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What is up with Beanie Babies?

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Nana
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07-24-2004

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nana a private message Print Post    
I would like to know if anyone still collects Beanie Babies… a while back all I heard was got to get the new Beanie Babies… Are they still a hot collectable item or just another stuffed animal lost in the toy bin?


Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
they are just another toy now.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
It actually depends on the person. I still know people that collect the bears, some that collect the dogs, some the birds. And every once in a while, they will come out with a special one that is still a good collectable. They are nothing like they were a few years ago, but people still do collect them.

Nino
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09-20-2004

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nino a private message Print Post    
Thanks for directing me here, Vee!

I'm one of the people who still collects Beanie Babies!! I have had to slow down on buying them, however. They just have too many for me to afford them all!

I started collecting them in 1998, several years after they first appeared. I have between 300 and 400 of them now! As a matter-of-fact, my dh just gave me 3 new ones yesterday for our anniversary! I still love them!

I do try to buy only the unusual ones now. Since I'm blind, I don't get many of the bears any more. They all feel pretty much alike and it's hard for me to tell them apart. But, I love the jungle animals, birds and sea creatures a lot! I have lots of dogs and cats, too, but they're also hard to tell apart.

I remember a few years ago they made that announcement about discontinuing the line. They even had a "The End Bear" and everything! Then, a couple months later, they came out with a ton more! LOL! I don't know if they were really going to stop making them or if that was just a ploy to increase sales!

I hope they'll be worth something someday, if I ever decide to part with them! It will likely be whoever I leave them to that will try to sell them!

I do know that people aren't buying them like they used to.



Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
to show the difference. the "princess" diana bear that once sold for over $50, you can now get off of ebay for less than $4.99. there was just one going for $1.99 with no bidders. when i was saying "they are just another toy", what i meant was the market for them as a collectible item (such as the beanie baby shows, huge prices, etc.) was over. there are still some people that love them. my daughter still collects her favorites - she has all the cats.

Nino
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09-20-2004

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nino a private message Print Post    
You're so right, Landi! The prices for the unique ones has really dropped! I've actually bought several of them via the internet myself. I've actually run out of places to put them!! LOL

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
It also has to do with economic times..like my Barbie's are more valuable when we have a good economy and down when we dont....kinda like stock market.....

When ppl have more money to spend they spurlge and pay more for collectibles

Nino
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09-20-2004

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nino a private message Print Post    
Very good point, Pamy!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 3:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
That's why it is best to collect what we love, so we can enjoy them no matter what they are worth..

I still get an email from a Beanie and Boyd's dealer.. I once bought some special Pepsi bears from this person on eBay.. Nino, next time I get one I'll try to remember to forward it to you so you can determine if you want to be on her list for announcements.

I have a fair collection of the itty bitty beanies, or teeny weeny or what ever the heck they were called, from McDonald's and I still have my first Beanie that I bought in Portland Maine in 1994 when I was on my two month driving trip through the US.. I had no idea what a Beanie Baby was I just loved this panther named Velvet.. I got one for me and one for my friend Frank, who at that time worked for Chapman University, they were the Panthers.. I think he sold it at their garage sale when they moved to Key West..

So my panthers, sans tags, has ridden on the dashboard of my car for ten years now..

I do have some wonderful things I've collected (besides books).. I have some amazing labrador retriever stuff.. porcelain, china, wood, stone, prints, and so on.. and some great felines.. and then there are my Navajo and Zuni fetishes..



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OK.. here is the website of the person who sends me newsletters..

Beaniesite

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I love Beanies, started getting them for the grands and have ended up with more than they have. I just get the bears, beanie babies and buddies. I am lucky in the fact that our son travels for Boeings so he brings me home the foreign ones. I especially like it when he goes to China..he brings me home Louis Vitton purses. (they look like the real thing!)