MARSHMALLOW

Arrival Date: 4/30/20

Size: 17.5"

Year: 2016

Edition Size: 3000

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: Wolfe's Den

Cost: $112 (Retail $100.95, but I got free shipping.)

Thoughts: Marshmallow may have been on my original 2016 pre-order list. I can't remember. But I do know I cancelled him and can't recall why. I got the bug for him again and was lucky enough to be contacted by a landscaper/garden shop that's also a stockist. He made it really quickly from PA and got here in only 2 days! Marshmallow uses some of the same fabric Susan does and I adore Susan, so they'll get to sit together. He's a tall, skinny bear and I think this is the cutest one I've ever seen. The random pattern fabric makes them all unique. So he was worth waiting for.

ARIEL

Arrival Date: 4/29/20

Size: 16"

Year: 2015 (LE 30. Mine is #11.)

Designer: Kaycee Bears

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: $75 (Retail $158.95)

Thoughts: I've also wanted Ariel for years! I'm a sucker for orange as much as red/black and she was a must have. I'm really grateful the secondary market for Kaycees is pretty low. I got an amazing deal on Idris and then on Ariel, too. I only wish I'd been able to get Atlantis to go along with her, but that one sold after ages of being on ebay. But I'm glad if I could only get one of the pair that it was Ariel. She's a bright ball of orange fluff and she looks great with Tango.

IDRIS

Arrival Date: 4/29/20

Size: 13"

Year: Autumn 2015 (LE 75. Mine is #3.)

Designer: Kaycee Bears

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: $75 (Retail $356.95)

Thoughts: I still cannot believe I got such a good deal on this guy! I first saw him on Beacon's Glow's website years ago and I loved him, but his price tag was a little out of reach. I thought about doing layaway, but I made less money back then and I had a lot of CB pre-orders so I never did. I was perusing Kaycee offerings on ebay last week or so and came across his auction with a BIN of $94.99. I opted to make on offer, because why not? And then was floored when they accepted my $75. He looks smaller in pictures than he comes across in person. My first thought when I peeled the tissue paper back was "Wow, he's bigger than I expected." His coloring is GORGEOUS. I'm a sucker for black and red to begin with, but wow. He's just a perfect little dragon with the sweetest face.

REA

Arrival Date: 4/15/20 

Size: 16.5"

Year: 2020

Edition Size: 900

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: QVC and BAMS

Cost: $119 

Thoughts: Rea is a binturong and they are awesome animals. When I saw the 2020 catalog, he was the one that leapt out at me and I was so thrilled he was 1st quarter. Naturally, that meant tail end of the first quarter (technically, now we're in second quarter even), so I very impatiently kept waiting. When I saw him on QVC, I couldn't resist ordering, even though I had him pre-ordered. These are trying times and I wanted my Rea. He's been my close companion when I'm home (I'm working overtime lately). (I did have twins for a time but rehomed one in 2023.)

GUM DROP

Arrival Date: 3/19/20

Size: 23"

Year: 2020

Edition Size: 1300

Designer: Allison Mills

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $67.95

Thoughts: Gum Drop was a very unexpected purchase. I'd seen several of these bunnies, along with Pear Drop and Dew Drop, and wasn't interested, but when I was looking at Willamena's photos, this particular one jumped right out at me and said "bring me home!" I love the markings on his face. Gum Drop is my second tallest CB at a whopping 23", but you'd never know it, because his legs are bent at the knees. He's tall and skinny, all ears and legs, and I love his colors and softness.

WILLAMENA (Rehomed)

Arrival Date: 4/15/20 (Rehomed 2/26/21)

Size: 19"

Year: 2020

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $124.95

Thoughts: Oh, Willamena. After seeing some owner pics from the UK, I decided to add her to my pre-order list. Then she turned up on QVC, so I ordered one to check her out in person. I didn't care for that one, so I ordered a replacement...and didn't care for that one either! I figured my last shot of getting her was my pre-ordered one, which I should have just stuck with in the first place, but I get impatient to see new ones sometimes. I knew I wasn't high on the choosing list though, so when I saw the photos and only one bear jumped out at me, I planned on not getting her. Yet by some miracle, no one wanted my choice! So here she is. Willamena is a big chunk of a bear. Very stocky and sturdy. She's a lovely apricot color, which is what won me over when I saw owner pics. Her face is also an unusual shape with a shorter muzzle and downward slanted profile.