Ty Beanie Baby CHEEKS the Baboon........ Ty Beanie Baby CHEEKS the Baboon! Tie Dye rear. Space error in print on label at end of poem. Between “head” and “!.” On tush tag error... “TY” has an extra space before “INC.,” - Proper way is “TY INC.,”In mint condition

Cheeks the Mandrill

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Theme: Beanie Babies

Style Number: 04250

Colour: Brown

Swing Tag Generation: 5

Tush Tag Generation: 7, 8

Birthday: 18 May 1999

Release Date: 01/05/1999

Release Year: 1999

Retirement Date: 23/12/1999

Animal: Mandril

Description

Cheeks is made from a dark brown speckled material with dark brown hands, feet, ears and eyebrows. He has brown and black button eyes and a peach coloured button nose. His face is bright red surrounded by pale blue and black striped material. His rear end is made from a tie-dyed material.

Poem

Don’t confuse me with an ape

I have a most unusual shape

My cheeks are round and ty-dyed red

On my behind as well as my head!

Collectors note

Cheeks was introduced on 1st May 1999.

He retired on 23rd December 1999.

Cheeks is often referred to as a baboon. However, the colours on his face and rear appear more like another primate, called a mandrill.