• PVC PELLET TUSH TAG and PE PELLET TUSH TAG), on the original beanie version, were produced simultaneously, in different facilities.

• SOME WOULD LIKE US TO BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL PRINCESS VERSION, TAGGED WITH A PVC PELLET TUSH, WAS THE FIRST PRINCESS PRODUCED ... but have no facts to support it.

• THE ORIGINAL PRINCESS VERSION, WHETHER pvc OR pe tush, Should be VALUED EXACTLY THE SAME.

both PVC pellet & PE pellet tush tags

• WERE MADE in China

• WERE Issued DEC, 1997

• Were produced at the same time in different factories

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO PROVE DIFFERENTLY.

• The traffic to this page is a lot to handle
• I will be charged FOR THE TRAFFIC if you link
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Important Note on Princess Tags

• Princess tags DO NOT follow THE USUAL tag generation criteria FOR TY BEANIE BABIES.

• LISTED BELOW ARE THE ACTUAL PRINCESS TAGS.

• There are TWO distinct criteria TO CONSIDER
  1. What Version is the "Beanie' itself ?
  2. What Issue are the 'Tags' ?

• VERSIONS refer to changes in Beanie itself


Changes in the Beanie, RETIRE previous Beanie Versions

• ISSUES refer to Tags


SWING tag & TUSH Tag changes RETIRE previous Tag Issues

• Ty produced Princess in two separate facilities in CHINA during November & December, 1997.

• Both are red & white, "Handmade in China"

• PVC & PE PELLET TUSH TAGS went on the market at the same time - DECEMBER, 1997.

• PVC PELLETS = Polyvinyl Chloride and PE PELLETS = Polyethylene, are different chemicals.

• Lab TESTING HAS CONFIRMED that the SAME pellets are in PVC and PE labeled Beanies, REGARDLESS OF LABELING.

• "DIANA, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund has an Official Logo:

• Replica of Princess Diana's signature, reproduced in purple. Items approved by the fund will be identified by its logo ... Diana's looping signature in purple, over the words, "Princess of Wales Memorial Fund."

• "The logo is suitable for reproduction on all kinds of products, surfaces and media. The public can have confidence that all moneys raised through projects carrying the new logo (projects & fund raising events) will be accounted for to the Trustees and will benefit the Fund."

• Ty Reports "PE" Tush Is 'Production Mistake' (which makes sense since lab reports confirm that pvc pellets are in both pvc and pe labeled beanies.

• At the New York Show in february, 1998, Ty again reported PE pellets as a mistake.

• Beanie Brokers and Investors are buying large quantities of "PE" tagged Princess and holding on to them.

FEBRUARY, 1998

Swing 2 & Tush 2 Emerge with

• Swing Issue 2 reads, Handmade in Indonesia

• Tush Issue 2 reads, Handmade in Indonesia

• TUSH label PVC pellets, lends credibility to PE- labeled tush as a mistake

• Double line spacing before, "Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund" (highlighted in pic)

• With Tush issue 1: PE pellets, Made in China

If you have a PVC tush with Double Spacing Swing,
send me a scan, and I'll include it here.

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FEBRUARY, 1998

Beanie Version 2 Emerges with

• PALE GREEN STEM

• Swing Issue 2 & Tush Issue 2 (made in Indonesia)

• Possibly, other tag issues. too?

Beanie Version 2  PALE GREEN STEM
Beanie Version 1      BRIGHT GREEN STEM

These are NOT scanning color differentials

multiple Scans were made of MULTIPLE beanies

with the SAME results

Thanks to my good friend, Sonny, for these TWO scans

• TV's "60 Minutes" reports that all commercial products marketed as donating monetary proceeds to the Memorial Fund MUST have the approval of the Memorial Fund

• AND contain the Fund LOGO on the product

• News articles in London Observer Service and USA Today confirm  Princess Beanie has been officially endorsed by the Memorial Fund

• If TY'S donations are to continue, ANY new Princess productions must carry the Fund's logo ON SWINGS

• For investors, this will be the LEAST valuable beanie due to mass production

April, 1999 News

ALL beanie VERSIONS AND TAGS ISSUED TO DATE HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY RETIRED BY TY

 Commentary

Get the original PVC & PE issues while you can

They are obviously the most valuable due to the most limited production.

TUSH

TAG

ISSUE

VER 1

RETIRED

BRIGHT

GREEN

STEM

Orig

BEANIE

DEC, 97

China

1

PVC-1

RETIRED

DEC, 97

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VER 1

RETIRED

BRIGHT

GREEN

STEM

Orig

BEANIE

DEC, 97

China

1

PE-1

RETIRED

DEC, 97

$ 125

VER 2

RETIRED

pale

green

stem

JAN, 98

China

1

AND ?

PE-1

RETIRED

FEB, 98

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VER 2

AND

VER 1

RETIRED

pale

green

stem

BRIGHT

GREEN

STEM

FEB, 98

Indo-

NESIA

DBL

SPACED

SWING

2

PVC-2

RETIRED

APR, 99

VER 2

AND

VER 1

RETIRED

pale

green

stem

BRIGHT

GREEN

STEM

FEB
1998

CHINA

AND ?

DBL

SPACED

SWING

3

PE-1
& ?

RETIRED

APR, 99

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