This was someone's Facebook status this evening- hilarious... well, to those of us who grew up as a kid in the 90's at least . :)"Beanie Babies were not just significant, they were the first example most kids growing up in the 90's had of envy, greed, and wrath. If someone messed up that little heart-shaped Ty tag, so help you God, that was the end of whatever contact you had with that monster of a human being. That tag-less Beanie Baby was now trash, and you had to deal with the consequence. It was at that moment, that de-valued Beanie Baby moment, that most of us accepted the truth… we’ll never have nice things."
On the note of Beanie Babies... Chris and I were just discussing- what made these so big? It's not like stuffed animals had never been invented before... poems have been around, tags are on everything- so why are these cheap little animals with beans in their behinds so popular? Or why were they popular is more like it?
We were laughing as we recalled the names of the first beanie babies we got- I got Seaweed the Otter from my Dad and Chris got Ringo the Racoon- why in the world would we remember that?
I wonder what things our kids will have that they remember like Beanie Babies down the road- nothing could ever top my Furby- "Me me co co."
:) Night!
Such a fun post! I was too elderly for Beanie babies (!), but my little son had them. He still does actually. His first ones were cats - he had a passion for the cats. He and his cats were inseperable - they even waved at the general public from the window of a bus! One was lost once... luckily someone kept it until we returned to claim it!
ReplyDeleteThen it was lizards - he was given a chameleon and that started a phase where he collected a whole "family" of them, including a dark blue one, a frilled-kneck one and a large plush version (don't know what they were called, they were soft, cuddly and big Beanies, with no beans). Then there were some others, including a little turtle and a squid. All had special names (and a shared surname too!).
They are still in his room, but he doesn't play with them now - he's 14 - Still, I'm not sure he would part with them if I suggested it!
Thanks for a fun post - and a bit of nostalgia.