Expensive Build-a-Bear Advent Calendar Mystery Box 2021

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[gwendelk]

Typically, the little doors on an advent calendar are meant to be opened and then shut again nice and tidily, which is why you are often finding that the perforations don’t go all the around.

[craftycreations]

I personally believe that for the price you get a really good amount of accessories, and bears. However, about your wanting the bears to be more for every day during the year, I would think that most people who would get this if they were adults will keep them as decorations throughout the holiday season. As far as kids go, they might agree with you. I do wish they would’ve fix that tear in the Mrs. clause outfit though. Otherwise that one is really cute too.

[AnnyAmazing]

I think that their choice to use all bears is valid, seeing as their brand revolves around the bears and their other animals sometimes have very different figures. If the different animals were too different, then you wouldn’t be able to mix and match clothes/ accessories. Also a lot of people look for advent calendars with Christmas only in mind, and it might throw people off if they get a summer shirt for a yellow bear in a Christmas advent calendar.

[daytonsouthall]

The packaging is literally a gingerbread house, how is it so surprising that the bears are Christmas themed? They’re still cute regardless

[ivygarcia]

12:45 I love watching Jackie struggle ripping the doors off 😂 even through the camera I can see you're not supposed to. The doors are to be folded up, that's why they keep ripping

[fairygoth-mother]

Previous unboxing--Jackie: "They should have found a way to secure the items so they stayed in their own window"
Today's unboxing--also Jackie: "Why is everything stuck in here?"

Love the plushies!

[whatlikeitshardd]

It's an ADVENT CALENDAR Jackie. It's meant to be enjoyed during Christmastime. If a kid is getting such an expensive calendar then they probably have more than enough toys to play with all year round. If I had this kit I'd use the bears and tree to make a cute display during the holidays.

[BrigitteWitch]

As someone who worked at buildabear I can confidently say they would never put licensed characters in something like that. They have to pay a lot to get the license and are going to make more money by using them to make full-sized plushes. Secondly while you might not like it. The bear is a key part of the brand. Most traditional buildabear fans would prefer it to be just bears. I do definitely think they could have thrown in a rabbit since Pawlette is one of the original designs and is well known enough to be considered a mascot of the brand.

[galacticwolf]

As an adult I totally get your view of the Christmas theme, however as a parent my kids would love it and we have Christmas themed plushies that are loved and played with all year long! I do agree it would be nice to mixup bears/dogs/cats/ rabbits though 😊🎅🏻⛄️❄️ xx

[maybebrenda]

I would personally love this - I love the Christmas theme, love that it's all bears, but I don't think I'd pay $50. However, if I was given it as a gift, I'd be thrilled still! I love how you dressed all the bears too; so cute!

[aaronhelms]

The fun thing about these, though, Jackie, is that they don't have to be Christmas themed. Without their clothes on, they're just blank bears for the most part. You can order some small outfits, or even sew together little ones to change them however you want!

[clairecheney]

Maybe it's because you didn't grow up with advent calendars, but the chocolates in them are all Christmas shaped, like presents and trees. The whole point of an advent calendar is for the whole thing to be Christmas themed

[coleenreid]

I stress every time you rip the doors off, they're only perforated on 3 sides so you can close the door again and still have the picture on front to look at as a whole and not with holes everywhere.

[hadleywhite]

i actually really like how the items are connected to the box on the inside, this is because with some advent calendars the items can get mixed around in the doors through the sides. With the plastic connecting the item to the box makes it so it doesn't go through doors.

[dialmoond]

Usually for collectors, christmas calendars are a way to have the Christmas collection, only found in the calendar. For eg, playmobil in their advent calendar have ALL christmas related figurines. Bc the point is not only to have some playmobil to play with but have the special Christmas ones. If I want normal one I go buy it. I think it is just that calendars are targeted to collectors or people who already love the brand and have the toys so they feel the need to buy the calendar. Maybe it is bc you’re not used to have advent calendar apart from choco Jackie.
Calendars are getting lazy selling normal stuff in em (like the Chanel’s) but you normally have to get Christmas themes things.
Tbh the bears are cute 🥰

[Shin-ucgh]

Personal taste, I know. But you can't expect an ADVENT calendar to not be Christmassy - that's literally the point of them. It would be so confusing to the majority of people to get a summer bear outfit when they're in the countdown to Christmas. If anything that would show they put little to no thought into the calendar and shoved anything in there just to make more money. At least this shows a thought process by the company, and gives you something to have fun with and decorate with during the winter.
As for the different animals, I think the bears works best. You can mix and match with the outfits and I think most will agree that matching animals would look better than an assortment.

I understand that you didn't grow up with advent calendars, but there is a point to them, even if that seems lost in recent years.

[Junkuza]

Yeeeah this felt needlessly nitpicky Jackie, not gonna lie; it's a Christmas build-a-bear advent calender, I'd expect Christmas bears. It's kind of like grabbing a Cadbury's advent calender and being mad that every number is a christmas shaped piece of milk chocolate.

[ashleywest]

I actually really liked everything about this ... its Christmas themed and I like that they were all bears so you can swap thru clothes 🤷‍♀️ guess everyone has their own opinion tho

[dayschange]

This advent calendar might be predictable, but OH MY GOD! I would have LOVED this as a little kid! I can't wait until my nephew gets older, I'm going to send him one of these! (Hopefully Build a Bear will still be making them.)

[kaylamarie]

The only thing I was pretty disappointed about was the tree. I thought they would have the Santa bear already dressed as the last plush, not a tree. Also, a reindeer would have been nice.