About 25 years ago when we had our first child my brother in law began buying our (eventual) three kids Beanie Babies with the message that, “In 25 years these things will pay their entire college tuition”. I laughed at him behind his back and my wife (his sister) scolded me for being rude. In the meantime, I bought all three kids into a 529 plan, which has paid off.
Before I went on my final naval deployment in the late 90s, a cousin requested I look for rare European Beanie Babies. I declined; I was in a warzone (Kosovo).
B UTTONS 11 months ago
That’s the mere top layer … beneath you’ll find the troll dolls.
Picccaaaaso 11 months ago
Someone tell me what Beanie Babies are I’m too lazy to look it up.
drbee 11 months ago
A fad some people thought would make them rich- it made them broke, instead
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 11 months ago
Values rise and fall with the fads rather than the tides.
eced52 11 months ago
Cover them back up for the next 1500 years, and they will be popular again.
littlejohn Premium Member 11 months ago
Beijing customs disallowed my alpaca beanie baby
They thought it was a dolly llama.
BigDaveGlass 11 months ago
Beanie and gone…..
silberdistel 11 months ago
Weird.
jagedlo 11 months ago
Ah, the fad pirates…see if you can find some mood rings and pet rocks while you’re at it, Rod!
1953Baby 11 months ago
Speaking of crazy fads: whatever happened to Cabbage Patch dolls???
rockyridge1977 11 months ago
Yep….pieces of 8 would have been better!!! Rare and excellent specimens can sell for over $2,000
Munch 11 months ago
My daughter loved those things. She got them as gifts for a while. Now the grandkids play with them.
assrdood 11 months ago
My “pet rocks” destroyed my beanie babies and my baseball cards.
rshive 11 months ago
Or they understood popular culture too well.
geese28 11 months ago
If there’s a “tickle me Elmo” inside I’d be rich
TMMILLER Premium Member 11 months ago
Cabbage Patch Kids, Beanie Babies, pet rocks……a few others…..never got into any of them.
ladykat 11 months ago
I imagine they may do well as collectibles.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 11 months ago
Only pirates from a country like Id would bury such “treasure”.
dv1093 11 months ago
About 25 years ago when we had our first child my brother in law began buying our (eventual) three kids Beanie Babies with the message that, “In 25 years these things will pay their entire college tuition”. I laughed at him behind his back and my wife (his sister) scolded me for being rude. In the meantime, I bought all three kids into a 529 plan, which has paid off.
cosman 11 months ago
Heres how the Babies are doing lately..
Large Wallace and his Squad $600,000
Princess the Bear$500,000
15-inch Peace bear and 9-inch Peace, Ringo and Bones $159,000
Bubbles$129,000
Piccadilly Attic$125,000
Valentino the Bear$42,000
Mitya Bear (2017)$27,500
Iggy the Iguana$15,000
Punchers The Lobster$10,000.
Goat from PBS 11 months ago
On the verge of greatness. We were this close.
KEA 11 months ago
I wonder if there’s an “Island of Fad Refugees”… beanie babies, care bears, pet rocks, …
StoicLion1973 11 months ago
Before I went on my final naval deployment in the late 90s, a cousin requested I look for rare European Beanie Babies. I declined; I was in a warzone (Kosovo).
T... 11 months ago
T was here —…
pattidolls 11 months ago
Ill take a beanie baby over a pet rock any day
Longbow1964 11 months ago
I knew people who invested retirement money in those things!