Customer Reviews

Boyds Tracker: Boyds Plush Animals First Edition

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Wow! I am really impressed with this book. I particularly like that the exclusives are mixed in with the regular line stuff, so you see all of the bears grouped together. And I love the fact that they included the really old stuff that a lot of us collectors didn't even know about before visiting Boyds Bear Country. I have been collecting for 7 years. I also buy a lot of Boyds off eBay, so I really appreciate the realistic secondary market values that this book provides. I highly recommend this book to anyone who collects Boyds Bears!

With over 400 bears, in my collection, this book is ok. It needs to have all the pictures in alpha order to include the camera shy critters. It does include all the exclusives, which helps from bouncing back and forth. A better "Current Price" for value, instead of a range, would be helpful. I loved the pawnotes. I also bought the CD verision and probably would not buy that again unless they greatly improve the software. I guess overall it's better than nothing.

I really like the Boyds Tracker for Plush Animals, and can't wait for the Resin one. I really like how this book contains both early pieces and current ones. In the CheckerBee publishing book, there was a place at the bottom of each page to record both the edition number and the price paid for each piece of my collection. If this book had that feature, as far as I'm concerned, it would be perfect! (That's why 4 stars instead of 5)

this book is an impovement over the cvg, but it still has a few holes. i look forward to the next edition.

Its worth buying because its the only Boyd guide available but it could have been a lot better. My main complaint is the quality of the photography. It may be a problem with the printing process but the pictures need to be sharper and clearer. In the pictures of the bears with dark fur the features can't be made out at all. I agree with the other reviewer that the camera shy bears should be included in the regular listing. Since there are now so many bears it would be helpful if the bear section was divided by size. Many bears purchased at garage sales and flea markets are missing their tags. Identifying these bears would be easier if you could look them up by size.

From the information I thought there would be a few other types of bears in the book for comparison but the book was very limited. It contained only Boyd's bears and I guess that was not at all what I was looking for. I look for a cross section of bears.