As a poorer child growing up build a bear was a very sentimental part of my childhood. I got my first one at a girl scouts birthday party, and while we couldn't afford the insanely priced clothing we would get thrift shop doll clothing and even found an officially licensed baby carrier at one so I could carry my bear around too. My fondest memories wildly is the bearville MMO--I never had the cool items but the entire world was so cozy and filled with charm I spent a lot of hours there. The first and only time I ever went on a date with a guy was on there--he just asked me out, I said sure and we silently watched our bears play for like ten minutes. I thought for a bit that was just what all dates were like LOL
I was also not so well off due too teen parents but my aunt and uncle would play for me and my dad to take a trip to visit them every summer and theyd always buy me a new bab outfit
bulid a bear employee here! This vids awesome just to clear some things up, Nintendo is incredibly anal about how we sell their bears, like we cannot recommend sense or sounds and some of the Pokémon come pre-stuffed ( it’s actually a sign of someone stole a bear if certain Pokémons are unstuffed) But build-A-Bear you own if it’s ripped or needs new stuffing, bring it to a store and we will fix it for you! I’m happy to answer any questions bab questions I’m really happy to see other fans online :3 ( little update thx 4 likes! id like to preface im speaking on behalf of my own experince at bab! it GREATLY varies person to person, but every employees experience is vaild and please repect them. bab is a franchised company so it differs store to store!)
@@UltimateVegetaLover at least the builder bear I work at you’re not supposed to ask but normally after working about seven or so hours you kinda forget lol
Actually not automatically stolen bc I’m in the BAB resale community and lots of people sell their Pokémon completely unstuffed to make shipping cheaper. So that’s kind of a messed up claim when they might not necessarily be stolen
You didn’t mention the iconic giant cardboard houses you got to take your bears home in! My parents made it in into a closet for the clothes by attaching a wooden dowel and it was super cute 😋 You would sometimes see kids walking through the mall with the carriers and you would know they were lucky enough to have gotten a Build-a-Bear 🤪
ex build a bear employee here!! it’s such an interesting job honestly i can’t tell you how bizarre it is. you’ll go from the sweetest little kids one moment, to absolute nightmares the next, to recording someone’s dying words for a memorial bear straight after. as fun as the job was i was always emotionally exhausted when i clocked out 😮💨
You ever have someone come in to get the clothing for their dog? Because I used to buy the build a bear clothing for my yorkie and I told the employee why I was only buying the clothes and not the doll and he acted like it was so weird lol
@@I-hate-youtube797yeah i had somebody who said she bought clothes for her cat and i thought it was so cool so we talked for like 20 minutes about our pets
As someone that worked as a Bear Builder during Pay Your Age, I can tell you it was absolute CHAOS. It was like Black Friday but basically on crack. Because it was ANY of our bears, we lost so much fucking money because we sold $50 for $1. And people brought FAMILIES of multiple people and we literally had to tell them we ran out of stuffing for the bears because we were so exhausted. The fire marshall literally had to cut the line at the mall I worked at. It was so bad. At least we got overtime 🤷🏼♀️
We drove like three hours to a mall to take my daughter for her second birthday and our build a bear line was to the back of the mall, we were there like an hour before they opened. We stood in line for like twenty minutes before they had an employee come down and yell that they were out of bears for the rest of the day. They did give out a coupon though.
@@21cormorants That's not what I am saying. I am saying a 13-17-year-old/underage teenager pretending to not be a teenager. I am a 5'7 female who grew up taller than average (around 5'3 or 5'4). Being a bit taller or shorter is normal. Kids' faces and clothing usually give it away (like baby fat, acne, hairstyle, clothing decorated with stuff from kids shows or being a vibrant color).
I had my 16th birthday party at build a bear this year. My friends said it was the best birthday party they’d been to, and the employees said we were a breath of fresh air from all the crazy little kids they’d had to deal with. Id brought in a prepaid vault pumpkin kitty shell id bought shortly after their rerelease, and because I’d already paid for it, I got to pick a second bear. I picked a mimikyu Pokémon plush. Afterwards, every kid who’d gone to the party brought their bears to school and showed them off. It was awesome. I named my pumpkin kitty Jonny, and he is my beautiful baby son.
Did they re-release the Pumpkin Fun Kitty or is this another bear? I’ve had my Pumpkin Fun Kitty since I was 11, I’m 26 now and so scared of something happening to her 😟
@@laylasadventures4829 they did, it was a bit of a shitshow bc people immediately bought it up lol but I managed to get one early before scalpers came in. cool to hear u have an original one tho!!
@@laylasadventures4829yes it was a re-release. It came out sometime during September I believe. It was available for quite sometime if I remember correctly, I actually questioned whether collectors were even aware of its release or just kept it quiet so it wouldn’t blow and they would sell out fast so they could get one. Maybe I’m remembering wrong and they did sell out fast, I can’t remember that well since I was constantly on and off the site checking for Sanrio restocks😅I considered getting one since it looked cute but got Kuromi and HK instead🩷🖤sad you didn’t know about it till now😭💀
that's so cool!! I would love to have a birthday there sometime, I've always wanted to have a party there! kudos to you and your friends for providing the employees a nice experience :-D
As a kid, we couldn't afford build-a-bear (or my mom just didn't want to waste money on it) but I always wanted one. I'm just happy that the store near my house still is modeled after the original store design. I'm definitely going to go make one when I have the spare money.
I was the same as you growing up, didn’t have a lot of money, but even if we did at some point and could go, my mom just didn’t wanna lol. But I finally got to go and experience it for Valentine’s Day and I seriously think you should go if you haven’t already :) it was literally such a wonderful experience, even as an adult. I hope you get to build your own bear soon
I bought a build-a-bear yesterday for my birthday! It was an intresting experience and I'm really happy to finally get one! All my childhood dreams come alive!!
I used to work at Friends 2B Made and had no idea it was originally a rival company. The store was physically connected to a build a bear, we shared employees, and I got a discount at both places.
I use to collect build a bears, I played bearville as kid, and I had my 8th birthday party at build a bear and they gave me a bear everyone at party had signed including my beloved Grandpa who passed in 2017. For that I’m forever grateful.
I spent a pretty large part of my childhood on bearville. I didn't have a build a bear anywhere near me and I finally got one while on a family trip, and I took it everywhere. I would go over to my neighbor's house because her mom bought her clothes for them and we had fashion shows. I still remember all the little secrets you could find on the website, and I probably drove my family insane with how much I played those songs. I didn't know the website was being shut down until it already happened, unfortunately. I would love a full video on bearville, it gave me some great memories!
