Beanie Babies

Pros: Cute, affordable, variety of styles, conversation starters, make great gifts for everyone, fun, cuddly, well-made
Cons: time-consuming to collect, highly desirable Beanies are less available, impossible to have a complete collection

During a trip to Florida in the summer of 1994, I was looking for a Florida souvenir. Since I had seen dolphins playing in the ocean, I chose a cute small stuffed dolphin. The tag said his name was Flash. Normally, I would have cut off the tag, but...

Pros: Very cute bears!
Cons: Not enough room to store them all.

I'm a cynical kind of woman...I don't like angels, and I hate those inspirational jokes and stories that friends always send me by email. But, I do have one big weakness, teddy bears.

I have a huge collection of these fuzzy creatures, and they...

Pros: Kids love them!
Cons: Some have small parts. If you are a true lector...remember to protect the tags!

In 1994, when my daughter-in-law first became pregnant, I found myself walking through the mall looking at all the cute stuffed toys. Not too many of them where meant for boys....No Doctor had told us she was having a boy yet....but we knew! Then I came...

Pros: Attachment, sharing, learning how to be responsible.
Cons: Large collections will cost money, will need more storage spaces or containers.

I'm prejudiced; I LOVE beanie babies. I will mention only the Ty beanies in this Epinion, as all kinds of brands of what I call beanies exist. Just in case someone has been in the dark all of this time, a beanie is a small stuffed animal (although I've...

Pros: Cute stuffed bean bags.
Cons: BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH!

Ok, so Beanie Babies are cute. But, what a rip off they have become! At the end of 1999 TY announced that they were putting an end to Beanie Babies. I was thrilled...I'm going to save Thousands of dollars.
WRONG!!
In the year 2000 they have...

Pros: Fun to collect!
Cons: It never ends!

Think your beanie baby collection is complete? Well you need to read this epinion. We live part time in Kailua-Kona, HI and in Hawaii they have their own line of beanies. Now Ty does not market these, but they are of similar quality to the Ty Beanies....

Pros: Cute, large variety of animals
Cons: still trendy, hard to find some

We choose to beanie :) Yep, we jumped on the bandwagon and just had to have these adorable little stuffed critters ranging from darling bears (the favorite) to ugly beetles.

My first love is bears so naturally I was drawn to the beanie baby...

Pros: Some are cute
Cons: Addictive

Kids and Family.... Beanie Babies

Whom ever invented these sure hit on something. Anywhere from $4-$20. From Palm size to standard Teddy Bear size. You can find them everywhere. I even saw them for sale at a local car wash. The owners wife...