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Plush soft toys have been popular for over a hundred years. The most famous is the teddy bear.

The Teddy Bear named after former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname was "Teddy", the incident came from a bear hunt in Mississippi in 1902. Some of Roosevelt's companion was a black bear captured and tied to a willow tree. They called Roosevelt and suggested him to shoot him. He refused on the grounds that it was unsportsmanlike, but it is necessaryput out of his misery after a long chase and brutal.

After the accident, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Clifford Berryman was the famous incident of the first cartoon shows an adult black bear by a manager and disgusted Roosevelt Lasso. After a series of cartoons of the bear was smaller and prettier.

In 1903, the candy store owner Morris Michtom in Brooklyn, the soft stuffed animals used to make the evening with his wife has seen the cartoons, and started to do that laterare called teddy bears. In 1907, the demand was such that he created Michtom Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.

There is some controversy which is actually the first for a German company called Teddy Steiff toy claims to have made the first part Michtom and 3000 in the United States in 1903.

Teddy bears as "stuffed animals" are categorized this is the type of textile materials traditionally used for their generally mohair, cotton,Worsted and silk. But today they are often made of synthetic fibers such as polyester.

Recently, the success of huge stuffed animals, especially in 1980 when he was very popular contemporaries Care Bears. They were actually made famous by a series of greeting cards that were later to television cartoons, soft plush toys, comics and then the full-length film. Teddy Ruxpin was another bear, which was very popular in the 80s and sold around the world. ThisIn particular, an electronic toy bear talk and used the voice of actor Philip Barron.

Teddy bears are still on sale today, with sales over $ 1 billion. The best selling brands of Gund Teddy Bear and Ty Inc., the store Build-A-Bear has made it possible for children and adults their own bear, who has had the experience, the possession of a teddy bear much more personal.

The teddy bear is a cult figure in the world of softStuffed animals and in many ways is the property for children with no time, and a valuable collector's item. There are museums, theaters and websites for teddy bears, and many have been sold for thousands of pounds. The most expensive ever sold by Steiff is celebrating its 125th anniversary, they created a golden teddy bear. His mouth is a golden coat of gold thread and eyes made with sapphires and diamonds. Only 125 are each made with a $ 84,000 price whatthe most expensive.