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Plush Figure
Does anyone remember a plush toy commercial?
I’m trying to figure out what company and or products a plush toy commercial was from I think the early 90s. It had kids on a farm and a tree running around with the animals that seemed like dogs. I think some kind of country music was playing. I thought it might possibly be for Gund Toys, but I haven’t seen the commercial since. Thanks
Sorry, all I can think of is “Pound Puppies.”
(The last two links are pictures.)
Plush Figure
Where Do Teddy Bears Come From?
Cuddly soft toys have been popular for well over a hundred years. The most famous is the Teddy Bear.
The name Teddy Bear comes from former US president Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname was “Teddy”, which came from a bear hunting incident in Mississippi in 1902. A few of Roosevelt’s attendants had caught a black bear and tied it to a willow tree. They called Roosevelt and suggested he should shoot it. He refused on the grounds that it was unsportsmanlike, but instructed it to be put out of its misery after a long and brutal chase.
After the incident Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Clifford Berryman made the incident famous with the initial cartoon showing an adult black bear lassoed by a handler and a disgusted Roosevelt. After a series of cartoons the bear became smaller and cuter.
In 1903 Morris Michtom a candy store owner from Brooklyn who used to make soft cuddly toys in the evening with his wife saw the cartoons and started to make what would later be called Teddy Bears. By 1907 the demand was such that Michtom created The Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.
There is some controversy surrounding who actually made the first teddy because a German toy company called Steiff claims to have made them before Michtom and actually exported 3,000 to the United States in 1903.
Teddy Bears are categorised as “plush toys” this denotes the type of textile materials traditionally used to make them which generally consist of mohair, cotton, worsted yarn and silk. However nowadays they are often made from manmade fibres such as polyester.
In recent times the plush toy has enjoyed immense success especially during the 1980s when Care Bears became very popular. They were actually made famous by a series of greetings cards which were later made into television cartoons, soft cuddly toys, comics and later full length films. Teddy Ruxpin was another bear which was very popular in the ’80s and was sold all over the world. This particular soft toy was an electronic talking bear and used the voice of actor Phil Baron.
Today Teddy Bears are still selling with annual sales far exceeding 1 billion dollars. The most widely sold brands of Teddy Bear are made by Gund and Ty Inc. Also the Build-A-Bear Shop has made it possible for children and adults to create their own bears, which has made the experience of owning a Teddy Bear far more personal.
The Teddy Bear has become an iconic figure in the world of cuddly soft toys and in many ways is a timeless childrens possession as well as a valuable collectable. There are museums, festivals and websites dedicated to Teddys and many have been sold for thousands of pounds. The most expensive ever sold have been made by Steiff to celebrate their 125th anniversary they created a gold Teddy Bear. Its mouth is made of gold its fur from gold thread and the eyes are made from sapphires and diamonds. Only 125 were made each with an $84,000 price tag making them the most expensive ever made.
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Does anyone know where I can find stuffed animals of Alvin & Chipmunks the Chippettes? No…?
…EBAY please!
My 10 year old daughter is fascinated by the Chippettes from the old Alvin & the Chipmunks series dating back to the 1980′s (I think). Any information on where I can obtain plush figures or plastic figurines would be appreciated!
Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series to feature the singing characters The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983-87, and DiC Enterprises from 1988-90. It aired from 1983 to 1990 on NBC and was based on 1961–62′s The Alvin Show. The show introduced The Chipettes, three female versions of the Chipmunks with their own human counterpart, Miss Beatrice Miller (who joined the cast in 1986). In 1988, the show switched production companies to DiC Enterprises (with 11 additional episodes produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson) and was renamed just The Chipmunks.
In 1987, during the show’s fifth season, the Chipmunks’ first animated feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure, was released to theaters by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film was directed by Janice Karman and featured the Chipmunks and Chipettes in a contest traveling around the world.
In its eighth and final season, the show again switched titles to The Chipmunks Go to the Movies. Each episode was a spoof of a Hollywood film like Back to the Future or King Kong. Several television specials featuring the characters were also released.
In 1990, the special Rockin’ Through the Decades was produced. That year, the Chipmunks also teamed up with other contemporary cartoon characters (such as Bugs Bunny and Garfield) for the drug abuse-prevention special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
From 1993-2001 Cartoon Network aired the 65-episode syndication package of the series. From 1995-1997 Nickelodeon aired the show. While the show is currently no longer in syndication in the U.S., it is being broadcast in Canada on Teletoon Retro.
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