FIRST GENERATION: Early '94 to Mid '94
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To the right is an example of a 1st Generation heart tag (swing tag). There are only 37 Ty Beanie Babies made with a 1st Generation Hang Tag. It is easy to identify a 1st generation hang tag because it is a single ply double-sided design and does not open like a book. All Beanie Babies that have a 1st generation hang tag also have a 1st generation black and white tush tag.
Ty Beanie Babies, Brownie, Punchers, Patti (deep fuchsia) were only produced with a 1st generation heart tag.
Ty Beanie Babies, Brownie, Punchers, Patti (deep fuchsia) were only produced with a 1st generation heart tag.
SECOND GENERATION: Mid '94 to Early '95
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There are only 46 Ty Beanie Babies made with a 2nd Generation Hang Tag. It is easy to identify a 2nd generation hang tag because it opens like a book but has a skinny "ty" on the front.
THIRD GENERATION: Early '95 to Early '96
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There are 92 Beanie Babies made with a 3rd Generation Hang Tag. It is easy to identify a 3rd generation hang tag because it opens like a book and has a fat "ty" on the front and no star. All Beanie Babies that have a 3rd generation hang tag may have had a 1st, or 2nd generation tush tag. If your Beanie Baby is missing its hang tag but it has a black and white tush tag, it could have had a 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation hang tag. If it has a red and white tush tag with no name on the tag, it definitely had a 3rd generation hang tag. There are four different versions of third-generation tags.
Ty Beanie Babies that were only produced with a third generation hang tag include: Bronty, Rex, Steg, and Peanut the royal blue elephant.
Ty Beanie Babies that were only produced with a third generation hang tag include: Bronty, Rex, Steg, and Peanut the royal blue elephant.
In 1996, the fourth-generation
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The fourth generation, however, has a yellow star with the words "Beanie Original Baby" on the front of the tag. There are six versions of fourth-generation tags.
Fifth-generation
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Fifth-generation tags from 1998 are similar to the previous tag generations except the tag font is different.
In 2000, Ty introduced the sixth generation
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In 2000, Ty introduced the sixth generation of tags, and instead of a yellow star on the tag, the star is holographic. Ty printed "2000" across the holographic star to commemorate the year.
Seventh-generation
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Seventh-generation Beanie tags are only on Beanie Babies from Europe. On these tags, the word "Beanies" appears across a holographic star on the front of the tag.
Eighth-generation
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Eighth-generation Beanie tags are from 2001, and the main difference on these tags is that the words "Beanie Baby" surround a small holographic star.
Ninth-generation
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Ninth-generation tags emerged in 2001. The major difference on these tags is the change from "Beanie Baby" to "Beanie Babies" on the front of the tag.
10th generation
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On 10th generation tags, five small stars are added above the words "Beanie Babies."
11th generation
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Eleventh generation Beanie tags appeared in 2003 with a "10 Yrs" slogan printed on the front of the tag. This slogan marked the 10th anniversary of Beanie Babies.
12th generation
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In 2004, the 12th generation tags removed the "10 Years" slogan and replaced the star design with a comet. The American, Canadian and U.K. Beanies all received new tags in 2004.
13th generation
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The 13th generation tag has the return of a holographic star on the front of the tag.
14th generation
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The 14th generation tag has a yellow star that appears in the center of the word "Original" on the front of the tag.
15th generation
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On the 15th generation tag, the star changes color to white and moves next to the words "Beanie Babies" on the front of the tag.
16th generation
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The main difference on the 16th generation tag is the addition of a second star to the front of the tag. On these tags, the words "Original Beanie Babies" are between two stars.
17th generation
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Seventeenth generation tags add a third star, but this time, the three stars are clustered together on the side of the words "Original Beanie Babies.
18th generation
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The three stars move to a higher position below the word "Original" on the 18th generation tag.