How did a $5 teddy bear become one of the hottest speculative investments, being resold for thousands of dollars, and creating mass hysteria?
You see, what started out as a harmless childrens toy, became something very bizarre. Fortunes were made and lost during the beanie baby bubble, with people gambling their life savings on these plush toys. There was even a wave of crime as people tried to get their hands on them at any cost.
So, what really happened during beanie mania? To understand the madness of beanie babies, we first need to travel back in time to the 1940’s, where a little boy called Ty Warner is born into a severely dysfunctional family.
Welcome to the story of beanies babies, a crazy business story from MagnatesMedia covering the beanie baby bubble and their rise and fall.
The Disturbing Truth About Beanie Babies
00:00 - Prologue
01:29 - Chapter 1 - The Rise of Ty Warner
03:26 - Chapter 2 - Poseable Plush
07:00 - Chapter 3 - Checklists
13:45 - Chapter 4 - Ty.com
21:06 - Chapter 5 - Chaos
26:26 - Chapter 6 - Bursting The Bubble