Review on Care Bears Colorforms Play Set: The Classic Picture Toy That Brings Magic To Your Child'S Playtime (Cover Artwork Subject To Change) Perfect For Ages 3+ by Greg Hammett

The pieces of all three Care Bears Coloforms sets currently available are the same size, so the bears and accessories are swappable among the three sets (although the Classic version has a different style, so they don’t match exactly). This set can be combined with the travel set to expand your options of bears, accessories, and backgrounds. Some of the bear shapes in the travel set are exactly the same pose as bears from the contemporary full set, but they're different bears in the same pose, so it's ok. There are also some same-pose/different-bear occurrences within the full set, but not the travel set.One detail to note is that if you're a Wish Bear fan, you'll probably want to get this full-size set instead of or in addition to the travel set. The travel set has no Wish Bear.If you, however, are a fan of Heartsong Bear, Sweet Dreams Bear, and Harmony Bear, you may want to get the travel set. The travel set includes Heartsong and Sweet Dreams; the full set doesn't. The full set does include Harmony Bear, but only the flower-tummy version. The travel set includes both the flower-tummy Harmony Bear and the alternate three-heart-tummy version.This full-size set comes with two backgrounds. One is the standard Coloforms-style background of a raised cardboard piece inserted into the bottom half of the box. The second background is printed on the inside of the box top. The pieces don't stick well to the box-top background, but they stay in place well enough if you keep the board flat. If you're using this full-size set as a travel toy, both backgrounds should still work somewhat since the box-top background has the edge all around that should keep pieces from falling to the floor as they slide around.I recommend getting both this set and the travel set if you want the most options of bears, accessories, and backgrounds.I’ve included photos of the bears from both this set and the travel set, organized by pose and then by bear, so you can see which bears have duplicate poses and also can see all versions of each bear.