I had a build-a-bear from my Dad where he sang me a little song, and I friggin' got rid of it when I got rid of all my teddies. One of the few things I truly regret keeping 😢
So my past two birthdays, when i turned 20 and 21, I went to build a bear. When I turned 20 i went with my boyfriend and it was incredible. It was early in the day in May so there was no one else in there but the two of us and an employee. She was the absolute sweetest person ever. I had gotten the frog and made it scented like strawberries and the employee was telling us stories about her late mother and how she used to collect anything frog related. My boyfriend also left a message in my frog telling me he loved me. It was such a wholesome and wonderful experience, my frogs name is Charlotte, she wears a pink dress with green leaves and I love her dearly. My second one was the opposite vibe I was in a large crowded store with my boyfriend and closest friends when I made Donnie. Donnie is an opossum. I am from New York and they have exclusive items so donnie is wearing timbs, a white tangtop, jeans, he got the snapback cap and shades, and a gold chain. He is scented like cotton candy because he smokes nicotine. He is overstuffed, hes huge. An absolute menace. i would die for donnie
I am SO happy to see someone mention Friends 2B Made! It was such an iconic part of my childhood along with Build-a-Bear, but I rarely hear people talk about it!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video - thank you so much for being so kind 💗💗 your support means the world to me and is what let’s me continue putting everything i can into the videos so i can’t express how grateful i am for this! Have a lovely day 🧚♀️
34:52 Oh my God I’ve been looking for the name of “Magic Bear World” and possibly another song from the website for ages, because I thought they were actual pop songs you’d hear on the radio. Now knowing that they’re directly from the website you made my hunt for them ever since I was a child so much easier, hearing that first song brought me back so many memories, thank you!
I’m 25 and recently took my 3 year old to our local Build A Bear workshop. It was kind of sad to see how different, plain and downsized my local store had become. The only stations offered during the process were the ones that offered the opportunity for the store to make money. I am astounded to see how a bear, a tiny electric beating heart, shoes, a one piece outfit and a play phone for the bear came up to $80.
We didn’t have Build-A-Bear money growing up so my dad would always take me to the store for my “part time job” where I’d wash the display animals in the bathtub. I did such a phenomenal job that the employees would give me stickers after every “shift”. Love my dad for that creative and selfless act that went on for years. When I did get to finally make my own bear I dedicated its heart to my dad. Still have that beloved bear even though it’s worn and tattered now that I’m an adult. I long for those magical moments that seem to be missing in my world today. It truly was something special that I will never, ever forget.
After watching your video about Strawberry Shortcake I revisited some nostalgic things, specifically Angelina Ballerina and Thomas and Friends, do you think you could make a deep dive video with these two? I would love to see!
With all due respect, Thomas has too much lore for one video. I'm serious. The books date back to the mid 40's, even though the TV adaption started in the early 80's. Angelina's easier and more fit for this channel.
@cridly …Thomas probably does have way too much lore, but that just makes me want to see one of those excessively-detailed long form videos recapping *all of it.* I’d totally watch a 10 hour Thomas video
I remember being in first grade (around christmas) and having this one babysitter who would pick me up from school and take me to build-a-bear, she bought me a Celestia plushie that i would take with me to school and everywhere else i went It was iconic ngl
at my local mall they got rid of the build a bear store and now it's just a small kiosk. definitely lost a lot of the fun whimsical vibes of the build a bear stores from the 2000s. great video as always!
Oh man, I started sobbing when you brought out your childhood bears - that's so sweet. Unmatting Otis is possible, if you ever want to - I have a bear just like him, and i refluffed him using a wire pet brush (think one you'd get for cats). I brush him often to keep him fluffy because ngl he lives in my bed lmao. I am obsessed with thrifting build a bears - the whole process of getting them home for baths and restuffing included - so I'm pretty used to the upkeep of them. I replace the batteries in the sound boxes and am planning on throwing them all into the one pink one I got that inexplicably plays Uptown Funk lmao
On the “make your own toy” concept i recall a memory when i was really little and on a vacation and there was this vendor at the hotel (? I think? it was forever ago and i was small, forgive me) who had a few stuffed animals for sale and you got to stuff them yourself! I got a german shepherd plush and was overjoyed! This person, however, was definitely not build a bear lol. I wonder how many random people out there still do this…
My local build a bear is one of the ones that hasn’t had an Updated redesign. It’s still yellow with the original logo. I don’t ever want it to update, it looks the same it did when I was a kid.
This was a massive trip down memory lane. I've been a collector on and off of BaB since 2004 (which makes me feel very old) so it was really nice seeing a recap of everything that happened over the years. Thank you for this video
i've lived all my life in countries where there is no build a bear, but as a certified plushie enthusiast i loved watching this video regardless of my personal nostalgia (or lack thereof) for this specific brand of plushies. definitely going to watch some more of your videos after this one :)
I miss build a bear 😢 a lot of the stores pulled out of Canada, there’s only two I can think of now in my province, i remember there used to be at least 4 within an hour-2 hour drive away. So many good core memories ❤
Amazing video as always!! I was actually so surprised by all the controversies and how many there were?? Also Pawlette and Victoria Justice Bear are icons
Watched this video the second it came out and I Loved every second. Thai community you’ve built is one of the bests. As a young but still die hard build a bear fan I have so much to say. If anyone wants to hear a rant on that lemme know. Aside from that the build a bear mmo was one of my best and only memories of mmos from my early years. ❤❤❤
One of my favorite lines of build a bears is the girl scout bears. As a girl scout/ troop leader, they are so cute! Most are based on the cookies, and you can get little gs vests for them for each level 😊 Also shout out to the brown sugar puppy, that was my first one and I love it so much :)
i’m very glad i work in a legacy store, i get to see that lovely yellow design whenever i have work there. and we still have fluff me!! (new stores do not) and while i wish every store kept this design, im glad to still have it myself. also!! the pokémon license is PERFECT!! given how in the games you bond with a specific pokémon rather than the whole species, naming them and all still feels great :) though i only have one pokémon myself out of a lot of original bears
Don’t worry how long it takes you to upload another video, I love how you back into nostalgic things that we loved but didn’t think much about about at the time.
OMG THANK YOU for talking about build a bear ville! I played that religiously for a while when I was a kid and I have never heard anyone else acknowledge it. I would love nothing more than to watch a video about it!!
I’ve had so many build a bears over the years that I forgot just how many they were. Like a time capsule from the 2000’s through early 2010’s. I had The Jonas Brother’s dog that played 4 Jonas Bros songs, easter bunny from Hop movie, Blizzard bear, a chocolate kennel dog, and I fairly recently got a Harry Potter bear (names Barry Styles). That’s all I can remember now
I live in St. Louis, Missouri but didn't realize that Build-A-Bear was founded here until I was an adult. I still have my stuffed elephant from there that I bought in 2007 to take with me to college. Very durable and the only thing that has faded on it is the tag. I haven't been in a Build-a-Bear since 2007, even though I still visit the Galleria. It's always nice to glance and see the families in there laughing and smiling.
Give us the bearville video!! I spent years on that game, added all my build a bears, spent so much time building my kick ass loft, scuba diving, working a legit virtual job, etc and then one day it was just gone, years later and I’m still upset about it.
