Libuše Niklová (née Kyselaková) (1 April 1934 – 5 June 1981) was a Czech toy designer and national treasure.

In the years 1949 to 1953, she studied, then a new field, the shaping of plastic materials at the Zdeněk Nejedlý State School of Applied Arts in Zlín and Uherské Hradiště.

In 1960, they had a son, the Czech painter, writer, and theater artist Petr Nikl, and in 1968 a daughter.

[4] At Gumotex Břeclav, where she worked after graduation, Niklová mainly designed squeaky rubber toys, primarily figures and animals.

She also created souvenir toys, including for the 2nd Czechoslovak Spartakiad or the Brno Fairs and Exhibitions.

From the 1970s, she began designing larger inflatable and sit-on toys that were lightweight and washable.

The Horse, the Rhinoceros, the Caterpillar, the Giraffe, the Lion, and the Polar Bear were among the followers of the Buffalo, whose prototype was created in 1971.