Collecting Beanies.

United Kingdom
February 5, 2024 5:31am CST
I have been reading through my old Collect It magazines that I found in my attic. In most of the magazines I have noticed that there are a lot of adverts and articles on the subject of collecting Beanies and beanie babies. These small fabric animal shaped bean bags were very popular amongst collectors in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I often see these for sale in charity shops and car boot sales, so I wonder if people still collect them. Did you ever collect Beanies?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340178)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Feb
I thought you were talking about beanie hats. I've never heard about doll beanies. Maybe I've just forgotten about them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340178)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb
@lazydaizee Possibly they did but not having little girls, maybe I just missed them.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
@JudyEv That could be true. They were probably more for girls than boys.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb
They were very popular here and in America, maybe they did not make it to Australia.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
5 Feb
I see that Judy came to answer this post. I was going to say that she crochets beanies to donate for the babies. I never heard of bean bags and beanies collections.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
7 Feb
@lazydaizee According to Wikipedia they merged with another company.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb
Maybe they did not have them where you live, they were made by a company called Ty.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
@LadyDuck Do Ty still make things, or have they gone out of business like so many other companies have?
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19942)
• United States
6 Feb
I have a few, but not a collection.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19942)
• United States
13 Feb
@lazydaizee I have a toy story one, a lion, a snake, a jellyfish, black and white cat, a fox, and a koala.
DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
Which ones do you have?
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178824)
• United States
5 Feb
I have a couple. I think only a few are highly collectible. I could be wrong. Have a good day.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178824)
• United States
6 Feb
@lazydaizee I honestly don't remember. I have them packed away.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
@LindaOHio I have things packed away that I forgot I had.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb
Which ones do you have?
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
5 Feb
I didn't have any Beanies of the type you are describing, but I have a beanie bear that can suck it's thumb and big toe, and I have a Baby William which is a tiny doll in a matchbox sized box and it has a beanie body. He's cute. I've had them both for years.
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb
I did not collect them either. Some of them were worth a lot of money at the time. I always think of a Beanie as being a sort of knitted hat. Your beanie bear , and baby William sound like fun.
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28882)
• Lichfield, England
5 Feb
@lazydaizee I know what you mean. Yes, I thought of a Beanie as a woolly hat too. I'm very fund of my beanie bear, and my little Baby William! You know what I wanted as a child and never got - a cabbage patch kid!
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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb
@sharonelton I remember them too, they were expensive to buy at the time. Did you ever have a Care Bear?
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