Birthday Bear

Physical description

Soft toy bear with movable arms and legs designed to be placed in a seated position, primarily of yellow nylon plush. The body front, nose and mouth area, inner ears and paw pads are of white nylon plush. There is a blue, red, orange and yellow stitched design of a cup cake with a candle in a panel on its front. The white foot paw pads are heart shaped. The mouth is a pink stitched line extending into a smile with turned down corners and a small pink tongue protruding. The nose is a yellow plastic heart shape. The eyes are two tone brown and white plastic. The eyebrows are two brown inverted Vs. There is a tuft of yellow nylon hair at the top of the head. There is a short tail and a red plastic heart shape placed to the right of this with the Care Bears logo in white on it. There is a white label printed in red sewn into the right bottom seam.

Place of Origin

Taiwan (manufactured)

Date

1983 (manufactured)

Artist/maker

Kenner (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Stitched and stuffed nylon plush

Marks and inscriptions

Care / Bears™
KENNER® / CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 / BIRTHDAY BEAR® / Care Bears TM / COLLECTION / © AMERICAN GREETINGS / CORP. 1983 / 61120 TB / MADE IN TAIWAN / PAT. PENDING
Penn. Reg. No. 74 / ALL NEW MATERIALS / Stuffed with / 100% Synthectic Fiber / MACHINE WASHABLE / Tie Toy in pillowcase, / Wash warm, tumble dry, / medium heat. / Brush plush to fluff / DO NOT DRY CLEAN

Dimensions

Height: 44 cm maximum, Height: 34 cm seated

Object history note

Part of the Palitoy Archive

Historical significance: One of the very first Care Bears to be made. They were not commercially available in Britain until 1984

Descriptive line

Nylon plush Care Bear, Birthday Bear, made in Taiwan by Kenner in 1983

Production Note

Reason For Production: Retail

Materials

Plastic; Thread; Nylon plush

Techniques

Stitching; Stuffing

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

BGM