Steiff – Life size Paddington Bear – Limited Edition of 350

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Paddington Bear™ is made of finest chestnut brown mohair fur. He is 106cm tall, 3-way jointed and wears his trademark red rain hat and bright blue duffle coat. Comes complete with brown suitcase which contains a jar or marmalade and Paddingtons favourite sandwich! He has his gold-plated “Button in Ear”

Paddington is a life-size bear which Steiff  have based the design on Paddington Bear from the 2017 Movie ‘Paddington 2’

Limited edition of 350 pieces

Mrs Brown bent down. “You’re a very small bear,” she said. “I’m a very rare sort of bear,” he replied importantly. “There aren’t many of us left where I come from.” “And where is that?” asked Mrs Brown. “Darkest Peru. Michael Bond based Paddington bear on a lonely Teddy bear he noticed on a shelf in a London store on Christmas Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife. The bear inspired Bond to write a story; A Bear Called Paddington – first published on 13 October 1958. Little could he have known then how many people from around the world would come to know, love and adore his small bear from darkest Peru. “Paddington is eternally optimistic and always comes back for more, no matter how many times his hopes are dashed,” “It’s simply the joy of a little bear who is an outsider getting into scrapes and mishaps – always with the best of intentions – and coming out on top every time.” Michael Bond To celebrate the marmalade-loving BAFT nominated bear’s 60th anniversary Steiff are honoured and thrilled to offer two winning designs. Our Second Paddington stands an impressive 3ft 3” – Yes he’s Life Size and thrilled to be larger than life in every way. He is complete with his functional suitcase housing his essential jar of Steiff marmalade and marmalade sandwich. After all “a wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat in case of emergencies”.

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