BEANIE
BABIES
A
Beanie Baby is a popular stuffed animal,
made by Ty Warner Inc.,
which
was later renamed as Ty Inc. in late
1993.
Each
toy
has an inner "posable lining" and is
stuffed with plastic pellets (or
"beans") rather than conventional
stuffing, giving Beanie Babies a
flexible feel.
The original nine Beanie Babies launched
in 1993 were Legs the Frog, Squealer the
Pig, Spot the Dog, Flash the Dolphin,
Splash the Whale, Chocolate the Moose,
Patti the Platypus, Brownie the Bear
(later renamed "Cubbie"), a
and
Pinchers the Lobster (with some tag
errors with "Punchers").
Ty,
Inc. stopped producing the product in
1999;
but consumer demand led them to
reconsider.
In
2000, a Beanie Baby named "The
Beginning" was introduced
to
remind people of the 'Beanie Babies'
comeback.
Beanie Babies are still popular child's
and collectors plush toys.
Various styles are still introduced,
produced, THEN RETIRED,
for
COLLECTORS of ALL AGES, today!
Since
the beginning, Beanie Babies have
included two tags for identification:
a heart-shaped "swing tag" at the top,
and a fabric "tush tag" at the bottom.
Both tags have been redesigned
completely over time;
thus
adding to the ability to date the
products.
Between 1994 and 1996, the swing tags
had "To" and "From" blanks
in them for use as gifts.
Starting in early 1996, the tags
included four-line poems related to the
Beanie Baby, and a date of birth for the
toy.
It was not uncommon for Beanie Babies to
be accidentally shipped out with
incorrect or misspelled tags, which
sometimes increased the toy's value.
On occasion, the poems, birth dates and
even the names have been changed
