Well, a new rumor is circulating - Frankenstein and a Rudolf bears. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Prior rumor had it that the next bear will be a "black kitty cat" bear for Halloween, followed by a Christmas bear holding an ornament you put a picture in, followed by A US ONLY bear (a prisoner!) AND AN INTERNATIONAL ONLY (gondolier) bear. I will keep you posted as the info firms up.

For those of you wondering about the Beach Bear Set - I was recently informed by Starbucks that the Summer Bear Set was only released in a few test markets and will NOT be released elsewhere. My previous sources told me both bears would be released in North America this summer, but maybe not the magnets. So, let's say they will not be released and then if they are it will be a great surprise.

PANDA BEARISTA UPDATE ==>>>> Sort of a false alarm. There were Pandas given away at Starbucks in Asia, BUT they were not our cute little brown bear in a little panda suite as we imagined. It was a panda bear with a ribbon with writing on it.