Care Bears were originally
characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use
on greeting cards. Then, in 1983, Kenner took the characters
and made the first in a line of very successful teddy
bears based on the Care Bears. Each bear was a different
colour with a symbol on their belly to match their names.
Care Bear Cousins, produced
a couple of years later, were a series different
animals with matching symbols to names.
The Care Bears franchise was massive business and a huge
amount of items were produced to go along side the toys.
There were book, magazines, cartoons and films, plus so
many other items I can't mention them all!
A popular toy in the 80's, the Care Bears and Cousins
have recently made a comeback with several new characters
being added to the originals (not mentioned here).
Images on this
page are mine or thanks to Renee,
Lara & Jana or found on eBay
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