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Beanie Mania: A Comprehensive Collector's Guide

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Well,I seriously disagree with the people saying that "This book is more for serious collectors than kids". I am just 9 years old and this book is so clear and detailed! It is so much better than 1997 Beanie Baby handbook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The BB handbook '97 only shows the Beanies they have, and not good pictures either. Beanie Mania has perfecto pictures and they mention all early and a little late 1997 Beanies. And I'm happy they don't say "Put those Beanies in Ziploc bags" TY made Beanies for kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The most serious book on Ty's Beanies thus far. Truly comprehensive, informative and enjoyable reading. A through guide to swing and tush tags; an excellent reference guide. I loved the pictures of Ty's prototypes and production errors! I had hesitated to buy yet another book on Beanies; after purchasing Beanie Mania I wished I had purchased it sooner. I have referred back to it on many occasions. Another plus: it's pages are filled with information! NOT kids drawings,games and letters on why they love Beanies! (Bless their little hearts!).Although it does not have the newer releases, the serious collector should add this book to their library!

This is an awesome book! It is definitely the most colorful and one of the most interesting Beanie Baby books available. Beanie Mania covers several types of older and retired Beanies along with fabulous photos of every version of most of the Beanies. Also included is information on tags, prototypes, and Teenie Beanie Babies. However, especially since the book is almost a year old, it does not talk about or show pictures of newer Beanies. Nevertheless, I definitely recommend it!!!

Obviously this book is now slightly out of date, regarding new releases in the latter half of 97 and 98. However, that does not diminish the absolute wealth of information available on the early Beanie Babies and the history of the designs.

Aimed at the serious collector, rather than children, this book is very valuable in telling you what to look out for when buying retired Beanies, and what to look for when buying new that may be collectable later.

Look out for the next edition too!!

This was my first BB book I ever purchased. It is chock full of color pictures and info and facts about each beanie.It has- chronology, tag history, collectible ranking, market trend analysis, information guides, oddities and charts for the reader to fill in with their own beanie info. Anyone who purchases this book will refer to is over and over. Both Beckys need to create an updated book with the l998 info. This would definately be well received by all the readers who purchased the first Beanie Mania Guide. Enjoy!

This is the book to buy if you want to become a Beanie expert. Elaborate descriptions and photographs of all tag types and Beanie variations. Terrific history. This book is the only one that comprehensively covers the hobby.

The first time I saw this book was in three different magazines. I love it. It has all the information you'll ever need to be a beanie collector. I have four beanie books, and this is the best one. It gives people a better look at what their buying. I recomand this book to everyone. I can't put it down. I have read it for three days and I have two more pages and I'm done with it. I encourage the authors of this book to write another one next year.

This book was good, and covered many different topics. Since the book was so big and not going to be updated for a little while, there was no price guide. Also, the book did not detail on many of the Beanie Babies, there was only a picture. All in all, though, I'd say the book was rather good, and talked about many different misprints and manufacturing errors.

This unoffcial collectors guide is great! I just received it in the mail today and I haven't been able to put it down! In fact, after I write this review, I am going to go read some more!

This book has tons of great pictures and lots and lots of information on early retired beanie babies and even information on prototypes! I was so surprised to see how many variations there actually are in the "beanie world".

I would highly suggest buying this book as a gift for any beanie collector. Whether they are avid in the hobby or just starting out.

I loved this book! It had tons of info on every retired BB and lots of info on all the regular ones, too!