Beanie Babies 2.0 are a spinoff of the popular Beanie Babies line, announced on January 2, 2008. The group was introduced following the retirement of all retail Beanie Babies (barring exclusive international and store-specific styles as well as licensed characters) that had been produced prior to 2004.

Each beanie comes with a special code. Once the buyer enters the code on Ty's website, the buyer is granted access to an online environment (similar to Webkinz) in which the user can gather points and communicate with other users through chat services. The chat is similar to other child-friendly games, such as Club Penguin, which allow pre-selected prompts to be used if the user has not given permission (presumably from their parents) to access the full chat. Full chat is simply typed chat.

Prompts may also be used in addition to full chat. The website offers various acitivites including opportunities to make friends. Buyers with a Ty Girlz account and a Beanie Baby 2.0 also have access to the Beanie Babies 2.0 site..

With Bo the Portuguese Water Dog being the last official Beanie Baby 2.0 announced in April 2009, and the introduction of a new offshoot line of Beanie Babies called Beanie Boos, it was unclear as to whether Ty had discontinued production of Beanie Babies 2.0 or whether future releases would be announced. In January 2010 in the new Ty spring catalog, the Beanie Babies 2.0 styles were shown to have been merged with the regular Beanie Babies, thus confirming that the line had been discontinued. However, the online site still maintains its functionality and many Beanie Baby 2.0 styles still remain current.

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• Shopping: Toys and Games: Stuffed Animals: Beanie Babies (18)

• Peavine Mountain
  angelfire.com
  Features trade and wanted list of Ty beanies, and includes contact information.
• Barb's Beanies
  members.tripod.com
  Features list of Ty Beanies, Bears, and Buddies for trade or sale, with contact information provided.
• Bean Baby Love
  angelfire.com
  Provides information on new Ty styles, frequently asked questions, pictures, a monthly poll, and links.

• Usenet alt.collecting.beanie-babies - news: - Google Groups