Arrival Date: 12/30/23
Size: 14"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $121.95
Thoughts: I love this color! I'm not sure I have any other CBs quite these shades. Beautiful. Smog is a cute little bear that goes along with Foggy. Small but still cuddly.
Arrival Date: 12/30/23
Size: 14.5" officially, but definitely bigger
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $118.95
Thoughts: FINALLY. Stompy is a Quarter 1 character, which means we should have had him in the spring. However, the UK and Australia got him, and we were left in the cold AGAIN. I hate when they do this. They should always guarantee each of the three locations gets each character roughly around the same time. Shipping differences are understandable, because Australia is closest to the warehouses, etc., but the US should never be MONTHS later when the other locations are getting their second or even third batch. Anyway, he was worth waiting for, as he's absolutely gorgeous, but we never should have been waiting this long. He's humongous! Yet he's not actually that heavy. And what a face!
Arrival Date: 12/18/23
Size: 7"
Year: 2023
Edition Size: 365 (Mine is #312.)
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $175
Thoughts: This one was unexpected! I mentioned being interested in him before any stockists had any idea of their allocations or really any details at all, so I totally forgot about him until my stockist told me I could pick mine and he could ride along with Tardy. I really wasn't planning on his level of expense, but I do like the design a lot. He reminds me of a very popular older mohair bear that I will never, ever own, so he's like my mini version of that bear, as well as representing my birth month. (My stockist included the "sapphire" necklace.) This one's face was just too cute. Honestly, if he wasn't there, I don't think I would have picked one of the others. But he's darling and a nice addition to my very small mohair collection. (I think I have 6 now.)
Arrival Date: 12/18/23
Size: 13-15"
Year: 2023
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $119
Thoughts: FINALLY. Tardy was one of my faves from this year, but he's taken eternity to get home. I honestly kept changing my feelings about him. He's very popular and some people are downright obsessed with him, so that made me less excited for him. But now that I have him in person, I can properly enjoy his extreme cuddleability. He's fantastic.
