Ando's video: The Toy Craze that FOOLED a Generation: a Beanie Baby Retrospective

Join me as I explore the turbulent rise and fall of the 90's Beanie Baby fad, as well as a look at one of it's obscurest spinoff products! Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/aeandros Ko-fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/antoniaandros Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/andosarttips Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/antoniaandros/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/andosarttips Tumblr: https://antoniaandros.tumblr.com/ Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/draw-out-loud Weekly Art Tips: http://weekly-art-tips.deviantart.com/ Sources: About Beanies http://www.aboutbeanies.com   Ty Inc. History http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/ty-inc-history/ The Dark Side of the '90s Beanie Baby Craze: How greed and hysteria over $5 plush toys bred a wave of theft, fraud and fakery. By Natasha Frost https://www.history.com/news/beanie-babies-value-criminal-activity Suspect Found, but Not the Beanie Babies By David M. Halbfinger https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/20/nyregion/suspect-found-but-not-the-beanie-babies.html GUILFORD BRAVES THE BEANIE BABY CRAZE WITH A SWAP AND SALE By AMY ASH NIXON; Courant Staff Writer https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-06-27-9706270443-story.html METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Fake Beanie Babies Lead to Import Charges https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/16/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-fake-beanie-babies-lead-to-import-charges.html THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Requiem for Beanie Babies. Or Maybe Not. By Dana Canedy https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/01/business/the-media-business-advertising-requiem-for-beanie-babies-or-maybe-not.html Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner The reclusive Chicago billionaire built an empire on stuffed toys—and now he’s narrowly escaped a prison sentence. By Bryan Smith https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/ How the Beanie Baby craze was concocted — then crashed By Larry Getlen https://nypost.com/2015/02/22/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-was-concocted-then-crashed/ Solving mystery of the Beanie Baby bandit / Culprit leaving toys at homes is discovered By Henry K. Lee https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Solving-mystery-of-the-Beanie-Baby-bandit-2465426.php Inside Philanthropy https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/real-estate-givers/ty-warner 12 Media Accounts of Beanie Babies Hysteria, Circa the 1990s By Jake Rossen https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66006/12-media-accounts-beanie-babies-hysteria-circa-1990s McDonald's fistfight: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82BA40C6ED9A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM The Beanie Baby Bubble of '99: Two decades ago, we fought, trampled, and even killed each other over little sacks of beans. Today, we realize how stupid it all was — but our behavior hasn’t changed. By Zachary Crockett https://thehustle.co/the-great-beanie-baby-bubble-of-99/ Ty collector http://www.tycollector.com/index.html Beanielad Trading Cards http://www.beanielad.com/Ty-S4-Info.htm Additional Footage: Bankrupt by Beanies: Chris Robinson https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=PgDsyj5eLmo Flashback: Stunning 1999 Beanie Babies news: CBS Evening News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8gaZKuIUs Fox 13 Flashback: The Beanie Baby craze FOX 13 News Utah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLdAbBwzyI Beanie Babies appraisal: Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUjQGTdzs4 McDonald's Beanie baby commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foQJKw7ihI Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIRED Track Name: “Midnight Bounce" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED Music Credit: LAKEY INSPIREDTrack Name: “Blue Boi" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED Official SoundCloud Official YouTube Channel:License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) Music promoted by: Chill Out Records @ https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