{Celebrate} Where is all the Special Agent Oso Merchandise?
February 19, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate
It is next to near impossible to find any Special Agent Oso merchandise in stores or even online. When I planned my toddler’s Special Agent Oso themed birthday party, I couldn’t find a darn thing to decorate with or give her as a present.
While I was okay with going to the Disney website’s Celebrations Center to print out Digi-Medals, character cutouts and other decorations, as a working mom, I could have used a little help with pre-made Oso products. (Out of love for my daughter and a little bit of guilt for having a completely store-bought birthday party last year, it was a personal goal to keep this birthday homemade. But staying up until 1:30 in the morning two nights in a row making two dozen paper Whirlybirds, pinwheels and Paw Pilot-Wolfie-Dotty banners was slightly more than I bargained for!).
The “Disney” brand name is practically synonymous with the term “character merchandise,” so why no Oso-love?
The Special Agent Oso plush toy sells on Amazon for almost $200 - no thanks. And the online Disney Store is perpetually sold out. The best I have been able to find in a store is the Learning Curve 3-pack figure set at Target, which sold for $8.27 around Christmas.
At that time, Target also offered a few different Special Agent Training Vehicles (Twirly Whirlybird; R.R. Rapide) for $19.99. I thought I would go back and purchase them at a later visit. Mistake. They’re gone!
Turns out that Oso merchandise is almost exclusively sold online and in small quantities — I’ve done the legwork and here’s where you can get your toddler his/her fix at the lowest price:
- Toys ‘R Us - $9.99 for the Learning Curve 3-figure set (Special Agents Wolfie, Dotty and Oso); $14.99 for the Training Pack (Cold Fingers; Moon Rover) and Mission Pack (Submarines are Forever); $19.99 for Vehicles (Wolfie’s Motor Boat; Oso’s Go-Go-Go Racecar)
- Walmart - $19.99 for Twirly WhirlyBird; $29.97 for R.R. Rapide Command Center
So the moral of this story is buy whatever you can get your hands on! The limited merch is flying off shelves and it doesn’t look like there’s going to be much more offered in the future.
And Disney, if you’re listening, at least throw us a DVD since Special Agent Oso is only on once a day (and at 6:30 a.m. no less). Three hours of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes back-to-back is plenty . . . we’d like to see more of our favorite “unique stuffed bear.”
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**UPDATE 4-17-11 Special Alert! Special Alert! The Special Agent Plush Toy is available on Amazon for $26.99 plus $4.49 shipping. Order soon because there are a limited supply! I just did 
**UPDATE 4-23-11 Special Alert! Special Alert! The plush toy is available for $16.50, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling, at the Disney Store. Disney also is offering a 2 for $28 deal now!
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I found a DVD at Walmart. My son started watching Oso on the Disney Junior app on the iPad. Wish there was more Oso merchandise available. I’ll stock up at Christmas.
So glad i stumbled across this! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for mechandise. My son is obsessed with oso and im so sad that they dont make dvds! looking like i’ll just have to keep recording them for him!
I’m so curious why Disney doesn’t think Special Agent Oso isn’t as marketable as the other characters. He seems to have a die-hard fan base
Well, I guess you can buy episodes on iTunes now, but still no merchandise readily available. Thanks for stopping by and let us know if you get lucky!
My grandson will be 2 years old soon.i was hoping to find Oso DVD for him. He loves to watch Oso. It is very educational and teaches manners and a lot of other helpful skills for young child. I wish Disney would put out some DVD’s and more Oso items.
Hi, it is very hard to find oso items. No DVD, but I was able to find some on iTunes. $29.99 for a vol or $2.99 for an esp. And there are five vol. plush dolls are the only thing you can find in Hawaii. You can order the very few toys they have but shipping is crazy!!!
Oh wow! I guess I’m a little happy I’m not in this boat alone! It’s so frustrating that they don’t have a single DVD, and the show is barely on! My 2 year old loves Oso just as much as Mickey, and he never gets to see him anymore. I’ve actually taken to hiding the Oso coloring book, because he refuses to color it. He just takes it to the TV and points and yells. If anyone finds a dvd PLEASE share where you found it.
