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Mooooo -ve on over! A 1st generation full alternate prototype for the original cow, Daisy! This piece is the signature bright red fabric seen on the original 9 pinchers. It is complete with pax tag and tush, and early 1992 pax dates. STRIKING! Rarity Rank: 0.5 – While Daisy may not be the most covetedContinue reading “Daisy the cow RED and WHITE prototype”

This is the counterpart to the Fuchsia and Twigs Speedy just reviewed. This piece has the same STRIKING colors, complete with pax hang tag and tush tag. Interestingly, the pax dates on this piece are from late 1992 – putting it right in the “money” zone for original mid 1995 1st generation released pieces. (6.25.94Continue reading “Slither the Snake PROTOTYPE Fuchsia and Twigs!”

This is another incredible 1st generation prototype that surfaced around protogate in 2004/2005. What a striking Speedy prototype! The main body is bright fuchsia and its back appears to be fabric that we eventually saw used for Twigs the giraffe. This piece is complete with pax hang and pax tush tag. a WILD departure. ThisContinue reading “Speedy the PROTOYPE Fuchsia and Yellow Twigs”

Peanut is without a doubt one of the most coveted production pieces. Known as the “crown jewel” piece – the “King” of beanies. Today, a MQ production (US) example will typically command $1500-$2500. A German or Korean example can see prices double that. So a Peanut prototype is an exquisite piece to behold. As weContinue reading “Peanut the TIE-DYED(!) elephant Prototype!”

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a TIE-DYED NANA THE MONKEY PROTOTYPE! When we first saw this piece, our mouths dropped. Everyone simultaneously mouthed “it’s a freaking tie-dyed nana!!”. This piece is complete with pax hang and tush tag. 1993 pax dates! Rarity Rank: -.5/-1. This would be another of those “COME ON” pieces. AnContinue reading “Nana Tie-Dyed Monkey Prototype!!!”

This is such a spectacular set. We have outlined the history and rarity behind the #1 rep bear in an earlier post. It turns out Ty gave his very top sales reps in 1998 several of the wildest prototype #1 Rep bears! A set of eight bears – two each in red, white, royal blue,Continue reading “Top Sales Reps #1 Ty Rep Bear Prototype Set”

This set is extremely special and came from a very old primary source involved with Ty Canada. The 3rd generation tie-dyed pieces were a favorite of both Ty Warner and head of Ty Canada, Bill Harlow. We will discuss further when we get to the Beanie Mania/Ty Canada green dinosaur prototypes. Here we have Rex,Continue reading “Rex, Steg, Bronty, Lizzy SOLID Fuchsia Prototypes w/ patches”

Ty at this point (2/93) hadn’t yet decided what color he wanted his original 2nd generation Old Face cats to be. Here we have one in the original stripes fabric – a hybrid of black and gold. Impossible to decide then if this should be a Nip, or a Zip! Very cool to see thisContinue reading “Nip/Zip Old Face Gold/Black Striped Prototype Cat”

Ty’s first two cats in the beanie line were Nip and Zip – released with 2nd generation hang tags and with the signature old face. They were produced in gold and black respectively. Here we have, what we will call an old face Zip in solid LIGHT BLUE, with white belly/face etc. Complete with earlyContinue reading “Zip Old Face SOLID Light Blue Prototype Cat”

Here is the light blue and royal blue 1st generation BONES! Original 1992 pax tag and tush. This fully alternate 1st generation piece is extremely neat. The only fully alternate Bones prototype known to exist, and the only known prototype piece and production piece to have both light blue and royal blue fabric in theContinue reading “Bones ROYAL BLUE and Solid Light Blue Prototype dog”