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Rainbow

Soft Toy
1997-1998 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Ty Inc (manufacturer)
Place of origin
China (manufactured)

Soft toy bean bag in the shape of a crouching chameleon with a curled tail. It is multicoloured with an off-white underside. There is a ruff of material around the upper neck. The eyes are of red plastic. The mouth is defined by a line of red material with a protruding pink forked tongue. There is a label sewn into the seam near the tail and a swing tag label attached by a red plastic tie on the left front leg. The swing tag is heart shaped with, on the front, ty printed in white on a red background and BEANIE ORIGINAL BABY printed in black within a yellow star.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Soft Toys
Object type
Soft toy
TitleRainbow (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Polyester plush sewn together and stuffed with P E pellets. Plastic locked in eyes.
Nylon Plush
Pellet
Plastic
Sewing
Stuffing
Brief description
Beanie baby soft toy chameleon; Polyester plush soft toy bean bag chameleon made in China by Ty between 1997 and 1999
Physical description
Soft toy bean bag in the shape of a crouching chameleon with a curled tail. It is multicoloured with an off-white underside. There is a ruff of material around the upper neck. The eyes are of red plastic. The mouth is defined by a line of red material with a protruding pink forked tongue. There is a label sewn into the seam near the tail and a swing tag label attached by a red plastic tie on the left front leg. The swing tag is heart shaped with, on the front, ty printed in white on a red background and BEANIE ORIGINAL BABY printed in black within a yellow star.
Dimensions
  • Excluding tongue length: 24cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The / Beanie Babies / Collection® / ty / Rainbow™ / HANDMADE IN CHINA / © 1997 Ty Inc. / OAKWOOD, IL. U.S.A. / SURFACE WASHABLE / ALL NEW MATERIAL / POLYESTER FIBER / & P.E.PELLETS / REG. NO PA. 1965(KR)' (Label; seam behind left leg; printing)
  • 'The Beanie Babies Collection® / © Ty Inc. / Oakbrook Il. U.S.A. / © Ty Europe Ltd. / Fareham, Hants / PO15 5TX, U.K. / ©Ty Canada / Aurora, Ontario / Handmade in China' (Textual information; inside swing tag label, left hand side; printing)
  • 'Rainbow™ / DATE OF BIRTH: October 14, 1997 / Red, green, blue and yellow / This chameleon is a colorful fellow / A blend of colors, his own unique hue / Rainbow was made especially for you! / www.ty.com' (Textual information; inside swing tag label on right hand side; printing)
  • 'Please remove all swing tags / before giving this item to a child / Retain Tag For Reference / For ages 3 and up / Surface / Wash' (Textual information; back of swing tag label; printing)
Credit line
Given by Caroline Goodfellow
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Associated object
B.116-1999
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.183-1999

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Record createdJuly 7, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11554/rainbow-soft-toy-ty-inc/
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