This season Boyds introduces seven new plush collections... Under the Pear Tree, Old Glory, Autumn Fest, the Halloween Collection, Frostbeary Festival, Dickens Carolers, and Candy Christmas. What a bunch of fruits (and I'm not just talkin' about the Folks at Boyds!). Our Under the Pear Tree group is heading out on a cool Autumn evening in search of the ripest pears. This group of friends is dressed for cooler weather in vibrant shades of golden pear, homespun autumn plaids, and straw hats. Looks for the pear embroidery to spot members of this sweet assortment. Members of the star-spangled "Old Glory" assortment of bears are dressed in blue and red corduroy ensembles with star embroidery, star buttons, and American flag accessories. Our Autumn Fest bears are headed out into the farm fields to pick pumpkins, enjoy hot cider, and carry home bushels of apples for bakin'! Look for corduroy wool plaid, sweater knits in shades of ginger and mocha, paw-print buttons, and the special pumpkin appliqu� to spot members of this festive harvest collection! During the winter season, bears don't hibernate... they head to the Frostbeary Festival! The members of our Frostbeary Festival collection are bundled in velvet, sweaters, and corduroy in shades of sage green and white. No way you can miss a Frostbeary Festival goer-just look for the snowflake embroidery to find a friend! Well, that's a lil' background on a few of the new groupings, take a look at the catalog to find out more about the others.

Don't be caught with a naked tree this Christmas Holiday... check out Boyds latest Ornament offering. Our Product Development team, headed up by Liz Smith, our V.P. of Stuff, put a lot of time and energy into the best ornament collection eva'... at least we think so. We've even taken some of our most popular bears and scaled them down in size, perfect for ornamentation.

We've also expanded our Thinkin' of Ya bears line... those three-dimensional greeting card bears that everyone loves for occasion's great and small. We've incorporated a lot of new professions and sentiments. Check out our Ima Late, Boyds First Pregnancy Bear, and Special Delivery, as well as Barry Bestbear. These bears range in price from $10 to $39 depending on size. Along that same line is our Boyds Insbearations... a new line of bears perfect for baptisms, communions, and confirmations.

If you're looking for sumptin' for the kids, look no further... we've got the best line of Baby Products around. New this season are two wind-up Musical Lullaby friends, three super soft musical baby angel bears, a new whimsical Turtle to help toddlers learn colors, and a Puppy who teaches shapes... just to name a few. We've also created some new baby wrist (or foot) rattles to bring some baby smiles. Take a closer look at our Baby Boyds™ catalog for more information.

There are also quite a few new resin items up for grabs this Fall. Leadin' the way are our Bearstones® with gifts for friends, moms, grandmoms, and teachers. In addition to those great gifts, you'll wanna be sure to check out "Humpy Dumpy" with his silly dangly legs, our "See No, Hear No, Speak No Evil" Bears, a "Wizz" of a miniature vignette with Dorothy, Toto, and Friends, our 'Peter Pan' Limited Edition piece celebrating his 100th Anniversary (talk about never growing up!) and our First Annual Starlight Ornament... Twinkle Starlight. Boyds donates 100 percent of the profits from the sale of Twinkle to the Starlight Children's Foundation, an international non-profit organization dedicated to brightening the lives of seriously ill children.

In Boyds Gift Shoppe catalog you can find everything else... well, almost! Our faeries and charming angels continue to be a favorite... we have several new additions to both of those groupings. The Gift Shoppe catalog also focuses on all those other giftable lines... Teabearies, Santas, Snowmen, Decoys, Treasure Boxes, Cows, etc. You'll just have to see it to believe it!

The Boyds Collection Ltd. is the leading designer, importer, and distributor of the world-famous (well, almost) Bears and Hares You Can Trust™ and other specialty giftware. Boyds sells its products through a large and diverse network of independent retailers, selected catalogue retailers and other electronic and retail channels. Boyds crafts affordably priced, high quality, "Folksy with Attitude" products. Boyds is also one of the largest corporate sponsors of the Starlight Children's Foundation. The Boyds Collection Ltd. is based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and is a publicly traded company (NYSE symbol: FOB).