Hiya! I'm late to the party, so I hope some of you are still active here. I lived in Edison NJ in the 80s so I was a regular at the Gund warehouse sales. I bought a few for myself, but most were gifts and sold/traded/bartered.
I know the Teddy Bear / Beanie Baby fad is over, but is there still any active market place for the "rare bears" I saved all these years?
Hey all, I've had my pink Snuffles bear for over 15 years now, and I'm looking to find him a little brother. I know the pink ones have been discontinued for awhile now. Any ideas on where to find a mini pink snuffles bear?
These are from the song "Butterflies Instead" by K's choice. I imagine that reproducing them here falls under "fair use."
I lock the door and lock my head And dream of butterflies instead The beauty of their colored wings The trees, the grass and pretty things Imagination fills the void of my existence
Daddy says "I love you girl, it's not your fault Your mom and me don't get along" I know he's lying, I know there's no such thing as Inexplicable I hear, forget, this world in bed And suddenly the sun comes up That's when my pets all come alive They cheer me up and tell me
Everything's alright Stuffed animals are always right
My favorite song, my favorite show I wonder if they even know Or if they care or if they even notice I am standing there I want my pets to come alive And cheer me up and tell me
Everything's alright Stuffed animals are always right Everything's alright Stuffed animals are always right Alright...
My eyes all red, the baby's wet And someone has to get that phone I want my pets to come alive and Cheer me up and tell me
Alright...
I lock the door and lock my head And dream of butterflies instead
He came to the airport to pick me up with a surprise in his backpack...
Here's my newbie big snuffs having the breakfast of champions in the morning. His name is godfather or rather affectionately known as "bear" to the both of us. I love him. :)
I don't remember when I first got my Snuffles. I must have been too young, though I vaguely remember seeing lots of them in stores, available in (I think) brown, blue, pink, and white. Mine was brown. Over the years, as others have mentioned, Snuffles (Snuffy, Snuff) became something of an alter ego. He was "Uncle Snuffy" to a couple of my brother's bears. In my imagination he did more than just comfort me. He journeyed throughout the galaxy in his ship, The Hyperfast GrrBear (of the same make and model as the Millennium Falcon,) comforting the disturbed. I always pictured him with something he called a "Wonker," basically a big wobbly rod, with which he could sweep away the bad guys should the need arise. He was a hero. I think I've often been attracted to such characters. I just dug out my old tackle box with my remaining Warhammer 40,000 miniatures. My favorite was always Apothecary Corbulo- basically a highly glorified medic. In a galaxy full of violence he was a healer. I love the pictures of different Snuffles on this journal. They're adorable. I remember reading once that someone suggested that Snuffles would be a great gift for a baby, to keep all their life. I've pondered the idea of donating him if a close friend of mine has a child in the future. At the same time, I have this strange concern about Snuffles not being appreciated as much as when he was mine. On general principle, I don't want a dog chewing on him in the future, or anything like that. Today, Snuffles sits on a little shelf in the corner of my brother's room, near the ceiling. Five years ago, as I left the house to go away to school, I made a detour into that room and scratched Snuffles on the chin and behind the ears.
I joined this community a few months ago, and I can't believe this is only my first post! I was given my first Snuffles in 1988 when I was a few months old by a family friend and they remain extremely important to me. Snuffy became my alter ego and whether I like it or not, she's with me still. She was quite the dictator who bossed all my other toys around! My grandma used to bring them over to me from America and recently I bought a few more on eBay- you can never have too many!
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