As my husband is fully aware of my love for adorable cuddly toys, for our very first Valentine's Day as husband and wife he presented me with Garfield from the Ty Beanie Babies collection and this review discusses the mischievous little chap. I have to admit that I'm not much of a fan of Garfield and have never really enjoyed watching the cartoons due to the fact that his voice is not cute. Daft, I know especially when I adore cats and have owned four during my lifetime. Garfield measures approximately 22 cm in length and is made from a short pile orange fur fabric. If you are familiar with this character you will be aware of his rather odd looking face, ...  Read the complete review

I'm not usually taken in by soft toys, most of my soft toys date from the 1980's and beyond but just before Christmas I was passing a card shop and needed luxury gift bags since I discovered I'm no good at wrapping gifts! Blame it on a fast paced lifestyle, but when I'm out and about and shopping for things on a time limit, I need it there and then. By the time I get home I'm already hunting around for sellotape and nervously trying to wrap a Christmas gift that should be easy - like a box for example - but I always end up making a hash of it and often need to return to the shop to get more gift wrap and a decent run of sellotape. So, whilst noseying through a few ...  Read the complete review

OK, so let's start with a confession: I am a collector of Beanie Babies. Despite having no interest in them when I was growing up - I preferred collecting virtual creatures thanks to Pokemon - I have recently started a little Beanie Baby collection and their numbers are growing rather quickly. For newbies like me the best way to start shopping for beanies is through eBay, where you can pick up mixed lots for a low price. If you are looking for just one specific beanie, then toy shops or Amazon are good places to look, and they are usually priced at around £5.00 each. What to look for if you're collecting. There are several important factors to take into ...  Read the complete review

My youngest son is 4, and he loves the same sorts of characters that my eldest son does but he also still loves sleeping with his toys. I would often find him in bed with a hard toy figure, and I was worried that he would roll onto them and either break them or hurt himself. Browsing on amazon one day, I spotted a perfect solution for him. I found a set of Ben 10 beanie figures. The set I bought was bargainous as I got 5 figures for only £10. Beanie toys are usually around the £5 mark each, so I felt this was a bargainous price, and this set of five is meant to sell for nearer £30. Each of the figures in the set is a plush figure about eight inches ...  Read the complete review

My daughter started collecting Beanie Babies when she was about 3 years old and has built up a vast collection. She no longer buys them, but the ones she owns are all kept on shelves and are in mint condition. Admiral the Penguin is part of this huge collection, he really is very cute and stands out well against the rest of the collection. Ty Beanies first appeared in 1993 and by the end of the nineties, they had became very collectable and some early ones were worth a great deal of money. Some beanies were only made available for a limited period of time and then retired. Very soon people were searching for the ones they had missed out on and the ...  Read the complete review