For the premiere of the film Shrek the Third, Build-A-Bear Workshop featured a make-your-own Shrek as well as Shrek-themed outfits and limited-edition Shrek babies. Seuss’s birthday, Build-A-Bear Workshop released a toy The Cat in the Hat. Each bear included a Collectibear Pin.įor the children’s author Dr. A new set of Beary Limited Edition Collectibears called the “Friends Fur All Seasons” arrived to help celebrate the event. As part of its tenth birthday celebration, the company built 11 playgrounds throughout the USA and Canada in partnership with KaBlam! and announced that it had donated over $11 million to various child and family causes since 1997. It launched its website Build-A-Bearville and announced that it had sold over 50 million stuffed animals in the last ten years.

2007īuild-A-Bear Workshop celebrated its 10th anniversary by declaring 2007 “The Year of Friendship”. In 2006, the company acquired The Bear Factory in the United Kingdom from Hamleys. These were only available in McDonald’s in America. Each of the bears were released in one of two outfits, unique to each bear, making 32 toys in all.McDonald’s ran a second Build-A-Bear Workshop Happy Meal in August, 2007 and the third in October 2009. They were released during the four weeks between May 12 and June 8. It became the first plush toy collection included with the Happy Meal to feature removable mix-and-match clothing. On May 10, 2006, Build-A-Bear Workshop announced that a line of toys based on its store would be included in Happy Meals atMcDonald’s restaurants. On March 7, 2006, Build-A-Bear Workshop announced that it had so far given $1 million (USD) to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) through the sale of their stuffed bears and other animals. The toys could be fitted with a sound box that said four lines from the film.įor each plush animal from the WWF Collecti-bear Series sold, $1 (USD) goes to the WWF to protect and conserve wildlife around the world. To celebrate the release of the 2006 film Happy Feet, plush toys featuring Mumble, the main character of the film, were created and sold. While the majority of Build-A-Bear stores are in shopping malls, as of August, 2008, the company has opened five stores in Major League Baseball stadiums. Ten years later, over 400 stores operate worldwide: in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Ireland,Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States (including Puerto Rico). The company was founded by Maxine Clark in 1997, and opened its first store in the Saint Louis Galleria.

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