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Join me as I explore the turbulent rise and fall of the 90's Beanie Baby fad, as well as a look at one of it's obscurest spinoff products!
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Sources:
About Beanies
http://www.aboutbeanies.com
Ty Inc. History
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ty-inc-history/
The Dark Side of the '90s Beanie Baby Craze: How greed and hysteria over $5 plush toys bred a wave of theft, fraud and fakery.
By Natasha Frost
https://www.history.com/news/beanie-babies-value-criminal-activity
Suspect Found, but Not the Beanie Babies
By David M. Halbfinger
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/20/nyregion/suspect-found-but-not-the-beanie-babies.html
GUILFORD BRAVES THE BEANIE BABY CRAZE WITH A SWAP AND SALE
By AMY ASH NIXON; Courant Staff Writer
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-06-27-9706270443-story.html
METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Fake Beanie Babies Lead to Import Charges
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/16/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-fake-beanie-babies-lead-to-import-charges.html
THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Requiem for Beanie Babies. Or Maybe Not.
By Dana Canedy
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/01/business/the-media-business-advertising-requiem-for-beanie-babies-or-maybe-not.html
Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner The reclusive Chicago billionaire built an empire on stuffed toys—and now he’s narrowly escaped a prison sentence.
By Bryan Smith
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/
How the Beanie Baby craze was concocted — then crashed
By Larry Getlen
https://nypost.com/2015/02/22/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-was-concocted-then-crashed/
Solving mystery of the Beanie Baby bandit / Culprit leaving toys at homes is discovered
By Henry K. Lee
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Solving-mystery-of-the-Beanie-Baby-bandit-2465426.php
Inside Philanthropy
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/real-estate-givers/ty-warner
12 Media Accounts of Beanie Babies Hysteria, Circa the 1990s
By Jake Rossen
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66006/12-media-accounts-beanie-babies-hysteria-circa-1990s
McDonald's fistfight:
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82BA40C6ED9A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
The Beanie Baby Bubble of '99: Two decades ago, we fought, trampled, and even killed each other over little sacks of beans. Today, we realize how stupid it all was — but our behavior hasn’t changed.
By Zachary Crockett
https://thehustle.co/the-great-beanie-baby-bubble-of-99/
Ty collector
http://www.tycollector.com/index.html
Beanielad Trading Cards
http://www.beanielad.com/Ty-S4-Info.htm
Additional Footage:
Bankrupt by Beanies:
Chris Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=PgDsyj5eLmo
Flashback: Stunning 1999 Beanie Babies news:
CBS Evening News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8gaZKuIUs
Fox 13 Flashback: The Beanie Baby craze
FOX 13 News Utah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLdAbBwzyI
Beanie Babies appraisal:
Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUjQGTdzs4
McDonald's Beanie baby commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foQJKw7ihI
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