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"Teddy" Beanie Baby

A Beanie Baby is a stuffed animal filled with plastic pellets, or "beans," rather than stuffing (see PVC). A Beanie Baby is thus a form of bean bag.

The original Beanie Babies were made by Ty Warner through his company Ty Inc.. Ty claimed rightful ownership of the name and of all of the designs of their various "beanies." Other companies marketed imitation beanbag-stuffed animals, as well as parodies such as the "Meanie Babies".

The official Beanie Babies were mostly in the shape of animals and were usually brightly colored. Each Baby came with his or her own name, a birthdate, and a bit of doggerel. For example, the poem of Bongo the monkey went:

Bongo the monkey lives in a tree
He's the happiest monkey you'll ever see
In his spare time he plays the guitar
One of these days he will be a big star!

This information was all contained on a red, heart-shaped hang tag usually affixed to the animal's ear. The condition of the hang tag is one of the main factors in determining a Beanie Baby's value, and hard plastic covers molded in a heart shape are available for its protection.

Intended as children's toys, they became a popular adult gift item. Beanie Babies are a kitsch cubicle decoration, especially for women. Hundreds of different Beanie Babies were created, often resorting to more obscure animals such as aardvarks, nutria, or chameleons in the process. One popular "series" within the Beanie Baby menagerie was the use of teddy bear-shaped Beanies, the basic pattern of which was repeatedly re-used, but with different colors and names. The bear model was frequently used for commemorative purposes, and special bears such as a Fourth of July model and even a Diana, Princess of Wales commemorative were created.

Starting in late 1996, a faddish craze of collecting Beanie Babies began. In a buying frenzy reminiscent of the Cabbage Patch Kid mania of the early 1980s, several speculators purchased these collectibles en masse in hopes of making a fortune years later from being able to sell rare specimens. Ty fed the frenzy by systematically retiring various designs. However, much like the Cabbage Patch Kid fad, so many women had delusions that purchasing large numbers of these collectibles was a good investment, that very few people profited from the craze. Like tulip mania, this was a toy-sized example of an economic bubble.

Other Ty Products

Ty Inc. has produced many other stuffed animals, some of which are variations of Beanie Babies:

  • Baby Ty: various baby animals and humans in baby clothes
  • Beanie Buddies: larger versions of Beanie Babies, filled with stuffing
  • Classic: stuffing-filled animals. (These are not a type of Beanie Baby, although due to the word "Classic," some people may incorrectly believe that the name refers to the "original 9" Beanie Babies)
  • Pinkys: pink albino stuffed animals
  • Pluffies: stuffing-filled animals, with a terrycloth-like fur
  • Punkies: extremely fuzzy animals
  • Teenie Beanies: smaller versions of Beanie Babies that were included in McDonald's Happy Meals during three different promotions
  • Jingle Beanies / Basket Beanies / Halloweenie Beanies: smaller versions of holiday-themed Beanie Babies

External links

  • Ty's official site

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