I was surfing, and somehow ended up at http://www.ty.com, where I found need to post at their message boards. To do so, I had to be a member. And after I was done signing up, I was notified on the screen that I was now eligible to purchase Ty’s very first “e-Beanie”, named Speckles. I figured, what the hell. I bought one.
No… I bought TWO. I already went into collector mind-set (“I’ll sell one of them on eBay” – sheeyeah, right). The two Speckle Twins showed up last week. Since then, I already bought four more Beanie Baby bears on some auction site… and Obfusciatrist only knows of TWO of them (the other two are en route, the auction having ended the other day). I cringe to know what his expression will be when he sees I will have enough to do my own parody of the Jackson Five Beanie Bears (plus Janet) with my six beanie babies.
Obfus thinks I’m crazy for jumping on a bandwagon that’s already fallen off its track a year ago. I told him I had no trouble finding Beanie Babies cheaply now.
What, you managed to get that thing you did in New York (you know what I’m talkin’ about!) off your record? What sort of deal did you work out with ol’ Pete to pull that one off?
While I find Beanie Babies to be an evil that has fallen upon our Earth I do find them cute. I have purchased a few for my step mom over the years and she even has one or two that is worth about two grand each…so the market wanted.
Anyhow, don’t feel bad, it’s better than collecting dust which is something I seem to do well in my home. At least you have something worthwhile to show for it and possibily an investment (even if funky) for the future!
You MUST buy the 2000 one, Cheezer the Mouse. He’s made of a chenille like fur and is just delightful to hold. He is sitting on top of my work monitor as we speak.
I have a weakness for these things, but I’m not a collector. I just display them around here and there. Now that kids are losing interest, they’re practically giving them away at yard sales and such. Love that!
I have a Buffalo. (I love buffalo - I like large, shaggy, drooly, nasty-tempered animals. [Probably explains my last few dates.] Roommate (who is NOT a large, shaggy, drooly, nasty-tempered animal) bought me that one and it sits on my computer at home.
I also have a Blue Jay. (I am a Toronto fan.)
I also have the mini-Beanie Moose from a McDonald’s promotion. (Found that one left behind in a bookstore - no one claimed it in 30 days, so the manager gave it to me.)
??? I don’t even know their names. But they are great at collecting dust.
Hello… My name is KimKatt, and I too have Beanie Babies.
Wasn’t there another thread about this some time back?
I have about ten of them. They’re cute, dammit, and I cannot resist stuffed animals. It’s a weakness. But now that the problem has been identified, there is hope, right?
Yeah, right.
All of my beanies are at home. But here at work, I have a stuffed Marvin the Martian, a small purple bear (not the real purplebear :)), a white moose with red antlers and a Canadian flag on his chest, and a really odd looking smiling pumpkin-headed thing with a felt scythe that came out of a claw machine.
I have 5 Beanie Babies. Magic and Scorch, the dragons, and Prance, Pounce and Chip, the cats. I bought them because I collect dragons and cats, I couldn’t care less who makes them.
btw, I’ve heard tell that there’s a black Beanie cat. Is that so, and who is it? I need me a black cat.
i’ll admit mine. I have three dog beanies (I love canines, what can i say?) A brown terrier type thing, one called “Spot”, and a cute ass bulldog. And a cat one, a hippo, and a skunk- that last one was for my birthday. (Weird how someone would identify that with me.)
Don’t feel bad- It could be worse. You could collect backstreet boys paraphenaelia. (However the hell u spell that.)
My mother loved beanie babies. She didn’t think it was appropriate for her to get them, though… so she’d get them and give them to me. The only one I like is Lizzy the lizard, who is on top of my computer.
Now I don’t feel so bad, knowing that are others who have Beanie Babies in their closets… and on their beds, their computer monitors, dressers…
I got my final shipment of two Beanie Babies in the mail at work today. They are yet again two bears – “Valentino” and “Valentina,” two bears with opposite coloration and a heart sewn over their chest (Valentino is mauve with a white heart, Valentina is white with a mauve heart).
When I came home, I snuck over to the bookshelf where we have our marriage certificate frame propped up. I’ve got a Playmobil bride and groom set there, so I put the two bears behind them.
…it wasn’t until Obfus and I were talking about this thread this evening that he asked me where “the rest of them” were. He looked over at the two of them sitting next to each other in front of our marriage certificate… and barely said a word.
