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Marshall – Bespoke Paint Project
We commissioned a specialist paint project to bring the Marshall whiteware bear to life. Bad Taste Bears Whiteware figurines were usually made available at the events in the painting tent. A couple of bears never made it past whiteware or base coat stage, including...
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International Orders
Bad Taste Bears are collected all over the world, and we often get asked if we ship overseas. The short answer is YES. The long answer is this: International shipping is expensive and complicated. Bad Taste Bears tend to be very light. Some of them can be light but...
All White? Bad Taste Bears Whitewear & Base Coat Prototypes
Some Bad Taste Bears are naked! Of course, this can mean they're intentionally naughty or rude, or it can mean they're unpainted. Bad Taste Bears Whiteware figurines were usually made available at the events in the painting tent, This allowed collectors to try their...
We Want To Break Free! Feddie Mercury Bad Taste Bears
We quite literally want to break free... from lockdown! So we're looking at some of our favourite Bad Taste Bears, starting with these amazing Freddie Mercury inspired editions. Freddie, released in 2009 by OddCo, was a homage to Queen's iconic I Want To Break Free...
Christmas Bad Taste Bears: Ho Ho Hoe?
There have been many great Christmas editions of Bad Taste Bears over the years. We've chosen some of our favourites for this festive edition of our blog. Among our favourites are the battery-powered Sparky, which has illuminating festive fairy lights and a light-up...
Valentine’s Bad Taste Bears: Show The Love
Bad Taste Bears aren't afraid to show the love - whether they're loving each other, their hoover, their washing machine, their dogs or just themselves! We've selected a few of our favourite Bad Taste Bears in various carnal positions - some more compromising than...
Featured Series: Bad Taste Bears at the Dungeons
In 2005, Bad Taste Bears took a trip to the dungeons. The mini range was released in association with The Dungeons theme parks. Each bear came in a colour branded box with 2 for 1 admission to a Dungeons attraction. Pictured above (left to right) are: Stretch (with...
Bad Taste Bears: Scary Bears
There have been many scary Bad Taste Bears released over the years. From the Monsters range to the Dawn Of The Ted series, and all of the special Halloween editions in between, here are some of our favourites. Pictured left to right are: Mummy (General Series) Gilbert...
Featured Series: Movie Bears
The Bad Taste Bears Cult Movies series was launched in 2008 at the Heroes and Villians Event. The mini range initially featured a selection of bears inspired by characters in movie classics, with more added to the range every few months. Movies such as Rambo (John),...
How we got into Bad Taste Bears
Our three directors, Bill, Alan Nic all live in the North East of England, where Bad Taste Bears were 'born' (see About Us for details). Bill had collected Bad Taste Bears, picking them up from various markets over the years, but wasn't what you'd call "a collector",...
Welcome to the Old B****RD Bears retirement home
Old B****RD Bears (we pronounce it Old B-Starred Bears when in respectable company) is what we like to call a retirement home for Bad Taste Bears. All of the Bad Taste Bears you see on our website are discontinued designs that are no longer for sale as “new” in shops....