The Toy That Was Accidentally A Pyramid Scheme

BEANIE BABY DOCUMENTARY - How did a $5 teddy bear become one of the hottest speculative investments, being resold for thousands of dollars, and creating mass hysteria? You see, what started out as a harmless childrens toy, became something very bizarre. Fortunes were made and lost during the beanie baby bubble, with people gambling their life savings on these plush toys. There was even a wave of crime as people tried to get their hands on them at any cost.

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