10th anniversary of Bad Taste Bears



Late one night in 1994, Peter Underhill, an illustrator and Graphic Designer from Coventry, was designing a range of cutesy bears to be printed onto little girl's pyjamas. To clear his head after becoming "All cuted out" he drew his first ever Bad Taste Bear, "Hey kiddies! Here's the chainsaw bear!" He enjoyed drawing it so much that he started putting a list together and drawing and painting bears in "interesting" situations as a release for his twisted imagination.


In 1999, the BT Bear Company discovered the range and turned them into collectable figurines. They began with just the first six figurines on sale in the Gadget Shop, UK. Within the first year, the range increased to twelve figurines and in the months that followed, due to an increasing demand, they launched a collectors club to provide a point of contact for the Bad Taste Bear fans.

The rest as they say is history...

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the Bad Taste Bears and so to celebrate they're holding a Medieval Birthday Bash at Warwick Castle on Saturday 25th July 09. This is going to be a very special day for Bad Taste Bears celebrating a landmark occasion, so make sure you're part of our history by joining us at this not-to-be-missed event!

More than 250 people have already booked their place, make sure that you don't miss out - visit www.badtastebears.com/warwick for full details and to order your tickets.