Regardless, the McDonald's marketing team approached Ty, Inc about integrating Beanie Babies into a Happy Meal promotion around 1996. McDonald's was not shy about taking popular characters ...

Beanie Babies were a massive hit in the 1990s ... Another sub-trend like McDonald’s Teenie Beanies, which were offered in Happy Meals from 1997 to 2000, have some value if still in the original ...