ANNIVERSARY SHADES

 Arrival Date: 9/28/20

Size: 12"

Year: 2020 15th Anniversary Collection

Edition Size: 600

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $89.95

Thoughts: Shades is another bear that I have the original of, so again, had to have the mini version. I actually prefer this style of eyes. I don't care much for the earlier bears that were designed to look a bit cross-eyed like the big Shades was. 

ANNIVERSARY GRAEME

Arrival Date: 9/28/20

Size: 12"

Year: 2020 15th Anniversary Collection

Edition Size: 600

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $89.95

Thoughts: I have the original Graeme. He was actually the second Charlie Bear to ever catch my eye back before I started collecting them. So I absolutely had to have his mini self. 

KEYS

 
  

Arrival Date: 9/28/20

Size: 21"

Year: 2020 

Edition Size: 600 (Mine is #86.)

Designer: Alison Mills

Features: Jointed horns

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $146.95

Thoughts: I love this guy. He looks like something out of an 80s fantasy movie. Keys is very tall at 21", but he's so thin that he doesn't take up a lot of space. His horns are actually poseable. They rotate! He's soft, too, so he is cuddly, although not as much as others. The oddest thing about him is that all those gold spots are raised bumps. It feels a little weird when you hold him!

SODA POP

 

Arrival Date: 9/28/20

Size: 19"

Year: 2020 

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $118.95

Thoughts: Cotton Candy finally gets her sister home. And their brother is not far behind. 

CARSON

Arrival Date: 9/17/20

Size: 18"

Year: 2020 Secret Collection

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: CB Direct

Cost: $133

Thoughts: I wasn't 100% smitten with Carson from the Sneaky Peeks catalog. Others got my attention more, but I did put him on my list. When he popped up on CB Direct, I went for it. He is quite the chonk! Definitely a heavier bear. His lighter parts are tyber for sure, but his purpley striped fur is also super silky soft. And he has a tail! I think my only other bears with tails are all smaller. So he's definitely far cuter than he looked in the promo pic. If you're into heavy, soft bears, you're going to need Carson. 

PEACH COBBLER

Arrival Date: 9/10/20

Size: 18"

Year: 2020 

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: Razberry Threads

Cost: $110

Thoughts: Peach was not on my radar at first. Her partner Strudel is the one that immediately got pre-ordered. But Peach came out first and people's pictures and descriptions slowly won me over. Not enough to pre-order one though, because I knew I'd be bottom of the pile. Razberry Threads is a local stockist in downtown Asheville at the Grove Arcade, which is a moderately upscale mall in an elegant old building. I've been wanting to go for ages, but when they posted pictures of Peach, I finally made plans to do so. I don't like how they have the bears arranged. All of them are above your head unless you're super tall and some are behind the counter. So bonding with them is basically impossible. But I knew who I wanted and pulled her down from her spot beside Danuta. Peach doesn't have what I'd call long pile fur, but it's not short either. Medium pile? I guess? She's very soft and cuddly, and she's quite lightweight for her size. Mine's a little bit disgruntled-looking, probably because she was stuck on a high shelf away from potential adopters. Heh.