Last year, there were 12 animals in the McDonald's set. Collectors could only buy one at a time with an order of food. Swanson exclaims of all the times she went through McDonald's drive-through to buy the next animal. Other corporations have jumped on the Beanie Babies bandwagon. Coca-Cola and Disney have their own collectible sets.
Retailers are hard-pressed to keep the Beanie Babies in stock.
And, when they get an order of the latest releases, they are hit with double trouble. The company only sends a small number of the new editions, which are wanted by an increasing number of people. Then as they became more popular, the manufacturer started limiting what they sent us. If we didn't limit the sales to collectors, the kids would never get a chance to get any. We are limited in the number of new editions we receive.