STUIE

Arrival Date: 11/17/17

Size: 15"

Year: 2016

Edition Size: 2000

Designer: Heather Lyell

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $61.95 on Today's Special (Retail $82.95)

Thoughts: Stuie has been pretty high on my want list probably for about a year. I wasn't in a hurry to get him, because even though I wanted him, BAMS had several in stock. Well, I happened across him on Today's Special last week and had enough money to cover the purchase, so he finally came home. Stuie's part of a small family of four Lyell bears. His bunny counterpart with the same black and white feathery fur is Bryony, who I've had since she came out. She has a white face instead of Stuie's black. Then there are Hinckley (bear) and Herbs (bunny) as the other pair. Herbs is white with hints of black and a black face, while Hinckley is a more even mix of black and white fur with a black face. Hinckley's moved into the most wanted spot that Stuie vacated. These animals are skinnier than a lot of the other CBs and not quite as cuddly, because at least with Stuie and Bryony, the fur is a bit bristly. I love them both though and I hope to add Hinckley soonish. 

SCRABBLE (Rehomed)

Arrival Date: 11/10/17 (Rehomed 4/2023)

Size: 20"

Year: 2017

Edition Size: 1450

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Features: Plumo

Purchased From: Beacon's Glow

Cost: $119.95

Thoughts: Scrabble was the only one of the curly-furred bears to make my original pre-order list, although I obviously grabbed Curly when he came out before her. I also have the third one, Bampa, on pre-order now. Scrabble is the biggest of the three at 20" and the only Plumo (part mohair). She has the curly fur on her torso and head, a plumo face and ears, and regular plush arms and legs. She's really soft everywhere and I love her colors. I had a hard time picking one, because my usual stockist only got 3 in and the one cute one was taken by someone else, so I switched to a different stockist and got my choice of 6 bears. There was one that was absolutely perfect, but he was decidedly male and I always thought of Scrabble as female. This one looks like a pretty, if somewhat somber, girl, so she came home to me. She's gorgeous in person.