Ty Classic Plush are a line of popular stuffed animals, made by Ty Warner Inc., which was later renamed as Ty Inc. in 2000. Each toy is lightly stuffed which allowed them to be posable rather than the traditional rigid singular pose and the feet of each toy has cloth lined bean bags made with either (see PVC and PE) pellets giving the plush an anchor to hold their pose.
History
Ty Warner begins his own line (1983–1985) Very little is known, its possible that at this time the Ty logo was not used yet and it is unknown if the tags would have been recognizable.
Ty Inc. Production (1986–present) Ty created Ty Inc. and began creating his plush line with the "Himalayan Cats". including:
1001 Angora White 20 inch
1002 Baby Angora White 10 inch
1003 Jasmine Cream 20 inch
1004 Baby Jasmine Cream 10 inch
1005 Bijan Grey 20 inch
1006 Baby Bijan Grey 10 inch
1007 Kasha Ginger 20 inch
1008 Baby Kasha Ginger 10 inch
2001 Snowball White 20 inch
2002 Baby Snowball White 10 inch
2003 Kimchi Ginger 20 inch
2004 Baby Kimchi Ginger 10 inch
2005 Butterball Cream 20 inch
2006 Baby Butterball Cream 10 inch
2007 Oscar Grey 20 inch
2008 Baby Oscar Grey 10 inch
3000 Schnapps White Dog 20 inch
3001 Baby Schnapps White Dog 10 inch
3002 Super Schnapps White Dog 32 inch
These were all featured in a 1987 flyer except Snowball and all have tush tags with the year 1986.
Baby Tasha #2006 (10 inch Grey with black Accents) was featured in Beanie Mania II page 4, this example was featured in the Collier Museum Beanie Baby Exhibit in 1998.
In early 2014 Baby Cesha #2002 (10 inch White with Grey accents) surfaced on eBay and was confirmed by Becky Estenssoro to have never been documented previously in any Ty catalogue or value guide prior to this meaning this is the first time this example has been documented to exist.
What is most notable about these two examples is Ty Warner in interview commented that early in his career "he had 10 styles of the same Himalayan cat in 10 different colors. Each cat had its own name." Prior to the discovery of Baby Cesha, only 9 names were known (Angora, Jasmine, Bijan, Kasha, Snowball, Kimchi, Butterball, Tasha, and Oscar) now with the addition of Cesha we now know the names of all ten cats Ty was referring to.
Beyond the Himalayan cats (1987). Angel, Ginger. Peaches, and Smokey are often referred to as the original Himalayan cats but were not the original Himalayan cats. These names are only paired with tush tags with the year 1987 thus previous Himalayan cats with the year 1986 are the true Himalayan cats. These four cats were actually released alongside not only dogs but monkeys, more cats, bears, a lamb, and a pig.
1001H Angel White Himalayan (Replaced Angora) 1003H Peaches Cream Himalayan (Replaced Jasmine) 1005H Smokey Grey Himalayan (Replaced Bijan) 1007H Ginger Ginger Himalayan (Replaced Kasha) 1009 Licorice Cat Black 1111 Al E. Cat Cat Orange Tabby 1112 Shadow Cat Black Cat with White Socks 2001 Charlie Dog Yellow Lab 2002 Fritz Dog Dalmatian 3001 Max dog White (Replaced Schnapps) 3002 Super Max dog White (Replaced Super Schnapps) 5000 Beanie Bear Bear Brown or Gold 5001 McGee Bear Brown 5002 Snowball Bear White 5003 Blackie Bear Black 6002 Arnold Pig Pink Pig 7000 Mischief Monkey White 7001 Jake Orangutan, White 12" 7002 Super Jake Orangutan, White 16" 8001 Lovie Laydown Lamb White
1989 Additions
1114 Chi-Chi Cheetah
1115 Harris Lion
1116 Elmer Elephant
1117 Freddie Frog
1118 Patti Panther
5004 Cinnamon Bear
5005 Ping Pong Panda Bear
5006 Kasey Koala Bear (Brown) 6001 Petunia Pig 7001 Jake Orangutan 7002 Big Jake Orangatan, Brown 16" 8000 Beanie Tan Bunny 8002 Peter Brown Laydown Bunny 9001 Super Jake Orangutan, Brown 55" 9002 Super Fritz dalmatian 9003 Super Petunia Pig 9004 Super Chi-Chi Cheetah