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The people at the Build-A-Bear company are marketing geniuses. A favorite stop at many malls for young children, the shop allows your child to pick out an empty animal shell, stuff it, place a wish star inside and a microchip with a bar code. The chip enables your child to name the bear and register it with the company in case the stuffed animal should ever get lost. To date, over 400 creatures have been reunited with their small owners.My daughter loves this store. Whenever we visit a city with a large shopping mall she is always anxious to go pick out a new animal from the shop. She adores every step of the process from choosing what animal she will take home to the many outfits they have for purchase. The animals are not cheap and every single accessory comes with a price tag. I don't think we have ever managed to escape without paying at least $40 for a stuffed dog. We have not yet had the opportunity to get a microchip, but the next time we are in a Build-A-Bear shop I might spring the extra dollars for the chip -just to protect our investment.
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10-01-2006 @ 2:17PM
Amanda. said...My niece had a Build-A-Bear birthday party last fall and thus began my son's great love affair with all things building of the bear. It is a lot of fun, though, but the hefty pricetag makes it a rare treat. We have one in our local mall but we wait until we go places- like the beach- to build something.
My best friend's 7 year old daughter is totally addicted to Build A Bear. She has dozens of them and my friend is currently looking for a 12 step program to get her daughter in to wean her off Build A Bear so if you or your readers have any tips, please share them!
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10-01-2006 @ 6:19PM
AngelaFay said...The bears are certainly cute...but, in my opinion $40.+ is WAY too much to spend on a plush toy, even if it's fun stuffing it.
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10-02-2006 @ 12:08AM
Belinda said...Sounds awsome but due to the high price and our tight budget i have NEVER set foot inside that store, never even gone looking for one (there is one close by a co worker LOVES going there).
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10-02-2006 @ 6:16AM
Amy said...My daughter heard about build a bear and we thought it was a great idea. So we drove an hour and a half just to go to a mall with that store. It was $60! After going through all that, we couldn't hardly leave without one, but, needless to say, my daughter will NOT have a whole collection of them!
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10-03-2006 @ 6:10PM
Laurie said...Like many parents, my kids each have at least one of these... And it just occurred to me the other day that we can NEVER get rid of them precisely because of the "microchips"... It has our info on it - our child's name... What's to stop some "weirdo" from using it for bad purposes? Am I just being paranoid, or could something like that actually happen?
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