Wtf. It was so wholesome when you showed us your bears. It brought me back to my fifth birthday when I went for the very first time after seeing it in the mall one day. I grew up very poor but my parents made it work. I even got an outfit. I named mine Horton after our orange tabby, and he is also an orange tabby. Thank you for the tenderness ♥️🥹
Wow watching this totally made me appreciate my local build a bear and how they've managed to keep all of the original aspects in tact over the years, crazy to see those newer stores I didn't even know they did a rebranding but it makes sense
Build a bear holds such a special place in my heart. I was even lucky enough to have a build a bear party when I turned 10. I now own nearly all of the HTTYD bears (yes it's an obsession). Thank you for making an amazing video on BAB 💕🍓🍓
I would definitely be interested in a build a bearville separate video. I loved that website! And the music is ingrained in my brainnnn. Hope the remake is out soon
Build-A-Bear has always been a staple throughout my childhood. I have a massive collection of Pokemon Build-A-Bears, consisting of Gengar, Sylveon, Sobble and Sprigatito. For my sister's upcoming baby shower, I decided to get a Build-A-Bear for my new niece. It's a rainbow hedgehog, and I want it to be the type of stuffed animal a kid can't part with. The type they bring everywhere they go and wear out in a loving way. I hope she enjoys it. I have a feeling I'm going to make a great auntie in the future.
I got a build a bear when my cat died. I held it everyday for months and still sleep next to it. It brought me a lot of comfort and still does. I had so many build a bears as a kid
This was quite a trip back in time for me. I have so many memories of going to build a bear as a kid for special events. Sadly, I have lost many of those old friends from moving and other events, but I hope wherever they are now they ended up making other children smile as much as they made me.
ahhhhh my mom got me "wlecome to hugsville" thru gamefly and it has been engrained in my memory but everytime I try to talk about it people think I'm talking about the online bearville. thank you soooooo soooooo sooooo much for validating my childhood memories omg!!!
i love your video as always! your voice is so comforting. personally i agree that i generally dislike the licensed characters, except for pokemon. as a teen i got my first build a bear plush and it was Vulpix, i named her after my vulpix in my pokemon game and it was like my in game friend come to life. i think if they chose partnerships more wisely, theyd really have the oppertunity to create more magical experiences like that one. (im probably biased too since getting a build a bear was a childhood dream)
i have the build a bear collectors guide from 2004, so this was a trip down memory lane! as a 99’ baby ive been getting build a bear forever and its def one of my special interests. thank you so much for this video!!
i literally NEED a full length video about bearville i feel like nobody i know talks about enough i lived on there like people did on pixie hollow or animal jam
omg the animal jam outro font 😭 instant sub HAHAH i loved this video !! build-a-bear had a rly small presence in my country so i used to always live vicariously through other ppl's posts of their bears ... i never knew they had so many scandals/eras besides just being a place to build bears. truly a 2000s-2010s relic
i miss build a bearville soooo much, played the hecc out of it as a child :-) it often competed with club penguin to be my favorite online game... I loved the trading feature and the jobs, loads of places to explore and all the mini games.. id love to play that game again
I was an AVID Bearville player! I'm pretty sure I was a VIB the entire course of it's lifetime, lol I would adore a more in depth video on the game itself! It's so nostalgic to me. I remember the Cody Simpson songs slapping so hard! Great video!!
Seeing your videos always make my day! I played Build a Bear ville a ton as a kid, but because I made my bear on a Girl Scouts trip I think they must have given the code to the scout leader cause I remember looking everywhere for that code and I could never find it 😭 didn’t stop me from playing though! I always talked about wanting to go back and finally on while we were out Halloween night my bf and roommate came with me to a nearby Build a Bear and I made a Mimikyu 🥰
Build A Bear was a huge part of my childhood! I have kept tabs on how it has changed over the years. My first BAB was the original frog that I got in 2004 and I named Croacky. I still have Croacky! Build A Bear Workshops were only in certain malls in the US and I grew up in a rural area where the closest one was hours away so it was a special treat. Now as an adult when I moved to the town I currently live in and saw a BABW in a walmart I was so shocked! Though I am still excited to take my kiddo there and relive the childhood memories.
Great video! ^^ I always brought my Build-A-Bear to my friend's American Girl doll parties and sleepovers as I didn't want a doll. It was pretty funny to see my floppy kitty sitting next to realistic looking dolls! X3 Also "Be Bearrific" sent me back in time!!
Build a bear and American girl were two big parts of my childhood! American girl also had an MMO that was similar to Bearville that I LOVED called innerstar u and it was around at the same time as bearville
My roman empire is that when I worked at build a bear we were given a list of ‘bear-isms’ which were bear puns we had to try and include in conversations with customers such as ‘have a BEARriffic day’ 😭
Thank you so much for this video!! My parents bought me a buildabear when i was little and loved it so much (i still have it too!!). I was obsessed with bearville too i would play it everyday after school and even printed out my tour guide card thingys and gave them out on school lol. I also own the DS game and still have it!! My dad passed away this month and your video helped me cheer up, tysm!! ❤Looking forward to bearville video!!!!
I actually still have my build-a-bear even though I’m 24. It’s a cheetah named Jewel. I think I was into cheetahs as a kid. It’s one of the only dolls I have left. I remember my mom saying how she regrets giving me and my sisters toys away because we got too old for them and now I kind of feel the same way.
I started to collect build a bear almost a year now and a build a bear Instagrammer. My very first bear was a 4th of July dog but i sadly don't have it anymore I wish i have that bear... I remember bearville and wish I could play the game. Ones I was small I remember one of the build a bear computer had bearville on for kids to try the online game by the other computer to name your bear.
I loved the dog build-a-bears! They could hold puppies in their mouths with a little magnet. I made a couple in store but would buy older designs on ebay. I just loved collecting all of the breeds.
I've never actually owned any build-a-bear toys,and i really didn't know much about it,but this was a lovely and Cozy video. I'm happy you're back,and I'm interested to see what other things you will explore ❤ Also... Deep dive into Hello Kitty one day? :-)
A hello kitty deep dive would actually be incredible. Its a huge special interest of mine and casually mentioning the "Sanrio was founded to distract from Japans war crimes" theory is very fun
@@amanitaaldaine yes! I agree. I love her too 💓 i actually thought this was a hello kitty deep dive, because of strawberry's post that she will return soon,and the little sheep plushy had a hello Kitty on her clothes. Again,i had little to no knowledge about build-a-bears prior to this video. I would love if Strawberry took a deep dive into hello Kitty. She's so cute ❤.
I love the his! I’ve been collecting build a bears since I was a kid. I have 80 bears and they’re super important to me🥹 I also played bearville so much and I really miss it.😭
i love your videos so much the quality of editing and research and you genuinely sound so passionate about what you’re talking about and best of all it BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD
I love the videos you have been making! Your work is so informational and they bring me so much nostalgia from my childhood, here are some deep dive topics i would love to see, Winx, Thea Stilton, totally spies, monster high, the powerpuff girls, animal jam, poptropica, wizard 101, and moviestarplanet. Thank you so much for the time and work you put into making these quality videos, I cant wait to see your channel grow even more!
i got a handful of Build A Bears throughout my childhood. my first was a plain light brown bear who i got at a girl’s birthday party when i was in Year R, and who meowed when i squeezed her hand. i’m fairly certain i had the white sheep that you have, although i have no clue where she went. i got a german shepherd and a panda at some point when i was in junior school, and also one that was fluffy and pink/multicoloured? i don’t have any of my originals anymore (they mysteriously disappeared… i suspect my mother gave them away. although i wasn’t too attached to my BABs compared to my other teddies) but i bought a green frog last year and i like him a lot.
