Okay, well I just talked to someone at Starbucks Customer Relations and this person told me that they are “definitely NOT” discontinuing the Bearista Bears in the United States, so all of you collectors out there don’t need to fret. It seems Starbucks will still be churning out the bears for some time to come! Yay! Bring on the bears!
bearistablog.org 
Is there any update? None of my local Starbucks have the bears, and they all are claiming that the bears have been dropped.