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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Arrival Date: 2/28/25
Size: 16"
Year: 2011 Secret Collection
Edition Size: 600
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Purchased From: ebay
Cost: $140 shipped from the UK
Thoughts: Oh, Howie. Howie was actually my very first Charlie Bear, way back in 2016. I rehomed him pretty early on. There was something about his size that I didn't like back then. Like when I saw him on the computer screen, I thought he'd be a lot smaller than he was in person, and I could never sort that out in my head. Eventually, I ended up picking up Eton, who's the same design in different colors, and when I adored her, I wanted Howie back. It's just taken him a few years to get here.
Arrival Date: 2/25/25
Size: 20"
Year: 2024 Signature Collection
Edition Size: 750 (Mine is #653.)
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $266
Thoughts: Oh, my gods, this guy! He's quite tall at 20", but he's so much lighter and more cuddly than I could ever have imagined. All his materials are so soft! I love his flippers and hooves and his little cow tail. I'm not big into Wonderland, but he's a delightful character.
Size: 18"
Year: 2016
Designer: Isabelle Lee
Note: No tag
Purchased From: Fellow collector
Cost: $50
Thoughts: I always liked this guy from the older Bearhouse line, so when I saw him available on FB, I grabbed him. He doesn't have his tag and he got a nice bath before I cuddled him, but he's Bearhouse, so that's safe enough. He's very cute.
Arrival Date: 2/7/25
Size: 11"
Year: 2024
Designer: Charlie
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: Free with rewards (Retail $63)
Thoughts: Razzle is a fun little neon floof that pairs with Dazzle and Rainbows End. I believe the same fabric is going to be used on this year's neon spider set.
Arrival Date: 2/7/25
Size: 13"
Year: 2024
Designer: Alison Mills
Purchased From: BAMS
Cost: $133
Thoughts: Tricorn is absolutely stunning, but if you want a cuddling character, she's not the best. The horns are right in your face and I'm not a fan of the bell. So she'll just look pretty on my shelf with some of my mohairs.
