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A SOLID RED First Generation Happy the Hippo!!! A true 1st generation departure. 1992 original pax dates and all tags. We know Ty had trouble deciding on the proper color for Happy the hippo. A wild departure for this hungry guy. Rarity Rank: 0 It doesn’t get much better than this. Vivid, full departure forContinue reading “Protoype Solid Red Happy”

Holy Green Batman! A true wingless quackers prototype! Wingless Quackers is one of the most coveted, famous, and difficult 1st generation beanies to secure. Little known fact – the 1st generation wingless QuackER is the rarest 1st generation piece to track down. 99% of the 1st generation wingless quackerS out there have the “s” inContinue reading “Prototype: Wingless Green Quackers Ty Beanie baby Duck”

This is such an incredible piece. An original Peking the Panda PROTOTYPE in solid red and white. Peking is one of the most cherished first generation pieces. To see it in red is striking. Perhaps Ty considered red for this piece given red is the Chinese new year color? Or perhaps his version of aContinue reading “Prototype Ty Peking: RED and White Panda Bear Beanie”

Ooh la la – a prototype CHILLY! Chilly is one of the most loved rare 1st generation styles in the hobby. Locating a regular example in pristine condition with tags is challenging. Try to locate one with an earlier generation tag (1st gen, 2nd gen german korean, embroidered, etc.) and you’ll have quite a challengingContinue reading “Prototype: Chilly: Yellow and White ty beanie bear”

Feast your eyes on the completed set of the original 2nd generation new face production teddies. We have jade, magenta, brown, teal, cranberry, and violet, each with the color patch that Ty used to match the shade wanted for the released example. Notice the brown nose on the new face brown teddy example. Rarity Rank:Continue reading “Prototype Original New Face Teddy Set: Color Patches”

This is a vivid color departure for the original Bumble the Bee! Bumble seems to be a piece Ty had a soft spot for. He displayed several examples at the Tyriffic Stores, and made this incredible variation with magenta! All of these special bees are so much fun to see. Fun fact, Bumble was oneContinue reading “Prototype Ty Fuchsia Bumble The Bee!”

Bearon was originally released in a red variety, and a brown variety back in November 12th of 2003. The brown example was more limited as stores only received one brown example per bag. On November 20th, 2003, Midwest Airlines sold a special exclusive version of both Bearon Beanie Babies sporting an extra Midwest Airlines swingContinue reading “Promotional Bearon Teddies Set: Museum Of Flight”

Here we have a one-of-a-kind Omnia and Omnibus set with special gold noses signed by Ty! These were a thank you gift/token of appreciation to the Harrods chief. The original Omnia and Omnibus were released in November of 2007 with either gold heart emblem (as these had) in special boxes, or with the regular redContinue reading “Omnia and Omnibus, gold noses. Executive set.”

Thought you had Ty all figured out eh? The creation of alternate Billionaire #1 bears for his other main territories was actually a practice Ty already had in place beginning with his Ty Employee Teddies. A quick recap – Ty gave out his US Employee Teddies on September 13th, 1997 during their Odyssey cruise. OnlyContinue reading “Canadian Ty Employee Teddies: TEAL”

If you’re here, then you know all about the Chef Robuchon Bear that Ty gave away to ~200 event attendees for the grand opening of his new flagship Four Seasons restaurant, helmed by master chef Joel Robuchon. What you won’t know is that Ty made a special, unique Chef Robuchon bear specifically for the chefContinue reading “Ty Chef Robuchon Beanie Baby Teddy: Joel Robuchon’s Personal Example”