Talk:Build-A-Bear Workshop

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[edit] Untitled (feminist)

"Build-A-Bear stores have been criticized because it is supposedly targeting only female customers in its recent years. None of this has yet to be proved."

Where did this come from? Is there a source for this? Msw 17:43, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Um Yah, there's no source for this nonsense... Jmole (talk) 00:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Untitled (trivia)

I have a huge problem with the quote someone added under trivia: "During the "Livestrong" fad, Build-A-Bear manufactured sold a renition of Nike's yellow bracelet, but took some of the profit for themselves" Not only is there a spelling error, but there is no reference at all to support this claim. Until someone comes up with one, I'm deleting it from the page. Sam927 19:19, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy Section

I've added a section to explain the Brown Bear Factory lawsuit, and settlement agreement as detailed by U.s. News and World Report [1]. Brown Bear Factory's claims are printed, as is Maxine Clark's response.--Sodium N4 05:09, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Promotional Advertisements on Wikipedia

I'm removing the line:

from the Trivia section. This is not encyclopedic, and simply reads like an advertisement, especially with the reference to the coupon expiring. Build-a-bear employees are welcome to add important, NPOV, error correction, info, regarding their company to this page, but please keep the limited time offers somewhere else. --Sodium N4 05:09, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I added a couple of advert tags so hopefully the more "promotional" parts of the article can get cleaned up. I don't quite understand the purpose of the "Famous Bears" section. Why are these bears famous? --Sodium N4 05:46, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VTB vs Build A Bear

I removed the line:

  • Vermont Teddy Bear has a Make a Friend for Life area. VTB sued Build-a-Bear's parent company, Tyco, for copyright infringement, the result was Build a Bear was not to open any stores in the state of Vermont under Opposition No. 91115198 (December 17, 2004).

From the "Other Stores" section. That section is for BBW related stores only, and after reading the opposition referenced (91115198) at the USPTO[2] it appears this is an overly simplified version of events. VTB claimed patent infringment regarding the use of a "heart" inserted into a bear when it is constructed (ironically one of the same ideas Basic Brown Bear Factory claimed was lifted from them). The result was that there was no infringement and VTB has asked for reconsideration and was denied.[3] I am not deeply familiar with this case, so if anyone can reference the claim that this suit prevented BBW from opening any stores in the state of Vermont that would be great, then the section can be fleshed out and possibly placed under "Controversies".--Sodium N4 20:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

I am curious what other people think on this. There is multiple sections that mention specialized stuffed animals that were featured to celebrate a movie or a birthday of some sort (i.e. Surfs Up, Cat in the Hat, etc). I do not see how these are important to the history of the company. The same goes for the Happy Meal Toys. On the Walt Disney company page they don't list the dates and toys that they have had featured in McDonald's Happy Meals. Does anyone else agree with me on this? Dwtootles (talk) 15:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)