-- Full color photos of the entire collection, including 21 new Beanie Babies "RM", nine Beanie Kids "TM" and 31 new Beanie Buddies "TM" -- Up-to-date secondary market values -- Today's ten most valuable Beanies "TM" -- A guide to searching the secondary market

Up-to-date winter 1999 secondary market values for each swing tag genertion!Pictures, poems & birthdates for the 10 September releases!Info about the 13 new retirements!The first look at Ty's newest line, Beanie Babies!

"There has never been a craze like Beanie Babies. The $5 beanbag animals with names like Seaweed the Otter and Gigi the Poodle drove a large swath of America into a greed-fueled frenzy as they chased the rarest Beanie Babies, whose values escalated weekly in the late 1990s. Just as strange as the mass hysteria was the man behind it. Sometimes called the "Steve Jobs of plush" by his employees, he obsessed over every detail of every animal his company ever released. He had no marketing budget and no connections, but he had something more valuable - an intuitive grasp of human psychology that would make him the richest man in the history of toys. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble is a classic American story of people winning and losing vast fortunes chasing what one dealer remembers as "the most spectacular dream ever sold.""--Back cover.

-- Color photos of the American and Japanese trading cards -- A first look at the new Team Rocket "TM", Base Set 2 "TM", & Neo "TM" cards -- An in-depth look at the collectible cards & video games -- A "Who's Who" of Pokemon "TM" characters -- A spotlight on the American & Japanese promotional cards