These are the special Kissing Cubs by Mattel. They have a magnet in their noses so that when you approach them, they kiss.

I bought them on eBay.
I am very happy to own all 4 Cubs now. From left to right : Kiara, Kovu, Nala and Simba. :)

It's an interesting (and rather unimportant) detail to know that these magnets will allow for homosexual couples rather than just incestual. Because of the way magnets work, Kiara's nose repulses Simba's nose and Kovu's nose repulses Nala's nose. Simba and Kovu kissing is nothing to be worried about but Kiara and Nala is a bit more worrying since after all they're mother and daughter. But I don't think these were designed with anything of the sort in mind, specially since the Kovu and Kiara set came out quite the number of years after Simba and Nala. Hehehe.

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