He has two-tone ears, and his eyes and nostrils are black . He was redesigned in 1996 when larger pieces of yarn were used for his mane and tail. The current Derby has approximately 8 pieces of yarn for his tail and 25 for his mane. We hope that this information will help other collectors locate one of these rare Beanie Babies. Stripes the Tiger Stripes, the tiger was introduced in mid-1995.
Stripes is an orangish-brown color with closely aligned black stripes.
His eyes are black with a brown outer rim. He has a velvety flesh-tone nose and two back string whiskers droop from each side of his mouth. He is meant to be held in the palm of your hand, as you stroke his soft velvety fur. Stripes was redesigned during the latter part of 1996. He was replaced with the current Stripes that is a yellowish-tan color with black stripes that are spaced further apart.