Kiwi Alert

I lieu of Ty's latest announcement, it would appear that once again a few counterfeits have surfaced.

Collector's Beware - There is no such thing as a dumb question. If you are suspicious about an online item, which you purchased, know that there is help available. There are a few sites, which are knowledgeable enough to assist you and help relieve your mind.

Please do not panic and assume that all online Beanies are fakes.

A special thanks to Ed Bogusch for sending me a copy of his tag to share with all collectors.

This next graphic is the tag off of my Kiwi.

In (1996) Ty had the web site: http://www.ty.com printed on their new tags.
Unfortunately Ty did not own the domain name at this time, therefore a white sticker was placed over the web address.
If you own a Beanie with the website address cut off the bottom of the hangtag, don't panic, this was another way of removing the address.

After comparing the two tags, I have determined the following.

Ed's tag - The first tag at the top of the page has some problems.
1. Notice the c for copyright on the left-hand side of the tag. There is NO circle around the c. Compare his tag to my tag. My tag clearly has the proper display for the copyright symbol. ©

2. View the right hand side of Ed's tag. There is an extra space after the word Kiwi ™. Now view my tag, there is NO space between Kiwi™

3. The last discrepancy I saw was as follows; On Ed's tag view that DATE OF BIRTH 9 - 16- 95 - Now view my DATE OF BIRTH 9-16-95. Ed's Date of birth is missing a space after the 16

 

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