BASHFUL

Arrival Date: 7/11/18

Size: 15.5"

Year: 2014

Edition Size: 2500

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: The Doll Lady

Cost: $78 (Retail $96.95)

Thoughts: I've had my eye on Bashful for a few months now. He kept popping up on ebay and being cute. Being that the US hasn't gotten any new deliveries in ages, I asked if any of the US stockists had him and I got lucky. And he was on sale! I haven't had a good cuddle with him yet, but his fur is incredibly soft and it's gorgeous colors. Most of it has a dark underside with the lighter tipping. I keep touching him, because he's got to be one of the softest bears I own. He's fabulous!

DALLY

Arrival Date: 6/11/18

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2012

Edition Size: 3000

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: $55

Thoughts: Dally! I have wanted her for probably over a year now and she kept popping up from UK sellers when I didn't have enough money. Recently, she was on ebay from a US seller, but I was sad when I missed her. It was a couple days before payday. This time though, I managed to get her and from a nice member of the Facebook CB groups, too. Dally's a great assortment of colors. Her basic tan is well set-off by her pink/brown arm, blue arm, gray leg and lavender leg. The blue and pink also run up her back, while her ears are the purple and gray. A little bit of blue is by each eye, too, so Miss Dally has some lovely makeup on. She's just fantastic in person.

SKIP (Rehomed)

Arrival Date: 6/11/18

Size: 11"

Year: 2018 Summer Meadow Collection

Designer: Alison Mills

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: Partially free with Rewards (Retail $65.95)

Thoughts: Skip was an add-on pre-order when I saw UK people's pics of him. He is very deceptive! I saw pictures of a buttercream yellow bunny and he is not that yellow in person. He's more of a dark cream color than yellow. His torso also hides a secret. It's purple! That's purple fur tipped in the lighter shade and it was a nice surprise in person. Skip's really cute and little. I think he's my favorite CB bunny so far, even with the surprise colors.

LICKY TISSUE

Arrival Date: 6/11/18

Size: 15"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 2529

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: Free with Rewards (Retail $77.95)

Thoughts: Poor Licky Tissue is one of the cutest 2018 bears graced with one of the worst CB names ever. It's supposed to be when a mom licks a tissue to wipe dirt off a kid's face, but I really don't think we need to saddle a poor bear with that name, do we? I'll come up with something better eventually, but for now, he's just Licky. Licky's one of those with a deceptive height. He's 15" but he's a lot of leg, so he actually is pretty short when he sits, which is great for display purposes. I've got him seated with McKinley right now.

RAINDROP (Rehomed)

Arrival Date: 5/29/18

Size: 7"

Year: 2018 Minimo Collection

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #402.)

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $111.95

Thoughts: Peashoot and Raindrop are my first ever fully mohair bears. Technically, Botticelli is, since I ordered him last year, but I'm still paying him off, so these two are the first to actually arrive. Raindrop was a later add-on to my pre-order list, but I'm glad I got him. He contrasts nicely with Peashoot. And he looks like a Raindrop. A little dark and melancholy. The mohair feels nice, but it's not something I'd ever pick over plush. Plush are cuddly. Based on this and my experience with plumo bears, mohair really isn't. I need to pick up little display boxes for these two now. They're adorable and tiny.

PEASHOOT

Arrival Date: 5/29/18

Size: 7"

Year: 2018 Minimo Collection

Edition Size: 1000 (Mine is #309.)

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $111.95

Thoughts: Peashoot and Raindrop are my first ever fully mohair bears. Technically, Botticelli is, since I ordered him last year, but I'm still paying him off, so these two are the first to actually arrive. Peashoot went right on my pre-order list when I saw him. I love the soft pink with the green. Raindrop got added later. My Peashoot has the cutest face by far of the ones I had to pick from. My mom loves this guy, too. The mohair feels nice, but it's not something I'd ever pick over plush. Plush are cuddly. Based on this and my experience with plumo bears, mohair really isn't. I need to pick up little display boxes for these two now. They're adorable and tiny.

MACAROON

Arrival Date: 5/11/18

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2017 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 1100

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: CB Direct

Cost: About $58

Thoughts: Oh, Macaroon. I fell in love with this design back in September 2017 when QVC UK got him. I contemplated having a UK friend help me get him, but then there became a possibility that he'd make it to our QVC, so I waited. Then he showed up on CB Direct Australia, sold out on QVC UK and the US QVC March show passed with no older Secret Collection bears, so I became a bit worried. He returned to QVC UK, but there was no chance for me to ask for help, because you saw how many bears I've been getting! Paying double shipping was out of the question. Last week, he turned up on regular CB Direct FINALLY. My mom helped me get him, because I was a few bucks short, and he arrived today. Although it was not a happy delivery. The lazyass carrier took him to the office instead of my door, so I saw that my package was delivered and a stranger signed for it and I flipped out. Thankfully, I thought to call the office and fetched him from there. I'm still mad though and when I opened poor Macaroon's box, he looked mad, too. He's more serious-looking than a lot of other Macaroons I've seen. He's got a less rounded bobble head. It's more in proportion. I like it though. His colors are so cool and unique. I'm a sucker for the tipped fur that shows off another color underneath when you touch it. You can see the white splotch on his belly from where my hand was. So yes, all troubles aside, I think we're going to bond just fine.

TAGGLE

Arrival Date: 5/9/18

Size: 14.5"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 2783

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $86.95

Thoughts: Taggle caught my eye when people in the UK started getting him. I like all the patchwork bears in this year's collection, but there are a lot and I couldn't pre-order them all. Raggle and Taggle were cute, but I went with Hodge Podge instead and later added Caboodle to go with MishMash. But upon seeing Raggle, I liked him, and then waited to see Taggle, who I preferred of the pair. I liked him, too. So when BAMS did a Cinco de Mayo promotion and I'd made some money on sales, I opted to adopt Taggle and ended up with not only him, but a $5 gift certificate, a cute mini plush Boyd's Bear, two Charlie Bears magnets, and a $25 Amazon gift card from the prize drawings! Taggle is incredibly soft and it's amazing how many different plushes he uses. There's cream, pink, beige, light blue, the pebbly-looking one, dark gray, a white-tipped gray, regular gray and a whiter gray. NINE different types of plush! All in one bear! I'm going to need Raggle now. Sigh!

WHO MEE?

Arrival Date: 5/1/18

Size: 16.5"

Year: 2014 Secret Collection

Edition Size: 1500

Designer: Heather Lyell

Purchased From: ebay

Cost: About $48

Thoughts: I've wanted Who Mee? for maybe a year or more now, but his timing is never right. Either I have no money or the price is a bit high or the price is right, but the bear looks a bit bedraggled. Well, finally, the right guy for me appeared on ebay and at the right time. Who Mee? is so adorable and expressive! I love his bent knees and elbows and his big paws. The lower-set downturned ears are also perfect. He's just darling.

YEAR BEAR 2018

Arrival Date: 4/30/18

Size: 18"

Year: 2018

Edition Size: 4000

Designer: Isabelle Lee

Features: Plumo

Purchased From: BAMS

Cost: $94.95 after coupon (Retail $104.95)

Thoughts: People went nuts over an early ad featuring the Year Bear. I thought she was very cute and looked soft, but wasn't as smitten as others seemed. Now I finally have her in my hands and she's lovely. The lighter fur on her head and body is super soft and the rest isn't bad either. Even her mohair isn't as rough as other plumos I've had. She's a very feminine, elegant bear.