Care Bears

The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner took the characters and made the first in a line of very succesful teddy bears based of the Care Bears. Over 40 million units were sold between 1983 and

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American Greetings - 1981 - Greeting cards - 1983 - Kenner - Teddy bear

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1987.

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Each Care Bear comes in a different color and with a specialized insignia on its belly: for example, "Bedtime Bear" is pastel blue and sports a sleepy-looking anthropromorphised crescent moon, and "Cheer Bear" is pink with a rainbow insignia. A spin-off collection toys, the Care Bear Cousins, feature stuffed monkeys, lions, and other such animals in the same style as the teddy bears.

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Rainbow - Monkey - Lion

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The Care Bears television series ran from 1985 to 1988; three animated feature film spinoffs, The Care Bears Movie (1985), ' (1986), and The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) followed.

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Television series - The Care Bears Movie - 1985 - 1986 - The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland - 1987

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As of 2005, Care Bears are being marketed once more. The new toys offer features such as light-up bellies when pressed.

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As part of this comeback, the Bears' straight-to-DVD CGI debut, ', was released on October 5, 2004 to less than critical acclaim. Another such film, The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie, is scheduled for an October 18, 2005 release . As with the 1980s movies and television series, both films are produced by Nelvana Limited.

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DVD - CGI - October 5 - 2004 - The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie - October 18 - 2005 - Nelvana Limited

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