Dark Side of the 90’s

Beanie Babies creator Ty Warner developed the novel plush bean bag animals in 1993 in Westmont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. These small toys became hot-trading commodities that helped define the 90s decade and fueled greed-inspired crime. The first line of Beanie Babies consisted of nine animals Legs the Frog, Squealer the Pig, Brownie the…