Beanie Babies are serious things, okay!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
December 30, 2019 8:52am CST
I had beanie babies as a preteen but got rid of most of them. I'm not actually sure when / why / how I did, it's been so many years.
I still have some looney tunes themed beanie babies, but not all of them.
In 1999 two people went to court after their divorce. They just couldn't decide on splitting up their collection of beanie babies.
Apparently their collection was estimated to be worth around $5,000, but neither could decide among themselves who got what. Well, a judge in Los Angeles County had had enough and ordered the couple to bring them all in, spread them on the floor of the court and pick them out one by one.
What a waste of time and effort on the part of the courthouse staff. 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
I am not sure where all they were popular, but they really blew up (got popular) in the late 90s
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
I used to have absolute tons of them. 
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
30 Dec 19
Oh yes they are..there was a time when I wanted them all
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
I have wanted several collections over of things (Not necessarily all beanie baby) but the cost and the space to store / show them is something I can't meet.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Dec 19
People invested in beanie babies and the so called values all fell through.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
They're still going for pretty steep prices on Ebay... Or atleast, people trying to sell them for those prices.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
30 Dec 19
So ridiculous. Beanie Babies were overrated in their eventual worth anyway.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
They were the trend of the 90's though and atleast hold worth in the eyes of the kids of that generation.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
Seems rather silly considering things like house, car, investment accounts, children etc.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Dec 19
@porwest I certainly hope not, but it makes me wonder... Could be they divorced over financial differences, and the beanie babies was just the tip of the iceberg.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
31 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum My thoughts as well. I hope that wasn't their ONLY asset. 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
Yep. Ty Toys had stopped making them, though I do think they make them again now? I haven't actually kept up with all that. Once they stopped making them, however, they gained popularity and more value / worth.
I just looked on ebay and one of the beanie babies I had all the way back in the 90's is now worth $800.00.
@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
31 Dec 19
I remember collecting them as a kid and people telling me they'll be worth so much when I get older...but I gave them all away. I had over 50! I think I kept one or two but they might be in the attic.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
31 Dec 19
The same happened with me. They said they'd be worth so much, and I either threw them away, gave them away or they were left to rot. I have a few, but they weren't from the same collection.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Dec 19
True, but in this case the judge had enough and wanted it over with.
