"Medallion Man" wrote
| A fluffy toy bear, that is. Two feet high, two feet wide :-)
| with fully synthetic fluffy fur that used to be white and
| now has accumulated dust and general grubbyness after
| sitting on top of a cupboard for years.

The filling is the problem with most of these; like pillows if washed it
tends to tie into knots. One approach might be to open one of the seams,
remove the stuffing, sew up the seam temporarily and wash the outer skin.
Then reassemble using the original or new stuffing.

Owain