| The Hugga Bunch | |
|---|---|
| Type | Action figures |
| Company | Kenner |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | 1985– |
The Hugga Bunch was a 1980s toy line from the Kenner company and Hallmark Cards.
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Starting in early 1985, the Kenner company and Hallmark Cards[1][2] manufactured the Hugga Bunch dolls, each of which held a smaller doll called a "huglet" in their arms.[3] During that year, the line generated over US$40 million in sales.[4]
The title characters in the franchise lived in a place called "Huggaland" and loved being hugged.
| The Hugga Bunch | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gus Jekel |
| Written by | David Swift |
| Budget | US$1.4 million[5] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release date | 1985 |
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.[5] Along with a making-of special, it was released on VHS, Laserdisc, and Beta by Vestron Video's Children's Video Library.[6] 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.