Thrift store find- can any international members help?

[johnnystorm]

Found this today at the Salvation Army- it's from BERCHET in France, but I don't know anything else about it. The car & trailer are about 12" long, the figures (hedgehog? bear?) are 8" tall with rubber heads/hands. Clothing is really well-made. It's missing a few pots & pans I think and one of the car headlights is gone.
I guess it's from a French cartoon series. Nothing on Ebay, found a few pieces on ebay.fr, but not these. No dates on it. loose pieces, no boxes.

Anybody familar with this line? Ideas on it's worth?

[pmwasson]

That's pretty cool looking!

[4NDR01D]

The title of the show is "les copains de la foret" which I believe is "Friends of the Forrest".

[libby 1957dog]

here you go Wikimedia Error i remember my niece wanting these and only these for xmas sometime in the late 1980s ,my sister bought them all and we paid her for the ones we gave her ,nice and easy

[Werewolf]

Those are not Calico Critters or Sylvanian Families.

As far as I can figure out they are from this cartoon:

Forest Friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsaGnqMKotY

Berchet Forest Friends Squirrel

[johnnystorm]

Thanks, Werewolf, that's what they are!

[Gorn Captain]

Nothing say forest like a bear in a dress...

[PNGwynne]

The Hedgehog is adorable!