This highly sought-after Ty EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTIBLE Claude the Crab is officially retired and discontinued from the original Ty Beanie Babies franchise. This particular Claude The Crab was introduced in 1996 and was one of the first made on Ty’s initial limited production line using exclusively P. Pellets, which were used later when Ty grew to a larger mass production line later in 1998; along with the iconic original signature Ty tie-dye fabric, and several tag errors which make it even more valuable to collectors! Collector’s and Investor’s Valuable Errors are listed below. EXTREMELY RARE VALUABLE POEM ERROR WHICH SAYS. “PAINTS FELL OFF. Instead of “PANTS FELL OFF. No comma “OAKBROOK” IL. No interior KR stamp, which adds value and is synonymous to the initial limited production line items. Pellets, which adds value and is synonymous to the initial limited production line items handmade. No comma after “Oakbrook” IL. ” after “P015 5TX. Style number is on the same line as “Claude” Ty name, which adds value because Ty stopped this after they went to mass production lines of this beanie. DOB (date of birthday) is NOT written out, it is numerical, which is extremely rare for this Ty Beanie Baby because the birthday wasn’t written out until it was mass produced.