S E R I E S - I

[ SERIES II ]

Beanie Baby Limited Edition COLLECTOR'S CARDS are a big new hit! The first series is IMPOSSIBLE to find in the stores right now, and the new SERIES II is scheduled to appear within a matter of weeks.

 

What are they, how many are there and what kinds are available? WHICH ARE THE HARDEST TO FIND? WHICH ARE THE RAREST COMMON CARDS? WHAT COMMONS ARE THE EASIEST TO FIND?

 

As a guide to Beanie Card collectors, I am adding some general info on these really kewl trading cards.

 

Some of them are found in four different colors, in order of increasing rarity : RED, BLUE, SILVER and GOLD (on the following table as R B S G).

 

There are also several extra special cards actually signed by Ty Warner!!

MY STATISTICS

These numbers will be updated when and IF I am able to acquire more factory sealed boxes of cards. This is the FIRST Update - 12 February 1999.

 

There are 24 packs of cards per box. I was lucky to find 8 boxes at two stores in February -- and I added 10 packs for a total of 202 packs. Every other place was SOLD OUT!!

 

One pack of cards may contain from 3 to 12 cards (the item says "9 Cards per Pack").

 

Out of a total of eight factory sealed boxes and ten unopened packs, containing a TOTAL of 1847 cards (= 202 packs), I found the following :

1 Original Nine Card

18 RED Retired Cards

8 BLUE Retired Cards

2 SILVER Retired Card

0 GOLD Retired Cards

26 RED Birthday Cards

17 BLUE Birthday Cards

3 SILVER Birthday Cards

0 GOLD Birthday Cards

41 RED Rookie Cards

15 BLUE Rookie Cards

5 SILVER Rookie Cards

0 GOLD Rookie Cards

203 Puzzle Cards

8 Slider Cards

1500 Common Cards

C A R D - G U I D E

with actual Scans

CARD TYPES	LOOK FOR	NUMBER
The Original Nine R B S G	clear plastic, limited edition number BLUE - 1 per 202 packs	# 1 - 9 x 4 colors = 36
Retired Cards R B S G	round "RETIRED" logo, upper right RED - 1 per 11 packs BLUE - 1 per 25 packs SILVER - 1 per 101 packs	# 10 - 24 x 4 colors = 60
Birthday Cards R B S G RED BLUE SILVER	Beanie birthday, lower left RED - 1 per 8 packs BLUE - 1 per 12 packs SILVER - 1 per 67 packs	# 25 - 49 x 4 colors = 100
Rookie Cards R B S G	"ROOKIE" in blue rectangle, lower left RED - 1 per 5 packs BLUE - 1 per 14 packs SILVER - 1 per 40 packs	# 25 - 49 x 4 colors = 100
Common Cards	raised Beanie image 3-12 per pack	# 50 - 149 = 100
Puzzle Cards	miniature puzzle 1 per pack (1 with 2)	8
Slider Cards	1 per box	8
WHOLE SET	ALL OF ABOVE	412

THE 13 RAREST COMMON CARDS

Be On The Lookout For These

CARD NUMBER	BEANIE NAME	# PER 202 PACKS
149	ZIP , the White Face Cat	2
68	DIGGER , Orange Crab	3
137	TEDDY , Violet	3
58	BUMBLE , the Bee	4
115	SEAMORE , the Seal	4
131	STRIPES , the Tiger	4
133	TEDDY , Cranberry	5
134	TEDDY , Jade	5
135	TEDDY , Magenta	5
136	TEDDY , Teal	5
94	LIBEARTY , the Bear	6
101	PEANUT , Light Blue Elephant	6
108	R E X	6

The nine MOST found COMMON Cards are :

# 105 PUFFER (32 per 202 packs)

# 118 SMOOCHY (30 per 202 packs)

# 130 STRETCH (30 per 202 packs)

# 112 ROCKET (28 per 202 packs)

# 119 SNIP (28 per 202 packs)

# 127 SPUNKY (28 per 202 packs)

# 91 JAKE ( 26 per 202 packs)

#103 POUNCE (26 per 202 packs)

# 138 TRACKER (26 per 202 packs)

People have been finding MISTAKES on their cards, including print or images offset from where they should be, missing serial numbers on the Original Nine cards, images NOT matching the Beanie Name, and raised figure outlines on the Common cards which DO NOT match the Beanie!! Some of these mistakes are ONLY found by looking closely ar each and every card!!

 

In my bunch of cards I found a RED Retired Royal Blue PEANUT card with NO gold foil under the Beanie's name on the left and NO "style #"!!!! (Thanks Joanne for noticing that style # detail!!)

Here are two LINKS to sites with "Value Guides" for these Beanie Trading cards

Another BBOC Trading Card Resource Page

CINDY's Card Site

CRITTERPATCH

Fun Zone

SONNY's SERIES II Info

Speculative Price Guide

Trading Card Price Guide

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