THE CARE BEARS coming back to TV in 2012 and stores in 2013

The Care Bears are headed back to TV in a new CGI-animated series being produced by American Greetings Properties in honor of the characters' 30th anniversary in 2012. They are also planning on creating a new toy line for release in 2013, Variety reports.

The original characters were created in 1982 by American Greetings as greeting-cards, which then morphed into the highly popular toy line and numerous TV specials. The Care Bears Movie grossed more than $22 million at the U.S. box office. The toy line was relaunched in 2002, and has generated more than $2.6 billion in global sales.

Here is what a respresentative from American Greetings had to say:

"The Care Bears are not just a piece of '80s pop culture, but enduring and still-beloved properties whose messages of caring and sharing are as relevant today as they were when the property was first introduced. By producing a new television series, we are excited to help moms who grew up with the Care Bears share them with their own children."

I am not proud to admit that I have seen the TV shows and even watched the movie. I have a younger sister that was obsessed wth them and had a ton of them. With the amount of money being made by these toys I can see why is happeneing. What are your thoughts?