Chops the Lamb

Chops was Ty's first Beanie Baby lamb, arriving before any other sheep in the line. Nothing further is recorded about him beyond that distinction.

Chops the Lamb is bag number 3 in McDonald's 1997 Teenie Beanie set, the promotion planned to run five weeks from April 11 and cut short instead, on April 25, when demand emptied restaurant supplies almost immediately. McDonald's had ordered 100 million toys for the run, 10 million of each of the ten characters, so sealed bags are still easy to find today, and the bag alone does not make one valuable.