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| Grumpy Bear. |
As with all of these figures he has five points of articulation and a forelock of rooted hair. I tend to class them as action figures, but suppose they could just as easily be called anthro dolls.
Even though this blue bear here has joined me for all of my relocation adventures, I don't have any particular nostalgia for the Care Bears line as a whole, I'm just a general fan for the negative characters in the perky lines, I suppose.
While I might not have been a huge fan of the line as a child, my sister was, and I found evidence that my mother went a little overboard at a few neighbourhood yard sales and the Samco sale (a warehouse toy sale that was held in Toronto every November - it closed down in the mid-1990s, I believe), because I just discovered a bin of Care Bears and playsets in my mother's basement. I haven't had the opportunity to go through them yet, but I'm hoping to go identify and photograph them soon.
My daughter was a big fan of Grumpy Bear as she went through her early teen years. She had quite a few grumpy moments herself! At one point she had a Halloween shirt that featured Grumpy Bear with a trick-or-treat bag, and the shirt read: Just Gimme the Candy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cute shirt!
DeleteIt's funny, but I'd actually been oblivious to the fact that the Care Bear line had still be in production all this time. It was only when my niece pointed them out to me a few years ago that I realized that they were still around!
Although I have, of course, heard of Care Bears, I've never seen the show or any of the dolls either. I'm guessing the cloud denotes his grumpiness because he just looks full to me.
ReplyDeleteHeh, I've actually never seen the show myself either, but that's a good point - although I suppose "Indigestion Bear" would have been a harder sell! ;)
DeleteHe certainly doesn't look grumpy to me, more like a delightfully blue chubby bear, with a startled look on his face. :) Never had any of these in our home, but I had seen them around and about . . . thanks for the memories.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
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He does look a bit startled, doesn't he? That probably makes him perfect for a certain type of photostory - definitely something to keep in mind! Thanks!
DeleteThat's the sweetest grumpy toy I have ever seen. That little bit of blue hair on his head just adds to the cuteness :-).
ReplyDeleteGrumpy but cute, that's him! ;)
DeleteKnuckle bump to Lil Grumpy Bear. He's probably the most honest of the care Bears, lol.
ReplyDeleteHa! That he (probably) is! ;)
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