TY Beanie Buddy -Dark Blue PEANUT 12 inches Retired Rare

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Bottom line: This Libearty is rare because it has a swing tag that says he was born on the Summer Olympics of 1996. But the Olympics are overly protective of their Olympic name, so subsequent versions of the swing tag removed the Olympic reference. Peanut the Royal Blue Elephant is a popular children’s toy. He was first released as a Teenie Baby with McDonald’s Happy Meals in 1998. His name comes from a song by the Gigglebellies. This toy is rarer than most Beanie Babies, but is still popular with children. She comes in four different variations, including one with an iridescent horn, one with a tan horn and fine mane, one with a tan horn and course mane, one with an iridescent horn and a course mane and one with an iridescent horn with a furry mane.

Bottom line: Mel the koala was released on Jan. 1, 1997. A different version of the cute gray koala was also offered as a part of McDonald's line of Beanie Baby prizes, but the regular Ty version is more valuable.Bottom line: There was not one but three different versions of Inky the octopus, including a gray octopus, a gray octopus with no mouth and a smiling pink octopus. This is an example of the extremely rare pink version, with the older PVC pellets and several tag errors. Bottom line: This violet Teddy Beanie was never sold at retail, as only 300 of them were made for Ty employees. Plus, only 150 of the 300 bears were given a red ribbon. That makes the Red Ribbon Violet Employee Teddy one of the rarest Beanie Babies in the world. Like the others, the purple Princess bear has many variations. One of the most common is a space on the swing tag between the lines "All profits of Ty from this collectible will be donated to" and "DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FUND." The rarest of these is a Princess bear known as a "ghost version". It was manufactured in Indonesia using PVC pellets and has a space on the swing tag. Following close behind is an Indonesian Princess bear that does not have the English rose embroidery.

Bottom line: Scorch, a magical dragon with iridescent wings and a sweet little red tongue, was released on Sept. 30, 1998. Bottom line: The End is a bittersweet little bear that was released to commemorate the closing of the Beanie Baby collection. Funnily enough, collectors protested the discontinuation so strongly that Ty continued production after all.

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Bottom line: Holiday-themed teddies were some of Ty's best-selling Beanie Babies. This Independence Day-themed bear featured a stars and stripes flag pattern on his body and a solid colored face, which came in white, blue and pink. 48. Weenie the Dachshund (Tie)

One is lavender and the other is light pink, and they were both released at the beginning of 1997 in preparation for the holiday. 11. Jabber the Parrot Bottom line: Patty, introduced on Jan. 8, 1993, was the sixth of the original nine Beanie Babies. Several versions of Patty were released between her launch and her retirement in 1998, including one in fuchsia, magenta, raspberry and maroon. His tag had two extra spaces, and Lips Beanie Babies with both errors are worth the most. 31. Original Clubby Beanie Baby (Tie) Bottom line: Valentina, a bright, fuchsia-colored bear, is related to the similar Valentine Beanie Baby Valentino. While Valentino is white with a fuchsia heart embroidered on his chest, Valentina is fuchsia with a white heart. When Ty Warner began creating Beanie Babies, plush toy animals filled with beans, in his suburban Chicago condo in the mid 1990s, he was on to something. The veteran toy salesman knew that he could make money and create something rare.Bottom line: A mint condition Stretch the ostrich Beanie Baby is tough to find, especially one with unique errors. Stretch was released at the tail end of 1997, retiring on March 31, 1999. There were seasonal versions and holiday versions of the classic Teddy, including this rare jade colored one. 106. Fine Mane Derby