Arrival Date: 11/22/25
Size: 10"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $47.50
Thoughts: And finally, we have Bedrock, the last of the ogres. He's 10", which puts him only an inch shorter than Quarry and Cobblestone, but he feels smaller than that. Not as small as Pebble though. Maybe it's because he's not as bulky as the big guys. All of these fellows are on the ugly cute side, which I love.
Arrival Date: 11/22/25
Size: 8"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $42.50
Thoughts: At 8", Pebble is the smallest of the series and another of my favorites. He's just so cute! Like an 80s fantasy movie critter.
Arrival Date: 11/22/25
Size: 11"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $52.50
Thoughts: Quarry is the third of the larger characters and the only larger ogre. I'm not sure if there really is any distinction between ogres and giants. I thought maybe the pointed teeth, but Pebble has square teeth and is an orge. No idea! Quarry is my favorite from the set. There's something about him that's so cute. I'm always a fan of this, as I call it, mushroom-colored fabric, too.
Arrival Date: 11/22/25
Size: 13"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $62.50
Thoughts: Boulder is the actual largest of the giants and of the line, though she really doesn't feel bigger than Cobblestone or Quarry. I'm not sure why I think of her as female, but I do.
Arrival Date: 11/22/25
Size: 11"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: CB Direct
Cost: $57.50
Thoughts: This year's ogres and giants line for the Bearhouse is some of Charlie and Alison's most creative work. These guys are so unusual! They're definitely not as cutesy as the gargoyles and dragons from the first two series. I've been waiting eagerly for the Bearhouse to get them in and they finally arrived yesterday. Super soft, super cuddly. Not a single disappointment! This is Cobblestone, the second largest of the giants. He's one of my faves.
Arrival Date: 11/12/25
Size: 17.5"
Year: 2025
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $142.50
Thoughts: Wilkinson was the only bear I preordered this year. Everyone else was an elf or a dragon or Belfry. He's my fourth bear of the year, as I chose pretty Miss Gabor and Sofia, and then fell for Cherry Pip. But Sofia and Cherry were secret releases, and I didn't want to fully commit to Miss Johnson (Gabor) until I saw her real colors. But Wilkinson? He was a must have right off the bat. I adore his colors. He's smaller than I expected, as he's on the skinny side, which is fine by me. He's still a very good size, but for some reason, I was envisioning him bigger. Lovely colors and cuddly with a great face. Love him!
Arrival Date: 11/12/25
Size: 9"
Year: 2025
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: Free with rewards (Retail $65)
Thoughts: Itty bitty Belfry arrived today and he is perfectly cute. I love that teeny tiny face!
Arrival Date: September 2025
Size: 28" long
Year: 2024 (I think?)
Edition Size: 30 (Mine is #7.)
Designer: Kaycee Bears
Purchased From: Kaycee Bears
Cost: About $261
Thoughts: Oh, so much information I failed to log. I can't remember when Tinderflame was initially released, and I didn't take pics right away when he arrived, so I don't even remember the date. Neo came in September, so my guess is later that month, because October just ended and that feels too soon. Anyway, Tinderflame is my first ever Kaycee bought directly from her website. The experience was fine and I'd do it again. I honestly don't think I need any more dragons though. I do love Neo and Tinderflame a lot, but their lanky, floppy bodies don't make them the best cuddlers. The colors are absolutely stunning though!
Arrival Date: 9/8/25
Size: 22" long
Year: 2023
Edition Size: 30 (Mine is #11.)
Designer: Kaycee Bears
Purchased From: ebay
Cost: $199
Thoughts: I haven't had a new Kaycee Bears in ages! I've had my eye on Tinderflame for probably a year now and I actually wrote the designer about shipping to the US after seeing Neo on eBay. Then I went ahead and bought Neo. And then ordered Tinderflame after she said she was still shipping. So Neo is my first Kaycee in this style of dragon, which I think is actually her more common style. They're very floppy. The tail is weighted. He has four little jointed legs that you can't see very well.
And this adorable face!
I love his colors. The gray goes so nicely with the chartreuse. And he's super soft!
He's also very petite. I was worried about the 22" but he's so tiny that it doesn't even feel that long.
Arrival Date: 9/6/25
Size: 13"
Year: 2025
Designer: Charlie
Purchased From: QVC
Cost: $38
Thoughts: I treated myself to Penny and the Cuddle Cubs donkey off QVC. I love Penny. She's kind of a grayish-purple and I love how her arms stick out and the little hooves.
She also has excellent hair and a pair of teeny tiny wings.
The Bear & Me line reminds me of Jellycat, but in a good way. They're more basic than a lot of Jellycats, though nice quality and definitely soft. I have a couple more I have my eye on.
