MEDLEY

Arrival Date: 9/17/18

Size: 15"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 1399

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $81.95

Thoughts: Medley was not initially on my pre-order list, but when I saw owner pics of him, I liked him. Since I was doing layaway on three bears, I figured why not make it four and added him to the batch. Hodge was my first paid off layaway and I had to bring Medley home second. His warm colors are a nice contrast to HodgePodge's blue and grays. Medley's colors don't show very well in photos. His left limbs are a pinkish-brown, while the right are more of a lavender/gray/brown. Then of course the regular brown and burgundy patches. Like Hodge, he's super soft and not stuffed as tightly, so he's very squeezable and cuddly.

HODGEPODGE

Arrival Date: 9/14/18

Size: 15"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 1770

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $81.95

Thoughts: Hodge won me over early on, but when MishMash arrived first from QVC, I knew I'd end up with all four bears with this theme. MishMash and Caboodle (coming later this year) are bigger with longer fur on their heads and torsos, while Hodge and Medley (coming in a few days) are shorter with shorter fur. The advantage of the shorter fur is that Hodge is really, really soft all over, while Mish is only super soft on his arms and legs. I love both though.

CHATTERBOX

Arrival Date: 9/13/18

Size: 15.5"

Year: 2017 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 4720

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: QVC

Cost: $59.98

Thoughts: Chatterbox just arrived. He appeared on US QVC in late July/early August as a pre-order item. They said your bear would be made to order, but mine is dated April, so that was definitely not the case. I don't mind though, because I think that's why he shipped much earlier than expected. He's very cute, although I'm not normally a fan of the open-mouthed ones. He makes my second one after Biddles. I almost didn't get him, because I thought he was cute, but he's one of the most often posted bears on Facebook and you get tired of seeing him. You get REALLY tired of seeing him fake-eating things. Thankfully, Chatterbox fever has died down so I'm more enthusiastic about owning one now. He'll never be a huge favorite, but he is decidedly cute.

WHISP

Arrival Date: 9/13/18

Size: 15"-16"

Year: 2015 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 1200

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: $57

Thoughts: I've wanted Whisp since I first saw her, but unlike Wisteria, she wasn't on Charlie Bears Direct. I missed out on her a few times on ebay, especially recently, but then the perfect one finally appeared! From an American seller I've bought from before! She's the lovely grayish lavender shade of Wisteria and the same super soft tyber fur, but her arms and legs have a wispy (of course) longer fur on them that looks pretty wild. She's awesome.

MATTIE

Arrival Date: 9/10/18

Size: 12"

Year: 2017 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 2150

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: QVC

Cost: $65.62

Thoughts: Mattie is one of those random print bears that I liked some of, but not all of, so I didn't order her when she first appeared with the other newbies. I wanted one with the dark brown on a lot of the face. The lighter ones are cute, but not nearly as cute to me as the dark. But when the 6 Easy Pays offer came up recently, I decided to take a chance and have a look at her. I mean, for less than $11 a month, it seemed like the right time. So she arrived today and I was shocked for three reasons. First, UPS got here before 4PM, which is incredibly unusual. Typically, they're 4:30 at the very earliest. Second, I actually got a Mattie with a dark face! Even if it's not dark all the way, I like the half dark look and I love the little dark eyebrow on the light side. Third, she's tiny! She's 12", but she's one of those that's all height and nothing else. She's got to be one of my lightest bears. She's a nice, squishy, lightweight plush. So yeah, she's definitely sticking around. I believe the real Mattie is a guy, but mine seems to be a girl. I keep thinking "she" when I look at her.