tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7292005706305765749..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Chicago duo revives the gramophoneNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25049954844160271042014-11-28T22:51:01.728-06:002014-11-28T22:51:01.728-06:00Warner was the first company to market soft, real ...Warner was the first company to market soft, real looking stuffed animals. One day he decided to make a smaller toy that children could hold in their hand with a very low price point.People started collecting certain ones and soon they were trading and selling. It did become a real fad and values of limited edition beanies went for lots of money. That ended when TY said he would stop making some of them and people thought he meant no more forever. They are still sold along with other plush toys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61661939291764729042014-11-28T22:43:26.908-06:002014-11-28T22:43:26.908-06:00Why do people think that everything has to appeal ...Why do people think that everything has to appeal to absolutely everyone in order to have value? Music lovers will love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6596025266259953722013-12-15T13:53:36.820-06:002013-12-15T13:53:36.820-06:00Tell that to the people who bought thousands of th...Tell that to the people who bought thousands of them think they were going to become millionaires when they sold them. They're worth less than what they paid for them!<br />Even better, try to tell that to Ty Warner, their creator, who will soon be a guest of the United States at a Club Fed near you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6389877969857180812013-12-15T13:13:30.348-06:002013-12-15T13:13:30.348-06:00Great article. Looks and sounds very cool.Great article. Looks and sounds very cool.Pete Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655789227670205830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83986013470080125412013-12-15T13:04:58.170-06:002013-12-15T13:04:58.170-06:00Again, not to intrude with reality Becca, but Bean...Again, not to intrude with reality Becca, but Beanie Babies have been selling for the past 20 years. They're not the mania they once were, but they certainly aren't a fad either. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7078349565081489042013-12-15T11:36:01.393-06:002013-12-15T11:36:01.393-06:00Yes, a great gift. That's what people say when...Yes, a great gift. That's what people say when they buy something for someone else that they would never buy for themselves because it's a stupid idea.<br />Like all the crap flogged on TV for the next ten days with the line: And it makes a great gift".<br />Each & every one of these things that do get bought will end up on a shelf gathering dust.<br /><br />Tell me: How many people still have that clacking balls that hang from strings that you pull back & let collide into each other. They actually demonstrate a principle of Newton's Laws, but they were a fad, just like Beanie Babies, Wacky Wall Walkers & who among us doesn't have a hula hoop somewhere buried away that's never used?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66653608821616414782013-12-15T11:25:58.051-06:002013-12-15T11:25:58.051-06:00I love this, not so much for me as most of my musi...I love this, not so much for me as most of my music is still in CD form but I think it would make a great gift!. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17438987684182832432013-12-15T09:19:21.985-06:002013-12-15T09:19:21.985-06:00I find that the people who most boldly predict the...I find that the people who most boldly predict the future are often the ones most mired in the past.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87915998978333778612013-12-15T07:59:33.097-06:002013-12-15T07:59:33.097-06:00What's next?
A Model T with solar power?
A je...What's next? <br />A Model T with solar power?<br />A jet powered Ford Tri-Motor?<br />A wide screen Philco Predicta?<br />Just ridiculous!<br /><br />They will sell a small number to decorators, especially set decorators in Hollywood, it will be a two week sensation among the hipsters, who will then go on to the next big thing that the rest of us will also ignore!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.com