Bearista Tales

Pumpkin Bearista (2008)

77th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Released before Halloween in 2008, this Bearista is dressed in an orange pumpkin constume made of knit fabric. On his head he has a brown stem and a green leaf. The body of the costume has sewn on decals of eyes, nose and mouth of a jack o' lantern. The left foot paw has a Starbucks Coffee Company 2008 cloth tag. In this left hand, this bearista carries a pumpkin basket ready for his trick-or-treating. The pumpkin is also embroidered with a face. Thanks to Claudia for the pics.

Bat Bearista

65th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

This bat bearista was released before Halloween in 2007. He is wearing a black bat costume. His bat ears and wings are faced in purple satin. His nose is embroidered in orange thread, and the belly of his costume is covered in purple fuzz. His left foot paw has an orange cloth tag with Starbucks Coffee Company 2007 on it. Thanks to Lily for the photo.

Cat Bearista with Pumpkin Basket (2007)

64th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Released before Halloween in 2007, this Cat Bearista is very similar to the 2005 Halloween Cat Bearista. He is wearing a black cat costume and has fuzzy white tufts in his ears and a white chest and stomach. His tail differs from the 2005 edition with a white end. His nose is embroidered with orange thread and outlined in black. His paws have black paw pads, and his left foot paw has a cloth tag showing Starbucks Coffee 2007. He also has a tag attached to his left ear. Thanks to Lily for the photo.

Year of the Pig Bearista (2007)

56th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

This Year of the Pig Bearista was released in Asia for the Chinese New Year in 2007. He is clad in a bright red rat costume. His hood has red pig ears with pink silk linings. The costume has black paws and feet, and a white belly. It has embroidery on the arms and legs as well. He has an pink pig's nose attached by elastic to his face. He carries a red silk lantern in his right paw. On his left foot paw he has a cloth tag, and he has a tag attached to his left ear as well. Thanks to Lily 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.

Gardener Bearista (2006)

47th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

This gardener bearista was released in Spring 2006. He wears a straw hat on his head. He is clad in a white polo short-sleeve shirt and blue jeans with the cuffs rolled up. Over that he wears a pale green gardener's apron embroidered with tools and flowers. His hang tag is attached to his right arm rather than to his ear as usual due to the hat. He has a cloth tag with the year on his left foot paw.  Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo

Valentine's Day Girl Bearista (2006)

46th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

She was released for Valentine's Day in 2006 along with her boyfriend. She is dressed in a white dress trimmed with pink hearts along with white bloomers. Over the dress, she wears a fake fur coat in pink and white, and a matching pink pill-box style hat tilted over her left ear. Her eyes are topped with those long come-hither eyelashes. She carries her little white curly-haired dog in her right arm. Her tag is attached to her right ear, and she has a cloth tag with the year attached to her left foot paw. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo.

This bearista was also released in a magnet version.

Frog Bearista, Endangered Species (2005)

39th Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Released in Spring 2005, this Frog Bearista was released in partnership with Conservation International along with the Jaguar Bearista. Starbucks donated $1.00 to Conservation International with the purchase of each bear. Froggy is wearing a green frog suit with dark and light green plush. The dark green suit has frog eyes on the top of its head, light green on the chin, paw pads and stomach. There is a cloth tag with the year on his left foot paw.

Aviator Bearistas (2004)

32nd Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Aviator bearistas were released in time for Father's Day in 2004. He wears a brown "leather" jacket and flight hat (his ears poke through) and goggles. His jacket has a plush collar and embroidered symbols. Different versions were released for US in Canada. The US version sports a US flag on the left sleeve. He also has a silky scarf. He also wears brown flight pants. He has a metal paw tag with 2004 on his left foot. Thanks to Madfishmatt for the photo!

Halloween Cat Bearista (2005)

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41st Edition in the Bearista Bear Series

Halloween Cat Bearista was released before Halloween in 2005. He is wearing a black cat costume, with white furry tufts in his ears and on his chest. He has cat claws on all four paws, and whiskers on his face around his orange embroidered nose. He has a round cloth tag on his left foot paw. In his left paw he carries carries an orange pumpkin. Thanks to Lily for the composite photo.