Comments on: 3 Bubbles That Burst

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:04:49 +0000

I never went nuts over the Beanie Babies but Pogs were like heroin to my 8 year old self. I had thousands.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:22:45 +0000

There have always been instances of madness like this. How about another article on more. Anyone remember Pogs? Poke`mon cards? My kids have the most fantastic Poke`mon card collection…

By: KerriD

KerriD — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:50:44 +0000

Ahh beanie babies… I admit, I got caught up in it. But I was 12, so it is more or less okay.

The most I (uh, my grandparents) paid for one was a Princess bear shortly after Diana died. They paid over $100 for it.

I just checked, and the most valuable one I still have is Garcia…for $40.

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:50:46 +0000

I Have Peanuts the royal blue elephant beanie baby. I never even knew it was worth money til i got told the other day. Is that still in demand for keen collectors? i want to sell it.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:53 +0000

I know a lady who has hundreds of beanie babies. For awhile she and her husband were redecorating their house so the beanie babies were strewn in various places. The next time we visited them, the beanie babies were still everywhere so I thought they were still redecorating. But nope, they were done.

And Becker, I’m not usually one to nitpick, but please, use a period or two!

By: k

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:10:47 +0000

I know two parents who seriously planned on financing their young children’s college education with their beanie baby investment collection.

By: S

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:08:07 +0000

I had a bunch of Beanie Babies during the craze, but I just got them because they were cute. I also had a zillion Pokemon cards during that craze. I played more than collected, but I did halve a book that gave prices for each card, and years later figured out that my collection was worth 300 circa the year 2000.

By: David

David — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:40:28 +0000

Back at the height of the craze, I was managing a collectibles store. We specialized in sports collectibles – cards, autographs, etc. For about a year, though, the front case in the store, the first thing that a customer would see upon walking through the door, was full of beanie babies. The most I ever sold one for was about $2500. Insanity.

Oh, and Becker? I just looked the McDonalds beanies up on eBay – you can get the whole collection for $10.

By: Zane

Zane — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:54:45 +0000

The height of the Beanie Babies idiocy was when McDonalds offer their first tie in: buy a hppy meal and get a Beanie inside. People were fighting in line and at the end of the day, garbage cans overflowed with discarded hamburgers and fries. No thought of all the homeless who could have enjoyed a meal—-just the acquistion of a Beanie.

By: GTT

GTT — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:06:45 +0000

I never understood the Beanie Babies craze… Who wants a room full of tiny stuffed animals? An ex-boyfriend gave me one once (a donkey I think?)… I guess he thought it was a big, romantic gesture… It definately did not work for me. I dont know where the thing ended up… Oh well