Old Fashioned Sports Bears
This Limited Edition comprised just three characters, each an issue of 1000 bears :
5160 | Golfer Bear |
5161 | Bather Bear |
5162 | Cricketer Bear |
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The bears were 13" tall, and dressed in period sporting costume.
At the time of issue in 1986, they sold for £27.95, and were intentended to be the first three members of a new series of sporting bears. Although they appeared in the 1987
listings, after that time, we can find no trace of them, and must assume that their editions had sold out, or that they had been discontinued.
To the best of our knowledge, no other Sporting Bears were ever made to continue this series