>>6621922It's cause all the attention has been focused on liscenced characters, which kids will buy no matter how shitty it looks/feels cause omg it's batman!!! (That being said the first run of superhero bears they did was hella soft.) since these tend to cost more there's no reason for BAB to try and make the plain animals more appealing or softer cause why spend money on quality for a line you're not trying to shill.
Whenever BAB tries to do high end collectors runs of bears they tend to flop spectacularly anyways. pic related.