Looking to uncover the hidden value of your Beanie Babies collection?
Errors in tags, spellings, and production can turn these beloved plush toys into rare treasures worth far more than their original price. In this updated Beanie Babies Error Price Guide, we dive into the most sought-after mistakes that collectors hunt for in 2025.
Whether you're a seasoned collector or just curious about your attic finds, discover how these unique flaws can skyrocket the value of your Beanie Babies and learn what to look for to spot a jackpot!
Types of Beanie Babies Errors
- Wrong Tush Tags
- Gasport Error
- Misspellings
- Poem Errors
- Punctuation Errors
- Production Errors
PLEASE NOTE:
The dates being "mismatched" on the Hang & Tush tags IS NOT AN ERROR!
IT WAS HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MADE!!
Wrong Tush Tags
VALUES: These errors typically sell for 1.5x what a regular version sells for.
Beanie Babies Price Guide
Pinchers the Lobster
With Chocolate Tush Tag
Sold For: $45.00 + $5.00 Shipping
Gasport Instead of Gosport Error
These are very common to find and have next to zero added value.
1999 Signature Bear: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Beak: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Butch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Canyon: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Derby: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Erin: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Ewey: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Fortune: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Fuzz: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
GiGi: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Goatee: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Halo: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Hippie: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Hope: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Jake: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Kicks: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Kiwi: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Loosy: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Luke: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mac: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mystic: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mooch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Nibbler: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Nibbly: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Peace: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Prickles: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Princess: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Rocket: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Sammy: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Scat: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Scorch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Slippery: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Stilts: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Valentina: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Whisper: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Millennium Beanie Babie Error
The word Millennium is misspelled “Millenium” on the Swing & Tush Tag. This is a very common, lot’s of them exist.
On their best day, an error Millennium might sell for $20.00 online.
Typically they sell for $0.99-$9.99.
Garcia Bear Errors
Garcia the Bear
Poem says “The Beanies use to follow” instead of “used”
Made in Korea Tush Tags
Sold For: $45.00 + $5.00 Shipping
Most error Made in China Garcia Bears sell in the $10 range.
Garcia the Bear is well known to represent the Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia.
It’s believed Ty retired the Garcia Bear because of pressure from the Garcia family who received no royalties from sales of the Bear.
The same day Ty retired the Garcia Bear, May 11, 1997, they introduced the Peace Bear which is the exact same as the Garcia Bear except the peace symbol and the name change.
Additional Garcia Bear Errors: Garcia with Blackie Heart Tag
Peace Bear Errors & Variations
Peace: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Peace: with Blackie Tush Tag
Peace: with “Original” misspelled “Oriiginal” on Heart Tag
Peace: with “Surface” misspelled “Suface” on Heart Tag
Peace: with Surface Wash Sticker
Peace Bear errors are fairly common.
They typically sell in the $3-20 range online.
Peace
Oddity: No Emblem
Authenticated
Final Price: $450
Sale Date: October 2021
$450 is the highest recorded price for a no emblem Peace bear. It also featured a Canadian Tush Tag.
Other Known Errors
Beezee: With “Return” Tag for Reference instead of “Retain”.
Chocolate: with misspelled Tush Tag “Chocholate”
Curly: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & “Surface” misspelled “Suface”
Hippity: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & “Surface” misspelled “Suface”
Inky the Octopus (with 7 legs)
Kuku: ! space error on poem
Roary: with with Original misspelled
Slippery: ! space error on poem
Steg: “FOR AGES 3AND UP”.
Tuffy: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & Surface Wash Sticker
Tusk: with mispelled “Tuck” on 4th Gen Swing Tag
The End: ! space error on poem
Valentino: with Original misspelled “Oriiginal”
Valentino: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & Surface Wash Sticker
Goldie the Fish
Heart Tag Generation: 4th
Tush Tag Generation: 3rd
Error: Surface misspelled “Surfrace” on Tush Tag
Ally the Alligator
Heart Tag Generation: 4th
Tush Tag Generation: 3rd
Error: Surface misspelled “Surfrace” on Tush Tag
Runner Ferret Weasel
Mean (Rare) Poem:
“I’m not so mean, I’m really shy
But every cobra has to die,
I grab them by their little head
And whack them till they’re stone cold dead!”
Nice Poem:
“A ferret, mongoose, weasel or mink
What am I . . . what do you think?
Find a book, look and see
I’m whatever you want me to be!”
If you know of more error Beanie Babies please leave a comment below!
Righty
ERROR: With upside down flag
SOLD FOR: $123
October 2019
Princess
ERROR: Rose in wrong place
SOLD For: $499
November 2021
My Valentino has a brown nose. Is this an error that is noteworthy?
The all have brown noses
No, this is a myth, all Valentino bears were made with a brown nose
I have a Pouch kangaroo beanie baby with a swing tag for the Bones (a dog i believe) beanie baby instead. Is that worth anything? The tush tag is correct however.
I have a Princess Diana 1997 beanie that has a comma in the open space between Uk and Canada on swing tag. Very noticeable and probably unique. I checked the tush tag and there is no inspection stamp inside. Would like to hear if any others have been found.
My Righty tush tag says sufrace instead of surface.
i have lizzy the lizard with wrong poem is differant then what ty originally publised the one on my say lizzy loves legs the frog she hides with him under logs both of them search for flies underneath the clear blue skies
I also have that exact same lizzy the lizard but I’m not sure if it’s worth anything
I have a Garcia Beanie Baby with a Coral tush tag. Wondering how rare and value. Thanks!
I have knuckles the pig with a cloth tag that says eucalyptus.
Goldie the goldfish with name tag error. Name tag says Izzy instead of Goldie. Anyone know what it any value it has
I have a Stinky with no swing tag but on the tush tag it says P.V.C with no “.” after the C. Does this make it valuable?