Not that anyone asked but incase anyone was wondering how the suit worked im gonna explain it!
So the coca-cola polar bear costumes have been constructed as walk around costumes by the Jim Henson Creature Shop since 1993! This is what part of the inside looks like where you can see the wires that connect to the moniter and camera inside the suit so that the preformer can see whats in front of them.
You can also see the harness that supports the majority of the suit, especially the head of the suit, which is what we're most interested in.
Because the suit is made by the Henson Creature Shop, you can look up a simplified description of how the suit works and that its suitable for left handed and right handed people, but this doesnt really tell us much unless you're familiar with how the Henson Company tends to make walk around suits, and i think the best way to illustrate it is with Jim Hensons own drawing of Big Bird! One of the most famous walk around suits ever!
So one hand goes up and controls the head while the other controls the arm! This is also why when you see people preforming in walk around suits, you usually only see them gesturing with one arm at a time. The rig for the bears head attaching it to the harness is sturdy enough in this case that the preformer can even switch hands inside the suit if they need to!
The hand inside the head controls which way the bear is facing and how the head gestures, the thumb controls the jaw, and theres a spring/string mechanism attached to the fingers that controls the eyelids! The arms are simple mascot sleeves with supportive foam to keep arm changes from being noticed and also to shape up the arms and keep them from deforming during a preformance.
TLDR: one arm in bear face, one arm in bear arm.
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