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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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The Story of How Beanie Babies Blew Up and Stole Your College Fund - Kim Justice

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. My Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KimxxxJustice My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/KimbleJustice My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheMegaWeeviews My 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxYWLiJMMNmiVspjn5DDXGQ Want more Kim Justice? Why not have a look at these vids?: Cascade's Cassette 50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z-4k-jDS_s The Sega Master System/Mega Drive in Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NissGg3GMJM ZX Spectrum Magazine Covertape Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCpfjwcOVjs The Story and Games of U.S. Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgHD66FzjyA How IBM "Won" The Computer Wars of the 1980's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trt5ibsBeXo The Story of Ocean Software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0TE927j4cs The Story and Games of Psygnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvYlxnHOY-Q Sega in 1995: What the F**k is Going On?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZg9AgSWeyA The Rise and Fall of the Commodore Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP1nLzT_t0o The Rise and Fall of Peter Molyneux - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAuvaAGnqQw

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Marble Lion

Loved it, Kim. Really well done

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! :)