• If you all are wondering, I am still waiting on the prize from Ty! I will let you know as soon as it arrives!

• Visit the Beanie Universe Store to view our stock of January 2009 Ty Releases!

• There is a New Poll on the Polls Page! Go and take a look at the question and Vote! The results from this week's poll are below. In this week's poll, the majority of our viewers did not enter Ty's New Year Contest! A lot of people still did and I'm sure Ty appreciated all the support! I was lucky enough to win the contest and will share pictures with you upon arrival of the prize!

• Have breaking news or just a story you would like to share? Email me at Daniel@BeanieUniverse.com to share!

• Doodle's Page receives news that more New Ty Products may be on the way! Doodle has pictures of what looks like a New Ty Boyz line and a Puppy or Kitty with its own travel bag! Plus maybe a Ty Store Exclusive looks to be coming! Let the New Year begin!
• Sloth It Up from the Ty Cyberboards makes a good observation when trying to figure out whether the 3 New Beanie Babies 2.0 will have Birthdays!

Sloth It Up writes:

[I don't think] the BB2.0s will have birthdays. On the current list it doesn't show a poem, so maybe Ty re-did their tags so they're without poems and birthdays?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

• Ty Introduces the January 2009 Ty Products today!

3 Beanie Babies 2.0:

Cargo, Cricket, and Henley

7 Beanie Babies:

Captain SpongeBob, First Mate Patrick, Gardenia, Heather, Sheepishly, Springer, and Valley

1 Ty Classic:

Sheepers

1 Pluffies:

Waddler

4 Basket Beanies:

Minted, Pinkette, Skylight, and Sunlight

• Ty silently introduces 6 New Ty Girlz: Amazing Abby, Beautiful Brianna, Kool Kayla, Lovely Lauren, Marvelous Malia, and Sweet Sasha. Thanks to Fluffball05 for reporting on these introductions! The Malia and Sasha Ty Girlz are inhonor of President-elect Obama's daugthers!

• Here are the Birthdays of the newest Beanie Babies!

Captain SpongeBob-No Birthday

Cargo-N/A

Cricket-N/A
First Mate Patrick-No Birthday
Gardenia-April 3, 2008
Heather-April 11, 2008

Henley-N/A
Sheepishly-April 11, 2008
Springer-March 20, 2008
Valley-April 11, 2008

• The Beanie Universe Store has the January 2009 Ty Releases for sale!
• The Ty Products pages and the Birthday Calendar have been updated!
• Snootz has been updated on Ty.com! It is New Year's Eve and looks like they had quite the party! Ty also updates the banner at the bottom of his main page to display the New Beanies 2.0 and Ty Girlz!
• Exciting News! I WON the New Year's Contest that Ty Warner ran on the Ty Cyberboards! According to his earlier post, I should be receiving a New 2009 Ty Beanie Baby that is signed by Ty! I will be sure to keep everyone updated along the way and will show pictures once the Beanie arrives! After all of the past New Year's contests and Halloween contests that I had lost, it is nice to win for once! Thanks for your nice mesages! You can see Ty's newest post here or below, along with my original post!

BEANIE CONTEST WINNER

Ty writes:

Wow...I'm so happy to see so many of my friends back to welcome the New Year! It's great to see you still love Beanies as much as I do.

The winner of our contest is ***TRADE*** who guessed 7,500,234,981 on 12/29/08. Congratulations!!!

I know all of you are still big fans and you will always be in my heart.

This has been so much fun...I'm going to have a new contest very soon.

Wishing you all a wonderful, happy and healthy New Year,

Ty Warner

***Original Post***

Hey Ty, I'm 21 years old today and have been with you since I was 9. It's been a long journey and I want to thank you for continuing what you're doing. It takes a certain kind of motivation that many people just don't have.

My guess is roughly 7.5 billion or 7,500,234,981.

Why I still love Beanies...

"Never has something so small made such a huge impact on my life. Just as Beanies sold like wildfire, so did the love they spread."

Thanks Ty,

Daniel

• Have a Safe and Happy New Year everyone! ~Daniel
• The Chat Room will have a Live Chat tonight as we count down to 2009! Get there around 7 PM ET and chat away!

Q: Ty, what are your expectations this new year?

A: I look forward to 2009 and welcome the new year with enthusiasm and hope for a better world. Happy New Year to everyone!

• Don't forget to stop by our Chat Room this New Year's Eve for a Live Chat as we count down to 2009! See you there!

• The Beanie Universe Store has the December 2008 Ty Releases In Hand!

• There is a New Poll on the Polls Page! Go and take a look at the question and Vote! The results from this week's poll are below. In this week's poll, the majority of our viewers have bought Ty Jingle Beanies before!