Bearista Tales

Thailand Bearista (2008)

Destination Series 2008, 7th Edition, Bearista Bear Collection

The 2008 Thailand Bearista is wearing a dark baseball cap with green stitching; the cap has holes for his ears to stick through, and there is a hang tag attached to his left ear featuring "Destination Series Bearista Thailand" and his picture. Over his white turtle neck, he is wearing a green knit jacket trimmed in a darker green edging, decorated with the green Starbucks logo, and embroidered with the year "2008". He also has brown khaki pants with cargo pockets. In his right hand he is carrying a flag that reads Thailand in Thai on one side and in English on the other. His left foot paw sports the typical cloth label with the year. Photo courtesy of Gift & Kris via Izzybear.

Statue of Liberty Bearista (2004)

This special edition bearista was released in the US only the the New York City area in 2004. She is dressed in a green cloth dress, with a toga-like draping tied on the shoulder, imitating the dress of the Statue of Liberty. On her head she wears a spiky crown. In her right hand, she holds the torch while in her left she holds a book. The hangtag is attached to her left ear and features a picture of her. She has a Starbucks Coffee Company 2004 cloth tag on her left foot paw, and a cloth tag reading "NYC" on her right foot paw. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo.

2003 Pike Place Brown Apron

This Bearista was released in 2003 and sold only at the Pike Place Market store. He is wearing an old-fashioned apron in brown, with lettering embroidered on the front with the established date and Starbucks Coffee Company on the front. "Pike Place Market" appears on the apron string around his neck. He sports an ear tag attached to his left ear and a metal tag attached to his left foot paw. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo.

Summer Boy Bearista (2007)

63rd Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Summer Boy Bearista was released in Summer 2007. On his head he wears a summer cap of a blue and green plaid fabric, with holes cut out to let his ears stick through. He has a short sleeve blue polo shirt with embroidered logo, and blue and green plaid shorts matching hit hat. His shorts are held up by a beige cloth belt. On his feet he wears flip-flops with black straps. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo.

Summer Girl Bearista Wearing Flip-Flops (2007)

62nd Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Summer Girl Bearista was released in Summer 2007. She is wearing a bow on her right ear made of green and pink stripey fabric. She has a pink sleeveless polo top embroidered with flowers, along with shorts made of the same stripey green and pink material as her bow. A blue sweater is tied around her waist. Her eyes are set off with her "come hither" eyelashes. On her feet she wears flip-flops with pink straps. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo.

Winter Girl Bearista (2006)

52Nd Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

There were two bears released with the 52 edition number. Winter Girl Bearista was released before Christmas in 2006 along with her friend, Winter Boy Bearista. She is dressed in a gold puffy vest with a faux fur trimmed hood. She wears the hood over a red crocheted hat decorated with a multi-colored yarn flower. The vest is over a purple knit sweater. Around her neck is a multi-color yarn scarf. She also wears pants and purple shearling boots. The left boot has a Starbucks Coffee 2006 tag on its  sole. Thanks to Izzybear for the photo.

Winter Boy Bearista (2006)

52nd Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

There were two bears released with the edition number 52. Winter Boy Bearista was released in the US around Christmas time in 2006. He wears a poofy red winter coat with a hood over a white sweater along with a red knit cap (his ears stick out of his hat). He also is clad in blue pants and shearling Ugg-like boots. He has green knit mittens with a red embroidered mark. His tag is attached to his left paw, and he has a cloth tag on his left foot paw. Thanks to Madfishmatt for this photo.

Butterfly Bearistas (2008)

73rd and 74th Editions in the Bearista Bear Series

Released internationally in Spring 2008, the 73rd and 74th editions are boy and girl butterflies. They are wearing matching costumes, with the boy in blue and the girl in pink, with orange tummies and curly antennae. They have patterned colored wings attached to their banks. Their eartags are colored and attached to their left ears and feature drawings of themselves. They each have the Starbucks embroidered label on their left foot paws. Thanks to Izzybear for sending in this pic from Gift & Kris.

These bears became available in the US in late Spring 2008. They are identical to the international releases except for their eartags, which feature a striped pattern mimic-ing the colors of their wings rather than pictures of the bears.

Magnet versions of these bears were also released in Asia.