Economics

Odd Lots: Revisiting The Strange Story Behind the Beanie Babies Bubble

The mania around a $5 mass-produced stuffed toy.

A woman sits on the steps that are covered in Ty "Beanie Baby" designs during the American International Toy Fair on February 19, 2017, in New York.The fair runs February 18-21. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) — A woman sits on the steps that are covered in Ty "Beanie Baby" designs during the American International Toy Fair on February 19, 2017, in New York.The fair runs February 18-21. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)Photographer: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP

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By Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway

September 25, 2017 at 7:31 AM EDT

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