Bear factory extravaganza

Advantages: excellent service, great range of cuddly toys, acessories and clothes
Disadvantages: quite expensive, can end up spending quite alot of money

...The bear factory in the central town of Cardiff is a great delight to visit. The presentation of the shop is VERY child-friendly, and with fascination many customers visit the store for a once in a life time experience to create their own bear to their likings. The staff at the shop are unbelieveably kind and offer you a step by step guidance whilst making your bear. Firstly, you choose a cuddly toy of your choice, and all prices are clearly listed around their place. You can choose from a range of different bears to giraffes and elephants to tigers. Next, you get your bear stuffed y one of the staff according to how you want it. You can ask for a small amount o stuffing for a cuddly bear or a large amount of stuffing for a firmer bear. Then, you can have a choice as to whether you want to place a voicebox inside your bear. You can...

mandella2 05.11.2007 (09.11.2007) · Read review
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Create Your Very Own Bear

Advantages: You are able to create the soft toy of you dreams
Disadvantages: No Elephants

...Have you ever wanted to know or even see how your favourite bedtime soft toy made? Well now you have the chance. Just visit the Bear Factory. It allows the customer to create their very own bears or cat or dog... oh just come along for a look. The shop in Peterborough Queens Gate Centre is fun. This is my local store. The assistants are friendly and helpful and there is even a guest book by the door, so you can even write your own opinion! The Bear Factory is a unique shop, which allows the customer to create his or her own soft toy. The assistants are willing to explain the process and give the customer a guided tour of the bear making process. I prefer to visit the store during the week, simply because it is quieter and there are fewer children there too. This is a handy tip if you are planning to give a toy for a child...

wulise 23.05.2001 (03.03.2002) · Read review
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Release the French in your bear!

Advantages: cute, great gift idea
Disadvantages: /

...make a nice little gift idea, especially for little girls! You could buy this top, and a bear - some cost as little as £8 - and you have got yourself an unique little present! If you dont want to stop there, there are lots of other gorgeous pieces you can add to this, such as the attractive denim skirts and the glamorous sunglasses the store has to offer for your little bear friends. This is an adorable little t shirt and is perfect for any fan of the bear factory. Not only does it make a great gift, but it is ideal for treating yourself with. Why go to France when you can bring a bit of France to you? Amy 2009...

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bear factory

Advantages: get to choose exactly what you want
Disadvantages: can get expensive

...the bear factory is a great place to go to buy a present for that special someone in your life. my boyfriend took me and bought me a monkey. fair enough it isn?t a bear but it is made in the same way. this shop in some respects can be compared to subway sandwiches in the fact that you can pick and choose what you want. the process of buy a bear is easy once you have got over the difficult part of deciding what cuddly toy you want. once you have made that decision, then a member of staff will stuff it depending on how squishy you want it to be. after that you are then required to choose a heart out of a pot and to make a wish on it. if you want a voice box then this is inserted and you can even record you own for that special extra effect. you then have to kiss it and place the heart in to you toy. whilst this is happening you are...

kaz_muffin 12.08.2004 · Read review
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Watch your very own bear being born

Advantages: It's a wonderful, magical shop!
Disadvantages: Expensive

...I visit Norwich quite a lot, and have often walking passed the Bear Factory store in the shopping mall. I've been in there a couple of times to have a look round. But - until today - could never really afford to buy a bear of my own. I really wanted a bear from there. You see, it's not just any old bear that you're buying. The bears you buy are different. They're not stuffed. So, you go about choosing your bear, and bringing it to life! THE STORE ~~~~~~~~ The store in Norwich is quite large, and very colourful and child-friendly. As you walk in, there are big containers crammed to the top with unstuffed teddies and bears of all kinds. Just pick the teddy you want and see a member of staff. There are teddies that are already stuffed and dressed all ready and waiting to be bought and taken to a good home. These bears are...

Louise90 26.04.2003 · Read review
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The Bear Necessities!

