  beanie babies are a line of popular stuffed animals, made by ty warner inc., which was later renamed as ty inc. in late 1993. each toy has an inner "posable lining" and is stuffed with plastic pellets (or "beans") rather than conventional stuffing (see pvc and pe), giving beanie babies a flexible feel. in a rare interview warner said "the whole idea was it looked real because it moved.â ==history== nine original beanie babies were launched in 1993: legs the frog, squealer the pig, spot the dog, flash the dolphin, splash the whale, chocolate the moose, patti the platypus, brownie the bear (later renamed "cubbie"), and pinchers the lobster (with some tag errors with "punchers") .the perfect store: inside ebay via google books in 1996, ty inc. released a new product called teenie beanies, a miniature offshoot of the original beanie babies line. they were sold alongside mcdonalds happy meals to celebrate that product's 25th anniversary. ty, inc. stopped producing the product in 1999, but consumer demand led them to reconsider. production restarted in 2000 with a beanie baby named "the beginning." in early 2008, ty released a ne
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