Chocolate the moose Prototype: Green and Brown: Original 9 Beanie Baby
This piece was another that found its way out of Ty Inc. via one of most famous (infamous?) prototype sellers back in the day (during protogate) – Pacman Beans. He had some of the most incredible prototypes. This one included. An original 9 Chocolate the moose prototype! Production color fabric, and green antlers. This lines…
Prototype Sting with white belly stingray beanie baby
Right on the heels of the solid tan Sting prototype, this is the famous white belly catalog Sting prototype example. Link to the white belly dino and lizzy set below. This Sting has production fabric up top, but a white belly underneath. Complete with pax tags – 11.11.1994 pax dates ahead of its June 1995…
Ty Canada TAN STING prototype beanie baby with patch!
We completely left this incredible prototype out of our original Ty Canada article (now updated) – most famous for being the home/original of the second known set of 3rd gen patch prototypes including the green dino trio, yellow flutter, etc.). Link to this article here: Now, also in this set was of course the original…
Pre-1st Generation UK Rectangular TY Original 9 Beanie Baby Set
We haven’t had a review of production beanies in a moment. Most collectors in the hobby strive to add 1st generation tagged pieces to their collections – viewing them as one of the pinnacles of regular vintage production. Indeed, assembling a full set of 1st generation pieces, especially in MQ condition, has become quite a…
Stinky the red Tie-Dyed skunk prototype Ty beanie baby
Always a soft spot for Ty’s first beanie baby skunk, Stinky! This guy was released in mid 1995 with a 3rg generation hang tag in a very dapper tuxedo black and white fabric pattern. This prototype example has replaced the entire top white strip of fabric with tie-dyed red! The piece is complete with pax…
Ty Prototype Black and ORANGE Original Dark Stripes cat
This is the very neat counterpart/later stage prototype to the solid black stripes prototype with patch! Dark Stripes Stripes was the original 3rd generation version of Stripes the cat – later released with a lighter gold fabric. The original production version of stripes was always very tough to find back in the day – released…
Royal Blue Bessie Ty Prototype Cow
This is one of our all-time favorite prototypes! This Bessie is a full alternate ROYAL BLUE fabric color – the same color fabric used for the royal blue peanut – full departure for this original 3rd generation cow. Complete with pax tags. The pax hang tag is also signed by Ty with his “ok” initials,…
Inch the worm prototypes: Red tail and antenna + Brown yarn and Twigs tail!
The pastel Inch the worm is one of the most popular prototypes in the hobby. A link again to that article: But there are in fact two more Inch prototypes on our radar – both fit Ty’s behavior perfectly. Typically with design changes, we see prototypes showcasing those changes mid costume change. And with a…
Ty Violet Employee Teddy Set Prototype: PADDED FEET!
This is the 3rd and final known set of prototypes for the violet employee teddies. The other two have been reviewed previously, with links to those pages below (red and green set, and chest logo embroidered set). With those, you can read more about the history of the production violet employee teddies, and our theories…
Tyriffic WHITE Pugsly and LILAC Bessie Prototypes
Tyriffic beanies – very special prototypes Ty showcased around the country at his various pop-up stores in select airport terminals, are among the most coveted in the hobby. They were the examples Ty specifically selected to better showcase a bit under the beanie hood – let collectors into his design thinking. There are so very…
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