Guides to the toys, characters and promotions behind the charms.
Beanie Baby guide
Learn how to read Princess’s tag layout, country and pellet wording, then compare your bear with the documented versions. Includes advice for missing tags and researching value.
Beanie Baby guide
Compare tags, fabric and construction with references for the exact Beanie Baby. Use this screening guide to identify questions that need closer examination or specialist authentication.
Happy Meal toy guide
Understand the 80-toy McFurby collection by pairing its eight action series with ten designs, then identify a toy from its markings, colors and mechanism.
Happy Meal toy guide
Compare Halloween pail faces, colors, lids and base markings, and distinguish early releases from later Boo Bucket revivals.
Beanie Baby guide
Understand common tag differences, documented variations and genuine errors, with a practical method for evaluating a claim about rarity or value.
Teenie Beanie guide
McDonald’s Teenie Beanie Babies are usually worth about $1–$2 each. Learn why selling in lots works best and how original packaging and the 1997 set affect value.
Beanie Baby guide
Use the sewn label, size and physical details to identify a Beanie Baby without its paper heart, and learn when a precise version should remain uncertain.
Beanie Baby guide
Learn to read the paper heart and sewn label, compare tag generations with photographs, and understand what the tags can tell you about a Beanie Baby.
Beanie Baby guide
Compare Zip’s face, whiskers and paws across the classic Beanie Baby designs, the 1998 Teenie and the later Zip II release.
Bag charms
Learn what changes when a vintage toy becomes a bag charm, which original details remain, and how to choose and care for an accessory made from an older toy.
Tamagotchi guide
Explore the 1998 McDonald’s Tamagotchi keychains by shell color and play feature, from rotating pictures to the separate glow-in-the-dark release.
Furby guide
Meet the twelve animal-inspired McDonald’s Furby plush clip-ons and compare their patterns, colors and construction with the separate plastic McFurby toys.
