
This
was a company that was producing in the last half of the 1990's,
from 1996 to 1999...RETIREMENT
DATES carried over to 2000;
only couple of designs for schools retired in 2001 !!!
The Bean Bag Soft Sculpture,"Toy" craze was in FULL SWING!!!
The Collegiate Bean Bag Team Mascots were ALL OFFICIALLY LICENSED
PRODUCTS...
Displaying that important logo on the "hang tag" of each plush mascot.
MOST OF THE STYLES WERE ACTUALLY INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED ON THE BACK OF
THE "HAND TAG",
as IS THIS PIECE (see photo)...
EXTREMELY LIMITED IN PRODUCTION.
THIS IS A VINTAGE DESIGN FROM 1999...IT IS NOS (Brand) NEW OLD STOCK !!!
Most of THESE "Bean Bags" were produced in less than 2000 units
!!!
With the MOST PRODUCED for any College or
University was ONLY 6000, WORLDWIDE...
THIS IS NUMBER 547 OF ONLY 2000 MADE, WORLDWIDE !!!
PERFECT FOR UT ALUMNI AND FANS LOOKING FOR something
SPECIAL...
THAT REPRESENTS their COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY,
YET IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE...
A GOOD LOOKING MASCOT!!!
This is "Bevo"® representing THE University of Texas at Austin...
a Soft Fabric Sculpture...Texas Longhorn!!!
As stated on the inside of the "Hang tag" (swing tag)
attached to the
left paw on "Bevo"®...
"The Texas mascot is a longhorn
steer that was named in an unusual
manner. In 1916, pranksters from
Texas A&M branded the steer with
the numbers 13-0, the score of their
victory over UT the previous year.
UT students altered the numerals
to read BEVO, and the name stuck"
Issue Date...........................April 1999
Retirement Date...February 14,2000
He measures:
Sitting Height approximately 9" tall,
4" deep (NOT including tail),
Tail measures 3 1/2" long,
and 6" side to side of his horns.
An ADORABLE Steer,
with cute detailing (see photos) soft fabric
sculpture...!!!
His front has a large embroidered, interlocking U T, the University of
Texas logo.
NOTE:
THIS ITEM IS MINT, NOS (NEW OLD STOCK)
HOWEVER,THE TAG IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED-NON-MINT;