#BBOC

[liminalbeans]

A collection of some non-stuffed animal beanie baby merch, and some information about it (and links to buy each one)

Beanie baby collector pins! These were pins that could only be bought by members of the BBOC (beanie baby official club) and there was a few different ones, mostly featuring the original 9 beanies.

I can't find a lot of them for sale, but the set of 5 in the bottom image can be bought here.

More pins! These ones feature the teenie beanie babies that were included in happy meals back in the 90s. These were actually never sold to the general public, they were reserved for McDonald's employees to put on their uniforms to advertise teenie beanies.

There's a bunch of different listings for either sets of pins or individual ones, but you can get a good amount of them here.

A beanie baby poster! "But Liminalbeans" I hear you say, "there's no beanie babies on that poster!" This is true! But that's because this poster was actually meant to be used with another product....

...THESE stickers. You could technically stick these on whatever you want, but the poster was made for people to have one themed spot to put their whole collection.

Poster here

Stickers here

We also have some trading cards! I feel like I've seen these more than any other non-stuffed animal product. These were like Pokemon or baseball cards, each one had a beanie and they came in little packs. These never really took off, because having a collectible OF a collectible is kinda going too far. But they're still cool little trinkets

Buy some here

Beanie babies coins! These came in BBOC exclusive packages and each one had a classic beanie

Get them here

This is probably the most recent item on the list. It's a plastic cup from McDonalds that was part of a "blind bag" series with different cups commemorating the most popular/successful happy meal toys. This one was for the teenie beanie babies, and there's some secondhand ones available.

Buy it here

This last one isn't an official TY product, but it's still beanie baby related. Back when beanie babies were a huge craze and everyone thought they'd be worth tons, a bunch of the most avid collectors and fans would make these guidebooks to help people learn more about beanie babies and track their "worth". It's funny looking back on it, since they're all worth basically nothing now, but these books are still an interesting read and fun to flip through

Buy the one pictured above here, and there's also tons of different ones out there.

And feel free to reblog this with any I might have missed!

[touchou421]

day3&1

[beanbagbuddies4life]

Splash the Whale

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Born July 8, 1993

Splash loves to jump and dive He's the fastest whale alive He always wins the 100 yard dash With a victory jump he'll make a splash!

Splash is one of the original 9 beanie babies, so he has a special place in the heart of every collector! He also gets fun extras like this coin and lapel pin.

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Splash was rereleased with a special hang tag for the Beanie Baby Official Club!

[beaniebabydaily]

Color Me Bear - Beanie Baby

The Color Me Beanie bears came in the Beanie Babies Official Club (BBOC) Kit for the year 2002. Each kit was a clear plastic case containing a Color Me Beanie bear, six assorted water soluble, color markers (to color the bears), and a fold-out BBOC membership application form. The six marker colors matched the colors of the ribbons that were available for the bears. The foldout also had an order form for exclusive BBOC member products.

[planetbeanie]

Beanie Baby Collectors Coin

Originally came in the BBOC platinum kit

$6

[icharlie]

I feel like no one talks about

thought that you loved this stuff / or did I make that up

like I hear that shit and it's waaaaaaaaaaaah immediately

[scootsoot]

My doodles from a magma @soupghetti hosted (? Is that the right word??? I hope so)

Just some silly guys for y'all :3

[babsvibes]

Do you have a burger oc / self insert? (I need you to have one 🤍 please thank bestie)

Oh man! I’ve never really been a self-insert kind of gal, but a million years ago I did make an OC! Vanessa Beatle aka Slug Bug, the One-Eyed Snakes’ attorney. She’s…. tired lol

[plushieanimals]

Trap the Mouse BBOC trading cards

[cuttlemew]

been thinkin' bout my BBOC as of late~~

[little-klng]

im sure theres people in the reblogs whove described this before (more than likely me included, but its buried by now), but no this fact is simply not true </3 the original beanie babies are The Original 9, pictured below:

[Brownie the bear, Chocolate the moose, Pinchers the lobster, Spot the dog, Squealer the pig, Splash the whale, Patti the platypus, Legs the frog, and Flash the dolphin]

all nine of them were released in April of 1993 during the New York World Toy Fair, whereas Trap was released in June of 1994 in stores after growing popularity meant more designs being created and released publicly. The above commenter likely(?) misunderstood that Trap mightve been older than the Original 9 because a lot of resources put their release date at August of 1994 for some reason

However, what *is* true is that Trap on release was older than the concept of beanie baby birthdays and poems, which didnt begin until 5th generation releases in late 1997, more info on that, as well as example photos of what each generation of tag looks like here and here.

The concept of beanie babies getting their own poems and birthdays was actually created by Lina Trivedi, whos credited as the author of 136 original poems for the beanies, as well as the creator of e-commerce as a concept (she headlined the website design and concept behind the BBOC, where collectors would be able to order certain beanies/recreations of original older beanies instead of hunting down irl stores for them)

Before poems and birthdays, beanie baby swing tags just featured the beanies name, as well as a To ___ and From ___ space to write in, since they were intended to be cheap gifts for families, friends, and events. The change was made because Lina thought it would make the tags more interesting and fun (and she was right!!!)

A lot of older beanies however were re-released in later generations to have birthdays and poems added, such as the original 9 with their BBOC releases :3 Trap, however, is not one of those re-releases and therefore was never retroactively given a poem or birthday

Hope this helps and clears up any confusion!!!!!!

the saddest beanie baby related thing ever is still trap the mouse. no birthday

[touchou421]

yummy😋

[beanbagbuddies4life]

Pinchers the Lobster

Born June 19, 1993

This lobster loves to pinch Eating his food inch by inch Balancing carefully with his tail Moving forward slow as a snail !

Pinchers, originally deemed Punchers, was one of the original 9 beans released in 1993! There's so much that goes with him: a Beanie Buddy, a Teenie Beanie, trading cards, a collectible coin, and a special BBOC version!

It's hard to find good photos of the BBOC Original 9 collection, but here they are:

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Note the 2nd-gen style hang tag and the little BBOC button. This tag says "Punchers," but Ty released both a Pinchers AND a Punchers with the BBOC Original 9 collection.

Doesn't he make a cute Teenie Beanie?

Don't forget the cards and coin!

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[planetbeanie]

Todays Beanie of the Day is Bits the Bear

Collectors note

She was included in the 2005 Beanie Baby Official Club (BBOC) kit, which included marker pens, stickers, paper and a mug.

Birthday- 3/4/2004

[archiveexploration]

SMOOCH-e the Bear, Soybean the Pig, Spot the Dog (BBOC) – Without Spot, Squealer the Pig (BBOC), Tender the Sheep, Ontario White Trillium the Bear, Nana the Bear, Nana the Bear – 2007 Version, Mumsy the Bear