I miss Bearville Online so much! As a kid who grew up playing Webkinz and NeoPets like almost everyday I loved Bearville it was cute and fun and the fact you could upload your bears with a code made me play more. On the topic of just BAB's in general my favorites included a bunny my parents got me when I was like 10, one bear everyone forgets about the Enchanted White Horse, and Marie Sassy Kitty White where my most beloved build a bear's of all time! I remember taking Kitty and Goldy on family vacations and car rides as a kid, even bought a drawstring build a bear bag to carry/show them off in. The mid 2000's -2010's BAB was the best era. Even as an adult I still buy myself BAB's, I got into D&D in college and decided to buy the D&D dragon BAB, even tho I didn't go to the store to purchase him, I still want to go to BAB just to feel the magic of the stores again.
i had two build-a-bears as a kids. a "butterscotch bear" which i don't think i got an outfit with? and a "chocolate" bear with a valentines-themed outfit and an "i love you! i love you!" sound effect. i do remember going to a birthday party at friends2bmade and making a doll there. this is probably the first time in ages i've heard it mentioned haha. i also had an orange tabby cat from a party at noah's ark. actually now that i think about it i think only the valentine-chocolate bear might have been from a non-birthday party trip.
OH! i should mention i interviewed at build-a-bear a few years ago (did not accept the job, pay was not great) and one of the things i was told is that sometimes people get "memorial" bears for passed loved ones, which i think is really sweet.
Wow, I love video essays. It's clear that so much work went into making this one. I never really got to experience build-a-bear or any of the stuff around it personally, but I really feel like this gave me some insight into how much this means to you and others who got to build their own.
Ive never owned build a bear i dont think they were even avaliable in poland but aaaaaah i Love watching your nostalgic deep dives, and this one was so cozy
Side note, but I’m so so so obsessed with your editing…..I keep finding myself pausing and going back just to try to remember where the music and sound effects are from
I had so many build a bears growing up and was devastated when the online game shut down :( I have many good memories from the game and with my bears. This video was so fun to watch too! It was definitely a trip down memory lane. One thing I found out recently that made me disappointed in build a bear is that those expensive swarovski bears were actually part of a nft campaign which sucks. I never thought build a bear would do that and I hope they don't do anymore in the future
omg I've love to see a deeper dive into the rabbit hole of Build-A-Bearville. I was there for the whole ride. started out playing the flash games on the website and playing in the original Bearville, which was just a collection of fun html interactive web pages themed to be different town areas (sort of like how Neopets worked), and there were a few flash game links. and then when the full MMO Bearville launched, it was WILD. I actually never knew about the premium membership stuff though lol I must have had a bunch of wasted opportunity to cash in premium rewards, because I ended up getting like 4 different bears. I adored the music so much and it's still super super nostalgic. what a great time to be alive.
I loved bearville as a 2000’s kid! Nobody I know seems to remember it, but I remember it being better than Webkinz (which I also adored). Great video & love the transitions :)
Your video was amazing, and I've never seen your content before, but I am SO pleasantly surprised and elated to hear City Folk playing in the background! Its such an underrepresented game in the AC franchise and was a core part of my childhood (like BAB) and I love that it was included ❤
As someone who works at Build-a-bear I can explain why bearville shut down. The original CEO owns the rights to it so when the new CEO came and took over they couldn't run it anymore, hence the switch to the Roblox game
It's so funny that I got this video recommended the same day I went and got a My Melody Build A Bear lol. I was wondering if you could do a video on Lalaloopsies? They were one of my favorite toys growing up and it's sad seeing them kinda being forgotten over the years.
me and my girlfriend have 4 build a bear frogs. we have the green, the teal, the purple and blue pastel swirl, and a dark green spotted christmas one. we made them all together and we were long distance up until a few months ago and would trade them back and forth. they were like a way to connect us when we couldn't be together and they're really special to me because of that. that's a pretty recent build a bear memory but it's probably my favorite because i remember making all of those frogs with her and they all have two hearts because we each put a heart in all of them
I adored Build a Bear and played on Bearville basically up until it was taken offline. My first bear was either one of the Pawlette bunnies or the fluffy puppy. For years, it was a tradition for me to go to Build a Bear on my birthday. Things changed once an American Girl store was opened up in Dallas, but I still loved and cherish my bears.
I don't think there were any of these stores in my country so I didn't knew about them but this video was so engaging loved learning about it Also your wall??? AMAZING we need a room and collections tour
As a poorer child growing up build a bear was a very sentimental part of my childhood. I got my first one at a girl scouts birthday party, and while we couldn't afford the insanely priced clothing we would get thrift shop doll clothing and even found an officially licensed baby carrier at one so I could carry my bear around too. My fondest memories wildly is the bearville MMO--I never had the cool items but the entire world was so cozy and filled with charm I spent a lot of hours there. The first and only time I ever went on a date with a guy was on there--he just asked me out, I said sure and we silently watched our bears play for like ten minutes. I thought for a bit that was just what all dates were like LOL
You know I never thought of thrifting clothes for build a bears ! There is probably baby or toddler clothes or costumes that would fit them so well
I was also not so well off due too teen parents but my aunt and uncle would play for me and my dad to take a trip to visit them every summer and theyd always buy me a new bab outfit
Were you welfare and dollar tree only poor or normal poor
@@grapeyvdoes it really matter ..?
@@grapeyvweird ass question.
bulid a bear employee here! This vids awesome just to clear some things up, Nintendo is incredibly anal about how we sell their bears, like we cannot recommend sense or sounds and some of the Pokémon come pre-stuffed ( it’s actually a sign of someone stole a bear if certain Pokémons are unstuffed)
But build-A-Bear you own if it’s ripped or needs new stuffing, bring it to a store and we will fix it for you! I’m happy to answer any questions bab questions I’m really happy to see other fans online :3
( little update thx 4 likes! id like to preface im speaking on behalf of my own experince at bab! it GREATLY varies person to person, but every employees experience is vaild and please repect them. bab is a franchised company so it differs store to store!)
I've had sounds recommended to me when I build my pokemon.
