Baby Einstein Puppets: Bard/Drizzle The Dragon

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### Manufacturer

Legends & Lore (Baby Mozart, Baby Shakespeare, Baby Santa's Music Box, Baby's First Sounds, World Of Words, and World Of Rhythm)Images In Motion Media (World Music and World Of Colours (2009))

### First Appearance

Baby Mozart (Legends & Lore)World Music (Images In Motion Media)

### Last Appearance

World Of Rhythm (Legends & Lore)World Of Colours (2009) (Images In Motion Media)

## Order

### Previous Toy

Corona Kinetic (1998-2003)Wain Motion Mobile (2004-2008)

Lava Lamp (Purple Variant) (2010-2012)

### Next Toy

Country Train 1

The Baby Einstein puppets are the stars of Baby Einstein, appearing in almost every video. One of these puppets is Bard The Dragon, the first and most popular character to appear in the franchise.

## History

In the late 1990s, puppet company Legends & Lore made a dragon puppet named Drizzle Dragon. Drizzle is a green dragon with yellow scales and antennas with the addition of a red lizard-like tongue.

In 1998, I Think I Can Productions created Baby Mozart, the second video in the franchise. After the Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330, 1st Movement music video, Drizzle appeared. After the most famous puppet in the franchise made his debut, a music video with Fruits was shown, and after that, Drizzle was back, showing off his signature "Blah!" before the Concerto For Flute And Harp In C Major, K. 299, 1st Movement music video, which made him so famous and he also appeared during the Closing Credits.

In the following year 1999, I Think I Can Productions made Baby Shakespeare, and they decided to bring drizzle back, as well as make him the main character. This time, he was renamed "Bard", because William Shakespeare was known as "The Bard", and since then, Bard's name has remained the same.

When the new millennium came along, Bard re-appeared in Baby Santa's Music Box in 2000, riding a Wooden Christmas Rocking Horse in the Deck The Halls scene, as well as appearing in the Nutcracker Suite, Trepak scene.

When Baby Shakespeare was re-released in 2004, the only scene with Bard featured in the scene that was redone is the Flower puppet Show.

Bard re-appeared in Baby's First Sounds in 2008, except this time, he was mistaken for a snake.

When 2009 came along, The Baby Einstein Company made World Music. In that video, Bard was re-modelled by Images In Motion Media. The green felt became lighter, the antennae were remodeled and repositions to make them less floppy, and the eyelids were bigger, which sort of gives the design a terrifying feel to it. Bard appeared in the Europe segment, as well as his own puppet show, acting like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a character who originated in a European fairy tale.

The Images In Motion Media version of Bard was originally going to appear in the 2009 video World Of Colours, but unfortunately, it was cancelled.

Bard was featured in the 2010 World Of Words Discovery Kit, but with some reused and new footage like playing with Focus Pocus scenes.

However, in 2011, he made one more appearance in the World Of Rhythm Discovery Kit, this time with new footage.

## Where can you buy it?

The Legends & Lore/Pre-Disney variant Can be found on EBay and other online websites and Little Genius variant can be found on DMP Creative's website, but the Images In Motion Media model is extremely rare.