January 2000 Rumors

January 2000

January 08, 2000
The first Trade Show has come and gone, and here's the deal:

The new Ty line is called Beanie Kids. These are people-like bean bag toys approximately 9 inches in height. They each have different skin tones. According to the Ty reps, these will be extremely limited. Dealers were allowed to order 6 of each style. All have numbered hologram tags with names and a poem. They should retail for $8 to $9. Here are the names:
Angel
Boomer
Chipper
Curly
Cutie
Ginger
Precious
Rascal
Tumbles
There will be new Beanie Babies, however, not for a few months. It seems that contrary to popular belief, Ty DID plan on discontinuing the entire line for good. The factories stopped making Beanie Babies this past October. It will take some time to begin production again.

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January 04, 2000
There were two newsflashes today on Ty's site... the first seems to be the most important to the avid Beanie Babies collector. It read as follows:

Look for the new Beanie product at the following trade shows:
Atlanta Gift Show January 8-12
Philadelphia Gift Show January 8-11
Dallas Gift Show January 8-11
Washington DC Gift Show January 16-19
Seattle Gift Show January 15-18
Kansas City Gift Show January 22-25
Los Angeles Gift Show January 22-25
New York Gift Show January 23-27
Chicago-McCormick Gift Show January 29-February 1
Chicago-Mart Gift Show January 29-February 1
San Francisco Gift Show February 5-9
New York Toy Fair February 13-17
Denver Gift Show February 26-29
Boston Gift Show March 26-29
The other introduces an entire catalog of information concerning the new releases in his other lines, including Beanie Buddies (30 new ones in total):

Large Peace Bear	XLarge Peace Bear	Jumbo Peace Bear
XLarge Hippy Bunny	Large Hippy Bunny	Large Fuzz Bear
Large Flippity (Blue) Bunny	Chocolate Moose	Hippie Bunny
Lucky the ladybug	Congo the Gorilla	Eucalyptus the koala
Zip the cat	Flip the cat	Nanook the husky
Weenie the Dachshund	Dotty the Dalmatian	Groovy the bear
Kicks the bear	Osito the Mexican Bear	Ty2K Bear
Valentino the bear	2000 Signature bear	Bronty the brontosaurus
Dragon (Scorch)	Lizzy the lizard (ty-dyed)	Digger the orange crab
Goochy the octopus	Speedy the turtle	Lips the fish

January 03, 2000
BEANIES WIN!!! Look for the surprises to keep coming.

January 01, 2000
The voting is almost over... The majority of people in the world seem to think Ty should continue the cute little creatures.
However, there have been some "NO" votes. It seems that the comments that go along with these "NO" votes are all the same. These negative people seem to think that enough is enough. That Beanies have had their day in the sun and it is all over for them now. Do these people think the same of Barbie? Tell Mattel to stop making Barbie dolls. How about BMW's or Mercedes? Should these car manufacturers throw in the towel and stop making their successful cars? Each time a new set of Beanies come out, there are little improvements, just as each year when a new Ford F150 is made, it has improvements. Ty should continue to be successful with his Beanies. They make over 90% of the world happy, IMHO.
More news later!

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