RAINDROP (Rehomed)

Arrival Date: 5/29/18

Size: 7"

Year: 2018 Minimo Collection

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #402.)

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $111.95

Thoughts: Peashoot and Raindrop are my first ever fully mohair bears. Technically, Botticelli is, since I ordered him last year, but I'm still paying him off, so these two are the first to actually arrive. Raindrop was a later add-on to my pre-order list, but I'm glad I got him. He contrasts nicely with Peashoot. And he looks like a Raindrop. A little dark and melancholy. The mohair feels nice, but it's not something I'd ever pick over plush. Plush are cuddly. Based on this and my experience with plumo bears, mohair really isn't. I need to pick up little display boxes for these two now. They're adorable and tiny.

PEASHOOT

Arrival Date: 5/29/18

Size: 7"

Year: 2018 Minimo Collection

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #309.)

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $111.95

Thoughts: Peashoot and Raindrop are my first ever fully mohair bears. Technically, Botticelli is, since I ordered him last year, but I'm still paying him off, so these two are the first to actually arrive. Peashoot went right on my pre-order list when I saw him. I love the soft pink with the green. Raindrop got added later. My Peashoot has the cutest face by far of the ones I had to pick from. My mom loves this guy, too. The mohair feels nice, but it's not something I'd ever pick over plush. Plush are cuddly. Based on this and my experience with plumo bears, mohair really isn't. I need to pick up little display boxes for these two now. They're adorable and tiny.

MACAROON

Arrival Date: 5/11/18

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2017 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 1100

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: CB Direct

Cost: About $58

Thoughts: Oh, Macaroon. I fell in love with this design back in September 2017 when QVC UK got him. I contemplated having a UK friend help me get him, but then there became a possibility that he'd make it to our QVC, so I waited. Then he showed up on CB Direct Australia, sold out on QVC UK and the US QVC March show passed with no older Secret Collection bears, so I became a bit worried. He returned to QVC UK, but there was no chance for me to ask for help, because you saw how many bears I've been getting! Paying double shipping was out of the question. Last week, he turned up on regular CB Direct FINALLY. My mom helped me get him, because I was a few bucks short, and he arrived today. Although it was not a happy delivery. The lazyass carrier took him to the office instead of my door, so I saw that my package was delivered and a stranger signed for it and I flipped out. Thankfully, I thought to call the office and fetched him from there. I'm still mad though and when I opened poor Macaroon's box, he looked mad, too. He's more serious-looking than a lot of other Macaroons I've seen. He's got a less rounded bobble head. It's more in proportion. I like it though. His colors are so cool and unique. I'm a sucker for the tipped fur that shows off another color underneath when you touch it. You can see the white splotch on his belly from where my hand was. So yes, all troubles aside, I think we're going to bond just fine.

TAGGLE

Arrival Date: 5/9/18

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 2783

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $86.95

Thoughts: Taggle caught my eye when people in the UK started getting him. I like all the patchwork bears in this year's collection, but there are a lot and I couldn't pre-order them all. Raggle and Taggle were cute, but I went with Hodge Podge instead and later added Caboodle to go with MishMash. But upon seeing Raggle, I liked him, and then waited to see Taggle, who I preferred of the pair. I liked him, too. So when BAMS did a Cinco de Mayo promotion and I'd made some money on sales, I opted to adopt Taggle and ended up with not only him, but a $5 gift certificate, a cute mini plush Boyd's Bear, two Charlie Bears magnets, and a $25 Amazon gift card from the prize drawings! Taggle is incredibly soft and it's amazing how many different plushes he uses. There's cream, pink, beige, light blue, the pebbly-looking one, dark gray, a white-tipped gray, regular gray and a whiter gray. NINE different types of plush! All in one bear! I'm going to need Raggle now. Sigh!

WHO MEE?

Arrival Date: 5/1/18

Size: 16.5"

Year: 2014 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 1500

Designer: Heather Lyell

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: About $48

Thoughts: I've wanted Who Mee? for maybe a year or more now, but his timing is never right. Either I have no money or the price is a bit high or the price is right, but the bear looks a bit bedraggled. Well, finally, the right guy for me appeared on ebay and at the right time. Who Mee? is so adorable and expressive! I love his bent knees and elbows and his big paws. The lower-set downturned ears are also perfect. He's just darling.