[ID: Care Bears, produced for UK by Maverick] help with care bear please!?

[emlou]

Hi all i have been car booting today and bought a few things i like including polly pockets and pound puppies! But i spotted a care bear and had to have it.  Don''t kno much about them and was hoping someone could help me, think it may be a fake as has no tag and no heart on its bottom, also it is pink and i am sure this  one is supposed to be yellow.  Tummy symbol is i love you written in a heart has no pulls no it .

http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h393/emlou147/?action=view&current=013.jpg



Thank u  

[invaderhorizongreen]

i really want to call this one a custom or a fake there is no i love you care bear

[EdenEye]

There is an I Love You Carebear. But its not the same

Found pic here: http://www.timelesstrinkets.com/CareBears/Price-Guide-Frames.html

Whatever it is, dont get rid of it. You may have a rare bear on your hands!

[Roxanne]

Actually, there are 2 I love you bears.

Quote from Care Bears Wikia;

I Love You Bear was a bear that was given out in UK for Charity Groups. He was originally yellow with a small heart badge on his chest saying "I love you" but later they put the heart on his tummy, and it was given yellow boarder lines. His fur color was also changed to pink.

So as I am looking at your Care Bear, I believe you have the pink one.
I am a Care Bear collector myself, but haven't yet got my hands on an I love you bear.
Nice find!

[ForeverKokiri]

Roxanne's right!

http://www.retrotrader.com/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=180&osCsid=44d3de3498c733f



Here is the yellow version. Looks like this might be one of the rarest bears of all!

[EdenEye]

Wow, as a care bear collector myself I am super excited for you. I don't think you'd have trouble finding a buyer if you are looking to sell.

[emlou]

wow! can't believe i may have stumbled across something rare! thanks so much for all the help guys. Will def have to think about selling as i love care bears but don't collect as such and it may mean more to someone else! thanks again! Emma 

[Ghost Of The Doll]

There were several Care Bears produced by Maverick just for the UK. The "I Love You Bears" were made for charity and had their tags cut off (although a few escaped this fate).

Maverick Care Bears can be found with the wrong symbols on the wrong bodies quite often...



...and occasionally they can be found with no symbols at all.




I found a picture of the yellow version with the same weird eyes as emlou's bear here:

http://swiftheartrabbit.net/topic/756870/1/

[Rider of the storm]

Nice find congrats.