In an effort to improve on my writing I have decided to sign up for Encyclopedia of me which started over at Bella Dia (and which I found out about by reading Laura`s blog here...)… I have noticed though that participating in this has not improved my writing at all and I am way behind really because I should be trying to do at least one a week- oh well, hopefully I will try to get it done by the end of the year!!!
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R is for Rainbow Bright or Rainbow Brite…
Rainbow Brite was a animated cartoon that was around when I was little. And on my first Christmas, at 10 months old, I was given a Rainbow Brite green Colour Kid stuffed toy from my Godfather. I loved this toy with all my heart and it was originally named “Rainbow” but was quickly shortened to just “Bow”. I am not sure I ever saw the show when I was younger or not but doing a You Tube search brought up some fun watching!
“Bow” went everywhere with me, and I mean everywhere. I am pretty sure in year one mum let me still take him to school as long as I left him in my backpack. Soon after receiving “Bow”, who as previously mentioned was green, my dad went out and bought me two more stuffed toys exactly the same but in a yellow and in blue. See the squashed green one in the photo below? That was what “bow” originally looked like. The yellow/blue colour kids in the photo is what the two my father bought me still look like. They are in a box somewhere and from doing a bit of research online trying to find pictures I now know I could sell them on ebay and make a bit of money! hehe!
And well, here is a photo of “Bow” now -taken 10 minutes ago
As you can see “Bow” is not quite in the same condition he was when I got him. It turns out, despite my dad buying me two brand new Rainbow Brite Colour kids after I received “bow” it turns out that I didn`t want to have anything to do with them and it was “Bow” alone that received my attention.
As time went on he got rattier and rattier. At about age 2 I ate his nose. Before that he had a tag on is back which I would swirl around to fall asleep until one day while watching flying doctors when I was about four, it promptly fell out which was more than a little distressing. So I switched to the star shaped ears…which are definitely no longer star shaped.
Most children growing up have a favourite stuffed toy to sleep with or a blankie of some kind. For me, I had “Bow”. We had tea parties together, we played in the sandpit together and we always slept together.
What was your favourite toy growing up? What did you sleep with?
Tomorrow I am thinking of going through all the boxes in my Dad`s spare room which might contain the other two Rainbow Brite Colour Kids I talked about- perhaps I should take one back to Japan to give to our kids one day when we have them!!! I will also have to track down a Rainbow Brite DVD I think!
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
OMG I was a total Rainbow Brite fan when I was a kid. My fiance actually bought me a Rainbow Brite DVD with 10 episodes on it last year! Love that 80s kids all love the same crazy 80s stuff! (Altho, I enjoyed a few more years of the 80s than you did…)
I have a monkey soft toy that I got when I was about 4 years old. His name is Monkey (creative, I know.) and he went EVERYWHERE with me. My sister and two cousins got the 3 others animals in the set (a hippo, tiger and a panda) but I’m the only one who still has theirs. I have him on my bed even now and Monkey has been to Japan 6 times,and Australia 2 times with me!! He’s still in quite good condition so hopefully I can pass him on to my kids someday.
We had them!!
My brother had Red Butler and I had Patty O’Green, but until I clicked the Wiki link I thought her name was ‘Patio Green’! Heh heh
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Oh wow! I haven’t thought of Teddy for years! He was a bear that you could Take Off His Fur and put pj’s on him.
Skin the freaking thing.
No wonder I am screwed up.
I totally remember Rainbow Brite too!
I had a plush Rainbow Bright horse. It came with a doll that I pretty much never played with. I loved that little white horse to death.
Oh my gosh! I had the exact same green “bow” as you!! Still got mine too! I loved my Rainbow Brite doll too and my pink baby-hugs carebear too. Oh and a cabbage patch kid that I got from my Grandma was pretty popular too.
i lovvvvve rainbow brite =[ im sick and have been youtubing episodes all day. i want a stuffed animal SO bad. but i guess ill just have to deal with the ugly doll i have right now. and yes, it is actually called an ‘ugly doll’. i love it with all my heart. but im pretty sure if i ever got a sprite i would love that 3490673490687348907623894572357238957348976893476890346 times more. sry ugly doll.