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| Overview:
In Series 1 of the Beanie Babies Official Club Trading Cards, there are a
total of 149 cards, 8 different "Slider Cards", and 8 different puzzle cards.
The single packs of the trading cards retail for about $2.00 and contain approximately 9
cards, (although some may contain as many as 14) a puzzle card, and a series 1 checklist
that has only the names of the common cards listed on it.
The Slider Cards:
which measure approximately 5 by 7 inches, are included in every full box
of trading cards and feature the same "theme" as the eight different puzzle
cards.
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Original 9 "A"
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Original 9 "B"
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Born to Be Wild
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It's a Dog's Life
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Different Faces of Teddy
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Star Spangled Beanies
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Tropical Heat Wave
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Winter Wonderland
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Puzzle Cards
one comes in each package of trading cards. (sometimes you get lucky and get
two!) The puzzle cards have the same "theme" as the
Slider cards, but there is one card considered the "No Name" card which features
the dogs on one side and a tropical scene on the other side.
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Cards 1 through 9 are the "Original 9" cards
Cards 1 through 9 are the "Original 9" cards. These are called "clear cards" because they are made of a clear
acetate material. The Original 9 cards feature the original 9 beanies and come in four
color levels; red, blue, silver, and gold. The color level is determined by the words
"Original 9" in the upper left hand corner of the card. These cards will all be
numbered on the right hand side indicating which number card it is out of the number that
were produced. Please note however that there were a few of these cards produced without
numbers, but these are considered "errors". The original 9 cards are:
Chocolate the Moose, Cubbie the Bear, Flash the Dolphin, Legs the Frog, Patti the
Platypus, Pinchers the Lobster, Splash the Orca Whale, Spot the Dog, and Squealer the Pig.
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Blue Cubbie Original 9
Estimated Production
Numbers of each of the Original 9 Cards |
| Card |
Red |
Blue |
Silver |
Gold |
| 1. Chocolate |
8840 |
3510 |
884 |
182 |
| 2. Cubbie |
7480 |
2970 |
748 |
154 |
| 3. Flash |
6800 |
2700 |
680 |
140 |
| 4. Legs |
8160 |
3240 |
816 |
168 |
| 5. Patti |
8160 |
3240 |
816 |
168 |
| 6. Pinchers |
8840 |
3510 |
884 |
182 |
| 7. Splash |
6800 |
2700 |
680 |
140 |
| 8. Spot |
5400 |
2160 |
540 |
112 |
| 9. Squealer |
7480 |
2970 |
748 |
154 |
Retired cards
are
numbered 10 through 24 and also come in four different color levels; red, blue, silver,
and gold. In this set, the only ones that will be numbered are the gold cards. (and there
were even some gold ones produced without numbers in this set) The color level of the
retired cards is determined by the emblem on the right hand side of the card that says
"Retired". Below is an example of what the different color levels look like. The
most highly sought after card in this category is by far Peanut the Royal Blue Elephant
with Zip the Black Cat running second.
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Odds of getting a Retired
Card when you open a pack: |
| Name |
Odds
any color |
Name |
Odds
any color |
| 10.
Bongo |
1:88
packs |
18.
Quakers w/o wings |
1:88
packs |
| 11.
Bronty |
1:88
packs |
19.
Slither |
1:140
packs |
| 12.
Chilly |
1:140
packs |
20.
Steg |
1:100
packs |
| 13.
Goldie |
1:70
packs |
21.
Teddy Brown Face |
1:78
packs |
| 14.
Humphrey |
1:140
packs |
22.
Trap |
1:100
packs |
| 15.
Lefty |
1:78
packs |
23. Web |
1:100
packs |
| 16.
Peanut Royal Blue |
1:350
packs |
24. Zip
w/black face |
1:140
packs |
| 17.
Peking |
1:140
packs |
The Birthday/Rookie Cards are numbered 25
through 49 and also come in the four color levels; red, blue, silver, and gold, with golds
being the only numbered cards in this set. The color level on these cards is determined by
the name of the beanie written on the left hand side of the card. The red and blue cards
have the name written in a "foil" type print with the top of the name being
either red or blue, fading out to gold (on the red) or silver (on the blue) toward the
bottom of the name. The silver and gold cards are strictly silver or gold in the
name. (no other color will be visible) The hardest ones to find in this set appear to be
Tabasco the Bull, Kiwi the Toucan, and Lizzy the Ty-Dyed Lizard which are commanding
premium prices on the secondary market in all color levels.
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Red Kiwi
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Blue Tabasco
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Silver Glory
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| 25. Ants-rookie card |
38.
