Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 8"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: Porticullis, who has my favorite of the five architectural names, is a little purple fairy goyle. She's very sleepy-eyed, too.
The Charlie Bears collection of VeniVidiDolli.
Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 8"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: Porticullis, who has my favorite of the five architectural names, is a little purple fairy goyle. She's very sleepy-eyed, too.
Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 8"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: Moat and Porticullis are the smaller pair. Unlike the dragons, who were each a different size, the gargoyles only come in large and small. Moat is your basic gray gargoyle, but he's super cute.
Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 10"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: Spires is a more standard gargoyle, only in green. He does have a nice little neck ruff though.
Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 10"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: Drawbridge's main difference to the other four gargoyles is that pair of longer, curving horns. He also has somewhat dragonfly-ish wings. He and Bartizan are my two favorites.
Arrival Date: 6/14/25
Size: 10"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $55
Thoughts: I was so thrilled to see that the second Bearhouse collection for the year was gargoyles! They're in a similar color array to the earlier dragons. Bartizan is a warm tan with hair on his head and the bases of his squared-off wings.
Arrival Date: 6/13/25
Size: 22.5"
Year: 2024
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $69 (Retail $231)
Thoughts: This guy has a story. I was waiting on the CB website for the gargoyles to drop and I browsed the sale section. I saw Stepping Stones marked down to 70% off. Yes, SEVENTY. I had always thought he was cute and checked him out when my stockists got him in, but I'm super picky about bears that size because I don't have a lot of room for big ones and they're pricey. Well, for $69 how could I not get this guy? I figured if I didn't bond with him, I could sell him and more than make my money back. Out of the box though, he's incredibly soft and cuddly. I think the brown parts are tyber. Pretty sure he's a keeper. He reminds me of a much bigger, fancier-colored version of Karl. I went back a couple days later and he was marked off either 29 or 30%. Not 70%. Soooooo someone made a little mistake and I reaped the benefits. Thank you, CB employee! I don't think I would ever have gotten him otherwise.
Size: 10"
Year: 2025
Designer: Charlie
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $31
Thoughts: My first Bear & Me! I'm not big into this line, since they seem like Jellycats more than CBs, though it is nice to have options for younger collectors.
But I just had to have Nessie with her six legs in this amusing arrangement.
She's soft and cute.
This color is called Seaweed Green. Maybe they'll do more Nessies in the future.
Arrival Date: 5/31/25
Size: 14"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $115
Thoughts: When this guy first came out, people were all like "Stitch!" but I do not see that one bit. They're not even the same color. Come on. He is incredibly soft and cuddly with those pointy feet's and giant ears. I love this series.