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  Wednesday, December 16, 2009

  Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia - Deb Hoffmann sets world record

 VERNON, WI, USA  -- Deb Hoffmann’s Winnie-the-Pooh collection of over 5,000 items sets the world record for the Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia.

   Photo: Deb Hoffmann’s Winnie-the-Pooh collection of 5,000 items is the largest of its kind. Photo by Michael Sears
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   "Once you get started, it just sort of snowballs," she said. "I think I have this Pooh radar. If there's something yellow and red within 100 miles, I can find it."

   The Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia includes the typical, from stuffed animals to knickknacks; the functional, from sweat shirts to coffee cups; the unusual, from a Pooh pinata to a vintage puppet; the seasonal, from Christmas ornaments to a Halloween-costumed bear; and the artistic, from a movie animation cel to a publicity poster signed by actors who put voice to the characters.

   
Deb Hoffman wasn't always a collector. She got her first bear 42 years ago from her dad, when she was 2, and she still has it.

   Hoffmann added a few here and there and didn't really get serious about expanding her collection until she was out of college and with disposable income.
   By the mid-'80s, there was also an explosion of new Winnie products as the Disney company discovered that Pooh's yellow fur wasn't the only gold associated with the character.

   
Gary Hoffmann doesn't seem to mind that his wife has brought 5,000 or so guests into their house. "To me, part of marriage is helping your spouse enjoy life," he said, seeming to enjoy it himself.   

   The couple, who own TechAnalysts, a Waukesha custom software and Web design company, used technology to count every single item fro the the Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia. Gary built a software database so they could keep tabs on every item.

    The biggest share of her the Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia fills a spare bedroom in the couple's Town of Vernon two-story home. Deb Hoffmann is sprawled out in all her glory, a two-page centerfold in the Guinness World Records 2010 book.

     The couple make annual treks to White River, Ontario, Canada, which claims a central role in the origins of Winnie-the-Pooh. Deb said it was there that a Canadian infantryman bought a small black bear and kept it as the brigade's mascot. He called it "Winnie" for his hometown of Winnipeg.

    Later, he donated the bear to the London Zoo in 1918. There it became popular with the son of A.A. Milne, who wrote the first story, combining the antics of Winnie from the zoo with the looks of a yellow stuffed bear named Edward that belonged to Milne's son. "Pooh" supposedly was the name of the family's swan.

  For the past 12 years, the couple have participated in "Winnie's Hometown Festival" in White River, a place that practically has adopted them. Deb said at her death, the the Largest collection of Pooh & Friends memorabilia will be donated to the town's Winnie museum.    

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