This is a Retired Ty Beanie Baby “Curly” Brown Teddy Bear with Numerous Qualifying Rare Traits & Errors. A hard to find Ty Beanie Bay Bear. See all qualifying deatails and Rare Hard to Find Errors listed below. See Item Specifics for many details. Any extraneous items in the photo are props for Decorative Enhancement, Photography, or Demo purposes only and are not included. Comments on what Beanie Babies are. 1 If a Beanie Baby was made after 1998, then it is NOT RARE. This one listed was made in 1996, so it is of the rarer type. 2 If a Beanie Baby was made with P. Pellets, then it is NOT RARE (very few exceptions). This one listed was made with P. Pellets so it is of the rarer type. 3 If a Beanie Baby has a stamp on the inside of the TUSH tag (tag on the behind), then it is NOT RARE. This one listed does not have a stamp on the inside of the TUSH Tag. So it is of the rarer type. 4 If a Beanie Baby has a STAR on the TUSH tag. ANY of the above, then it is NOT RARE. This one listed HAS A Star on the Tush Tag, BUT NONE OF THE ABOVE, so it is of the rarer type. Now, having the above charateristics disqualify 95% of a Beanie Baby’s out in the market from the RARER Category. Our listed Curly Beanie Baby we are offering falls into the 5% category and IS A RARER ITEM! HOW WE QUALIFY This Beanie Baby that we have listed… We will use a Yes or No qualifier.. 1 If your Beanie Baby was made in 1998 or before, then it COULD BE RARE! 2 If there is also NO STAMP on the inside of the TUSH tag, then it COULD BE RARE! Correct “No Stamping” 3 If your Beanie Baby is also made of P. Pellets, then it IS RARE! 4 If there is also FACTORY ERROR’s on the tags or design, then it IS RARE! 5 If there is also a STYLE NUMBER on the SWING tag (heart tag), then it IS RARE! 6 If there is also NO STAR on the TUSH tag, then it IS RARE! [this one has a Star] 7 If the Beanie Baby is of extremely limited numbers, then it IS RARE! [less than 1,000,000 of the Curly Bear’s were made with the textured nappy fur like this one] 8 NOTE: Points 1-3 MUST BE VALID for a Beanie Baby to even be considered rare in the overwhelming majority of cases! [Points #1 – #3 are valid] A Beanie Baby increase’s in value when MULTIPLE RARE THINGS are on the SAME Beanie Baby. This “Curly Bear” listed has 7 out of the 8 listed Rare Characteristics, qualifying it as a RARE BEANIE BABY. This “Curly Bear” besides the 7 out of 8 RARE QUALIFYING TRAITS listed above. This listed bear has a number of TAG ERRORS that help to solidify it’s classification as a RARER Curly Bear. Now Characteristics of our particular “Curly Bear” Beanie Baby. Second line of poem uses lower case (y) in the word you, Instead of the capital (Y). There is an extra space between the words To and this in the third line of the poem. Swing tag is marked 1996 whereas the tush tag says 1993. There is no stamp or number inside the tush tag. This indicates this Curly is LIMITED YES! Curly’s fur is the less common nappy texture, rather than plush. 1,000,000 or less made. Has the “Brown” nose instead of a black one with the two black eyes YES! Mismatched Tush Tag vs. Hang Tag Dates YES! The swing tag has the word original misspelled ORIGIINAL with two (I)s. But this was a common error and can be found on many 5th generation tag Curly Bears. Also on the swing tag, on the back, surface misspelled as SUFACE. Inside the swing tag after the date of birth a semicolon is used (;) instead of a colon (:). OTHER RARE or UNIQUE TRAITS of this listing.. This Curly has a 4th generation and 4th version of it, swing tag. >> Version 4 is probably the most popular, these are made in China and have the Ty Deutschland address on them. >> There are only 121 Beanie Babies that can have the 4th generation hang tag. Has the highly sought after “Fareham, Hants UK” and the “Deutschland Nurnberg” address on the left side of hang tag. The item “Ty Beanie Baby Curly Brown Teddy Bear with 17 Qualifying Rare Traits & Errors” is in sale since Friday, March 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Beanbag Plush\Ty\Beanie Babies-Original\Retired”. The seller is “mdcconcepts” and is located in Dacula, Georgia. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica.
- Brand: Ty Beanie Baby
- Character Family: Bear Beanie Baby
- Country/Region of Manufacture: China
- Recommended Age Range: 3 and up
- Year: 1996 hang tag & 1993 Tush Tag
- Color(s): Brown, Red
- Comments: Has many Qualifying RARE Traits and Errors
- Features: Nappy Fur, contains RARE ERRORS
- Gender: Boys & Girls
- Maker / Mfg. / Importer / Dist.: TY Inc.
- Material: Polyester Fiber and rarer P.V.C. Pellets
- MDC Galleries: AL03-107-140000451016g
- Model / Series: Curly Bear Beanie Baby 4th generation tag
- MPN: 4052
- Size / Dimension A: 9″ tall x 6″ wide x 2-1/2″ thick approx. +/-
- Theme: Collectible Toy Teddy Bear
- Type / Category: Toy Stuffed Animal Teddy Bear
- UPC: 008421040520
