Release and Reception
The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine aired on over 100 U.S. TV stations in April 1984, and was sponsored by the Kenner company. That same year, it won an award for Best Children's Program at the 13th National ACTRA Awards. A tie-in book based on the special (ISBN 0-910313-15-6) was written by Arthur S. Rosenblatt, illustrated by Joe Ewers and published by Parker Brothers as a part of the Tales from the Care Bears series.
The special was released on VHS and Beta by Family Home Entertainment in May 1985. This, and The Land Without Feelings, were among the ten best-selling children's videos on the U.S. market in 1985. It was released for the first time on DVD, as a special feature, on MGM Home Enteratainment's 2007 re-issue of The Care Bears Movie. The print featured on the disc is the syndicated edit (which aired on the Disney Channel and Toon Disney), not the original broadcast version.
In 1987, Don R. Le Duc referred to Freeze Machine as a "shallow merchandising marvel".
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