The Toy Craze that FOOLED a Generation: a Beanie Baby Retrospective

[@kelsmister]

Ah yes my childhood. I remember a store near me that had the rare ones in cases up high on a shelf. And as a kid wanting it but my mom saying no we couldn’t afford $200+

[@Shan-si2kq]

I hope beanies make a return just because they’re so cute!!

[@fluffy_psalms_23]

They just did rerun! 😊

[@carlosnava1471]

Gonna be honest, I subscribed for the art advice, but I'd stay for these short documentary thingies. Glad to have you come back :D

[@olimightbehere1226]

Every month I go to my local thrift store and i always find around one or to original bean babies i started this around half a year ago not because of the "price" when they sell but because i just find them adorable!

[@cd47art86]

This was a very nice and interesting video! I saw around the internet these Beanie babies but i wasn't sure what they were, since here i only saw Beanie Boos and i wasn't born in the 90s. I have a Beanie Boo myself, Peppermint, and i love him a lot :3

[@John_shepard]

It’s kind of ironic that now that people know they are worthless they either throw them away or give them away which may in fact make them valuable one day.

[@walkingarmageddon5479]

*Casually watches this with my huge beanie baby and a smaller knock-off version of it*

[@321gj]

BEANIES "It'll be worth millions in a few years" BITCOIN "It'll be worth millions in a few years"

[@danielclement6199]

I actually made money off the beanie baby craze, at the height of their popularity I had a m+f couple approached me and my friend outside a Mr. Paperback offering us $10 each to purchase beanie babies for them as they had purchased the max allowed per customer, we bought the beanie babies for them and got paid and bought a half gallon of Jim Beam .

[@skilledbyclownstandards]

i started beanie baby collecting recently and my favorites that I have rn are Sakura (the first release//2000 one) the Bear and Legs the Frog. my dream one ,, though not that antique ,, is the Keroppi (yes ,, the Sanrio character) one from 2010.

[@chameleoncove]

This is so sweet and also so tragic.

[@REBLESKUM]

18:58 this was one of my favorate parts not just because of the perfectly cut scream, but because it was fun to see ando just get up and dash to something that wasn't even there 10/10 wpuld watch again 👏👏👏 P.S: love your vids keep it up 👌

[@briano9397]

Bruh is no one gonna talk about how at 0:13 the 1999 TY website claimed they had 3,028,310,145 (3 Trillion) Visits !?

[@victoriablake3826]

Alright so if anyone out here’s curious about how to identify a pricy-er beanie baby: - if it’s hang tag is older than g2, it’s probably worthless - If it has pe pelleted instead of pvc, the price drops - if the hang tag/tush tag isn’t in pristine condition it’s probably worthless - if it’s not authenticated the price drops more - the only princess bears worth anything are pvc made in Indonesia ones - If it’s a version of a beanie baby that got a name change later it’s worth more - if it has misprints it’s worth more

[@skilledbyclownstandards]

yeah most of mine are worthless but i love them cuz they’re so cute :D

[@livii4809]

There's still loads of beanie babies in my country, they are common around book shops, I know because I've bought loads, I don't remember any of their names however because I took they're tags off, but yes, you can still find loads of them here

[@trdsupra3514]

check the tush tag for the name?

[@livii4809]

@@trdsupra3514 I don’t know where most of them are now but I definitely didn’t know they were rare, I think I had a bear and some others but seeing as I’m older now. My mother most likely donated them

[@anneshields2010]

I still have my beanies loved them as a kid and I remember buying them and I had a cousin who worked at McDonald’s so he got me the teenie beanies including the 4 bears set I still got them also I have The end and the Beginning and bears after year 2000 I never bought them hoping they’d be valuable I got them cos they were cute I have a few of my bears on display and had my rabbits out at Easter and Christmas ones are now part of Christmas decorations feel kinda bad for the people who bought them thinking oh one day I will sell them and they will put my child through collage or be a deposit on a house and car now their left with all these toys that are practically worthless but I would never sell my beanies as their cute and part of my childhood and I’m not a fan of the beanie boos yet I have a couple but their not as cute as the beanies from my childhood

[@samhg3658]

This live-video was pretty fun! Such a good come back for Ando

[@cosmicsailor8733]

I found one of the striped cats at a flea market when I was 7 or 8 for like 5 dollars. I named them Sprinkles and I still have them to this day!

[@fluffy_psalms_23]

Awww! 😊❤

[@PhilipinoPhil]

YES!!!! she's back I use to watch every day man AND SHE'S BACK!

[@NickNitro]

epico

[@KeiraKarton]

I saw your beanie baby collection on the table and saw this grey cat in it. I thought: that looks like my plush that I had since I was a baby! I googled "beanie baby grey cat" and .... I now know after over 20 years (I am 21) that my dear "Katzi" is actually a beanie baby. DAMN XD

[@AndosArtTips]

That was my favorite stuffed cat as a kid! Definitely one of my favorite beanies

[@Peter_Athana]

So is there a value any,ore or isn’t there? I have a whole bunch. Some rare and not. Don’t know what to do.

[@fluffy_psalms_23]

Some are worth quite a bit, and some are worth $7. But, some are worth and have sold for $500, so, ot depends on beanie, and research! 😊

[@EmmanuelMarin07]

Would LOVE to see more of this! Also, welcome back! 😁

[@sacredtime950]

I have a 100 year anniversary beanie baby from my aunt (and a few newer ones) and my sister has a birthstone beanie baby from our mom.

[@spambob2]

I'm so glad I watched this. You really made this story interesting and I loved it!

[@trdsupra3514]

i wanna collect old/retired beanie babies :)

[@skilledbyclownstandards]

op give us an update did you start :0

[@fluffy_psalms_23]

Same! 😊

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Yay, Miss Ando’s back!!!

[@tobishumu9834]

I personally still like the beanie babies. They look like real animals and whenever I see them I just wanna play with them and hug them with all my love lol

[@casasworks6350]

Damm, i didnt even knew about these toys but i got super interested, also the video is relaxing to listen at for some reason.

[@Feral174]

This is nostalgic

[@littlemonster7917]

I will probably always enjoy playing with da plush

[@pikloo4631]

I actually own Pinchers. I won it from my 2nd grade teacher.

[@AndosArtTips]

I actually got at least 3 or 4 from my 4th grade teacher too!

[@fluffy_psalms_23]

No way! I earned a chocolate the moose from my second grade teacher... . 😮😅

[@retr0tech124]

Oceans 11 except they steal Bennie babys.

[@AndosArtTips]

I'd watch it

[@alexisventura7191]

Does anyone know about other plushies that are as nice/ have a nice quality?

[@Gabeiscool-dg1ir]

Oh boy! I can’t wait

[@samhg3658]

Me neither

[@leathercheerio1]

Bitcoin is the new beanie bsbies

[@s.knaturegirl9895]

August 8th 1999 is when I was born

[@kashkara_8943]

Ah the beni craze I remember it well

[@blueberrybinky]

PRANCE PRANCE PRANCE PRANCE

[@RealStuntPanda]

I sold all my Beanie Babies and invested in FTX. I'm going to be rich! What's that? FTX did what? Oh well.

[@briano9397]

bro.... 0:13 is this really 1999 TY claiming their site got 3 Trillion visits, if yall fell for this, you have no one to blame but yourself

[@mermaid960]

100th like, how come so few people watched the video?

[@slixenvy650]

Yo u bot

[@kiwami7730]

4th comment booooi

[@michaelcosme9737]

I can't concentrate on what you're saying because your Hand movements are sooooo distracting. The constant moving them to the right side, then the left side. To the right...to the left. without fail. its really distracting.