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Like it’s counterpart tie-dyed Chilly, here is the tie-dyed Blackie the bear! Solid black snout and black nose to denote it’s a Blackie prototype. Blackie, while not an original 9, is a prominent 1st generation style. A MQ 1st generation production Blackie is one of the top 3 rarest first generation styles to locate inContinue reading “Blackie the Tie-Dyed Prototype Black Bear”

No you’re not looking at Sammy. This is in fact the oldest known prototype for the original 1st generation polar bear, Chilly! The piece is completely tie-dyed from head to toe, outside of his white nose/snout, and signature black nose and eyes. Complete with mint pax hang and tush tag, this piece is extraordinary. ImagineContinue reading “Chilly the Tie-Dyed Prototype Polar Bear!!”

This is the only known completely solid 1st generation SLITHER the snake prototype. This piece is complete with pax hang and pax tush tag – 1992 pax hang tag dates! The piece is a solid pinchers red fabric, with black eyes and a brown tongue. Another piece that represents the uppermost echelon of the prototypeContinue reading “Slither the Snake prototype SOLID RED! (and brown tongue)”

W@W! This is a tie-dyed 1st generation prototype for the original Peking the panda. The piece has light blue fur for body/eye patches, and a core body/head in original garcia-esque tie-dyed fabric! It is complete with pax hang and pax tush tags. Original August 1992 pax dates! This is such a show-stopping piece, and isContinue reading “Peking the Tie-Dyed Panda Prototype: Light Blue and TD!”

Here is another legendary legend prototype in the hobby – the Tyriffic orange and brown Nana the monkey! This piece, as with all at the tyriffic store, had its pax hang tags removed. An earlier post outlines the Tyriffic green and yellow Nana. This was actually the first Tyriffic Nana to be surfaced from aContinue reading “Nana The Monkey Prototype Tyriffic Orange and Brown!”

The Four Faces of Woolie Brown This post is to celebrate the Woolie Brown Attic Treasure – the rarest and most infamous style in the Attic Treasure line. Even if attic treasures are not your thing, know that a few of us in the hobby serve as historians and cartographers mapping out the whereabouts ofContinue reading “Woolie Brown Attic Treasure Teddy Bear Production Proto.”

To think, Ty’s other original teddy outside of his six old face teddies was itself almost released in OLD FACE style. This is earliest “Valentino” prototype we have on record -1992 pax hang tag dates! Complete with pax hang and tush tags. Valentino was originally released as a 2nd generation piece, and is very covetedContinue reading “Valentino the teddy bear OLD FACE PROTOTYPE”

These prototype peanuts are absolutely INCREDIBLE! Let’s break them down. First, they are complete with pax hang and tush tags with the earliest January 1994 pax dates for the Peanut style. Next, they are FULLY alternate colors – a squealer light pink. But each has the light blue and royal blue fabric in their earsContinue reading “Peanut the Elephant Royal Blue and Light Blue in SOLID LIGHT PINK prototypes”

Our previous post outlined the famous Beanie Mania set of green dinos, lizzy, yellow flutter, and violet coral. Little known fact, Ty made a second set of these pieces and gifted them to Bill Harlow – head of Ty Canada. But the set came without the green Bronty! We had wondered where that piece mayContinue reading “Ty Canada Green Dino patch set/Lizzy, Flutter, and Coral”

In the famous Beanie Mania books, the authors (Becky Estenssoro and Becky Philips) put forward a masterful outline of every production beanie produced to that point. They also have a special prototype section that includes six very special prototypes: a dinosaur trio (Rex, Steg, and Bronty) and the tie-dyed Lizzy in a solid Ally-green fabric,Continue reading “Beanie Mania GREEN Prototype Patch Set: Rex, Steg, Bronty, Lizzy, Flutter, and Coral”