Ty Collector

Frankenteddy

Frankenteddy - bear - Ty Beanie Babies
Ty family:
Beanie Babies
Style number:
4562
Varieties:
Varios foot color combinations
Animal:
Bear
Birthday:
October 31, 2001
Intro date:
August 29, 2002
Retire date:
October 24, 2002
Height:
9 inches
ST gen(s):
7, 10
TT gen(s):
11
Theme:
Halloween

POEM

It's Halloween - that scary night
When Jack-O-Lanterns glow with light
Come with us and Trick or Treat
Let's see how many friends we meet !

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. Frankenteddy has six different variations. The difference in the variations is the color of the feet. They all have the same style number.

Frankenteddy (blue left, red right feet) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies Frankenteddy (purple left, red right feet) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies Frankenteddy (purple left, green right feet) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies Frankenteddy (blue left, purple right foot) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies Frankenteddy (blue left, orange right foot) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies Frankenteddy (green left, blue right feet) - bear - Ty Beanie Babies

2. A Ty-signed, prototype Frankenteddy Beanie Baby was auctioned off at ty.com in October 2002, to raise money for the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). Both of the prototype's feet were black.

3. Frankenteddy's poem was written by Vicky Russell. Vicky's poem won the Mary Beth's Beanies & More magazine "Be a Winner" Halloween poem contest in 2002. Vicky is the first Ty collector (other than Ty employees) to write a poem used for a Beanie Baby swing tag.

Vicky Russell

4. Articles about the prototype auction and Vicky's winning poem are featured in the September/October 2002 edition of Mary Beth's Beanies magazine. The Frankenteddy prototype signed by Ty and sold in the auction modeled for the front cover.

Mary Beth's Beanies, September/October 2002, cover

5. Shortly after Frankenteddy was auctioned off, the following notice appeared at the Ty Internet site.

Frankenteddy auction outcome

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Frankenteddy varieties of foot colors

Frankenteddy - all six variations

KNOWN ODDITIES

Frankenteddy with a foot sewn on backwards.