The Hugga Bunch
| Type | Action figures |
|---|---|
| Company | Kenner |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | 1985– |
| The Hugga Bunch | |
|---|---|
| Written by | David Swift |
| Directed by | Gus Jekel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Budget | US$1.4 million |
| Release | |
| Original release | 1985 |
The Hugga Bunch was a 1980s toy line from the Kenner, Parker Brothers companies and Hallmark Cards.
Starting in early 1985, the Kenner company and Hallmark Cards manufactured the Hugga Bunch dolls, each of which held a smaller doll called a "huglet" in their arms. During that year, the line generated over US$40 million in sales.
The title characters in the franchise lived in a place called "Huggaland".
The toys inspired The Hugga Bunch, a 1985 television film produced by Filmfair Communications.
Written by David Swift and directed by Gus Jekel, it earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects. Produced for US$1.4 million, it was the most expensive TV special ever produced at the time. Along with a making-of special, it was released on VHS, LaserDisc and Beta by Vestron Video's Children's Video Library. Whether it will be released on DVD and/or Blu-ray remains to be seen.
In the film, a girl travels through her mirror into HuggaLand to find a way to keep her grandmother—the only one who knows how to hug—young.
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