Beanie Babies

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-01-09 09:54pm

Easy now!!! I just need to know something. I'm going to get a list, but is there anyone that knows anything about Beanie Babies. Like if I get you a name could you tell me the worth. Or are you interested in buying some? Let me know gang!!!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-09 10:34pm

A couple years ago i saw at some stores these beanie babies on sale for $10 each.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-01-09 10:39pm

Beanie baby's are worth about.. $5 now..

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-09 10:46pm

They are almost worthless now.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-09 10:51pm

But they're so cute!! Especially when doused in lighter fluid and launched, flaming, into the air.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-09 10:57pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:But they're so cute!! Especially when doused in lighter fluid and launched, flaming, into the air.

LMAO

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-01-09 11:05pm

Beanie Babies are 1990's. POGs are in now.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-01-10 12:41am

eBay gives you the most accurate listing of what prices people are willing to buy them for.

POGS. Hehe.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-10 12:48am

Montcalm wrote:
StormTrooperTR889 wrote:But they're so cute!! Especially when doused in lighter fluid and launched, flaming, into the air.
LMAO

They land as a blob of plastic. Very amusing actually.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-01-10 01:37am

HemlockGrey wrote:Beanie Babies are 1990's. POGs are in now.

Wow, I'm surprised i still remember those.. o_O, boy were they stupid.. its too bad i lost all of them. Every single one.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2004-01-10 01:55am

HemlockGrey wrote:Beanie Babies are 1990's. POGs are in now.

No, no, no, no. POGs are right with Beanie Babies, haven't seen either this millenium. Magic: TG has its same cult following, but surprisingly its normal playing cards that tend to dominate my high school cafeteria. That and gameboys/consoles in general becoming standard. People collect GBA cartridges nowadays. From marbles and jumping jacks to POGs and Pokemon cards, old-school collectibles are so last century.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-10 01:55am

I love stuffed animals, and collect them, or rather I did I stopped about two years ago but I still have over 150 spread around here.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-10 02:35am

HemlockGrey wrote:Beanie Babies are 1990's. POGs are in now.

You mean those little cardboard circles with pictures on them? I was in elementary school when they were big, and I believe at one time, there was as a kit that let you make your own. They're probably with a few cents a peice now.

Johonebesus · Post by **Johonebesus** » 2004-01-10 02:46am

I worked at McDonalds while going to college. Beanie Babies came out just as I was finishing up. I remember the people backing up the drive through at midnight to buy bagfuls of beanie babies. I remember prissy suburbanite women pitching screaming fits because they couldn't get their toys. I remember being offered twenty dollar tips to let people buy beanie babies when we told them we were out. I remember having to lock window on people at closing time because they wouldn't stop coming. I remember having to send some of our beanie babies to Centre because somebody managed to stop a truck and rob the shipment (I can't remember if they hijacked the truck or just managed to make it stop somehow).

I HATE Beanie Babies.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-01-10 10:38am

They robbed a truck to get Beanie Babies? Holy shit, that's dedication.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-01-10 10:53am

I think my mom's friend has an assload of them. Overrated, cheaply-made shit.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-01-10 10:59am

What have McDonalds got to do with Beanie Babies?

I have a rather interesting story about them actually. When my ex and I had been seeing each other for about nin months, I wanted to look somehtin up in the GeolSoc library, on Piccadilly. He worked at the time in Planet Hollywood at Piccadilly Circus, so I popped in to see him before heading off down Piccadilly. On a whim I wandered into the Teddy Bear Co . on the way. I ended up looking at the Beanies, and was just looking at them, when a white 'angel' bear with gold wings and halo and gold glitter caught my eye. I picked it up to have a look (it was the first thing I touched in the shop), and read the tag - Beanie's each have 'birthdays', and this one shared a birthday with my boyf. This freaked me out a little, so I resolved to buy it (not a lot of choice here). But before I did, I thought I'd better look at another one just to unfreak myself out (you know, when something wierd happens, how you decided to push it to proove it was nothing...) so I picked up an elephant that my eye had landed on before I noticed the bear.
That elephant had my birthday.
So then, really freaked out, I bought the Beanies and legged it.
Rob still has them, but I'm not sure he believes just how coincidental it as that I ONLY looked at those two while in the shop that I woudlnt' usually have gone into...

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-01-10 11:02am

McDonalds offer beanie babies in a certain period of time each year with the happy meal IIRC.~Jason

Sporkzen · Post by **Sporkzen** » 2004-01-10 11:22am

Its amusing to see them sorta turn gooey and dissolve in a 1100 gallon tank of sulfuric acid

Other than that the fad went poof while we were in highscool cal if i recall

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-01-11 06:42am

Not for old people.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-01-11 01:04pm

Beanie Babies? Are those edible?

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-01-11 02:46pm

Slartibartfast wrote:Beanie Babies? Are those edible?

Yes. Espcially with a side of arsenic.