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The Story of the Beanie Baby Craze - Kim Justice
🕑 Added 2017-12-15 10:04:36 +0000 UTC Here's something different - we're looking at toys! It's Christmas, after all - and not just any toys...Beanie Babies. These understuffed plushies caused a bubble that drove people insane, made them quit their jobs, and even in one case resulted in murder. And what of them now, and their brilliant yet flawed creator, Ty Warner? This is a story made out of plush that you don't want to miss. Enjoy.
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beesher
Oh, that's Samm Levine from Freaks & Geeks in the ads for the beanies, cool. I used to work in corp IT for a famous online internet auction site (ahem), not during the beanie craze, but in the years after. I don't think you can underestimate the impact that half-stuffed plush toy had on their fortunes, and how desperately they chased another beanie baby situation in the decade after (and how instead they faced debacle after debacle). Maybe your Beanies in Urban Settings series deserves to be a spinoff project of its own! Like Blythe, but with more social realism. And maybe that will kick of renewed interest in the toy, and the cycle will begin again! :)
Marble Lion
Loved it, Kim. Really well done
