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Everybody Loves Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Our favorite bear of all lives deep within the woods and that dear friend is, Winnie-the-Pooh. One of the most beloved characters of Disney is a teddy bear named Winnie-the Pooh. The birthday of Winnie-the-Pooh is sometimes in question. Some argue that Winnie’s birthday is 1921. That’s the year the author of these popular children books, A.A. Milne, made sure a bear was given to his little boy, Christopher Robin, for his first birthday. Because of those facts Pooh was 91 years old in 2012.

Others argue that Pooh was not born until 1925, which was the year he started being called Winnie Pooh, not Edward Bear.” That would put Winnie at 87 years old. A.A. The argument was settled by Milne when he wrote about the birthday in a conversation Pooh and Christopher Robin have.

In this conversation Christopher Robin asks Pooh bear to remember him forever, even if he lives to be a hundred years old. Pooh happily agrees, but is still curious to know how old that would make him. That is when Christopher Robin explains to Pooh he would then be 99 years old. Sadly, Christopher Robin died at 75 years old, but nevertheless Pooh kept his promise and never forgot him. It’s true, pooh is now 90 years old and he and Christopher Robin will remain in the hearts of Winnie the Pooh fans for evermore!

The Start of Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie was actually named after a couple of animals liked by the Milne family. There was a bear in the London Zoo named Winnie and a swan names pooh who like at the lake near their home. It’s not clear why Christopher Robin changed the name of his bear from Edward Bear to Winnie-Pooh.

It all began when Alan Milne would tell Christopher Robin a bedtime story about his Pooh bear. When Alan was asked by a publisher of London Evening News for a Christmas Eve story, Alan’s wife, Daphne, told him as well to write a new bedtime story about Winnie-Pooh. The story was so popular it became the first chapter of the book, “Winnie-the-Pooh.”

There was another book called “When We Were Young” and it introduced all the neighbors of Pooh bear: Eeyore, the sad donkey, Piglet, the very timid, stuttering baby pig, Kanga, The sweet and lovable kangaroo mom and Roo, her son. Tigger, Rabbit and Owl were later created by Milne because they were not a part of Christopher Robin’s nursery. The world loved the idea of the teddy bear and his friends and over 150,000 copies were sold in the US alone by the end of 1926.

“Now We Are Six” was published in 1927 and sold 94,000 copies in England in the first two months of its release. Finally the last book, in 1928, added Tigger to the group of friends, and was called “The House at Pooh Corner”.

The Reasons People Love Winnie-the-Pooh

The friendship of Winnie-the-Pooh is limitless as he does anything to help those he cares about. He is always seen on his way to melancholy Eeyore’s house or one of his other friends to help them out of a dilemma. His wit may not always be the best, but the way he cares always gets him through. The object lessons learned from Pooh will continue from now on, just as they have the past 90 years.

To discover more about Winnie the Pooh and everything else to do with adorable teddy bears and more, be sure to check out Teddy Bears Paradise at www.iloveyouletsmeet.com

And here is one of my favorite Pooh videos, featuring Owl, who is probably my favorite Pooh character..

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Doctor Who Toys – In Time At Xmas

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

There are Doctor Who toys and collectibles merchandise on the market almost so long as there are adventures for The Doctor. Over the yearsthere are some really classic memorable Doctor Who toys and merchandise, such as the famous 1960s Dalek costumes for youngsters, and some that haven’t been so great (the Dapol figures could return to mind). Thankfully, with the sustained massive popularity of Doctor Who toys, merchandise and DVDs, the franchise looks well set to be on the market for a fantastic long period yet.

Well this is great. I’ve personally appreciated Doctor Who for around 20 years, and was thrilled when it returned to our television screens back in 2005. Sure, there are some less than stellar episodes since it returned, however these are fortunately few. Christopher Eccleston’s 9th Doctor brought the television series back in style, however it was the appearance of David Tennant’s tenth Doctor that really saw the series begin as a global event.

It is bigger at this point than it ever was throughout the first 1963-1989 run, and since it came back it’s brought together some of the finest talent the British Small screen and movie business has to offer, both in front of and behind the camera. The series of Doctor Who toys at this point on the market is large and wide and splendidly thrilling for fans young and previous, who have a massive alternative of games, toys, posters, statues and more to add to their Doctor Who collection.

And, at this point that the time of the eleventh Doctor is ready to start, ushering in Matt Smith in the lead role as our heroic Time Lord, everything can alter and a whole novel series of Doctor Who merchandise can be unveiled, with the new logo, the new version of the Doctor, his new companion, the new version of the TARDIS and a new rogue’s gallery of villains and monsters!

The return of Doctor Who took previous fans by surprise, however it was the sheer extent of its popularity that has surprised everyone even more. At the moment there are Doctor Who toys, merchandise and collectibles on the market at all great stores and on all of the top sites on the web, and therefore the series can carry on growing and changing. Simply just like the Doctor , Doctor Who toys and merchandise keeps on coming back!

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Batman Merchandise For Fans Of the Dark Knight At Christmas

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Batman has limitless devotees all over the world, and as Christmas is hurtling towards us speedier than the Batmobile, the time is now right to contemplate what to get in the way of presents for the Batman devotees in your life. Due to the cross-generation appeal of the Caped Crusader, there are various goods and collectables around around for devotees both young and old.

For devotees of the renowned Batman comic books there’s a huge number of graphic novels and special edition Batman books around to check out and collect, and for devotees of the animated cartoon of Batman there are some amazing Batman action figures around. For devotees preferring the movies, like recent runaway success The Dark Knight, there are action figures however additionally there are statues and every manner of upper quality collectables to fill every fan’s Batcave.

For the Batman fan who already has all of the DVDs and books, how about Batman Lego toys? There are some amazing play sets and kits around that everybody will enjoy. In an exceedingly similar vein, how about the Batman Lego video game? The alternatives are endless. Sadly, as some of the most desired goods and collectables are now not being produced, the prices of this stuff will become extremely high, however there are still a amazing amount of goods, games and alternative items based mostly on the Batman character out there for every budget.

Now when choosing a Batman gift for a devoted fan, then, it would be best to attempt to find things that match in with their specific interest with the character. Thus, make sure you’re aware if they like the movies, the video games, the comics, the television shows or whatever. This is often right down to the actual fact that the look of the characters, and also the tales, change from assortment to assortment and medium to medium.

Hardback books or special edition DVDs are perfect for older devotees, and goods and action figures might well match higher for the younger devotees. Check out the varied official Batman Goods around on-line, and look how many Batman adventures the devotees you know will have on their own!

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