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Summary: I loved the book!!!!
Review: Alot of people I know liked this book, and I do too. I have the 1997 and 1998 edition, and they were great! How can people not like it? I do agree, the retirements were way off, but I still enjoyed reading it! There is no reason for people to critizize the book because I would like to see them write their own book THEIR way! LOL! I love beanie babies, Me and my friends have been collecting for a long time. They are just so cute and adorable, you just fall in love with them! I can't wait for The fall 1998 edition to come out. It will have the new beanies in it and the newely retireds!!! I will definately love this book too!
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Summary: My little mad thing....
Review: 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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Summary: My little mad thing....
Review: 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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Summary: This was the First Edition that I purchased
Review: I havent read the first couple of editions of this book but I found this one to come in handy. I collect Beanie Babies for my 8 year old neice and I use this book to keep track of the ones she has and the ones she desperatley wants!...I'm sure the prices are off a bit but who of you knows how much money a plush toy with a perfect tag will be in the year 2000!!?? Chill...The Authors are just estimating. Of all the Beanie Babie books that I have seen out there, I feel that this book is the best and that it is funny and interesting. One thing I would do in the next addition would be to leave out all the extra fluff of games and food and just stick to the Beanie Babie stuff. Also, the authors might want to lighten up on all the family/self photograpghs....We want to see Beanie Babies...Not your family album!
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