Advantages: A cute cuddly friend, a great shopping experience
Disadvantages: It can be expensive

...anything between £15 - £20 with accessories. I prefer to visit during the sale as you can purchase a t-shit for as little as £1.50. The clothes are of excellent quality, and can be machine-washed on a gentle cycle. *** Payment process *** So you have selected an entire new wardrobe for your bear, so now's the time to give the bank a shock and pay for it all. The sales assistant will offer you a pet carrier (it's not exactly Louis Vuitton, it's a cardboard box with a hole in the back and front to pop your bears' head through so they can breathe!) Cash, cheques and all major credit cards are accepted. You can also get a loyalty card, which is stamped with bear prints for every £10 you spend. When you fill the card you get a freebie! *** A word of warning *** They may look like the perfect gift for young children, however, Bear Factory...

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Make tracks to Bear Factory

Advantages: good staff
Disadvantages: A bit pricey

...This is a new brand of shops (well i haven't seen any before). I first heard about Bear factory from my local radio station. I acutally won a competition for a free bear and outfit. So basicly the bear factory is about making and customising your own teddy bear, or cat, dog, rabbit, tiger and many other animals. They are quite expensive though, the bear is £14.99, which includes the stuffing, a heart, and a birth certificate. What you do is pick a bear from the many selections. This bear will only be stuffed in the head, the rest is flat. There is a hole in the back for the stuffing to be put in. So you have chosen your teddy, next you will need to find the stuffing machine, the member of staff will ask you how soft or firm you would like it (the bear that is, nothing else). You can have as much or little as you like...

iamthebest 25.06.2001 · Read review
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Bear faced chic

Advantages: A magical experience for children (and their Mum)
Disadvantages: Pricey

...friend”…..bless :O) The birth certificate also records Annabell’s weight (12 ounces), her height (15 inches) and her eye colour (brown). Having mentioned as we filled out our form that Annabell and Daisy now shared a birthday, the lady who had been serving us signalled and all of the Bear Factory staff crowded around and sang Happy Birthday in the middle of the shop. Daisy was in seventh heaven by this point, and it got better when a nice young man handed her a Bear Factory goody bag as a birthday gift. The bag contained several balloons, a pencil case, a ruler, an eraser, a pencil sharpener, a pack of colouring pencils, a book and a beautiful growth chart. The other gorgeous thing about The Bear Factory is that you can buy some really cute outfits to fit your toy. These vary from suits and dresses to nightwear...

alliecat 25.09.2002 · Read review
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Time to bear all

Advantages: Great gifts that will never be forgotten
Disadvantages: Might be a little pricey.

...to thinking about this incredible store that has recently been added to the shopping centre in town.For those of you that don't know me I live in Nottingham. The bear factory......A speciality store where you can buy all kinds of teddybears and soft toys.....Oh, but it is so much more than that.Let me give you a guided tour. I have to tell you first of all that I collect teddybears and so this store is a delight for me, but even if these furry little cuddlies are not your thing there is plenty of fun to be had in this shop. In the doorway to the shop is a huge great big bear,man sized and dressed in a shirt, trousers and a waistcoat. ( You can buy one just like him if you have a fancy, but your purse will be £500 lighter ) The shop itself is extremely bright and attractive and there are bears everywhere. Soft velvety bears...

MandyMinx 17.04.2003 · Read review
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Come And See Me Bear

Advantages: everything!
Disadvantages: only the cost

...My Mum & Step-Dad are over this weekend, so yesterday, we went shopping. My five year old daughter had some (early) birthday money to spend, which meant we ended up paying a visit to The Bear Factory. In the end, as well as my daughter getting a cat, my Mum (56) and I (32) ended up with unique bears of our own too. This is definitely a shop for kids of all ages ;-) When you walk in the shop, you are greeted by piles of different cuddly animals – dogs, cats, bears, rabbits, pigs, spiders, elephants, monkeys, sheep… - but they are unstuffed, so look a bit flat and lifeless at this stage. You choose one of these for £14.99 – although yesterday, the rabbits were on offer for only £9.99. I chose a golden brown bear, because it had a really cute cross-looking face. The next part is where you choose a voice, if you want...

KarenUK 03.03.2002 · Read review
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