Major Categories in Beanies and Plush Toys

Technically, all stuffed animals are called "plush." The Ty® Company Inc. is among the most recognized brand name in stuffed toys, along with Disney, Gund, Applause, and Warner Brothers.

The Ty product line is an example of major categories within one company.

The following is an overview of the many collectibles currently available on the retail and secondary markets.

Attic Collectibles are ball-jointed animals, and the majority of them come dressed (for example, Grover the Bear sports corduroy overalls).

Beanie Babies are small stuffed toys (with the exception of one or two) filled with polyfill and PVC/or PE pellets.

Beanie Buddies are similar to Beanie Babies; however, they are made with a heavier fabric called "Tylon."

Pillow Pals are very popular in families who have children under the age of 3 since they contain no small pellets.

Ty Plush is the term used to describe the larger stuffed animals. Very lifelike in some cases, Ty Plush animals are created from a variety of fabrics (from long furry to short nappy fabric). Among the most popular Ty Plush toys are Sally Winey designs, and some of the older retired animals. For example, Himalayan cats are quite rare and command a high secondary market value.

The Ty Company retires items from all categories and introduces new releases to the line regularly, which adds to the secondary market value.

The following is a list of additional Bean Bag toys, and/or manufacturers.

Applause (has produced popular Bean Bag toys such as Rugrats, Peanuts, and Sesame Street)

Baby Boyds

Bamm Beano

Belly Beans/Girl Scout Bean Bags

Coca Cola

Cosmo Critters

Cushy Critters

Custom Edge

Disney

Grateful Dead Bears

Gund

Harley Davidson

McDonald’s Teeny Beanies

Meanie Bean

Nascar

Planet Plush

Puffkins Star Sacks, White’s Guide

Save the Children

Teletubbies

Ty Beanie Babies

Warner Brothers

Weebeans

Cereal Bean Bag Toys/Company Logo Bean Bag Products

As Bean Bag toys gained popularity, more companies have gotten into the act, producing their versions of these irresistible, collectible critters. The following is a list of some fun and interesting Bean Bag collectibles.

General Mills

Kellogg

Entenmanns

M&M’s

Burger King

Blockbuster

Taco Bell

Pillsbury Dough Boy

Eveready Energizer Bunny

NBC Peacock

There are countless other Bean Bag animals on the market, with more and more being introduced. If you would like information on other Bean Bag toys not mentioned, send an email to beanbags@ebay.com.

Note: If you know of any Bean Bag toys that are not listed here, send us an email at beanbags@ebay.com so we can list them.

The preceding material was written by Myrtle Cecil. These are the opinions of the author, not the opinions of eBay, and therefore eBay does not validate the accuracy of or endorse these opinions.