BEANIE VARIATIONS (page 3)
Same Beanie, different name
Two of the original nine Beanies underwent change
before their time was up. Brownie the original bear became Cubbie before the
original nine even hit the shelves. As these were the days before the Beanies
carried their names on their tush tags the only way to tell a Brownie from a
Cubbie is by the swing tag. This makes Brownie super-rare as in the early days
of collecting it was not common practice to keep the swing tags attached!
Pinchers and Punchers have a similar story. Same Beanie... same style number... but different name.
The last Beanie to suffer this problem was Nana, who after being retired re-appeared as Bongo. Bongo then underwent further change as his tail changed colour, the two variations being tan and brown.
Same name, different Beanie
To completely confuse collectors there have been occasions where the same name has been used for two completely different Beanies. This of course isn't a variation at all - but is covered here to add to the general confusion!
This isn't a question of adding the year to a Beanie's name (Holiday Teddies, Signature Bears, Eggs etc.) or releasing several similar Beanies (Baby Boy and Baby Girl).
There are the Blues Clues trio - Blue, Magenta and Periwinkle; two of these names had previously been used for bears!
There is the 4-H bear Clover, who sits next to another bear named Clover (an Irish themed bear).
There is Silver the New Zealand Exclusive who shares a name with Silver the Cat!
England, Scotland and Wales all have two Beanies going by the name - one set wear flags on their chests and the other set are part of the "I love" series.
Discover the Canadian Exclusive shares a name with the two Northwestern Mutual Exclusives also called Discover.
William the already varied bear also shares his name with the 2006 Hamley's Exclusive - William!
There are two bears called Happy Holidays and no less than seven going by the name Happy Birthday!
That's my name, don't wear it out.
Ty aren't the only ones who have done battle on
occasion over the copyright of names (usually, it has to be said, with
websites!).
Doodle the Rooster became Strut due to an alleged copyright infringement with Chick-Fil-A and a similar tale can be told for Tabasco (the sauce?) who had to be renamed Snort. Snort differed slightly from Tabasco as he had white feet whereas Tabasco had been all red.
Those darn cats!
The snappily named Zip and Nip came in several guises
(they were of a family which included Flip and Chip - they were not similarly
varied).
Both Zip and Nip can be found in versions of solid colour (all black or all gold respectively) or with four white paws or lastly with a white nose and belly (which was the first version. The last two versions have coloured eyes and smaller noses. The white belly versions have black eyes and a much larger nose, reminiscent of old faced teddy.
It's all a question of counting
Two Beanies would seem to be variation by numbers!
Tank the Armadillo and Lucky the Ladybug.
Tank has lines on his shell, and is varied by how many lines. First there were seven, then there were nine. Finally there were nine, and the outline of the shell was also picked out.
Lucky has spots. First there were seven spots, glued on. This was changed to printed spots in the next incarnation, presumably due to the habit of the spots falling off! First there were twenty-one spots, but perhaps this looked a bit too spotty as the final version had only eleven spots!
There are plenty more variations to consider! (page 4)