Is really nice that you can get them repaired
I didn’t know this so thanks
@@UltimateVegetaLover at least the builder bear I work at you’re not supposed to ask but normally after working about seven or so hours you kinda forget lol
Actually not automatically stolen bc I’m in the BAB resale community and lots of people sell their Pokémon completely unstuffed to make shipping cheaper. So that’s kind of a messed up claim when they might not necessarily be stolen
@@HeyItsSarah30she said a sign, it’s probably something they learn for loss prevention reasons
You didn’t mention the iconic giant cardboard houses you got to take your bears home in! My parents made it in into a closet for the clothes by attaching a wooden dowel and it was super cute 😋
You would sometimes see kids walking through the mall with the carriers and you would know they were lucky enough to have gotten a Build-a-Bear 🤪
YES that was awesome!!!!! I felt so cool walking around the city w My family carrying my new bear in its box
They actually still have those! You just have to pay like a dollar or sth for one now lol
They’re called cub condos!
we need to talk about how PAINFUL those things are to carry after a while 😭
and coloring the houses was the best part! i would spend hours on mine, they were so detailed
ex build a bear employee here!! it’s such an interesting job honestly i can’t tell you how bizarre it is. you’ll go from the sweetest little kids one moment, to absolute nightmares the next, to recording someone’s dying words for a memorial bear straight after. as fun as the job was i was always emotionally exhausted when i clocked out 😮💨
yeah same :"D it's honestly why i'm putting my 2 weeks in soon... (also because my manager is awful)
You ever have someone come in to get the clothing for their dog? Because I used to buy the build a bear clothing for my yorkie and I told the employee why I was only buying the clothes and not the doll and he acted like it was so weird lol
Don’t forget the people that act like it’s stupid and judge you for trying to be fun….. when they’re literally buying a bear from build a bear
@@I-hate-youtube797yeah i had somebody who said she bought clothes for her cat and i thought it was so cool so we talked for like 20 minutes about our pets
i have an interview on thursday omg 💀 to be fair i wouldve expected to have my head melted a bit by the end of the day
As someone that worked as a Bear Builder during Pay Your Age, I can tell you it was absolute CHAOS. It was like Black Friday but basically on crack. Because it was ANY of our bears, we lost so much fucking money because we sold $50 for $1. And people brought FAMILIES of multiple people and we literally had to tell them we ran out of stuffing for the bears because we were so exhausted. The fire marshall literally had to cut the line at the mall I worked at. It was so bad. At least we got overtime 🤷🏼♀️
Whoever came up with the pay your age had their heart in the right place but the oversight is immense 😭
We drove like three hours to a mall to take my daughter for her second birthday and our build a bear line was to the back of the mall, we were there like an hour before they opened. We stood in line for like twenty minutes before they had an employee come down and yell that they were out of bears for the rest of the day. They did give out a coupon though.
It sounds like when parents say their kids are little kids to get the kid's discount at restaurants even though the kids are clearly teenagers.
@@21cormorants That's not what I am saying. I am saying a 13-17-year-old/underage teenager pretending to not be a teenager.
I am a 5'7 female who grew up taller than average (around 5'3 or 5'4). Being a bit taller or shorter is normal. Kids' faces and clothing usually give it away (like baby fat, acne, hairstyle, clothing decorated with stuff from kids shows or being a vibrant color).
Not supposed to say this because I work there we now have a single selected bear. It helps so much
I had my 16th birthday party at build a bear this year. My friends said it was the best birthday party they’d been to, and the employees said we were a breath of fresh air from all the crazy little kids they’d had to deal with. Id brought in a prepaid vault pumpkin kitty shell id bought shortly after their rerelease, and because I’d already paid for it, I got to pick a second bear. I picked a mimikyu Pokémon plush. Afterwards, every kid who’d gone to the party brought their bears to school and showed them off. It was awesome. I named my pumpkin kitty Jonny, and he is my beautiful baby son.
Did they re-release the Pumpkin Fun Kitty or is this another bear? I’ve had my Pumpkin Fun Kitty since I was 11, I’m 26 now and so scared of something happening to her 😟
@@laylasadventures4829 they did, it was a bit of a shitshow bc people immediately bought it up lol but I managed to get one early before scalpers came in. cool to hear u have an original one tho!!
@@laylasadventures4829yes it was a re-release. It came out sometime during September I believe. It was available for quite sometime if I remember correctly, I actually questioned whether collectors were even aware of its release or just kept it quiet so it wouldn’t blow and they would sell out fast so they could get one. Maybe I’m remembering wrong and they did sell out fast, I can’t remember that well since I was constantly on and off the site checking for Sanrio restocks😅I considered getting one since it looked cute but got Kuromi and HK instead🩷🖤sad you didn’t know about it till now😭💀
that's so cool!! I would love to have a birthday there sometime, I've always wanted to have a party there! kudos to you and your friends for providing the employees a nice experience :-D
As a kid, we couldn't afford build-a-bear (or my mom just didn't want to waste money on it) but I always wanted one. I'm just happy that the store near my house still is modeled after the original store design. I'm definitely going to go make one when I have the spare money.
Heck yeah!! I hope you have lots of fun when you do!! Are there any designs you really want(ed)?
I was the same as you growing up, didn’t have a lot of money, but even if we did at some point and could go, my mom just didn’t wanna lol. But I finally got to go and experience it for Valentine’s Day and I seriously think you should go if you haven’t already :) it was literally such a wonderful experience, even as an adult. I hope you get to build your own bear soon
I bought a build-a-bear yesterday for my birthday! It was an intresting experience and I'm really happy to finally get one! All my childhood dreams come alive!!
I used to work at Friends 2B Made and had no idea it was originally a rival company. The store was physically connected to a build a bear, we shared employees, and I got a discount at both places.
Yea I worked there too I was confused by this we had a section in our small store
I've been buying Build a Bears for 16 years and I absolutely love them
Yesss!!! Me too!!!!! I’m an adult and don’t GAF it’s too much fun. ❤❤❤ to you
wait omg can you give the link to the bearville rewritten discord???? ive been trying to find one for ages it was my childhood 😭😭😭
I use to collect build a bears, I played bearville as kid, and I had my 8th birthday party at build a bear and they gave me a bear everyone at party had signed including my beloved Grandpa who passed in 2017. For that I’m forever grateful.
As someone who learned how to sew plushies partially bc of the insane costs of these places I love being able to say "We got Build a Bear at home!"
😂 adorable!!!
I love seeing deep dives into silly toys and cute stuff!!! I remember having my own rainbow dinosaur build-a-bear toy when I was younger
I spent a pretty large part of my childhood on bearville. I didn't have a build a bear anywhere near me and I finally got one while on a family trip, and I took it everywhere. I would go over to my neighbor's house because her mom bought her clothes for them and we had fashion shows. I still remember all the little secrets you could find on the website, and I probably drove my family insane with how much I played those songs. I didn't know the website was being shut down until it already happened, unfortunately. I would love a full video on bearville, it gave me some great memories!
ive never seen anyone talk about build a bearville so this made me so happy. i LIVED on this site in elementary/middle school like i was obsessed
Bearville had an insane GRIP on me. I still thinkg about it all the time
@@gabrielkline2581 no same like nobody else gets it
I had a build-a-bear from my Dad where he sang me a little song, and I friggin' got rid of it when I got rid of all my teddies. One of the few things I truly regret keeping 😢
So my past two birthdays, when i turned 20 and 21, I went to build a bear. When I turned 20 i went with my boyfriend and it was incredible. It was early in the day in May so there was no one else in there but the two of us and an employee. She was the absolute sweetest person ever. I had gotten the frog and made it scented like strawberries and the employee was telling us stories about her late mother and how she used to collect anything frog related. My boyfriend also left a message in my frog telling me he loved me. It was such a wholesome and wonderful experience, my frogs name is Charlotte, she wears a pink dress with green leaves and I love her dearly. My second one was the opposite vibe I was in a large crowded store with my boyfriend and closest friends when I made Donnie. Donnie is an opossum. I am from New York and they have exclusive items so donnie is wearing timbs, a white tangtop, jeans, he got the snapback cap and shades, and a gold chain. He is scented like cotton candy because he smokes nicotine. He is overstuffed, hes huge. An absolute menace. i would die for donnie
donnie seems like my kinda guy, i love donnie
that's awesome!
pls the details😪 I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
I am SO happy to see someone mention Friends 2B Made! It was such an iconic part of my childhood along with Build-a-Bear, but I rarely hear people talk about it!
