The team will continue with more construction fun as it expands in 2010 with new faces being added.

Marty Mixer is joining Joey JCB and friends as the joker of the pack who loves to mix things up! Also new is Tommy Truck who is the coolest member of the team as he can carry his digger friends -”Its time to hit the road”. Both characters have their own unique phrases, sounds and movments.

 JCB fans can have real digger fun with the Sit n Ride Talking Elvis Excavator. With 10 fun phrases, horn, engine sounds and lever scoop, children can re-enact Elvis Excavator’s scooping and digging – “no job is too small”

The famous characters have also been transformed into a new wooden range, with various puzzles and Digger Dominoes featuring one or more of the team.

Bathtimes are now set to be more fun with the My 1st JCB Squirters!

The new Timmy Time wooden range has been introduced into the Golden Bear collection and captures the cute and endearing aspects of Aardman’s Timmy Time.

 The spring of 2010 sees the launch of the Learning Frame, teachning children the alphabet and numbers with the characters from the show. The brightly coloured Wooden Dominoes will also be available in spring.

 The Teaching Clock will be introduced for Autumn / Winter 2010 – children can learn to tell the time with Timmy and Friends, by inserting a different disk simply move the hands to match the time.

Children can grow with Timmy and friends with the Height Chart, just mark your height and watch yourself grow!

Watch this space for the arrival of Ben, Holly and friends in the Autumn of 2010………..

The My 1st Talking JCB range from Golden Bear has been awarded a Gold Award by  Practical pre-school. The Practical Pre-School Awards identify and reward excellence in educational equipment, childcare, books and toys. All products reviewed are suitable for children from birth to eight years old for use in professional childcare and educational settings. These include: private and state nurseries, pre-schools, playgroups, childminding settings, infant schools and after-school clubs.  Click here to find out more….

Children and their carers tested each product in at least two separate settings. This is what the testers said:

” They are absolutely brilliant! Robust, Colourful, moveable, portable durable and a definite favourite with all of the children. Their suitability for indoor and outdoor us makes the versatility of these toys even more apparent. Children played with them daily, finding them to be completely engaging and stimulating pieces. This lovely set of My 1st Talking JCB Toys, is large enough for small hands to enjoy. The children loved the different characters, and quickly learnt to repeat the words they say. A fabulous set which are cross curricular”.

Thank you Practical Pre-school magazine for such a fantastic award!

Charlie and Lola is a firm favourite at Golden Bear, we think they are just wonderful!

Our extremely talented design and development team have produced an irresistible range of toys that bring Charlie and Lola to life in your own home. Each toy has captured the innocent personalities of siblings Charlie and Lola and portrays the humour, fun and imagination that have made the Charlie and Lola TV series so popular.

It’s not just the Golden Bear team who love Charlie and Lola, in the first week of sales our customers had a roaring success, with sales far exceeding their expectations and a top 10 toy sales rank on Amazon.co.uk. ToyTalk awarded Giggling Charlie and Lola Poseable Talking Dolls their “Top Toy”, to read their review please visit the ToyTalk website.

New Charlie and Lola Range:

Giggling Poseable Charlie and Lola

Charlie and Lola Felts

Giggling Charlie and Lola Soft Toys

To see the rest of our Charlie and Lola range and find out where to buy Charlie and Lola toys please vist the Golden Bear website.

If you want to catch the next episode of Charlie and Lola visit the BBC website for the latest TV lisitings.

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Shaun the Sheep is an exciting new TV show by Aardman Animations Limited. The show follows the exciting and amusing adventures encountered daily by Shaun the Sheep and the colourful farm residents.

Golden Bear’s product developement team have spent many an hour watching every episode of Shaun the Sheep, purely for research purposes!! The result is a fanatastic range of woolly toys that capture Shaun’s mischevious peronality and the silent humour of the show.

Our Shaun the Sheep toy range:

Nodding Shaun

Dancing Shaun

Shaun the Sheep Shoulder Bag

To see the rest of our Shaun the Sheep Toy range and to find out where to buy Shaun the Sheep toys please vist the Golden Bear website.

If you want to catch the next episode of Shaun the Sheep visit the BBC website for the latest TV lisitings.

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