MISS GABOR (JOHNSON)

Arrival Date: 6/2/25

Size: 21"

Year: 2025 

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: Artisanal Bears By Old Griz

Cost: $155

Thoughts: Her stock name may be Miss Johnson, but this is clearly Miss Gabor. Phyllis Gabor, that is. AKA: Pizzazz of the Misfits. She was on my maybe list when the catalogue released, and when I started seeing owner pics and their cute faces, I knew I'd get her eventually. Just had to find the right one and then she popped up in Kitty's stock, so here she is! She is a large, sassy, vibrant girl and I love her. 

YETI

Arrival Date: 4/25/25

Size: 24"

Year: 2024 

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #571.) 

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $273

Thoughts: Ah, the biggest guy is finally here! Yeti is a whopping two feet tall, four inches taller than Bodmin. He's got the cutest little round ears and I love his expression. Like Bod, he's really not that hard to cuddle, despite his size. 

RAMBLE

Arrival Date: 4/14/25

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2024

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $139

Thoughts: Ramble is the other missing 2024 character I had left. (The last is Woozy, the dodo from 2023.) He's a Pyrenean ibex. His horns are really long, which you can kind of infer from the photo. He looks exactly like his prototype and he's gorgeous, but again, not the most cuddly, but with those horns, I didn't expect him to be. Like Pathfinder, his fur is rougher. Still, he's got a very cute face. 

PATHFINDER

Arrival Date: 4/14/25

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2024

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $133

Thoughts: Pathfinder is one of the last three Bearhouse I've been waiting on. He's from 2024. He's a thylacine or tasmanian tiger. I have mixed feelings on him. I wish they'd done the faces like the prototype. The nose seemed longer or at least the dark shading on the muzzle made it appear longer. That helped him look more like a thylacine. He does have the stripes, though they don't show here. He's very cute, but he definitely could have looked more like the real animal. He's also sadly not very cuddly. His fur is more rough and his head is oddly hard, so he's not great for hugs. I'm still glad to have him, but he's not an ideal Bearhouse offering.  

SPADES

Arrival Date: 4/12/25

Size: 12.5"

Year: 2025

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: CB Direct

Cost: $62.50

Thoughts: Spades is the last of the Bearhouse dragons I was interested in. I grabbed him when we got them in the US. He went on a little surprise journey, because his tracking never updated until the end. He was "label created" for a week and then all of a sudden in Greenville and arrived the next day. He's taller than Clubs but shorter than Deck. Love his color, but his main draw is those two little fangs.  

EARTH ELF

Arrival Date: 3/31/25

Size: 11"

Year: 2025

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $100

Thoughts: This tiny guy is my first of the 2025 collection. (Not counting the Bearhouse dragons!) He's adorable, lightweight, fits in the palm of my hand, and he's super soft. Definite Mogwai vibes. I love him. 

DECK

Arrival Date: 3/12/25

Size: 14.5" officially, but he's way bigger.

Year: 2025

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: CB Direct UK

Cost: $78

Thoughts: I thought Spades would be my third fave, but Deck is the one I fell in love with when I saw real photos, so he was the third to come along across the pond. I almost got Spades, too, but he raised the shipping cost quite a bit. I'll pick him up once he hits the US. Deck is pretty huge! Again, lightweight, soft and cuddly, but far taller than I expected. He's so cute. He looks like a cartoon character. 

HEARTS

Arrival Date: 3/12/25

Size: 8"

Year: 2025

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: CB Direct UK

Cost: $42

Thoughts: Tiny Hearts, the smallest of the five dragons, doesn't seem like she'd be a favorite of mine, but there was something about her little face that I loved. She just had to come along with Clubs. I love her little arms, like she's asking for uppies. 

CLUBS

Arrival Date: 3/12/25

Size: 11"

Year: 2025

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: CB Direct UK

Cost: $61

Thoughts: This is the first year of the new Bearhouse style. The initial release is five card-themed dragons. Each has a tail end in the shape of their suit (or in Deck's case, just a regular tail). So Clubs here has a club. Clubs was my first choice from the five, as I have a weakness for brown dragons. (Embers is still my favorite.) He's the middle one of the five in size at 11". He's very soft and lightweight. I like the dangly legs and the cute toes. 

LOCH NESS MONSTER

Arrival Date: 3/6/25

Size: 14" tall, 27.5" long

Year: 2024 

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #634.) 

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $315

Thoughts: Oh, my! Nessie is certainly one of the most striking pieces CBs has ever done. She is really long, but not that tall and she's surprisingly skinny and lightweight. She is so stunning. Her fur is soft. The six legs are amazing. Her face is perfection. I love every little detail and type of fabric. I'm not sure how cuddly she'll be (I'll find out soon), but she's undoubtedly spectacular.