Since I was asked to share a few images of my G.A.G. collection here some items that were flat enough to scan successfully.

STICKLES



All six main characters were available, (you can just make them out, on the card),. AmToy also made Care Bear and (possibly) Popples versions of these.

GET ALONG GANG COMIC.

This ran for 93 weekly issues, most of which had original comic strips and covers by Brit cartoonist Barrie Appleby and contained two or three back up strips, various puzzle/activity pages and readers letters. Many issues came with a free gift taped to the cover, but not, it would seem, this one.



More soon. ^_^

Those Stickles things look neat-o. I've never seen them before.
They would look cute as Strawberry Shortcake dolls, I bet.

They scanned really well, too.

Those stickles are really cute!!!!!!!!

aww-they are soo cute!


did you hear that the GAG is maiking their return as well?



:moose

YES! :party

A little something else for you. Enjoy. ^_^

Very cute!! But why is Woolma left out???

lol oh no! I wonder why too! :huh:

Quote on behalf of Zippercat:

Btw... Thanks for sharing your cool G.A.G. stuff! :moose Very cool!!!!

:moose Stickles? Wow. Those are pretty neat, I've never heard of them. Thanks for sharing some of your collection. Honestly, I didn't know there were so many gag items made!

I should get a pic of the ceramic GAG mug I have. I think it is sooo cute and Woolma is on it too, Joyce! *wink* :D

Wow! That would be great Erin! Woolma is such a cutie!

BTW, Zippercat... I thought of you today when I was at a doll show... I spotted a Dotty mini!!

Your guess is as good as anybody elses.

For those of you who miss her, here is another colouring book cover, this time with Woolma on it. :moose




That link to the new Get Along Gang production art does not seem to be working. :huh: Here is one that does!

Awwww... thanks! I love Woolma on there! I don't know what is going on with the new lamb with the pink hair! Woolma is waaaaay cuter!!!

Someone at American Greetings is a big Foxy Cleopatra fan... ;)

For the new show, the dial marked "Warm and Fuzzy" seems to have been turned down quite a bit, let's hope the one marked "Funny" has been turned up to compensate.

Though I love the old show to bits, it is good to see that the pace is about to be stepped up a little and that the torch will be passed to a new generation instead of being left to flicker and die in the past.

With any luck, there'll be the occasional"tribute", of some sort, to the original characters in the new cartoon, although quite what form it will take is anybody's guess.

Very interesting indeed to see the "new" GaG. I am not sure about the new look yet. I would probably have to see it in action to know for sure. So far, the one that looks the best to me is Dottie. *shrug*
I look forward to seeing more :)
Thanks for the links, Zippercat :wave

i remember the GaG books too!

wasnt GaG a cartoon also? correct me if im wrong..

Yes, Nelvana made a half hour pilot episode "The Adventures Of the Get Along Gang", (also available as a book), and DiC produced 26 10 minute cartoons which were released in 1984. Check out eBay for used videocassettes but beware of bootleg VCD's and DVDs. (No official DVD's have been released, so far, but it can only be a matter of time...:))

Going on the small amount of evidence so far, it looks like American Greetings will be bringing the Gang back pretty much as they were in the 80's, so far as toys and other merchandising goes. There is now a link on AGC's Hollie Hobbie Site which uses the original character designs rather than the new ones, as does all the publicity material so far released. (More on that coming soon..)
:moose

I think I remember watching the cartoons! I don't remember too much from back then... all I really remember is that I have a folder from waaaay back then with GAG on it... and it was pink with everyone in the soda shop. LOL... and the only character's name I really recalled was Woolma! I had to be reminded of the rest...

Here is the Get Along Gang "Promo Slick" which appeared at the licensing industry's annual exhibition in New York last year.





Unfortunately, the original image was much too large for Photobucket to handle, so I had to shrink it a bit. Here's all that teensy weensy writing, reformatted in Super Enlarge-O-Scope [TM], for your comfort and convenience. :

Brief History:
The Get Along Gang was created by American Greetings, the creator of the most important character properties of the1980's. The Get Along Gang was first introduced in a television special which debuted in the spring of 1984 and, as a result of its success, was given a coveted Saturday morning cartoon slot on CBS for the next 2 years.
With 28 licensees and a full range of product, the Get Along Gang became a top selling property in publishing and other key categories, generating over $40 million in its first year. As a matter of fact Scholastic, the publishing licensee, sold over 1.5 million books...their most successful character program ever as of 1984!

Bright Future:
Why the time is right for the resurgence of the Get Along Gang
Timeless, value based properties are perfect "comfort culture" in our present uncertain times
The Get Along Gang's message of tolerance and cooperation has high appeal for todays teens
A group of unique characters provide opportunuties for distinctive graphics and on-trend slogans
Ready availability of a library of art including comic art, and a new style guide
Retro properties are a hot trend
Get Along Gang collector traffic is huge on the internet. It recently reached 1.3 million hits and is still growing.

The Partnership:
The Joester Loria Group and American Greetings, the team that produced the first and biggest of the 1980's retro property relaunches, The Care Bears. Joester Loria brings its brand building expertise and exceptional brand building capabilities to the Get Along Gang program, while American Greetings provides world-class creative support for the property.
Licensing opportunities include: Apparel, footwear, room decor, home textiles, fasion accessories, eyewear, cosmetics & toys.

I remember the cartoon too, but was bigger into Shirt-Tales. But, I can't even remember much about that show! Boy are these little critters cute and I may have to buy a few of the toys when they are released. I need to go read the character bios on the site using Zippercat's link. :D

Here is a "work in progress" shot of of the new G.A.G. cartoon.