Very glad this ended up in my recommended. Love your videos, and its clear that you have a passion for the topics you cover. Keep going!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video - thank you so much for being so kind 💗💗 your support means the world to me and is what let’s me continue putting everything i can into the videos so i can’t express how grateful i am for this! Have a lovely day 🧚♀️
34:52 Oh my God I’ve been looking for the name of “Magic Bear World” and possibly another song from the website for ages, because I thought they were actual pop songs you’d hear on the radio.
Now knowing that they’re directly from the website you made my hunt for them ever since I was a child so much easier, hearing that first song brought me back so many memories, thank you!
I’m 25 and recently took my 3 year old to our local Build A Bear workshop. It was kind of sad to see how different, plain and downsized my local store had become. The only stations offered during the process were the ones that offered the opportunity for the store to make money. I am astounded to see how a bear, a tiny electric beating heart, shoes, a one piece outfit and a play phone for the bear came up to $80.
We didn’t have Build-A-Bear money growing up so my dad would always take me to the store for my “part time job” where I’d wash the display animals in the bathtub. I did such a phenomenal job that the employees would give me stickers after every “shift”. Love my dad for that creative and selfless act that went on for years. When I did get to finally make my own bear I dedicated its heart to my dad. Still have that beloved bear even though it’s worn and tattered now that I’m an adult. I long for those magical moments that seem to be missing in my world today. It truly was something special that I will never, ever forget.
Your dad and the workers are icons
After watching your video about Strawberry Shortcake I revisited some nostalgic things, specifically Angelina Ballerina and Thomas and Friends, do you think you could make a deep dive video with these two? I would love to see!
Omg Angelina Ballerina!!! Yes!!
We NEEEED an Angelina ballerina vid!!!
Yes!!!
HiT Entertainment had some GOATed franchises.
With all due respect, Thomas has too much lore for one video. I'm serious. The books date back to the mid 40's, even though the TV adaption started in the early 80's. Angelina's easier and more fit for this channel.
@cridly …Thomas probably does have way too much lore, but that just makes me want to see one of those excessively-detailed long form videos recapping *all of it.* I’d totally watch a 10 hour Thomas video
The absolute flashback I had when you showed buildabear-ville!!!
I totally forgot how into that game I was, I would love a deeper dive into it
I remember being in first grade (around christmas) and having this one babysitter who would pick me up from school and take me to build-a-bear, she bought me a Celestia plushie that i would take with me to school and everywhere else i went
It was iconic ngl
That's a cool babysitter
at my local mall they got rid of the build a bear store and now it's just a small kiosk. definitely lost a lot of the fun whimsical vibes of the build a bear stores from the 2000s. great video as always!
Oh man, I started sobbing when you brought out your childhood bears - that's so sweet. Unmatting Otis is possible, if you ever want to - I have a bear just like him, and i refluffed him using a wire pet brush (think one you'd get for cats). I brush him often to keep him fluffy because ngl he lives in my bed lmao. I am obsessed with thrifting build a bears - the whole process of getting them home for baths and restuffing included - so I'm pretty used to the upkeep of them. I replace the batteries in the sound boxes and am planning on throwing them all into the one pink one I got that inexplicably plays Uptown Funk lmao
Omg I have an Otis too, do you have like a specific process to remove the matts? I would like to see mine fluffy again
On the “make your own toy” concept i recall a memory when i was really little and on a vacation and there was this vendor at the hotel (? I think? it was forever ago and i was small, forgive me) who had a few stuffed animals for sale and you got to stuff them yourself! I got a german shepherd plush and was overjoyed! This person, however, was definitely not build a bear lol. I wonder how many random people out there still do this…
My local build a bear is one of the ones that hasn’t had an Updated redesign. It’s still yellow with the original logo. I don’t ever want it to update, it looks the same it did when I was a kid.
This was a massive trip down memory lane. I've been a collector on and off of BaB since 2004 (which makes me feel very old) so it was really nice seeing a recap of everything that happened over the years. Thank you for this video
i've lived all my life in countries where there is no build a bear, but as a certified plushie enthusiast i loved watching this video regardless of my personal nostalgia (or lack thereof) for this specific brand of plushies. definitely going to watch some more of your videos after this one :)
I miss build a bear 😢 a lot of the stores pulled out of Canada, there’s only two I can think of now in my province, i remember there used to be at least 4 within an hour-2 hour drive away. So many good core memories ❤
Amazing video as always!! I was actually so surprised by all the controversies and how many there were?? Also Pawlette and Victoria Justice Bear are icons
Watched this video the second it came out and I Loved every second. Thai community you’ve built is one of the bests. As a young but still die hard build a bear fan I have so much to say. If anyone wants to hear a rant on that lemme know. Aside from that the build a bear mmo was one of my best and only memories of mmos from my early years. ❤❤❤
One of my favorite lines of build a bears is the girl scout bears. As a girl scout/ troop leader, they are so cute! Most are based on the cookies, and you can get little gs vests for them for each level 😊
Also shout out to the brown sugar puppy, that was my first one and I love it so much :)
crying when yoy pulled out the bears you personally owned to show them, introduce them even. Thats legit so sweet of you omg.
i’m very glad i work in a legacy store, i get to see that lovely yellow design whenever i have work there. and we still have fluff me!! (new stores do not) and while i wish every store kept this design, im glad to still have it myself.
also!! the pokémon license is PERFECT!! given how in the games you bond with a specific pokémon rather than the whole species, naming them and all still feels great :) though i only have one pokémon myself out of a lot of original bears
Don’t worry how long it takes you to upload another video, I love how you back into nostalgic things that we loved but didn’t think much about about at the time.
OMG THANK YOU for talking about build a bear ville! I played that religiously for a while when I was a kid and I have never heard anyone else acknowledge it. I would love nothing more than to watch a video about it!!
love this video!! I miss the old stores so much, my mall doesn’t even have a build-a-bear store anymore 😭 it’s just sitting in the middle of the mall
I’ve had so many build a bears over the years that I forgot just how many they were. Like a time capsule from the 2000’s through early 2010’s. I had The Jonas Brother’s dog that played 4 Jonas Bros songs, easter bunny from Hop movie, Blizzard bear, a chocolate kennel dog, and I fairly recently got a Harry Potter bear (names Barry Styles). That’s all I can remember now
I LOVED THE BLIZZARD BEARS AS A KID I HAVE ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE
I live in St. Louis, Missouri but didn't realize that Build-A-Bear was founded here until I was an adult. I still have my stuffed elephant from there that I bought in 2007 to take with me to college. Very durable and the only thing that has faded on it is the tag. I haven't been in a Build-a-Bear since 2007, even though I still visit the Galleria. It's always nice to glance and see the families in there laughing and smiling.
