Beasty Bears

Werebears had been a successful toyline in the UK during the 1980s and moving into the 90s so Hasbro Toys in the USA decided to sub license the concept and re-brand it Beasty Bears for the American market.
The Beast Bears had slightly more simplified designs compared to the UK counterparts that all had unique features from each other. One Werebear had just one fang, one had no teeth and another wore a jumper. The Beasty Bears however all shared the same basic design, the only difference between them being the color scheme. All but one reused the names from the Werebears. Howler, Grizzler and Fang. Gums as a name would not make sense for a bear that still had all it's fangs so instead the final Beasty Bear was called Snarly.

After the success of the initial wave of Werebears, a group of enemies were released for the Werebears to battle. These Terror Teds did not share the ability to transform from normal teddy to werebear but were instead very unique looking monster teddy bears. Named Grunt, Snapper, Munch and Chomp, the story goes that they were created by a wicked witch to get revenge on the Werebears and their creator, Baron Egon Baconburger.
The Terror Teds are very hard to find now and rarely turn up on ebay.

 

 Interestingly, Munch seems to have two variants. One that featured in photographs in the comics and promotional material which had an open mouth and arms lower down the body. However the released version had a closed mouth and arms further up the body coming out of the side of Munch’s head.