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Eco-Bear (green-themed care bears)

FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤinterior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
edited January 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I went to Disneyland for New Years Eve and in the Tomorrowland arcade they had a claw machine packed with these teddy bears I'd never seen before. They were a lot like Care Bears, in that each one had a symbol embroidered on the tummy. However, each symbol represented some environmental concern. For instance, there was a teddy bear with a recycling symbol, a teddy bear with a leaky faucet, a teddy bear with a light bulb, and so forth.

The sign on the machine said "Eco-Bear" but that search string in Google brings me either to teddy bears made from recycled materials, or to Cafepress teddy bears.

Has anybody seen these and can point me where to get one?

every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Found a photo somebody else took of the claw machine:

    http://twitpic.com/pb1iz

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • GrizzledGrizzled Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    My google-fu finds the following:

    They were designed by this guy: http://www.conceptsbybdw.com/

    Click on "Portfolio" and go to page 14.

    It says "produced exclusively for Namco Cyberentertainment and distributed by Wal-Mart", so outside of the claw machine (which is a Namco machine) it looks like you should try your local Wal-Mart.

    Grizzled on
  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Grizzled wrote: »
    My google-fu finds the following:

    They were designed by this guy: http://www.conceptsbybdw.com/

    Click on "Portfolio" and go to page 14.

    It says "produced exclusively for Namco Cyberentertainment and distributed by Wal-Mart", so outside of the claw machine (which is a Namco machine) it looks like you should try your local Wal-Mart.

    Your Google-Fu is fucking mighty. I bow to you.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So, it looks like the bears aren't available for individual sale. Fooey.

    Maybe I can have one made. Thanks, Grizzled.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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