Give us the bearville video!! I spent years on that game, added all my build a bears, spent so much time building my kick ass loft, scuba diving, working a legit virtual job, etc and then one day it was just gone, years later and I’m still upset about it.
Wtf. It was so wholesome when you showed us your bears. It brought me back to my fifth birthday when I went for the very first time after seeing it in the mall one day. I grew up very poor but my parents made it work. I even got an outfit. I named mine Horton after our orange tabby, and he is also an orange tabby. Thank you for the tenderness ♥️🥹
Wow watching this totally made me appreciate my local build a bear and how they've managed to keep all of the original aspects in tact over the years, crazy to see those newer stores I didn't even know they did a rebranding but it makes sense
Build a bear holds such a special place in my heart. I was even lucky enough to have a build a bear party when I turned 10. I now own nearly all of the HTTYD bears (yes it's an obsession). Thank you for making an amazing video on BAB 💕🍓🍓
I would definitely be interested in a build a bearville separate video. I loved that website! And the music is ingrained in my brainnnn. Hope the remake is out soon
Bearville shut down when I was nine I am 18 and I wanna play again sooo bad I still remember my username and password
Build-A-Bear has always been a staple throughout my childhood. I have a massive collection of Pokemon Build-A-Bears, consisting of Gengar, Sylveon, Sobble and Sprigatito.
For my sister's upcoming baby shower, I decided to get a Build-A-Bear for my new niece. It's a rainbow hedgehog, and I want it to be the type of stuffed animal a kid can't part with. The type they bring everywhere they go and wear out in a loving way.
I hope she enjoys it. I have a feeling I'm going to make a great auntie in the future.
I bursted out laughing at the bears dancing to no music 😂😂😂
BUT THEIR DANCES ARE SO CUTE
Build a bear ville was my childhood. I played for hours and hours every single day
you have such a soothing voice, your videos always feel like a warm hug
I got a build a bear when my cat died. I held it everyday for months and still sleep next to it. It brought me a lot of comfort and still does. I had so many build a bears as a kid
This was quite a trip back in time for me. I have so many memories of going to build a bear as a kid for special events. Sadly, I have lost many of those old friends from moving and other events, but I hope wherever they are now they ended up making other children smile as much as they made me.
OMG the TV you show at around 2:58 IS THE EXACT TV I HAD AS A KID. I am absolutely floored to see it again. Great video :)
ahhhhh my mom got me "wlecome to hugsville" thru gamefly and it has been engrained in my memory but everytime I try to talk about it people think I'm talking about the online bearville. thank you soooooo soooooo sooooo much for validating my childhood memories omg!!!
i love your video as always! your voice is so comforting.
personally i agree that i generally dislike the licensed characters, except for pokemon. as a teen i got my first build a bear plush and it was Vulpix, i named her after my vulpix in my pokemon game and it was like my in game friend come to life. i think if they chose partnerships more wisely, theyd really have the oppertunity to create more magical experiences like that one. (im probably biased too since getting a build a bear was a childhood dream)
i have the build a bear collectors guide from 2004, so this was a trip down memory lane! as a 99’ baby ive been getting build a bear forever and its def one of my special interests. thank you so much for this video!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS! I've been looking for a video about build a bear history and this is the perfect video!
i literally NEED a full length video about bearville i feel like nobody i know talks about enough i lived on there like people did on pixie hollow or animal jam
omg the animal jam outro font 😭 instant sub HAHAH i loved this video !! build-a-bear had a rly small presence in my country so i used to always live vicariously through other ppl's posts of their bears ... i never knew they had so many scandals/eras besides just being a place to build bears. truly a 2000s-2010s relic
i miss build a bearville soooo much, played the hecc out of it as a child :-) it often competed with club penguin to be my favorite online game... I loved the trading feature and the jobs, loads of places to explore and all the mini games.. id love to play that game again
I was an AVID Bearville player! I'm pretty sure I was a VIB the entire course of it's lifetime, lol
I would adore a more in depth video on the game itself! It's so nostalgic to me. I remember the Cody Simpson songs slapping so hard!
Great video!!
I really appreciate the subtle sound effects you put throughout your videos! Really adds this level of immersion to them. :) Subbed!
Seeing your videos always make my day! I played Build a Bear ville a ton as a kid, but because I made my bear on a Girl Scouts trip I think they must have given the code to the scout leader cause I remember looking everywhere for that code and I could never find it 😭 didn’t stop me from playing though! I always talked about wanting to go back and finally on while we were out Halloween night my bf and roommate came with me to a nearby Build a Bear and I made a Mimikyu 🥰
Build A Bear was a huge part of my childhood! I have kept tabs on how it has changed over the years. My first BAB was the original frog that I got in 2004 and I named Croacky. I still have Croacky! Build A Bear Workshops were only in certain malls in the US and I grew up in a rural area where the closest one was hours away so it was a special treat. Now as an adult when I moved to the town I currently live in and saw a BABW in a walmart I was so shocked! Though I am still excited to take my kiddo there and relive the childhood memories.
You had a smile throughout the whole video, I can tell you’re passionate about these topics and that’s why I love your channel!!
Man I really miss the fun games on their website. I loved playing them when I was little.
Great video! ^^ I always brought my Build-A-Bear to my friend's American Girl doll parties and sleepovers as I didn't want a doll. It was pretty funny to see my floppy kitty sitting next to realistic looking dolls! X3
Also "Be Bearrific" sent me back in time!!
Build a bear and American girl were two big parts of my childhood! American girl also had an MMO that was similar to Bearville that I LOVED called innerstar u and it was around at the same time as bearville
My roman empire is that when I worked at build a bear we were given a list of ‘bear-isms’ which were bear puns we had to try and include in conversations with customers such as ‘have a BEARriffic day’ 😭
that’s so silly i love it
I remember my build a bear having a victorus tori outfit on and a noise box that played ‘call me maybe’. iconic
Thank you so much for this video!! My parents bought me a buildabear when i was little and loved it so much (i still have it too!!). I was obsessed with bearville too i would play it everyday after school and even printed out my tour guide card thingys and gave them out on school lol. I also own the DS game and still have it!!
My dad passed away this month and your video helped me cheer up, tysm!! ❤Looking forward to bearville video!!!!
build a bear was such an integral part of my childhood, i still have the gingerbread hello kitty bear i made as a kid and she makes me so happy
I actually still have my build-a-bear even though I’m 24. It’s a cheetah named Jewel. I think I was into cheetahs as a kid. It’s one of the only dolls I have left. I remember my mom saying how she regrets giving me and my sisters toys away because we got too old for them and now I kind of feel the same way.
I started to collect build a bear almost a year now and a build a bear Instagrammer. My very first bear was a 4th of July dog but i sadly don't have it anymore I wish i have that bear... I remember bearville and wish I could play the game. Ones I was small I remember one of the build a bear computer had bearville on for kids to try the online game by the other computer to name your bear.
I used to work at BABW. If you take your old ones to the store, they will refill it, and sow it up for free. 😊
It should help with the smell!
