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RELEASE
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NAME OF BEAR
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QUANTITY ISSUED
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COMMENTS
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1997
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Maple Beanie Baby
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21,000
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Comes with Sports Celebrities Festival (SCF) hang tag. No certificate of Tag Authenticity.
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1998
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Valentino Beanie Baby
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Not Known
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Comes with SCF hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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1999
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Millennium Beanie Baby
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20,000
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Comes with SCF hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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2000
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Halo Beanie Baby
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Not Known
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Comes with SCF hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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2001
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The Beginning Beanie Buddy
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Not Known
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Comes with SCF hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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2002
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Pierre Beanie Baby and
Beanie Buddy set
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Not Known
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Comes with Special Olympics hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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2003
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True Beanie Baby
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Not Known
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Comes with Special Olympics hang tag and
Certificate of Tag Authenticity
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2004
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Dominion the Moose
Beanie Baby
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Not Known
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Comes with Special Olympics hang tag.
No Certificate of Authenticity
Handed out at the December 8, 2004 SCF Festival
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2005
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(I Love) Canada Beanie Baby
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720 sets
(of four bears)
Four Shirt Versions
(Gold, Red, Orange, Yellow)
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Six Total Shirt Versions
(Gold, Red, Orange, Yellow, Black, White)
Comes with Special Olympics Tag, Brandon Tag,
and/or CNE Tag (red or yellow)
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2006
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Courageous. Courageously, Courageousness
Beanie Babies
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333 sets
(of three bears)
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More information forthcoming
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Bean Watcher comments: (1) To read more about the Special Olympics Beanie Babies, click here to read a fantastic report, written in March 2001, from the now-retired beanbag site called CollectiblezSpot.net. (2) In 2005, Special Olympics Canada issued several random Beanie Babies with five special hang tags. Unlike its previous promotions, Ty Inc. did not specifically designate the use of these assorted beanies for this promotion. 
Representatives from Special Olympics Canada have allowed me to post pictures of the prototype Beanie Babies called Courageous, Courageously, and Courageousness. These are not actual in-hand pictures, but mock-ups, designed to give others an idea of what the beanies will look like. I have been told that the actual appearance of the bears will differ slightly from what is posted here. According to the organization, official pictures will be posted on Ty.com in the near future, perhaps as early as next week. Bean Watcher comments: (1) Many thanks to Special Olympics Canada for sharing these pictures with us! (2) To order the limited-edition Special Olympics Canada PROMOTIONAL bears, see my October 13, 2006 column below. Approximately 300 complete sets were initially available. As of this writing, about 70 - 80 sets remain. 
Brian from Canada, a representative of Special Olympics Canada, shares the following ordering information about his organization's latest Beanie Baby charity promotions. Of interest to collectors is that these Canadian promotions feature three unannounced Beanie Babies (Courageous, Courageously, and Courageousness). Based on my phone call to Brian and an email he sent to me, here is the ordering information that I said I would post (see my October 11, 2006 column). I have edited his email to make it easier to read: Bean Watcher comment: I have seen photographs of the three new Beanie Babies. I will not be posting these pictures until a later time or after they first appear elsewhere on the internet. I do not want to adversely impact this well-respected charity's fundraising efforts. 