Hi There! Thrilled to bits that I’m not the only one going crazy looking for Special Agent Oso items as it’s like looking for a needle in the haystack. Thankfully Disney Junior Canada airs back-to-back episodes from 7:30 am to 10:00 am Wednesday mornings so its a marathon viewing session. My 6 month old boy LOVES Special Agent Oso and is definitely infatuated with Paw Pilot (have advised him of bringing home any purple-haired ladies in the future!) Wherever he is in the house, once he hears the “Three Special Steps” song, he stops and listens intently! It’s a fantastic cartoon and I hope Disney continues to air it and put on new episodes! I will continue my search and keep everyone posted on what I find but so far, everything seems to be online!
Ha ha - I love your comment, Catherine! It is so tough out there for no apparent reason, isn’t it? My daughter has moved on a bit from her obsession, but I am still on the lookout for merchandise and don’t ever see very much of it. (I’ve had luck in Ireland, of all places). Wow, 2.5 hours of back-to-back shows! Maybe Special Agent Oso is not as popular in the U.S. as it is in Canada? It’s barely on here. It’s one of my favorite t.v. shows for kids and I’d love for it to be on more. Thanks so much for visiting the blog and sharing with us
Oh my goodness, that’s too funny (and terrible, too!) about your son. Maybe it’s time for me to do another all out search and track something down for everyone and post about it! Good luck in the meantime
I’m very frustrated with Disney removing Special Agent Oso program from the Disney Channel. My grandson LOVES him from 6 months now to 3 years old. What’s worse is they don’t have them on DVD. Is there anyone at Disney we can complain to?
They only sell the toys during christmas time so I bought all I could from toysrus(they had all the toys). Now our problem is that we bought my 2 year old daughter a dvd player for the car and she loves mickey mouse and special agent oso equally she asks for one just as much as the other. So now everytime she gets in the car she asks for oso . . . there are more than enough mickey mouse dvds out there you’d think that they would at least have one special agent oso dvd out there but it is not the case. Disney needs to make some special agent oso dvds and they would make many children happy.
My 18 month old boy loves oso. It is the only thing that will actually make him sit still and watch! It’s super amazing! And not only have I grown to love oso but so has my dad! We love all the songs its super catchy! I’ve looked for 2 months for the Dvd. I wanted to get it for my son for xmas. You would think they would’ve put at least one Dvd out! It’s really messed up and odd that Disney doesn’t show that much merchandise love to oso. A few plush and plastic toys just doesn’t cut it. Do we need to start a petition or something?!?! They only play the show once a day in VA and that’s at 1230pm when my son is napping. Sad face.
My son is the exact same way! He loves oso and it’s the only show that keeps his attention. Today is the first day I’ve noticed it wasn’t on, is it because of the new octonaut show?… I hope not…
Oh no! I hope not, too. We haven’t watched the new Octonaut show, but it better not be a replacement! I get the feeling that maybe Oso is not as popular, but it’s such a great teaching show and not annoying for parents, so not sure why. Thanks for stopping by, Samantha
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very good post mom, thank for sharing
Thanks for stopping by!
Check out ebay for Oso items. I got a few things for my son up there. I can’t wait for DVD/BluRays. We actually ordered Disney on demand through our cable provider and there are a few episodes up there that they cycle through.
Allen, thanks for visiting. That’s a good suggestion - I’ll have a look around eBay. (You’d think I’d use it more since I’m an online shopaholic). It is strange, though, that there is such a market for Special Agent Oso products and Disney doesn’t have more out there. One day my daughter was screaming for Oso and our cable company had removed it from the free On Demand programming … she nearly exploded!
Here’s to more Oso products/DVDs in the near future!
The Outlaw Mom
Holy cow… all I wanted was a stuffed bear for my 2 year old.. tried looking since this is his fav and my eyes popped out of my head.. thanks for doing the legwork.
Good luck finding the Special Agent Oso plush toy - I just checked the Disney Store this evening and it’s no longer available (not sure whether it’s sold out or not being offered anymore, though that’s hard to believe) and it’s being sold for $70 on Amazon (that’s better than the former $200 price tag!). I also checked out eBay as suggested by Allen, and there are a few of the stuffed bears from UK and Australian sellers. We are going to Europe this summer, so perhaps I can find some at a decent price and help you and everyone else out here in the U.S.! I’m also going to contact a friend at Disney to see if she can help out all of us mom-to-toddler-Oso-fans. Good luck to you in your search.
The Outlaw Mom
I am soo with you on the comment where is Special agent oso…My kids love them and my son who has ASD DEMANDS him…if Disney is listening…we need the dvd man!!!!! thanks to whoever is listening!!!! mom of twins
He’s all over Europe, but not here for some reason - but still no DVD! I think they’re just building up the anticipation
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