This essay sheds light on what are Beanie Babies, explicates how the Beanie Babies toyline became a global phenomenon, demystifies the different types of Beanie Babies that people can buy, reveals the reasons why people buy Beanie Babies, and delineates the benefits of buying Beanie Babies. Succinctly stated, Beanie Babies are deemed to be stuffed toys which are comprised of plastic pellets in lieu of "conventional soft stuffing". As stuffed toys, Beanie Babies are mostly the stuffed toy embodiments of animals. Even though the vast majority of Beanie Babies are the stuffed toy embodiments of animals, certain Beanie Babies are the stuffed toy embodiments of fictitious mythical creatures, such as dragons and unicorns. There also are a copious amount of Beanie Babies that are the stuffed toy embodiments of characters who are derived from popular mass media franchises. There also are an exorbitant amount of Beanie Babies that are the stuffed toy embodiments of anthropomorphic bears. Beanie Babies were released in 1993 and the Beanie Babies toyline become a popular global phenomenon during its advent. Beanie Babies are stuffed toys that are highly distinguishable from most stuffed toys for reasons beyond being comprised of plastic pellets in lieu of "conventional soft stuffing". Beanie Babies not only have a heart-shaped tag attached to them, but also each have a unique birthday that is featured on their corresponding heart-shaped tag. Beanie Babies also each have a unique poem that is featured on their corresponding heart-shaped tag. Beanie Babies also have a second tag attached to them which is a rectangular tag. Beanie Babies are smaller than most stuffed toys and certain Beanie Babies are deemed to be highly desirable collectibles. Certain Beanie Babies are able to metaphorically command exorbitant premium prices on the second hand market. On September 22nd of 2022, the "Steg the Stegosaurus Beanie Baby" for instance sold for $239.95 on eBay. On October 9th of 2022, the "Royal Blue version" of the "Peanut The Elephant Beanie Baby" sold for $236.40 on eBay. On September 28th of 2022, the "Web The Spider Beanie Baby" sold for $235.65 on eBay. On November 25th of 2022, the "old face cranberry" colored version of the "Teddy The Bear Beanie Baby" sold for $158.60 on eBay. People often grossly underestimate how steep the premium prices on the second hand market can be for highly desirable collectibles. Beanie Babies can double as collectibles since they are items that Beanie Baby collectors ineffably love to collect. Beanie Babies are also easier to collect than most types of items since they are small, light weight, and soft. Much to the relief of Beanie Baby collectors, a copious amount of the common Beanie Babies can be bought in Beanie Baby lots at low prices per common Beanie Baby on the second hand market. It can however be extraordinarily expensive to be obtain a complete collection of Beanie Babies as a Beanie Babies collector since there are a myriad of highly desirable Beanie Babies that are able to metaphorically command exorbitant premium prices on the second hand market. Beanie Babies are far more than just stuffed toys since they cannot only double as collectibles, but can also induce a sense of nostalgia when customers take a gander at them. This is because a plethora of iconic fictitious characters from mass media franchises have been materialized into Beanie Babies and these Beanie Babies are able to remind them of their favorite iconic fictitious characters from popular mass media franchises that they are fond of. There for instance are Beanie Babies of iconic fictitious characters that are derived from the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, the Shrek franchise, the Ice Age franchise, the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise, the Peanuts franchise, the Avengers franchise, and the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise. Since Beanie Babies are not solely limited to being the stuffed toy embodiments of animals they can appeal to far more people than just people who love animals. Beanie Babies can also appeal to people who are fond of fictitious mythical creatures since certain Beanie Babies are the stuffed toy embodiments of fictitious mythical creatures, such as dragons and unicorns. Beanie Babies can also appeal to people who are fans of mass media franchises since ample iconic fictitious characters from mass media franchises have been materialized into Beanie Babies. Unbeknownst to most people, there are even a multitude of different variations of Beanie Babies of "Garfield The Cat and Scooby-Doo The Dog". Beanie Babies are able to represent a vast variety of characters from mass media franchises since a copious amount of iconic fictitious characters from mass media franchises have been materialized into Beanie Babies which renders them all the more befitting as collectibles than they otherwise would be if Beanie Babies only represented scant characters from mass media franchises.