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A Meanie is a small stuffed animal made by Topkat LLC, starting in 1997 and lasting until 2000. A Meanie is a type of bean bag in the form of a stuffed animal toy.
Meanies were first released in 1997 with a 12 animal run, with a 13th available if you mailed away the tags from all the entire collection. They were an attempt by The Idea Factory Inc, now known as Topkat LLC, to capitalize on the Beanie Baby fad by providing a humorous and hipper alternative to collectors and a younger crowd. They were mildly successful for a short time, but came around at the tail end of the beanie fad, which ended around 1999. As with beanie babies, their value was much higher during their popular days with prices on eBay getting 5-8 dollars for the standard releases and much higher for the promotional giveaways. The most expensive and sought after Meanie was Pirate Jack, a pumpkin with an eye patch given away at Madison Square Garden on Halloween. There was a black and red eye-patched version, both fetching around 100 dollars in auctions during the beanie craze.
- Otis The Octopunk
- Sledge The Hammered Head Shark
- Fi & Do the Dalmutation
- Boris The Mucousaurus
- Hurly The Pukin' Toucan
- Matt The Fat Bat
- Navy Seal
- Snake Eyes Jake
- Splat The Road Kill Kat
- Bart The Elephant
- Armydillo Dan
- Peter Gotta Peagull
There were two production runs of Series I, with the second eliminating the free mystery Meanie offer contained on the first tags. The first run plushes were typically a little more furry and of slightly different color than the second run.
- Floaty The Fish
- Bare Bear(Sans Nipples)
- Bare Bear(Nipples)
- Velocicrapper
- Donnie Didn't Duck
- Lucky The Rabbit
- PreemieChickie
- Peeping Tom Cat(Pupils)
- Peeping Tom Cat(Without Pupils)
- Chicken Pox
- Bessie Got Milked
- Burny The Bear
- Digger The Snottish Terrier
- Phlemingo
Like Series I, Series II did a second production run as well, although they are identical to the first except for a few subtle differences. The second run of the series added nipples to Bare Bear and pupils to the ends of the binoculars on Peeping Tom Cat.
- Bad Hare Day
- Dog Eat Dog
- John Deer
- No Brainer
- The Grim Beaver
- Tied The Bear(White Rope)
- Tied The Bear(Black Rope, Limited To 15,000)
- Si & Mia The Siamese Cat