I loved the dog build-a-bears! They could hold puppies in their mouths with a little magnet. I made a couple in store but would buy older designs on ebay. I just loved collecting all of the breeds.
I've never actually owned any build-a-bear toys,and i really didn't know much about it,but this was a lovely and Cozy video. I'm happy you're back,and I'm interested to see what other things you will explore ❤
Also... Deep dive into Hello Kitty one day? :-)
A hello kitty deep dive would actually be incredible. Its a huge special interest of mine and casually mentioning the "Sanrio was founded to distract from Japans war crimes" theory is very fun
@@amanitaaldaine yes! I agree. I love her too 💓 i actually thought this was a hello kitty deep dive, because of strawberry's post that she will return soon,and the little sheep plushy had a hello Kitty on her clothes. Again,i had little to no knowledge about build-a-bears prior to this video. I would love if Strawberry took a deep dive into hello Kitty. She's so cute ❤.
I love the his! I’ve been collecting build a bears since I was a kid. I have 80 bears and they’re super important to me🥹 I also played bearville so much and I really miss it.😭
My dad is a bus driver and he drove past Build A Bear during pay your age, he said he saw people queuing down the street of the city
i love your videos so much the quality of editing and research and you genuinely sound so passionate about what you’re talking about and best of all it BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD
I love the videos you have been making! Your work is so informational and they bring me so much nostalgia from my childhood, here are some deep dive topics i would love to see, Winx, Thea Stilton, totally spies, monster high, the powerpuff girls, animal jam, poptropica, wizard 101, and moviestarplanet. Thank you so much for the time and work you put into making these quality videos, I cant wait to see your channel grow even more!
I'm looking forward to watching this video. I'm so happy my favorite UA-camr is back. The new backdrop looks so great! ❤
i got a handful of Build A Bears throughout my childhood. my first was a plain light brown bear who i got at a girl’s birthday party when i was in Year R, and who meowed when i squeezed her hand. i’m fairly certain i had the white sheep that you have, although i have no clue where she went. i got a german shepherd and a panda at some point when i was in junior school, and also one that was fluffy and pink/multicoloured?
i don’t have any of my originals anymore (they mysteriously disappeared… i suspect my mother gave them away. although i wasn’t too attached to my BABs compared to my other teddies) but i bought a green frog last year and i like him a lot.
oh my god… i’ve just remembered i had a BAB walkman/mp3 toy??
I miss Bearville Online so much! As a kid who grew up playing Webkinz and NeoPets like almost everyday I loved Bearville it was cute and fun and the fact you could upload your bears with a code made me play more. On the topic of just BAB's in general my favorites included a bunny my parents got me when I was like 10, one bear everyone forgets about the Enchanted White Horse, and Marie Sassy Kitty White where my most beloved build a bear's of all time! I remember taking Kitty and Goldy on family vacations and car rides as a kid, even bought a drawstring build a bear bag to carry/show them off in. The mid 2000's -2010's BAB was the best era. Even as an adult I still buy myself BAB's, I got into D&D in college and decided to buy the D&D dragon BAB, even tho I didn't go to the store to purchase him, I still want to go to BAB just to feel the magic of the stores again.
i had two build-a-bears as a kids. a "butterscotch bear" which i don't think i got an outfit with? and a "chocolate" bear with a valentines-themed outfit and an "i love you! i love you!" sound effect.
i do remember going to a birthday party at friends2bmade and making a doll there. this is probably the first time in ages i've heard it mentioned haha. i also had an orange tabby cat from a party at noah's ark. actually now that i think about it i think only the valentine-chocolate bear might have been from a non-birthday party trip.
OH! i should mention i interviewed at build-a-bear a few years ago (did not accept the job, pay was not great) and one of the things i was told is that sometimes people get "memorial" bears for passed loved ones, which i think is really sweet.
Wow, I love video essays. It's clear that so much work went into making this one. I never really got to experience build-a-bear or any of the stuff around it personally, but I really feel like this gave me some insight into how much this means to you and others who got to build their own.
Omg you're literally my new comfort youtuber! ilysm I hope you make more videos!!
Ive never owned build a bear i dont think they were even avaliable in poland but aaaaaah i Love watching your nostalgic deep dives, and this one was so cozy
Side note, but I’m so so so obsessed with your editing…..I keep finding myself pausing and going back just to try to remember where the music and sound effects are from
this was me with the nintendogs “confused dog” audio clip haha
I had so many build a bears growing up and was devastated when the online game shut down :( I have many good memories from the game and with my bears. This video was so fun to watch too! It was definitely a trip down memory lane. One thing I found out recently that made me disappointed in build a bear is that those expensive swarovski bears were actually part of a nft campaign which sucks. I never thought build a bear would do that and I hope they don't do anymore in the future
omg I've love to see a deeper dive into the rabbit hole of Build-A-Bearville. I was there for the whole ride. started out playing the flash games on the website and playing in the original Bearville, which was just a collection of fun html interactive web pages themed to be different town areas (sort of like how Neopets worked), and there were a few flash game links. and then when the full MMO Bearville launched, it was WILD. I actually never knew about the premium membership stuff though lol I must have had a bunch of wasted opportunity to cash in premium rewards, because I ended up getting like 4 different bears. I adored the music so much and it's still super super nostalgic. what a great time to be alive.
I loved bearville as a 2000’s kid! Nobody I know seems to remember it, but I remember it being better than Webkinz (which I also adored). Great video & love the transitions :)
Your video was amazing, and I've never seen your content before, but I am SO pleasantly surprised and elated to hear City Folk playing in the background! Its such an underrepresented game in the AC franchise and was a core part of my childhood (like BAB) and I love that it was included ❤
my first animal crossing game! it holds such a special place in my heart and the music is wonderfully nostalgic 💗
As someone who works at Build-a-bear I can explain why bearville shut down. The original CEO owns the rights to it so when the new CEO came and took over they couldn't run it anymore, hence the switch to the Roblox game
Yes, please make a video all about build a bearville!!
I am begging you to talk about animal jam. The chokehold it had on my childhood was insane.
It's so funny that I got this video recommended the same day I went and got a My Melody Build A Bear lol. I was wondering if you could do a video on Lalaloopsies? They were one of my favorite toys growing up and it's sad seeing them kinda being forgotten over the years.
me and my girlfriend have 4 build a bear frogs. we have the green, the teal, the purple and blue pastel swirl, and a dark green spotted christmas one. we made them all together and we were long distance up until a few months ago and would trade them back and forth. they were like a way to connect us when we couldn't be together and they're really special to me because of that. that's a pretty recent build a bear memory but it's probably my favorite because i remember making all of those frogs with her and they all have two hearts because we each put a heart in all of them
I adored Build a Bear and played on Bearville basically up until it was taken offline. My first bear was either one of the Pawlette bunnies or the fluffy puppy. For years, it was a tradition for me to go to Build a Bear on my birthday. Things changed once an American Girl store was opened up in Dallas, but I still loved and cherish my bears.
Another brilliant video! Could listen to hours of retrospective on Build a Bearville!
I don't think there were any of these stores in my country so I didn't knew about them but this video was so engaging loved learning about it
Also your wall??? AMAZING we need a room and collections tour