Check this out, guys. Not an error fix, but an adjustment, to satisfy people’s requests. Here’s Starbucks Been There Ornament – Arizona v2 as it was predicted in my previous post. As you can see below, “The Sand Hill State” is finally gone and replaced with the lizard. I wonder if it receives the positive feedback from Arizonans now.
I somehow missed to add this mini mug to the site, and it’s a shame, because this one is special, since Starbucks Been There Ornament – Pike Place can only be bought in one store – The Pike Place Starbucks store, commonly called the Original Starbucks. That particular store has obviously found it’s place on the mug. The string is green.… Read more
Again we see “fixed” design, brought by Holiday Edition mug. Here’s Starbucks Been There Christmas – North Carolina, where “WHITE WATER FALLS” became “WHITEWATER FALLS”. The change is very subtle and I am not even sure, whether this results in replacing the design of the regular BT mug. Stay tuned, to find out if this happens.
Starbucks Been There Christmas Arizona mug reveals some interesting details. Take a look at the image below, where I compare the BT Arizona and it’s Holiday Edition. See how “The Sand Hill State” nickname was replaced with a lizard (I was not able to identify which exactly that one is). And the reason for this change is the numerous complaints from Arizona residents who refused to accept this design. Apparently it went viral and Starbucks decided to update the mug, to make everyone happy.… Read more
Just a few cities got their Christmas Edition mug this season and Starbucks Been There Christmas – Atlanta is one of them.… Read more
Starbucks Been There Christmas Boston is the Holiday Edition of the second version of the existing mug. As a reminder, Boston was one of the mugs with misprint (see this post for more details). As for this particular mug, the actual error was “Boston Commons” instead of “Boston Common” on the back of the mug. As you can see on the pic below, Christmas edition, as expected, has the proper wording.
Starbucks Been There Christmas – Los Angeles is a Holiday Edition of Been There LA v2 mug. As a reminder there was v1 with the typo, where designers mistakenly placed wrong nickname: “City of the angels instead of “City of Angels”. See more about that error here.… Read more
Probably one of the most important and desired Holiday Edition mugs this season – Starbucks Been There Christmas – Pike Place. As a reminder, you can buy it in the Original Starbucks (store) only, located at 1912 Pike Place, Seattle.
Interesting fact: Pike Place Market mug was the only YAH Christmas Edition mug along with Hawaii, released in 2014, see it here.… Read more
Starbucks Been There Christmas Virginia. This is Holiday Edition, see regular mug here.
These are some state symbols found on the mug:
– Mother of Presidents nickname
– The Blue Ridge Mountains
– The blue crab from the Chesapeake Bay
– The Chincoteague Pony
Read more about these at the ornament page.… Read more
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