Interesting, well made bears. Other then the storage issue, I'm really surprised they didn't go over big. Who doesn't like stuffed bears and each one has a state quarter on the bottom of the right foot.
These things first came out something like 15 years ago. I'm not sure but I believe the first one were made by TY the same people that gave us Beanie Babies.
I'll have to try a duplicate one as a cat toy, my cat drags hers out every day for me to put back in the bin. Hey she's 15.5 years old she deserves a new collection. My first thought was NICE door/raffle prizes for the next coin meeting