Ty Dye Lizzy-birthday |
| 26. Batty-birthday card |
39. Mel-birthday card |
| 27. Bessie-birthday card |
40. Nanook-birthday card |
| 28. Bubbles-birthday card |
41. Nip-birthday card |
| 29. Bucky-birthday card |
42. Pinky-birthday
card |
| 30. Clubby-rookie card |
43. Princess-rookie card |
| 31. Crunch-birthday card |
44. Radar-birthday card |
| 32. Erin-rookie card |
45. Scoop-birthday card |
| 33. Fetch-rookie card |
46. Stinger-birthday card |
| 34. Fortune-rookie card |
47. Strut-birthday card |
| 35. Glory-rookie card |
48. Tabasco-birthday card |
| 36. Hippity-birthday card |
49. Valentino-birthday card |
| 37. Kiwi-birthday card |
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Common cards are numbered 50 through 149.Common cards are numbered 50 through 149.
Out of the common cards, there still appear to be many that are considered hard to find or
very hard as indicated on the checklist below.
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| 50. Ally |
84. Happy (VHTF) |
117. Sly |
| 51. Baldy |
85. Hissy |
118. Smoochy |
| 52. Bernie |
86. Hoot (HTF) |
119. Snip |
| 53. Blackie |
87. Iggy |
120. Snort |
| 54. Blizzard |
88. Inch (HTF) |
121. Snowball |
| 55. Bones (HTF) |
89. Inky (HTF) |
122. Sparky (HTF) |
| 56. Britannia |
90. Jabber |
123. Speedy |
| 57. Bruno |
91. Jake |
124. Spike |
| 58. Bumble (VHTF) |
92. Jolly |
125. Spinner |
| 59. Caw (VHTF) |
93. Kuku |
126. Spooky (HTF) |
| 60. Chip |
94. Libearty (VHTF) |
127. Spunky |
| 61. Chops |
95. Lucky |
128. Sting (VHTF) |
| 62. Claude |
96. Magic (HTF) |
129. Stinky |
| 63. Congo |
97. Manny (HTF) |
130. Stretch |
| 64. Coral (HTF) |
98. Mystic |
131. Stripes (VHTF) |
| 65. Curly |
99. Nuts |
132. Tank (HTF) |
| 66. Daisy |
100. Peace (HTF) |
133. Cranberry
Teddy (VHTF) |
| 67. Derby (HTF) |
101. Peanut (VHTF) |
134. Jade Teddy
(VHTF) |
| 68. Digger orange (VHTF) |
102. Pouch |
135. Magenta Teddy
(VHTF) |
| 69. Doby |
103. Pounce |
136. Teal Teddy
(VHTF) |
| 70. Dotty |
104. Prance |
137. Violet Teddy
(VHTF) |
| 71. Early |
105. Puffer |
138. Tracker |
| 72. Ears |
106. Pugsly |
139. Tuffy |
| 73. Echo |
107. Rainbow |
140. Tusk |
| 74. Fleece |
108. Rex (VHTF) |
141. Twigs |
| 75. Flip (HTF) |
109. Righty (HTF) |
142. Velvet |
| 76. Floppity |
110. Ringo (HTF) |
143. Waddle (VHTF) |
| 77. Flutter (VHTF) |
111. Roary |
144. Waves |
| 78. Freckles |
112. Rocket |
145. Weenie (HTF) |
| 79. Garcia (HTF) |
113. Rover |
146. Whisper |
| 80. Gigi |
114. Scottie |
147. Wrinkles |
| 81. Gobbles |
115. Seamore (VHTF) |
148. Ziggy (HTF) |
| 82. Gracie |
116. Seaweed |
149. Zip white face
(VHTF) |
| 83. Grunt |
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Autographed Cards:
Ty Warner himself
personally autographed one of each of the trading cards. When you take into consideration
that there are four color levels of Original 9, Retireds, and Birthday cards, then that
means there are 296 total cards that have Ty Warner's signature. To date, not ALL of them
have shown up yet, which means there are still autographed cards from Series 1 still
floating around somewhere just waiting to be discovered!
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OOPS! Cyrk made several printing errors on
some of the cards. These cards were not intended to get out into circulation, but with the
volume of cards that were being printed and packaged, some of the error cards have shown
up in packs of cards. Some of these included unnumbered gold cards or original 9 cards,
cards that appeared to have been cut wrong showing more than one card, and several with
the name of one beanie on the front and a different one on the back. Buyers on the
secondary market have paid premium prices on some of these oddities, while others consider
these errors to devalue the cards to an extent that they are almost worthless. All
that really matters is what someone is willing to pay.
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