WereBear - Citizendia

WereBears were plush stuffed toy bears, created by George Nicholas Creations in 1983. This article is about playthings For other uses of the term see Toy (disambiguation. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Their heads and paws were reversible, allowing them to change from "nice" to "nasty", much the same as a werewolf. See also Lycanthropy (disambiguation Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythological or folkloric humans with the ability to They were based on a weekly comic strip published by Clearmark Productions in New Malden. New Malden is a town and shopping centre in the south-western London suburbs mostly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and partly in the London

Originally there were four bears named Fang, Grizzler, Howler, and Gums. A fifth bear called Growler was created later, and he featured a voice-box that would produce a howling noise if the button was pressed. A set of smaller, non-changing, bears were also produced. In 1986 a second set of toys called the TerrorTeds were created to complement the original WereBears.

Each WereBear also came with a story cassette that was narrated by Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss fame. The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a Magnetic tape sound Oliver Postgate (born 1925 in Hendon, Middlesex, England) is an English Animator, Puppeteer and Writer. Bagpuss is a popular 1974 UK Children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms

Hornby manufactured the toys under license in Korea until the late 1980s, when they were discontinued. Hornby Railways is the leading brand of Model railway in the United Kingdom. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. They have since become increasingly rare and collectable.

At the height of their popularity, Universal Pictures were in discussions with the creators to make a film of the bears. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American

Werebear also refers to someone who has been bitten by a bear which some times results in the person becoming infected and turning into a werebear. Similar to werewolves individuals with werebear take on the characteristics of bears.