Care Bears Friendship Club?

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I went out thrifting today and I actually had amazing luck and found some really awesome stuff (a few pony things too :D ) but I’ll post about that later.
I’m wondering about this particular Care Bear thing that I found, I could only find a picture with no info on Walmart.com and couldn’t find anything about a care bear club. Anybody heard of it?
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It seems to come with the super cute plush, a book, a coloring book and some sort of cardboard box
 
I went out thrifting today and I actually had amazing luck and found some really awesome stuff (a few pony things too :D ) but I’ll post about that later.
I’m wondering about this particular Care Bear thing that I found, I could only find a picture with no info on Walmart.com and couldn’t find anything about a care bear club. Anybody heard of it?
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It seems to come with the super cute plush, a book, a coloring book and some sort of cardboard box
From what I can find the carebear friendship club was a book club! Theres a lot of books labeled as Friendship club books, and this says intro pack. It seems like the box is meant to hang up and fill with the books? Scholastic has done these things before, it must have been a subscription that sends you books every so often to fill the box! :D i could be wrong but it looks like the box hangs im not sure.
This listing on Mercari shows a different color selection of mini plush bears too. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m18090203763

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I could be wrong about the hanging thing, the slots kinda look like it hangs but it may just stand up the little pretty back picture? :lolpony:
 
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From what I can find the carebear friendship club was a book club! Theres a lot of books labeled as Friendship club books, and this says intro pack. It seems like the box is meant to hang up and fill with the books? Scholastic has done these things before, it must have been a subscription that sends you books every so often to fill the box! :D i could be wrong but it looks like the box hangs im not sure.
This listing on Mercari shows a different color selection of mini plush bears too. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m18090203763

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I could be wrong about the hanging thing, the slots kinda look like it hangs but it may just stand up the little pretty back picture? :lolpony:
Thanks! You found way more about it than I was able too :lolpony: Cute that there are other bears too. I’ll have to open it up and see if the box hangs or not.
My brother looked at it and said it looks like something you’d find at a school book fair :)
@OctoberMoon isn’t it? And that’s alright :D
 
Thanks! You found way more about it than I was able too :lolpony: Cute that there are other bears too. I’ll have to open it up and see if the box hangs or not.
My brother looked at it and said it looks like something you’d find at a school book fair :)
@OctoberMoon isn’t it? And that’s alright :D
Youre welcome! :D I thought the same thing as your brother haha but i think there is a good possibility it would have been ordered from a scholastic catalog! They used to pass them out at school and I would order beanies of Clifford and stuff from it haha. Ifs its a subscription as it appears to be, you would have to send out for the intro pack to start you off with the box and the collect the books in the box as they arrive, not buy it in person. Not sure! We'll have to do more digging haha. Seems likely though!
 
@Gingerbread right? Those were the best days! :lolpony: I used to save a little of the money my parents gave me for lunch each day for like a month leading up to book fair day so that I’d be able to buy more books:unsure: lol, so I’d have the $5-8 they gave me to buy books plus what I’d saved

@strawberrypony32 oh yeah! I forgot about the catalogs
I know some people would’ve kept it sealed but I couldn’t resist ^^, and it turns out the box is a cute little holder for all the plush bears you could get with Care A Lot Castle in the back
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And it came with the book with some really pretty art
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A poster
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And not a coloring book but a sticker and activity book, the stickers are cool. Cheer bear is almost as big as my hand!
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@Gingerbread right? Those were the best days! :lolpony: I used to save a little of the money my parents gave me for lunch each day for like a month leading up to book fair day so that I’d be able to buy more books:unsure: lol, so I’d have the $5-8 they gave me to buy books plus what I’d saved

@strawberrypony32 oh yeah! I forgot about the catalogs
I know some people would’ve kept it sealed but I couldn’t resist ^^, and it turns out the box is a cute little holder for all the plush bears you could get with Care A Lot Castle in the back
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And it came with the book with some really pretty art
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A poster
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And not a coloring book but a sticker and activity book, the stickers are cool. Cheer bear is almost as big as my hand!
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Oh I see a few holes that will need to be filled soon! Don't you just love the thrill of the hunt?? What a really cute display. I so much loved the book fair and I always give my son money to visit his because I remember the joy. It's still even exciting for me now looking through the little flier with him. Do you think you will continue working on filling up the display?
 
