When a company designs a new bear, they send a drawing or model of what they would like to the factory, usually in Asia (China, Thailand, Singapore, etc.), and receive one or more sample Prototypes. One of these Prototypes is selected and production begins.

Many bear makers (Limited Treasures, Salvino's Bammers, Celebrity Bears, Beverly Hills Plush, among others) also order a SMALL number of special bears called Promo Bears, which they distribute to some retailers as promotional samples, usually before the normal bear appears on the collectible market. In most cases the Promo will be somewhat different than the normal bear, and many have PROMO embroidered on the arm. Most have some kind of documentation stating that they are special editions.

This is your last chance to get this RARE momento of the riveting, breathtaking, ever-changing 5 week saga of the LAST presidential elections of this century and millennium! Although your grandchildren won't even be able to say who Bush bear represents 20 years from now, at least you can probably recall something and try to explain to them that he is the reason why they still have lepidopteran ballots in certain states.

This bear has GEORGE W. embroidered on his chest, and displays an embroidered patch representing the symbol of the Republican party. PROMO is embroidered on his right arm. BUSH and 2000 are observed on his back, and he is a medium gray colour. [His color is more gray than brown. Sorry about that!]

This bear is from a non-smoking nor drinking private family fishing yacht, and is stuffed in a airtight ziplock baggie to ensure that you will NOT smell something fishy.

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Promo Bear in MINT Condition!!

This is one of the few lingering RARE Election 2000 Promo Bear highly collectible memorabilia items which I currently have on eBay. CLICK on MMI to see a list of all of my NeW MiLlEnNiUm Specials

My eBay goodies are offered at a VERY below-my-cost opening bid in the hopes that I may be able to share my finds with others. They are the result of almost 50 years of collecting!

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