Supreme x Ty Beanie Baby
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Ty Beanie Baby is a bean-filled plush toy introduced in 1993 by Ty Inc., founded in 1986 by Ty Warner in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Original Nine launch included Legs the Frog, Squealer the Pig, Spot the Dog, Flash the Dolphin, Splash the Whale, Chocolate the Moose, Patti the Platypus, Brownie the Bear, and Pinchers the Lobster; each used an understuffed PVC-pellet body and a distinctive red heart-shaped hang-tag. The subsequent collectors' craze peaked in 1998 and produced Ty's largest sales year on record. The FW2022 Supreme collab is an 8-inch plush bear with an embroidered box logo on the chest and an embroidered graphic on the foot. It retailed at $18 against a standard Beanie Baby's $7.
About Ty Inc.
Ty Inc. is an American plush toy company founded in 1986 by Ty Warner in Oak Brook, Illinois. The company released the first nine Beanie Babies in 1993, and by 1998 the understuffed bean-filled animals accounted for roughly ten percent of eBay's transaction volume, with retired characters resold for hundreds and occasionally thousands of dollars. Ty Warner remains the sole owner, and the company has since expanded into Beanie Boos, Ty Puffies, and licensed character plush. Ty is one of the largest privately held plush toy manufacturers in the world. Supreme collaborated with Ty Inc. on co-branded Beanie Baby plush toys.
