppy figure from the 1996 McDonald's 101 Dalmatians Happy Meal set wears a tall black bearskin guard hat, with a purple collar. Under the widely shared 1-101 convention, this puppy is number 6.

McDonald's ran the promotion as a blind assortment in December 1996. Every figure shipped in an identical polybag, printed in three languages, carrying no number or name for the puppy inside. That numbering is a resale-market convention built after the fact, with no backing from either McDonald's or Disney.

One seller's listing describes the hat as a fez, but photography shows a tall bearskin guard hat, so that label is set aside here.

Franchise: 101 Dalmatians
Promotion: McDonald's Happy Meal
Region: United States
Costume: Wearing a tall black bearskin guard hat, with a purple collar
Commonly missing: none recorded
Edition: Collector-convention number 6 (unofficial)
Released: 1996
Material: PVC figure
Series: 1996 101 Dalmatians Happy Meal Figures

How to identify it

White puppy with black spots

Distinguished by its prop or pose: wearing a tall black bearskin guard hat, with a purple collar

The number is an unofficial collector-convention number, not a McDonald's or Disney designation: no numbering appears on the toy, the polybag, the collector case, the certificate or the official poster. This puppy has no official name. Corroboration for this entry: two sellers plus verified photography; one seller mislabels the hat as a fez, which the photographs disprove.