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Join over , Finance professionals who already subscribe to the FT. Choose your subscription. But some believe it wasn't the Beanie Babies that decreased in popularity — it was the interest in trading them. Watch the above video to track the meteoric rise and abrupt fall of an iconic '90s fad. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. Now, even though the children who actually played with Beanie Babies are now young adults ready to drop some cash on nostalgic memorabilia, prices are still low— many of the plushies sell for less than their original price , and only very few sell for anything close to the thousands that were expected.
Baldy the Eagle, a plush that was supposed to be extremely rare, is selling on eBay for only a few dollars—and the Robinsons have 50 of them.
By providing your email, you agree to the Quartz Privacy Policy. Skip to navigation Skip to content. Discover Membership. The people who threw their money into adorable plush toys provided Warner with a lifetime of security, even as, in some cases, they were destroying their own. Getty Images. February 22, am. It worked for a few.
The rest were left with beans. Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner in Getty Images In the late s, a company called Dakin was the market leader in the world of plush toys, selling almost 70 million toys a year, and Ty Warner was their best salesman.
Legs the Frog, the first official Beanie Baby, born April 25, Pinches the Lobster, born June 19, Beanie Baby collectors mob a gift shop in Getty Images Of course, those were in the minority.
All told, there were a lot more Robinsons than Benchik-Abrinkos.
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