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Beanie Babies peaked in maybe 1998 and were at one point 10% of sales on eBay. If you were an American above the age of 5 in 1998 I'm not sure it's possible to
by colechristensen 1y ago
Beanie Babies peaked in maybe 1998 and were at one point 10% of sales on eBay. If you were an American above the age of 5 in 1998 I'm not sure it's possible to be unaware of them.
- syntaxing 1y agoAgreed…not owning one is understandable. Not hearing about it at all in the US if you’re a millennial is perplexing (I’m an early 90s kid too).
- Insanity 1y agoYup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US
- fusslo 1y agoyeah, and were at tag sales until like 2006 other examples are like Tamagotchi and Furby They had to ban Tamagotchi from my elementary school. I remember Furby's but never had one. It would be interesting seeing how those phenomenons spread over time
- colechristensen 1y agoI did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such