This was probably done to reduce cost on Goldie and use up the material from the orange crab which eventually became the current red crab. Goldie has some slight physical differences from Coral and Bubbles in that she has stitching on her fins. The fabric is used on the web feet and the large bill. Coral has a smaller rear fin and the rest are more rounded. I can only speculate that the TY Company might retire Garcia in a short time.
Bubbles also has more rounded fins.
Coral and Bubbles have been distributed with the older tags but not the very first single TY tag. In mid 1996, all three fish were reintroduced with the fourth TY tag with the poem. I don't really like to speculate in these articles, but I believe that Bubbles will be the next to be retired, possibly in the spring of 1997. If this occurs, Goldie will be retired shortly thereafter. Sharks are large and often ferocious with very sharp teeth, but the Beanie Crunch is a soft blue grey, white bellied, cuddly little critter.