Mickey Bears:

Mickey Bears are six inches tall.  They come in a variety of synthetic furs, alpaca, wool and German Mohair.  All have German glass eyes and are stuffed with polyester fiber fill weighted with steel shot.  What differentiates a Mickey Bear from any other bear?  It is the curious side tilt of the head, a delightful pot belly and an elongated snout.

On the left is the original Mickey Bear, the first bear I ever designed.  I like him so much that I added a wonderful sketch of him, done by Patti Whisken, to my logo.  To see what a really wonderful job she did, click on her drawing in the top left hand corner of this page.

Mickey is a curious bear.  His momma is always telling him to be very careful, not to go too far into the woods alone, but he just can't help himself.  He loves to explore and find things, especially crawly things.  Lady bugs are his favorites.  He has a big crick in his neck from watching them crawl all over his arms.  His momma says if he's not careful, he'll get stuck like that and have to go through the rest of his life looking at everything sideways.  Mickey thinks she's just being silly.  Mom's are like that you know!

Above, left to right:  Mickey III (Sandy with bent legs), Opossum, Issak, Rags (white with green eyes) with her New York cousin, Schmatah with bent legs, an original Mickey, the inspiration for Patti's sketch, with his bug and bent legs, Mickey III (black), and Mandy with bent legs.

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Mickey bears with bent legs:

Original Mickey with bug with bent legs: