Bearista Tales

United Kingdom Bearista (2009)

Destination Series 2009, 9th Edition, Bearista Bear Collection

This bearista was released in Spring of 2009 in the UK. He wears a brown cap on his head with his ears sticking through. His left ear has a hang tag that says "Destination Series Bearista", features a picture of a generic bearista (blank T-shirt) holding a "2009" sign, and reading "United Kingdom." He is wearing a white T-shirt with "United Kingdom Starbucks Coffee" printed on it. His shirt does not have any other motif printed on it, but does have brown trim around the neck and arms. He also wears denim pants with contrast stitching. He has a tan messenger bag slung over his head and shoulder. On his left foot paw he has a cloth label "Starbucks Coffee Company 2009". Thanks to MattG for the photos.

Philippines Bearista (2009)

Destination Series 2009, ??th Edition, Bearista Bear Collection

This bearista was released in Spring of 2009 only in the Philippines. He wears a brown cap on his head with his ears sticking through. His left ear has a hang tag that says "Destination Series Bearista", features a picture of a generic bearista (blank T-shirt) holding a "2009" sign, and reading "Philipines." He is wearing a white T-shirt with "Philippines Starbucks Coffee printed on it", a drawing of a traditional Philippino motif, and brown trim around the neck and arms. He also wears denim pants with contrast stitching. On his left foot paw he has a cloth label "Starbucks Coffee Company 2009". Thanks to Sheril for the photos

Las Vegas Bearista (2008)

Local Bearista Bear Collection, Special Edition in the Bearista Bear Collection

Released in 2008, the Las Vegas Bearista is part of the 2008 Local Bearista Collection. Like all the other bears in this edition, he wears a black baseball cap embroidered with "Starbucks" in white with no logo. His ears stick through the cap; his left ear has a hangtag attached that reads "Las Vegas Bearista".  He wears a white sweatshirt with lime green trim around the neck and bottom of the sleeves and with "Las Vegas" printed in lime green on the front. This bearista wears navy patch pocket pants.  His shoes are little slip-ons that are navy, white, light blue and brown striped with brown soles and it says "Starbucks Coffee Company 2008" on his left foot (also all in brown).  He carries a little gray messenger bag over his right shoulder with a velcro closure. Thanks to MattP for the photo.

Los Angeles Bearista (2007)

Local Bearista Bear Collection, Special Edition in the Bearista Bear Collection

This bearista was released in LA in 2007. He wears a white t-shirt with a city slogan (unknown -- please email if you know), a blue zipper sweatshirt with "Los Angeles" on it, khaki cargo shorts, and a black baseball cap with the Starbucks logo. Thanks to MattP for the photo.