used to collect beanie babies and have well over 200 sitting in boxes in various rooms. I stopped collecting them about 5 years ago, I just lost interest and I had no-where to store them. I used to spend ages, making lists of beanies I wanted and I had so many favourite's. I even hunted high and low for a beanie that was born on my birthday, (I did find one eventually!). ***WHAT ARE TY BEANIE BABIES/HISTORY*** A beanie baby is a small soft toy stuffed with polyurethane beads. They were created by a man called Ty Warner & his company Ty Inc. His company was founded in 1986, but it wasn't until 1993 that the first set of 9 beanies were created. ...  Read the complete review

getcollecting.com I wish to recommend the above site (USA based) to members of dooyoo considering buying Ty Beanies on-line. The site itself is a joy, colourful, interesting and easy to use. It features other collectable toys as well as Ty Beanies - well worth a look round and quite educating! The site offers Ty Bears usually offered for sale in a particular country, ie America Bear etc and also runs promotions on bundles of Beanies such as the "Jingle" collection or easter collection. I'm no Ty expert but wanted to buy for a friend who is and so was delighted to be guided to "rare" bears etc so I knew I was buying ...  Read the complete review

I have been collecting Beanie Babies for just over a year now. Actually, I bought my first two (Roxie black and red nose) just because I thought they were sooo adorable. They have to be my favourite beanies. Then, somehow - don't ask me how it happened, I bought Nipponia. Before I knew it I'd started collecting. I got caught in the trap. When I first started collecting they were all the rage and the current ones were quite cheap in the high street stores. They were quite cheap on the internet too (providing you know good honest websites). Recently though, the prices of beanies (current ones) has risen. Retail stores now sell them at £5.99, some ...  Read the complete review

Beanie Babies, love them or loathe them, I doubt many can have failed to notice their popularity. They will probably go as a phenomenon of the late twentieth century. There are many types of beanies, so I am going to concentrate on what for me is the cheapest of all the beanies, the ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’ . The miniature ‘Teenie Beanie Babies’ were first produced for McDonald’s children’s promotions but now even TY has cashed in on this miniature gold mine range with small beanies on a little bit of gold cord that attaches to your Christmas tree. The Jingles Collection was born! In the shops there are nine ‘Teenie Beanie ...  Read the complete review

I own over 100 beanie babies and i am still collecting. They are great things for kids, adults and to collect. there are many series of beanies and they all will probably be worth a lot of money in the future especially if they're rare ones. Collecting Beanies is a great hobby and keeps you entertained for a long time. There are so many that you could never possibly have them all. A lot are rare ones that aren't being made any more so these are very hard to get hold of. There are a lot of sets of beanies and they all come together to make a fantastic collection. Some of the sets are listed below. Zodiac Beanies; This are special ...  Read the complete review