Beanie Babies, the 1990s toy craze, still thrive in collector circles—rare originals and error versions now fetch hundreds or even thousands online. Maite joined ...

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An 18-wheeler packed full of Beanie Babies spilled the plush toys onto Interstate 285 during rush hour. It was the height of Beanie Baby mania, in June 1999. Motorists “risked life and limb” to secure ...

Beanie Babies were a massive hit in the 1990s, but quickly faded into relative obscurity. The once popular children’s toys now draw a different crowd — collectors. The valuable, limited edition Beanie ...

When Beanie Babies from Ty blew up in the mid-1990s, children and parents scrambled to collect the plush dolls stuffed with plastic pellets in the hope of someday owning Beanie Babies worth money. But ...

In the mid-1990s, a line of pellet-filled plush toys ignited one of the oddest speculative booms of the early internet. Beanie Babies, introduced by Ty Inc. in 1993, were suddenly treated less like ...