From Beanie Babies to Beanie Boos

Leon and Sondra started collecting Ty plush animals "after" the Beanie Babies craze of the 90's. They would buy a Ty here and there. A few came as gifts from family and friends. That is until they discovered eBay in 2005. Suddenly, their hobby of collecting Beanie Babies turned into a quest to collect everything Ty Inc. has ever produced. Since then, their collection has grown to more than 7,000 unique Ty collectibles. They love Ty toys so much they created tycollector.com to help other collectors. Ty Collector is a non-commercial reference site with photos and information on all of the Ty products.

Host: Shirley Gutkowski
Producer: Sandra Berger