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2 comments about Beanie Baby Stories: Heartwarming stories for Beanie Baby lovers of all ages.

1. I just got my copy of Beanie Baby Stories, and couldn't put it down. Many of the stories are touching, humorous, and even insightful. The book also includes children's illustrations of their favorite beanies. This is a perfect gift for families who are Beanie Baby collectors, or as a "get-well" or birthday gift. BEANIE BABY STORIES measures approximately 5"x6" to fit comfortably in anyone's hands, with a glossy cover and nice interior layouts. I contributed much of the trivia that appears in this book, and am very pleased to have been a part of this project. Congratulations to Susan Titus Osborn and Sandra Jensen for a job well-done! ~Kim



2. This is the perfect addition to any Beanie collection. It's filled with wonderful heartwarming stories any beanie lover will enjoy greatly.

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5 comments about The Beanie Baby Handbook.

1. Hi. It's been 10 years since Sue and I published the first edition of The Beanie Baby Handbook. The third and final edition (the cookbook) was published in 1998. In case you're wondering, we've attempted to publish an up to date book but Ty will not give us permission. (???) In looking over the Amazon listing, and people's comments, first, they made a mistake on the number of pages. This is a 218 page book, not a 40 page book. Each of the 52 recipes is a 2-page color spread with amazing photos created by Jeanette Long (still our neighbor and friend here in Wyckoff, New Jersey). Jeanette actually cooked, baked or prepared all of those foods, and brought them to a world class food photography studio. Kids and families love Jeanette's recipes, and in my opinion this is not only a wonderful book about Beanie Babies, it's one of the best kids' cookbooks ever published. Anyway, Sue and I are still incurable collectors. We are professional American art and rare coin dealers (19th & 20th Century), we build custom homes, and we manufacture a neat little calorie counter that you may see on TV in December or January. We've also developed a new product called Rare Coin Trading Cards, which we hope to launch as soon as we set up a national distribution system. We published Beanie Baby trading cards in 1998, but Ty asked us to stop when they began publishing their own cards. (Darn.) Beanie Babies were a big part of our life in 1997 and 1998, and I don't think we'll ever have another experience like that again. Although we did create a unique collectible known as autographed coins with two former U.S. Presidents (Ford and Bush) in 2001 and 2002. One of the reasons I posted this message is to tell the many people who write to us that we cannot publish a new edition of The Beanie Baby Handbook without written permission, or a license, from Ty. In 1997, they allowed us to publish the Unofficial edition, but that ended in 1998. Les and Sue Fox



2. i had this book back as a child and after giving it a way years ago, i remembered recently what cute recipes it had in it so decided to get another copy! it was such a bargain and there's so many different cute ideas perfect for parties and many other occasions!



3. Lots of information about how much the beanie babies are worth and when they made the beanie baby.



4. check it. site got alot of reviews explains alot 'bout stuff.
   its...a cookbook, think so anyways: 1. lots of people say so
   b. books got a cake on the front 3. yeah people say so
   
   theirs my proof got it all set for ya have fun ;)



5. As heady and well-read as I appear to be, I still pick up an oddity now and then. Besides, my daughter isn't really interested in philosophy yet.

   There's not a lot to say about Beanies. They're cute, but they are a highly manipulated market. This book is the one I have found that actually attempts to identify the number of beanies of a particular type. Trust me, Iggy with Rainbow tags is likely to be worth something, but Gigi will probably end up in the trash. The reason? Iggy had a total manufacture of only 250,000 and some smaller number of these had the switched tags. Gigi? I'm guessing, but I'll wager a cool 6 million or more made. This kind of information is, in my view, conspicuously absent from the mainline marketed books and magazines. The "Price" information they hand out is at best highly volatile on these little beauties, but the manufactured count can never change for a given beanie style/tag. From that view, this book will give you a grounding for the earlier varieties. I have a suspicion that Ty has made a concerted attempt to corner the periodical market and suppress these hard numbers. After all, driving out the competitors and keeping your customers listening to the "company mouthpiece" is an excellent way to make money. But from my perspective, you want the numbers if you plan on focusing on the beanies that will be valuable in the long term. Get a copy of this book if you can, if you are a beanie collector.

   Personal advice? Clip off the hang tag and give Gigi to the kids to play with. Cruise the auctions for a good deal. Nuf said!

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1 comments about Teddy Bears.

1. The photographs in this book are superb, but otherwise it has less pages than a magazine.

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