Care Bears!

[Shaz]

I used to have some episodes of the 80s cartoon on video when I was little! *happy memories*
I have a few of the 80s vinyl Care Bears, mostly they've turned up in pony lots. And I have one plush (Tender Heart, I think?) which I found in a charity shop. But I'm not really supposed to be collecting anything else except ponies and dolls....but Care Bears are really cute....
From what I remember of the cartoon, my favourites were Good Luck Bear and the lion.

[kestral_kitsune]

love love love the carebears, and i was able to get some of the blind bag figures that Dollar General had last year! I also discovered an artist on DA that does carebear art even though he ah has highly questionable views, but his work feels like the classic 80's .
my favorite carebear had always been wish bear and lots a heart elephant was my favorite cousin, I think I still have the original plush I had when I was a kid. i've been trying to find a decent copy of some of the movies favorite one was carebears in wonderland

I believe I know the artist you're talking about. Do they draw ponies too? I really love their art but goodness I can't support them as a person!

I'm seeing so much love for Wish Bear and it makes me really happy! I wonder why she seems so favored among us Same with Bright Heart Raccoon!

Mewtwofan1, I also have an ornament! It's an older one I recently obtained and I love it dearly.

thats the one, i'm not watching them but i tend to go see if they've done anything new its like, you have awesome styles and arts but whyyyyyyyyyyyy D: to the rest of it.

[Ponyfan]

Found a couple of pics of two of my favorite Care Bear beanies

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Grumpy Bear by LovesBarbie, on Flickr


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Share Bear by LovesBarbie, on Flickr


I never did like it that they redesigned Share Bear. I thought the Soda with two straws was cuter than two lollipops.

Ponyfan

[Bekuno]

Oh you have the shiny fabric ones! I remember those.

Ahhh right, her symbol was changed. There's been a couple of bears who had that. I also found out that Proud Heart was a bear instead of cat in the 90s!

[kasin]

Dude,  my first underwear in the 80s was Care Bears! Loved them! still have my childhood plush and my toddler sleeps with them.

[Sukey]

I collect 80's Care Bears stuff and I collected the early 2000's stuff. 

80's stuff I collect are
-12" plushies
-6" plushies
-poseables
-PVCs
-ceramic banks
-mugs
-glasses

I think that's all for the 80's ones.  Everyone should post their collection pics!

[Ponyfan]

They made Proud Heart into a bear in the 90's? I always thought Love a Lot was a girl but in some vintage read a long books they call Love a Lot a he. Does anyone know the reason for that?

Ponyfan

[Sora]

I have a photo somewhere of my bedroom when I was a baby - my mother decked it out in Care Bears stuff. Unfortunately, I never really cared (no pun intended) for Care Bears much until I became an adult.

I don't collect them, but I do have a few things - Grumpy Bear beanie (2016), Grumpy and Funshine figures (2016) which are on my desk in front of me, Trueheart Bear small plush (1985-6), a couple of other modern plushies and some vintage clear plates I got from a charity store.

[SkyCakes]

I like care bears I dont have a whole lot of them I do have a few favorites. Like cheer bear. I had her when I was little. Just the toy not the stuffy. That I can remember. I loved rainbows. I still have a few kicking around here but I think they are mostly current ones. I have a small vintage cheer bear. So I guess I still like them. Someone in a swap once gave me Champ. I think hes cool always being into sports and things. I used to watch the old 80s cartoon also.

[Ponyfan]

I found some pics of my Care Bear stuff. I'm not if I still have all of the minis in the pictures

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Vintage Cheer Bear Plush by LovesBarbie, on Flickr

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Vintage Champ Bear by

LovesBarbie, on Flickr


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Vintage Care Bears figures by LovesBarbie, on Flickr

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Vintage Care Bears figures pic 2 by LovesBarbie, on Flickr
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Care Bears Pillow dolls by LovesBarbie, on Flickr



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[Stormness_1]

I loved Care Bears when I was little! I love the eighties/early nineties stuff. I had some vintage plush (my first was the Cheer bear plush Ponyfan has), the smaller plush, and some of the flat pillow-style ones, as well as the movies on VHS and some tv eps on the golden book tapes. I also have a few of the hardcover books. I'd love to complete the set! Hubby gets me care bears from skill tester machines too, so I have a scattering of the newer stuff as well.

[Pinkie-kitty]

Most of my care bears are still packed away since I recently moved and haven't had time to pull them out yet. I still have about 3 huge trashbags filled with care bear plushies and I have all the new blind bags plus some of the figurine packs. Here's pics of what I have out on display right now 

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I have this rack on the back of my door that has some of my older ones;

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Then I have my newer ones on my tv shelf- some build a bear ones (plan on buying the ones I'm missing soon!) and some of the other newer plushies
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I have a couple on top of my doggie's cage (please excuse the massive pile of dog toys on the floor.. she's a bit spoiled )
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And then there's these two:
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Oh and I have the new Valentine's Day care bears that walmart puts out
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Annnnnnd.. I found this little dufflebag hiding in my closet that had a plush in it and some blind bags.
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[lovesbabysquirmy]

I've got to inventory my Bears and related things but my husband and I collect on a very lazy basis... 

[Bekuno]

They made Proud Heart into a bear in the 90's? I always thought Love a Lot was a girl but in some vintage read a long books they call Love a Lot a he. Does anyone know the reason for that?

Ponyfan

I can't say much as to why the genderss changed, but Love A Lot wasn't the only bear to have swapped genders over the years!


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Here's Proud Heart Bear.
Also, I completely forgot that proud heart cat went from orange to blue. I don't remember my plush of her being blue though :/

[Haruna]

I technically don't collect Care Bears, but at a thrift store I picked up two vintage Care Bears to sell (so I thought). It seems that Wish Bear is here to stay, though . . . she's nearby now as I type and I don't think she's going anywhere. She's sucked me in . . . I think it's because she's a pretty shade of blue with stars; can't resist, ha ha.