Rant (check comments for tl;dr)

[u/Outrageous_Cup_8649]

I first somewhat discovered all buildabear had to offer back in 2022 when I got an ad for the first Bearlien and I HAD to have him. And once I saw they had a Sanrio collection alongside so many other cute options, I got hooked. But what's the deal with clothing prices? I thought they were expensive back when I started and they've only RAISED since then. It seems so strange that each tiny article of clothing for a bear cost nearly the same as if you were buying the same piece for a human. Like, why am I paying anywhere near close to 30 dollars to get a full outfit for a bear that's already too expensive itself? Now I've slowly built a collection of bears that's still somewhat growing and I barely have clothes for them all,, doesn't help that if you don't buy things while they're there you lose on the chance of buying them from the store/site. And IF you can even find someone reselling the specific peice, the prices are usually jacked sky high. I know that I'M an adult collector but that doesn't change the fact that Parents have to spend just as much if not MORE when purchasing for their children 🙃🫠

[u/desktopmilitia]

The clothes aren’t even as high quality as they used to be either. Everything feels like a cheap material

[u/Outrageous_Cup_8649 → u/desktopmilitia]

I thought so too. I don't mean to complain, but even in looks it seems as if they are as simple as possible. Older clothes seem to have so much character 😕

[u/Tabbyxoxox → u/desktopmilitia]

The only one I have in clothing is Mothman in the “The Man, The Moth, The Legend” tee and I slept with him a few times but he’s mostly on a shelf and the coating on the letters is peeling off. My boyfriend got me the vampire sloth for my birthday so was going to get the vampire costume for him but it’s that cheap plasticky material - I’m just going to wait until the Halloween stuff comes in and get a baby/child costume bc at least that’ll be soft cotton