new companion 

It took me some effort to get him, but he is well worth it. The brazilian who had the first one I discovered could not remember where he got him. But I found out who created the sweet bear cub and went to the Coke installation at Crayonville where I should win one when I solve a giant coke bottle puzzle. But they had changed the prize, now it was a scooter. Since I knew the sweet little one was created by the "Millions of us" agency (each object bears information about its creator), I dropped them an e-mail asking them where I can get the bear. Little later they sent it to me inworld, and now I'm one happy camper - and of course Sokrates is, too. :-) Great service, Millions of us!

And great creation... the little fellow has a life of its own, moves, blinks its little eyes and even emits little breath billows sometimes, and makes sweet little sounds. :-)

UPDATE: Geez, I'm just plain stupid. Today I learned from another user that the puzzle is still working and still gives out a bear, you just have to find the second bottle!

And here's how it works: Go to the Crayonville Sim, up to the big red bottle, solve the puzzle, then you will be given a scooter and a second bottle will appear. Take a parachute at the entrance, wear it, and enter the bottle, it will send you up to the sky and later down, the parachute will open by itself. You will land close to an amphitheater where you see another big red bottle with a second puzzle. The second one is a bit more difficult than the first one (more complicated pattern, less time to solve), but the price is well worth it: you get the polar bear cub pet. :-)

Close to the bottle is a snowglobe with penguins (it appears after solving the puzzle), there you can cuddle with a penguin, catch some fish, grab a bottle and take nice screenshots ;-)