What was the iconic toy that was around when you were a little girl or boy?
For me, as a child born at the start of the 80's (almost), my toy was the Carebears. I adored them. For anyone who doesn't know what they are, they were a set of bears who all had a logo on their tummy which was their special power. Each one had their own colour. For example, Cheer bear was pink and had a rainbow on this tummy. Funshine bear was yellow with a sun on his tummy and Tender heart was Brown with red heart on his tummy. If the carebears had to deal with something difficult or bad, they all got together and did the 'Carebear Stare' which made their magical powers in their tummy work and they turned things good.
I loved my Care bears, I remember the Christmas when I was about 5 receiving a large soft-toy 'Tender Heart bear'. He came in a sort of cardboard box that looked a bit like a seat and I distinctly remember that Christmas, at my Grandma and Grandpa's house,sitting watching TV, sitting in that box as a chair. I also had a cuddly Cheer bear who was smaller and a family friend gave me a MUCH beloved present of one of the Care bear cousin babies who was mint-coloured and it was so cute, I loved it.
I also had the small hard-toys too in most of the original care bears.
My Mum even made me a Cheer bear cake for one birthday. One day, I will share some of the cakes my Mum made. We were the Jane Asher era of cake-making.
I was bought a video of the Carebears one birthday which was the first feature film which I watched many happy times. I'd love to see it again. I wonder if it is on Youtube?
Then, one birthday, I was bought a video of a carebear episode where two of the Carebear babies, Hugs and Tugs were kidnapped. I loved it but the tracking on the video was off so my Mum went to take it back for one with better tracking. The subsequent few replacements were all plagued with the same problem. I remember, anxiously waiting when my Mum came home each time, wanting to find out what happened to Hugs and Tugs. Finally, the last time she came home, she came home with TOP CAT. She had said they had said that all of them were faulty and there were no more so she had to get something else. I enjoyed Top Cat but I always longed to see that video for years and years.
Did you have an iconic toy or a sense of losing something you wanted as a child.
Incidentally, if you wonder what prompted this post, Gemma, Pinkhaired Princess posted two 'The Shoegirl styles...' posts, here and here with Carebear clothing items and it brought it all back to me.
xxx
For me, as a child born at the start of the 80's (almost), my toy was the Carebears. I adored them. For anyone who doesn't know what they are, they were a set of bears who all had a logo on their tummy which was their special power. Each one had their own colour. For example, Cheer bear was pink and had a rainbow on this tummy. Funshine bear was yellow with a sun on his tummy and Tender heart was Brown with red heart on his tummy. If the carebears had to deal with something difficult or bad, they all got together and did the 'Carebear Stare' which made their magical powers in their tummy work and they turned things good.
I loved my Care bears, I remember the Christmas when I was about 5 receiving a large soft-toy 'Tender Heart bear'. He came in a sort of cardboard box that looked a bit like a seat and I distinctly remember that Christmas, at my Grandma and Grandpa's house,sitting watching TV, sitting in that box as a chair. I also had a cuddly Cheer bear who was smaller and a family friend gave me a MUCH beloved present of one of the Care bear cousin babies who was mint-coloured and it was so cute, I loved it.
I also had the small hard-toys too in most of the original care bears.
My Mum even made me a Cheer bear cake for one birthday. One day, I will share some of the cakes my Mum made. We were the Jane Asher era of cake-making.
I was bought a video of the Carebears one birthday which was the first feature film which I watched many happy times. I'd love to see it again. I wonder if it is on Youtube?
Then, one birthday, I was bought a video of a carebear episode where two of the Carebear babies, Hugs and Tugs were kidnapped. I loved it but the tracking on the video was off so my Mum went to take it back for one with better tracking. The subsequent few replacements were all plagued with the same problem. I remember, anxiously waiting when my Mum came home each time, wanting to find out what happened to Hugs and Tugs. Finally, the last time she came home, she came home with TOP CAT. She had said they had said that all of them were faulty and there were no more so she had to get something else. I enjoyed Top Cat but I always longed to see that video for years and years.
Did you have an iconic toy or a sense of losing something you wanted as a child.
Incidentally, if you wonder what prompted this post, Gemma, Pinkhaired Princess posted two 'The Shoegirl styles...' posts, here and here with Carebear clothing items and it brought it all back to me.
xxx