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Spread Certificate · No. HIS-01215

WTTW’s image for its Beanie Baby history segment, featuring the toys and historical footage.

This certifies how far it spread

Beanie Babies

Ty Inc. ·January 1994 ·seeded onRetailthenOpen webPressTV

Spread Score

58

Notable

Verified independently

Verified

$200M

Estimated annual Beanie Babies sales, reported May 1997

Los Angeles Times

Verified

#8

Playthings annual toy popularity list, 1996

The Christian Science Monitor

Verified

1998

Peak proxy date, Jan 1994 to 1998

Verified

4 platforms

Started on Retail

Claimed, not audited

Claimed

400 sold

No Kidding! two-hour sellout, reported April 28, 1997

Per The Christian Science Monitor

Claimed

211.1K

Total voters, last displayed January 2 tally

Per CBS News / Associated Press

Claimed

91%

Share voting to continue production, Ty announcement

Per CBS News / Associated Press

Issued Oct 22, 2026 · Spread Score v1.2 provisional · 24 sources

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