Ty Inc.

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Beanie Baby with its "ty" tag

Ty Inc. is an American toy company that specializes in the production of stuffed animals and is named after its founder and chairman, Ty Warner. Ty Inc. was created in 1983 and incorporated in 1986. Ty Warner founded the company after a trip to Italy, where he noticed plush cats that he hadn't seen in the United States.

By far their most famous line of products are the Ty Beanie Babies, but Ty also manufactures other lines of stuffed toys. The Ty logo is a red heart with the lower-case letters "ty." A tag in this shape is found affixed to all Ty stuffed toys.

Ty Inc. has no relationship to Tyco Toys or Tyco International.

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Ty Inc. has produced many stuffed animals, some of which are variations of Beanie Babies:

Baby Ty: Various baby animals and humans in baby clothes.
Beanie Buddies: Larger versions of Beanie Babies, filled with stuffing and pellets.
Ty Classics: Stuffing-filled animals the size of Beanie Buddies. (These are not a type of Beanie Baby, although due to the word "Classic," some people may incorrectly believe that the name refers to the "Original 9" Beanie Babies.)
Pinkys: Pink and white stuffed animals that resemble Beanies and Ty Classics.
Pluffies: Stuffing-filled animals, with a terrycloth-like fur.
Punkies: Stuffed animals made with TyTips (similar to eyelash material)as the body material.
Teenie Beanies: Smaller versions of Beanie Babies that were included in McDonald's Happy Meals during seven different promotions. The promotion in 2005 was only in the Uk while the 2006 promotion was in Singapore.
Jingle Beanies/Basket Beanies/Halloweenie Beanies: Smaller versions of holiday-themed [Beanie Babies].
Valenteenies: Valentine's Day Beanies on a key chain.
Bow Wow Beanies: Beanies & bones with a squeaker inside.
Alphabet Beanies: Beanies with a hanging loop holding a letter in its hands.
Angeline: An angelic doll created with various seasonal outfits including Christmas, Easter, and Valentines Day.
Beanie Kids: Dolls made by Ty stuffed with beans.
Beanie Boppers: Bigger dolls with longer legs and clothes that do not come off. Beanie boppers are currently not being made.
Teenie Beanie Boppers: Smaller versions of the Beanie Boppers.
Attic Treasures: Animals about the same size as Beanies, but designed to look older. Some have movable jointed limbs.
Ty Gear: Clothes for Beanies Kids, totes for kids are also considered Ty Gear.
Ty Girlz: plush dolls similar to Beanie Boppers and that resemble Bratz. Purchasers can enter a scratch-off code inside the protected tag onto a new website were they can virtually make a room, purchase clothes, go to malls and clubs, virtually with the Girlz. The hair is made of actual wig hair that can be styled any way and won't fall out. There are made of 100% plush and no plastic used. The face detail is embroidered on. You can go to ty.com and create a tyfolio to make a list of the items you have bought.