industry toys baby & pre school products founded 1979 headquarters hqs in united kingdom products n a revenue n a number of employees n a website http www.goldenbeartoys.com golden bear products ltd. was formed in 1979 by john hales and christine nicholls . golden bear operates from its headquarters in telford shropshire and opened an office in hong kong in 2001 . products edit the company has sold a broad range of branded products including thomas and friends my 1st jcb charlie and lola pingu noddy peppa pig brum bob the builder cars dora the explorer hana s helpline and ben and holly s little kingdom sooty teletubbies . my first thomas & friends is a range of chunky plastic toys . the range started in c. 1994 and was advertised for young infants who enjoyed the series . the models were safe for younger fans to play with and included most of the major and minor characters from the tv series . the company also acquired the rights to sell the london 2012 olympic and paralympic mascots wenlock and mandeville . in 2012 the company also launched a range of pre school vehicles under the brand name go mini which was officially licensed by bmw mini . they also launched a range of something special toys featuring the popular bbc character mr tumble . buying direct from golden bear edit in 2008 golden bear launched a website www.goldenbeartoys.com where consumers can buy directly from golden bear online . this website features the whole catalogue plus special offers competitions and activities . external links edit golden bear toys corporate website golden bear advert videos on youtube official golden bear toys blog this article about a toy company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golden bear toys & oldid 731958888 categories toy companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in shropshirecompanies established in 1979toy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 july 2016 at 17 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view