How to tell what edition a beanie baby is

When Valentino the Bear was in production, some of the hang tags featured a typo. The year on the tush tag is when the name was trademarked and in most cases does not match the birth year. All Ty Valentino Beanie Babies have a brown nose. A black nose would be very odd. The errors quoted online are absurd and do not add value. KR on the tush tag does not mean made in Korea. Hope Bear is one of the rarest beanie babies around. The errors on this beanie are ear tag states , as the tush tag states there is a stamp on the tush tag.

The location and color of the star and accompanying text are the primary indicators of a Beanie Baby's generation. First, second and third generations don't have any star on the hang tag, while all subsequent generations except the 12th feature a star and some text over the "Y.

The tush tag is also a good way to determine the generation of a Beanie Baby, although the hang tag is required for ultimate confirmation. All tush tags feature the date on which the toy was manufactured and distributed, with certain dates corresponding to certain generations.

For example, dates of or correspond to the first three generations, while subsequent generations add , and From the seventh generation on, the only date indicated is the year that the toy was made. The details of the tush tag itself also reveal the generation. PVC often produces cancer-causing vinyl chloride monomer, which is the base chemical from which PVC is made. In addition, the conditions under which vinyl chloride and PVC are made are perfect for the formation of dioxin, so that PVC is often heavily contaminated with this super-toxic chemical.

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