Arrival Date: 8/21/23
Size: 13"
Year: 2023 Secret Collection
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $118.95
Thoughts: Ah, chonky Streamers. He's so soft! I love him more than I expected to. I have bears in lots of colors, but he doesn't really match any of the others, so it's nice to have someone unique.
Arrival Date: 8/21/23
Size: 15"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $132.95
Thoughts: Ah, Blue Moon. I fell in love with Harvest Moon, her orange sister, immediately. Absolute must have, one of my most anticipated of the year. Rose Moon, their pink sister, looks different than other pink bears I have. That left Blue Moon as a bit of an uncertainty, because I thought she looked a lot like Misty from 2021. However, in person, she's quite a different bear and I'm glad I ended up ordering her. She's quite soft and almost entirely shades of blue. My stockist picked the perfect necklace for her, too. (That piece does not come with every Blue Moon.)
Arrival Date: 8/18/23
Size: 14.5"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $132.95
Thoughts: Oh, Kevin. All Kevins look quite a bit different from each other. I loved a few when he first appeared in Australia and then had a struggle to decide between the really cute one my stockist had...and this guy. The other was more typically cute. This guy reminds me of a mogwai or some sort of owl or something. He looks grizzled and a bit over it all. I think he'll be the perfect partner for watching my history shows with. He's also quite cuddly and the darker brown fur is really soft.
Arrival Date: 8/18/23
Size: 13"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Features: Plumo
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $132.95
Thoughts: Ah, cute little Night Owl. He was a late addition to my preorders, but I still got my second choice. He's a sweet bear whose dark patches make him look a bit sad. He's soft and adorable and I'm looking forward to cuddling him.
Arrival Date: 8/18/23
Size: 19"
Year: 2021
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: Free with rewards (Retail $89.95)
Thoughts: Pampas looks as exasperated as I feel about having to wait two whole years for Charlie Bears to FINALLY get some of him to the US. I honestly don't think they did this very fairly. The UK definitely got him in 2021 and Australia may have, too. We got zero. And yet they didn't try to get him produced any faster or even try to get us some first when we were left out. Not very fair. They're really lovely people, but simply not very thoughtful when it comes to making things fair. So yeah, disgruntled about having to wait literal years for him, but he's finally home. He's a big Bearhouse character, so he's perfectly cuddly. Just very grumpy.
Arrival Date: 8/17/23
Size: 13"
Year: 2023 Secret Collection
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: QVC
Cost: $112
Thoughts: Monica wasn't on my list at all until I saw owner photos of her. Then I saw how cute her face is and ended up ordering her from QVC. She's a tiny little thing, quite delicate. Her fur is this soft pinky-purple. She reminds me of the orchid Crayola crayon. Very pretty!
Arrival Date: 8/9/23
Size: 17"
Year: 2023 Secret Collection
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: QVC
Cost: $161
Thoughts: I am in love with this bear. My Yannie is not perfect. Her eye whites are uneven and the fur around her left eye is a bit oddly cut, but I fell in love with her the second I pulled her out of the box. She's tyber, so she's just incredibly super soft all over. Her huge poofy round ears are adorable.
Arrival Date: 8/7/23
Size: 13"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $112
Thoughts: Noon is another one I wasn't sure on, because I really couldn't tell what color he was. Is that gray or blue? I thought blue, which is why I pre-ordered him, and I was right. His fur has gold on the tips, but underneath, it's kind of a denim shade of blue. He's really soft and a nice small size. I also like how chunky he is. He reminds me of old favorites like Sid and Paul.
Arrival Date: 8/7/23
Size: 14"
Year: 2023 Secret Collection
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $126
Thoughts: I wasn't sure on Peanuts because she looks a lot like Clinton. In person though, they're pretty different. Peanuts is very soft, especially her longer pile torso fur. She's a cute, small bear in nice warm browns.
Arrival Date: 8/7/23
Size: 15.5"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $126
Thoughts: So Mighty makes three mammoths in my CB collection. Never thought I'd say that. He's the most realistic of the three and he's pretty spectacular. He has a tiny tail in the back. He wouldn't sit on the back of the couch and I was too lazy to move him to the chair where I usually photograph the big guys.
