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I still have a visceral reaction to seeing Beanie Baby's actually be played with. I had young cousins that were into "collecting" them in the 90s, and remember part of it was keeping the tags and not playing with them.

Now I have young kids that immediately yank the tags and carry them to school. I have nieces that have outgrown their's and have passed them down to the family dog as a chew toy. Both give me a moment of 'aaah aaah!' before I can make my rational brain remember they're just a $5 stuffy that once had a bubble.