More info has also come to light about the studio in charge, which turns out to be RichCrest Animation in Burbank, California who are handling pre and post production duties, while most of the actual animation was/will be done at their parent company in Mumbai, India. (Click on "in the pipeline" then "American Greetings". For a closer look, right click the screen, select "Zoom In" then left click and drag the image into view, if necessary.)

A release date has not yet been confirmed but one source tentatively mentioned "Fall 2005", last August.

Oh hey! I like that!!! I think they did a good job with the setting... it is very reminiscent of the old G.A.G soda shop! Is it going to be 3D animated like that? LOL... now I'm think how cute of a playset that would make!!!

Yes, it will be.

This is certainly going to look good, even if it turns out to have flaws in other areas. Some people have a huge problem with CGI 'toons, but there's no earthly reason why the Get Along Gang , new style or original, should stay flat!

These are from the little pamphlet/flyer that came with Tomy's plush dolls and other items. (Apologies if this takes a while to load.)

Thanks for the pics!!!! I love looking at the info! I didn't realize that Portia was a Porcupine! LOL

Our contact at American Greetings has been in touch again. He sent us a showreel of sorts for the new Get Along Gang pilot episodes which adds a few more pieces to a still unfinished puzzle.

Get ready to meet-

Mogo


Mayfield


Hatch


Domino


and Regan



What can they all be looking at?


(Probably the picture of those strange looking characters on the opposite wall...)

Awwww... cute! I like most of them, except Mayfield! Her hair looks odd... like a receding hairline with a big poof at the end. The others look good though!

Mmm, there does seem to be something not of this earth about her...

The only character I had any sort of problem with was Mogo but the final render is a big improvement on the initial preview art. In fact all of them have been considerably softened down and made more appealing generally, e.g. those eyes no longer have that strange dead look about them, (Look at the pic of Hatch in Munk's Cafe to see what I mean.), the lights are on now and there's definitely someone at home. ;)

The clincher for me was something that you may have noticed behind Regan in the top right hand corner. YES!- it's them, they're part of the mix too! It wasn't obvious at first, but going through the movie frame by frame revealed the glorious truth. :party

AGC could so have gone and done a "Strawberry Shortcake" on us and made "unpersons" of the original Gang but praise be, they haven't. Just how much involvement they have in this is still under wraps. If it's just that piccie, I'll be happy. If on the other hand, there's rather more going on in that little scrap of paper than meets the eye... :wub:

hey, I just noticed this post....
I love all your GAG pictures! Great stuff!! I like Portia! She's so cute!

I like the setting for the new GAG, but I like the way the old characters look better! I think they're cuter the way they were.

BTW zippercat, I love the little GAG group picture on your signature! that's so cute!

More vidcaps...

INCOMING!


Another happy landing.


"The snack you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite!"


A breath of fresh air.


"Cat-O-Dent, for sparkling pearly whites! (Now in new anchovy and caviar flavour!)"


See that glow...


Oooh la la! Who can this be?





OK lads, you can put your tongues back in now...

cute!! it looks like a video game! I'd love a game like this for my gamecube! :P

If the G.A.G. relaunch does very well indeed, there might just be a stonking video game to be made from either the new characters or the old and their particular "universes". (Perhaps even both!)

This has "Nintendo" written into it at the genetic level, though I'd support any platform that supported a Get Along Gang Gang game worthy of the title. If any such thing appears on the Gamecube, it's likely to be very late in the day but that's usually when all the really good games turn up, as developers learn how to exploit the hardware's abilities.

It was certainly true of the N64, compare "Mario 64" with "Conker's Bad Fur Day" or "Banjo Kazooie" and you'd be forgiven for thinking that they were made for different platforms entirely. "Goldeneye" was excellent but was easily topped by "Perfect Dark" 3 years later. Speaking of which, look again at "M6", (the hologram lady), is it just me or does she look kind of familiar?

It should be an interesting go around, but I'm not exactly too sure what to make of the character designs. Personally, I think the original gang members were cuter.

That's an affirmative but what they lack in the "cute n' cuddly" department they might well make up for with a strange and wonderful appeal of their own. It bears repeating that despite appearances, these little scamps are not the mangled remains of the originals but a set of new additions to the GAG family tree.

Hopefully, the urban stylee Gang will spark renewed interest in the Original which IMO is far from a spent force.

Already, one fansite in particular ,that was just about ticking over has seen a surge of new activity... :D

Earlier this year Jerry Leigh Entertainment Aparrel produced three retro style G.A.G. tee shirts, one of which you can see below. (eBay photo)






Here's a closer look.



The other designs were:

Bingo "Bet it All" Beaver, running.
(slogan-"Player")

Dotty Dog, doing ribbon gymnastics.
(Slogan-"Twisted")

AFAIK the above have only ever been available on eBay.

Has anyone here seen them and the three others, made by Junk Food in 2004, elsewhere? i.e. Hot Topic, Claire's Accessories etc. (The actual stores, not just online.) H.T. did have the Junk Food shirts on their website, but not any longer.

I haven't seen them in H.T., but I will keep an eye out for them. ;)

I haven't seen any of those. I think there is something "wrong" with our Hot Topic. I never see 80s character stuff in there!

Just adding to this that I found the teaser video here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1316348918

I put that up a while back. This is the movie sent to us by American Greetings in 2005. Some pre-production art for the same show can be seen here, (centre right column) along with some of the artist's other work.

Project Get Along's current status could best be described as "in limbo", judging by the apparent amount of activity surrounding it. AG has hinted that the G.A.G. may still have a future and a trademark search seems to support this, though it could well be very different from the one we were expecting.