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Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21
Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21
Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21
Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21
Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21

Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21" Teddy Bear

$ 26.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: In excellent condition, no flaws. From a smoke free home kept in very clean conditions.
  • Type: Artist Bear
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Animal: Bear
  • Size: 21in.
  • Color: Brown
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Custom Bundle: No
  • Occasion: All Occasion
  • Brand: North American Bear Co. Inc
  • Features: Artist Made

    Description

    Vanderbear V.I.B Very Important Bears Aloha Bear 1983 Plush 21" Teddy Bear
    This is a soft, plush Teddy Bear wearing a Hawaiian Print shirt, Bermuda shorts and a pink lei (not pictured).
    He is 21" tall if standing, and 13" sitting.
    In excellent condition, no flaws.
    From a smoke free home kept in very clean conditions.
    History of the creation of the North American Bear Co., Inc. from The Strong National Museum of Play Rochester, United States website:
    In the mid-1970s, New Yorker Barbara Isenberg searched store inventories of plush toys and found them wanting. Isenberg wanted for her own young son a teddy bear with the quality, charm, and soothing textures she recalled from her own childhood. So, she started the North American Bear Company (NABCO) to produce just such a toy. Isenberg called on a fashion-designer friend Odl Bauer to make a bear from an old sweatshirt that would be soft, cuddly, and unlike anything on the market. The toy Bauer designed evolved into Albert the Running Bear, a classic teddy bear in a jogging suit that appealed to children and adults. Isenberg oversaw the design and development of NABCO products and turned finances, sales, inventory, and order fulfillment over to her partner and brother, Paul Levy. A year after Albert the Running Bear appeared, NABCO offered a series of bears made of velour dressed and named to recall famous people and celebrities or VIBs (Very Important Bears) such as William Shakesbear, Humphrey Beargart, and Chef Bearnaise.