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Beanie Babies
American brand of stuffed toys
| Type | Stuffed toy |
|---|---|
| Inventor(s) | Ty |
| Company | Ty Inc.[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | 1993–present |
| Materials | Synthetic plush, polyvinyl chloride, polyester fiber |
Beanie Babies are a line of stuffed toys created by American businessman Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986. The toys are stuffed with plastic pellets ("beans") rather than conventional soft stuffing. They come in many different forms, mostly animals.
Created in 1993, Beanie Babies emerged as a major fad and collectible during the second half of the 1990s.[2][3] They have been cited as being the world's first Internet sensation.[4] They were collected not only as toys, but also as a financial investment due to their high resale value.[5][6][7]
History
Warner introduced Beanie Babies in 1993 at the North American International Toy Fair/World Toy Fair in New York City, New York.[8] Manufacturing began in 1994, and the toys were first sold in stores
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Above: Warner outside the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in October 2013 Photo: Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune
For an intensely private billionaire, one who had spent much of his adult life behind an impenetrable wall of plush, January 14 had to have been as agonizing as a bolt-up-in-bed naked-in-the-classroom night terror.
Yet, with no choice left him, there he stood, like a circus curiosity on full display, in the harsh fluorescence of a packed 23rd-floor courtroom in the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, the media and onlookers straining for a glimpse at the entrepreneur who has been called Chicago’s Howard Hughes. For a 69-year-old, he had oddly taut skin. His eyes darted behind rose-colored lenses set in tortoise frames. He rubbed his upper lip nervously. His hands fumbled with a set of headphones provided to help him better hear the arguments on which rested the potential for an even more unthinkable indignity: prison. “He looks like he should be in a wax museum,” someone whispered.
When U.S. District Court judge Charles P. Kocoras swept into the room, the
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The Insane History of Beanie Babies
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