Ty Beanie Bears and thire true UK value in 2020.

Overview
Ty Beanie Bears and thire true UK value in 2020.

The background
Ty Beanie Bears and thire true value have been of great debate over the years. At the time of thire launch supplies were initially restricted to give the false since they were selling out of stock, which was then exacerbated by shops unilaterally holding back there own stock. This initial 1994 spike died down after a while and the line was to be discontinued in 1995. Americans then became inexplicably obsessed with collecting them and began panic buying hords of them.

This caused a public mania that was worse than even the Furby mania.

The USA started panic buying them! Desperate parents and bargain hunting merchants from the USA then went to both Canada and several EU nations, Germany in particular, and bought loads of them on the cheep (from the USA's point of view) since they were neither cult or withheld in the EU. Soon EU prices then spiked sharply, sparking some concern in both the UK and France, with a German MP expressing his concern over thire cult status leading to it becoming a socially destabilizing force in German society.

Unscrupulous dealers marked up prices in the US, Canada and UK servealy as collectors bought many and monetisation almost occered with the toy.

interest fell in the start of 1998 when it wa revealed that, it was revealed many were fakes (you can't really due to the poor workmanship at some Indonesian factories in the 1990s and the genuinely low brow design) and Ty fatally flooded the world market with over production.

Once interest had stopped in 1998, the toy's related economic bubble collapsed.

Canceling popular lines during the height of popularity will always insure panic buying when a new line is released.

Currently they are doing reasonably well and Beanie Boos are the latest product, but they still continue with traditional teddy bear production and other stuffed toys like ducks.

The Noteworthy ones
Some like Millennium, First #1, Princess and The End do indead call a larger price due to what they are related to.

some people like to buy fakes, design errors (wrong color eyes, etc), those lacking of filling, bad production work (miss placed eyes, etc) and\or typos on the labels. There are reports that this was so common, especially with the brown bear called "Curley" that many said it was ifact a cunning design ploy and PR stunt.

The bright colors on Garcia the bear made him one of the most popular Beanie Baby styles, with Peace close behind. Only 300 Ty staff only issued Employee Bears were ever made.

Peanut the royal blue elephant is an elephant, not a bear, but he was truly scairses as only about 500 of the royal blue version were made and, as a result, these Beanies could go for $1,500 with an original tag in the USA during the late 2010s.

Ziggy Zebra is an zebra, not a bear, but he is genuinely a freak of nature. Ziggy Zebra was made with a plated, not lose, maine in a few thousand cases. It was worth £76.01 with it's tag attached to it in early 2020.

The Prices (Ebay UK, January 2020)

 * 1) Normal price for most common varieties that are used and have no box.- £0.99 to £ 7.50.
 * 2) Melennium- £2.50 to £10.00
 * 3) The Beginning- £6.50 to £19.99
 * 4) Peace- £2.50 to £10.00
 * 5) Garcia- £7.50 t0 25.00
 * 6) Kicks- £2.50 to £7.50
 * 7) First #1- £6.50 to £19.99
 * 8) Pricess- £8.50 to £35.00
 * 9) The End- £5.50 to £12.50
 * 10) Employee- £12.50 to £20.50
 * 11) Illigal rip-offs and fakes- £5.50 to £12.50
 * 12) Desing erros (wrong color eyes, etc)- £35.00 to £65.00
 * 13) Bad production work (miss placed eyes, etc- reportedly done on purpose as an unannounced gimmick)- £0.99 t0 £12.50
 * 14) Typos on the labels- £5.00 to £35.00
 * 15) Lack of filling- £5.50 to £12.50
 * 16) Major stitching errors (arms sew to bodies, ect)- £56.00 to £125.00
 * 17) New in box- Add about 10% to the price.
 * 18) Mint condition- Add about 25% to the price.