Beanie Babies Price Guide Introduced on Aug ... Dubbed the "king of the bears," the Royal Blue Peanut Elephant is "one of the top-ranked beanies that serious collectors want," says Boeker.

Beanie Babies were a massive hit in the 1990s ... Peanut came in several different versions, including the royal blue one with peach-colored inner ears. It had a short run — it was introduced ...

And as a few began fetching tremendous prices – a royal blue Peanuts the Elephant was pulling in $5,000 in 1998 – hobbyists collectively decided that every Beanie Baby would eventually be ...

The Beanie Babies craze has been over for two ... you have,” Bissonnette told TODAY Home in an email. “Peanut the Royal Blue Elephant, for instance, was manufactured in very limited quantities ...

A Beanie preservation industry was spawned too ... “Peanuts the Elephant in royal blue was only produced for a short time before it was changed to a lighter blue, so that one can be valuable, ...

1. Beanie Babies "I spent $1800 on the royal blue beanie baby, Peanut, in 1999," laments Reddit user rhatfield25. Today, the item is listed for around $5 on eBay. 2. CD burners Reddit user ...

Second scam: eBay fraud. He reached his peak in the mid-’90s, during the Beanie Baby heyday. The Royal Blue Peanut, essentially a cobalt stuffed elephant toy, sold for as much as $1,700.

Devoted royal superfans are rocking the red, white and blue look as they delight in seeing ... He could be seen sporting his Union Jack beanie adorned with royal badges and a Princess Catherine ...

Royal fans have been left 'in tears' by the toy and desperate to add it to their collections. But while there has been joy in the UK, beanie collectors ... in baby blue - her favourite colour ...