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A review by jameshousworth
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette
4.0
An interesting, quick read! What I thought was most interesting was how the author showed that the more the beanie baby craze grew, the less kids got to actually play with them. So weird to have a bunch of middle-aged people obsessing over hundreds of stuffed animals their kids are forbidden to touch...
I also found it interesting that almost all stuffed animal tycoons, it turns out, had really traumatic childhoods that caused them to form extremely strong attachments to stuffed animals for comfort at an early age (Ty Warner included). Kind of sad.
Lots more interesting stuff in there - definitely worth the read!
I also found it interesting that almost all stuffed animal tycoons, it turns out, had really traumatic childhoods that caused them to form extremely strong attachments to stuffed animals for comfort at an early age (Ty Warner included). Kind of sad.
Lots more interesting stuff in there - definitely worth the read!