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| Topic | seriously, the hell was the deal with beanie babies |
| Zeus 02/12/18 3:28:39 AM #9: | Well, they were cute and the demand exceeded the supply which made people want them even more. While I bought some during the initial wave, I've picked up many more pretty cheaply because so many people wound up getting rid of them... which is probably stupid because I had most of the ones I owned packed away in bins, etc. The thing that really kept it going, I assume, was the sheer number of designs and the scarcity, especially after they announced plans to "retire" certain beanies myghostisdead posted... Fidget spinners, Cabbage Patch Kids, Pet Rocks, there is a sucker born every minute. None of those are comparable. Fidget spinners aren't a collectibles fad, Cabbage Patch Kids was only kids getting them (and you have countless kids toy fads -- several new ones each year), etc. I'm not sure any collectible (outside of cards) had as much universal appeal as Beanie Babies --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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