Bearbricks: Theme PATTERN

Not a subject — a surface

PATTERN is the only theme with no character and no story. The Bearbrick carries a continuous pattern instead — geometric, floral, abstract or textile-like — that doesn’t break across head, body and arms.

That’s harder than it looks. A pattern has to line up across eight articulated parts and still hold when the head and waist are turned. Where it isn’t solved properly, you see it immediately.

At 11.45%, PATTERN ties with JELLYBEAN as the third-largest share of a series. If you’re completing a series you’ll meet these figures either way — and a lot of collectors only then notice them as a line of their own.