@Gingerbread right? Those were the best days! :lolpony: I used to save a little of the money my parents gave me for lunch each day for like a month leading up to book fair day so that I’d be able to buy more books:unsure: lol, so I’d have the $5-8 they gave me to buy books plus what I’d saved

@strawberrypony32 oh yeah! I forgot about the catalogs
I know some people would’ve kept it sealed but I couldn’t resist ^^, and it turns out the box is a cute little holder for all the plush bears you could get with Care A Lot Castle in the back
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And it came with the book with some really pretty art
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A poster
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And not a coloring book but a sticker and activity book, the stickers are cool. Cheer bear is almost as big as my hand!
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AWWW!! A cute holder for the different bears is even cuter!!! If we're right they must have sent out different ones with the subscription to collect! How cute. :ponylove: Its hard to tell from just pictures what it was for haha.
 
Oh I see a few holes that will need to be filled soon! Don't you just love the thrill of the hunt?? What a really cute display. I so much loved the book fair and I always give my son money to visit his because I remember the joy. It's still even exciting for me now looking through the little flier with him. Do you think you will continue working on filling up the display?
Haha usually only get Care Bears at thrift stores, but I miiiiiight have gone looking on eBay to see if there were any listed :tongue: I’ve only seen one other so far but did come across these cuties in pajamas from Japan. It’ll take a while but I’m definitely gonna keep an eye out to fill the box
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That’s nice of you to make sure he can have the book fair fun too :D

AWWW!! A cute holder for the different bears is even cuter!!! If we're right they must have sent out different ones with the subscription to collect! How cute. :ponylove: Its hard to tell from just pictures what it was for haha.
It is! Yup seems like maybe each book would come with a different plush :D totally something I would’ve begged my parents to sign me up for haha
 
Haha usually only get Care Bears at thrift stores, but I miiiiiight have gone looking on eBay to see if there were any listed :tongue: I’ve only seen one other so far but did come across these cuties in pajamas from Japan. It’ll take a while but I’m definitely gonna keep an eye out to fill the box
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That’s nice of you to make sure he can have the book fair fun too :D


It is! Yup seems like maybe each book would come with a different plush :D totally something I would’ve begged my parents to sign me up for haha
:eek::eek: After more digging I found pictures!!! Totally by chance, theyve been sold :cry: but at least you know what they look like!! And how many!!! One worthpoint page states " Complete set from Scholastic. Friendship Club. These books along with the Care Bears were sent once per month."
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This is a pretty nice set and a nice way to display them. Cheer Bear almost reminds me of the 2004 McDonald’s ones but when I’ve seen the McDonald’s ones again, they’re pretty different. My memory was off. They’d probably fit on there nicely though

I was actually just thinking of my old Friend Bear today. I don’t really see Friend Bear on much merch unless I’m wrong? I don’t really keep up with Care Bear stuff but I did enjoy my Care Bear VHS’ as a kid, kept my McDonald’s ones and still have Friend Bear and Tenderheart sitting in the loft. I just don’t have the space to go down that rabbit hole
 
:eek::eek: After more digging I found pictures!!! Totally by chance, theyve been sold :cry: but at least you know what they look like!! And how many!!! One worthpoint page states " Complete set from Scholastic. Friendship Club. These books along with the Care Bears were sent once per month."
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Ohh look at them all in there! So cute :satisfied: Especially the little Grumpy and Wish bear, now my Cheer looks a little lonely haha
This is a pretty nice set and a nice way to display them. Cheer Bear almost reminds me of the 2004 McDonald’s ones but when I’ve seen the McDonald’s ones again, they’re pretty different. My memory was off. They’d probably fit on there nicely though

I was actually just thinking of my old Friend Bear today. I don’t really see Friend Bear on much merch unless I’m wrong? I don’t really keep up with Care Bear stuff but I did enjoy my Care Bear VHS’ as a kid, kept my McDonald’s ones and still have Friend Bear and Tenderheart sitting in the loft. I just don’t have the space to go down that rabbit hole
It really is a cute display, I actually thought she looked like she’d be the prize in a box of cereal :D which is close to the same as the happy meal toys usually look, I googled them and they would compliment it well too if I find them
I think they still use him (or her? I’m not sure) sometimes cause I’ve seen this friend bear plush at Walmart
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And while finding that image I also saw his art from the show and a pop figure :smile: but they have made a lot of new characters so he might not show up as often
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It really is a cute display, I actually thought she looked like she’d be the prize in a box of cereal :D which is close to the same as the happy meal toys usually look, I googled them and they would compliment it well too if I find them
I think they still use him (or her? I’m not sure) sometimes cause I’ve seen this friend bear plush at Walmart
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And while finding that image I also saw his art from the show and a pop figure :smile: but they have made a lot of new characters so he might not show up as often
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I remember when they started doing the CGI Care Bears and I felt they did them wrong so badly by making them CGI. This newer style, I like it. Took me a while I think but the plushies have won me over quickly. I can’t get one from space though. If there’s no space for my childhood one at the moment, there wouldn’t be space for the newer one

Pops make them look like all the care in the world has been sucked out
 
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