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Much to the dismay of care bear collectors, old and young alike, Play along has butchered the classic American Greetings characters by changing their symbols, colors, and even in the case of some bears such as funshine bear, changing their sexes. The quality of the toys is something else that’s been under constant scrutiny, while the original Kenner bears had unique and skillfully crafted emblems and features such as different eyes and tongues, the play along bears are plastered with the same cheap fair-bought eyes and symbols that scratch all too easily. They’ve also gone as far to produce their ‘own’ characters, if only to further to increase their profits on this line. All of these characters are poorly designed and manufactured, and some are simply knock-offs of original ‘80’s favorites (IE, Shine Bright bear = Funshine, Sweet Dreams bear = Bedtime Bear.) The biggest disappointment in Play –along, is their complete lack of concern in caring about their customers. While Kenner made it a point to say ‘we really do care!’ by aiding and assisting with information and/or replacements, play along has never done anything of the sort. Outright ignoring customer’s questions and concerns, as well as never updating their web site with current products or information. Undoubtedly this line of care bears will surely be extinct if Play-along doesn’t make some steps to improve them, and with the introduction of more ‘Kiddie’ like style bears, it’s obvious this isn’t to be the case. |
Much to the dismay of care bear collectors, old and young alike, Play along has butchered the classic American Greetings characters by changing their symbols, colors, and even in the case of some bears such as funshine bear, changing their sexes. The quality of the toys is something else that’s been under constant scrutiny, while the original Kenner bears had unique and skillfully crafted emblems and features such as different eyes and tongues, the play along bears are plastered with the same cheap fair-bought eyes and symbols that scratch all too easily. They’ve also gone as far to produce their ‘own’ characters, if only to further to increase their profits on this line. All of these characters are poorly designed and manufactured, and some are simply knock-offs of original ‘80’s favorites (IE, Shine Bright bear = Funshine, Sweet Dreams bear = Bedtime Bear.) The biggest disappointment in Play –along, is their complete lack of concern in caring about their customers. While Kenner made it a point to say ‘we really do care!’ by aiding and assisting with information and/or replacements, play along has never done anything of the sort. Outright ignoring customer’s questions and concerns, as well as never updating their web site with current products or information. Undoubtedly this line of care bears will surely be extinct if Play-along doesn’t make some steps to improve them, and with the introduction of more ‘Kiddie’ like style bears, it’s obvious this isn’t to be the case. |
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Revision as of 07:18, 1 May 2008
Play Along Toys is Florida-based toy company, a wholly owned division of Jakks Pacific.
In 1999, the founders of Play Along chose the Britney Spears Doll line as the first licensing venture with their new company, the choice proving a success and followed by other celebrity dolls including Aaron Carter, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Mandy Moore. In 2001 Play Along partnered with toy design studio Art Asylum for production of the studio's toys. Then, in 2002, Play Along decided to bring back one of the plush doll lines of the 1980s, the Care Bears. This brand, for which Play Along was awarded "License of the Year 2002" by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA).
As the company's toy lines continued to grow, so did the Play Along team, having grown from a staff of five into a company with more than 100 employees, both in the U.S. and Hong Kong, producing toys for multiple brands including the Care Bears, THE DOG, The Lord of the Rings: Armies of Middle-earth, The Cat in the Hat, Teletubbies, Curly Q's, Doodle Bear, Sky Dancers and the Cabbage Patch Kids.
The success of the company and its licenses made it an attractive target for others, with Jakks Pacific buying the privately owned company in 2004, Play Along now run as a division within Jakks.
Products Quality
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Much to the dismay of care bear collectors, old and young alike, Play along has butchered the classic American Greetings characters by changing their symbols, colors, and even in the case of some bears such as funshine bear, changing their sexes. The quality of the toys is something else that’s been under constant scrutiny, while the original Kenner bears had unique and skillfully crafted emblems and features such as different eyes and tongues, the play along bears are plastered with the same cheap fair-bought eyes and symbols that scratch all too easily. They’ve also gone as far to produce their ‘own’ characters, if only to further to increase their profits on this line. All of these characters are poorly designed and manufactured, and some are simply knock-offs of original ‘80’s favorites (IE, Shine Bright bear = Funshine, Sweet Dreams bear = Bedtime Bear.) The biggest disappointment in Play –along, is their complete lack of concern in caring about their customers. While Kenner made it a point to say ‘we really do care!’ by aiding and assisting with information and/or replacements, play along has never done anything of the sort. Outright ignoring customer’s questions and concerns, as well as never updating their web site with current products or information. Undoubtedly this line of care bears will surely be extinct if Play-along doesn’t make some steps to improve them, and with the introduction of more ‘Kiddie’ like style bears, it’s obvious this isn’t to be the case.
Products
Toys
- Britney Spears Doll
- C3
- Care Bears
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Cheetah Girls Dolls
- Hannah Montana Doll
- Hairspray dolls
- Mandy Moore Doll
- Various Celebrity dolls
- The Cat in the Hat
- The Dog
- The Lord of the Rings
- Doodle Bear
- Sky Dancers
- Teletubbies
- Curly Q's
- Extreme Petz