It's been a while back - this past April, to be precise - since we ran stories about how cuddly stuff toys for
The Muppet Babies and for
Rainbow Brite were being sold along with bonus DVDs featuring episodes of the old animated series for each set of characters. Now we're pleased to tell you that
The Care Bears have joined the bunch!
Having been sold for a long time with VHS tapes instead, as you can see on the left side of the picture above these now seem to be shipping with DVDs instead, at least in some areas. From what we can discern, the distribution is growing out now and these should be easier and easier to find as time goes on.
The first report we had on this was from reader "Joshua H.," and his words still describe it best, so here's a selected portion of his e-mail:
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that Care Bears plush are now being spotted with DVDs instead of VHS. So far people have spotted Best Friend Bear (pink), Surprise Bear (dark purple) and Baby Hugs (pink) with the DVDs. Each DVD has 2 episodes each. The episodes on Best Friend are: "The Care Bears' Exercise Show" and "Cheer of the Jungle." On Surprise, they are: "The Two Princesses" and "Care Fair Scare."
Thanks, Joshua, for the heads-up. Our understanding is that there are, or soon will be, other characters besides these, but unfortunately we don't have names for you. Look for these in your local stores, and there might still be time to grab one for gift-giving during the holiday season.
