[ID: Loveable Bears] Colorful Flocked Bears with Bottles

[pikapal]

There is this toy I'm trying to remember. It came out somewhere between 1997-1999. They were these little flocked bears. They came in different colors like pink, green and purple. They were pretty small too. They also drank a bottle and make sounds I think a burping and cooing sound. There was also a commercial for these bears.

[vanillascoop]

were they attached to a keychain and some had fruit stickers on them? Their noses lit up too.
 I found one over the weekend and I'd like to get more, so I'd be interested to see these identified.

[EricaVee]

Loveable Bears?

http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/25101/Vivid-relaunches-Loveable-line

[EmBee]

I don't remember the sound effects, but I think I really remember these bears!  I thought I saved a picture a while back...

(Did it have jewels for eyes or something?  Or a jewel for a belly button?)

I'll dig.
-Em

[pikapal]

Thanks EricaVee! they are Loveable Bears. 

[EmBee]

I thought they used to be taller, and I don't remember the keychains...  But they are SO cute.  I want one.  ;o;....

They are also known as Love 2 Love Bears.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000QGKFA8/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=468292&s=kids
http://www.vividimaginations.co.uk/pages/products/love-2-love-bears.php
http://www.toysarcade.com/toy_50000516
http://thetoydetectives.com/reviews/collectibles/love2love-bears/love2love-bears.html
http://toyology.typepad.com/play_a_while/2008/02/loveable-bears.html

This is all I got.
-Em 

[EricaVee]

Hooray!

Love 2 Love bears are the newer version--Unfortunately, I can't seem to find images of the original line, only mentions in articles about the relaunch.

[zuse]

I swear that I remember these being discussed at the Arena? But I can't find the thread.

[EmBee]

@EricaVee
Oooh that makes sense.  Thanks!!  I will search too.  ^^

-Em

[EmBee]

Sorry, but did Vivid Imaginations make the first line, too?  Or was it made by Toy Biz or Playmates Toys originally?  Vivid Imaginations did acquire both companies later.

-Em

[pikapal]

Maybe the bears were distributed by different companies in different parts of the world? 

[EricaVee]

I can't find a solid answer to that question either, it's frustrating! A couple articles say that Giochi Preziosi is licensing Vivid Imaginations to make them for the UK and Ireland, but there's nothing on the Giochi Preziosi site about them, and Googling the company name with "loveable bears" or "love2love bears" doesn't turn up anything other than those articles.

[MintyMindy]

Cocolottis! That is the name of this cute little bear. I had one which was lemon flavoured.. It was sooo cute.. The sound they made was drinking sound from a bottle, than a sound when they felt asleep, like zzzzzzzz ch ch ch zzzzz.. xD And the nose was blinking when they made something! I sooo loved them.