BEER Ch. 4 Trendy Stuffed-Toy/Beanbag Hybrids

[Dave Monroe]

   "Another unexplored corner here, of which there are already enough.
Maxine has only recently for example found out about Vyrva and Beanie
Babies. Seems Vyrva's been out running some arbitrage hustle with the
trendy stuffed-toy/beanbag hybrids." (BE, Ch. 4, p. 39)


"trendy stuffed-toy/beanbag hybrids"

http://www.ty.com/index.cfm?cat=BB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanie_Babies


"'all the variations'"

http://www.tycollector.com/the-scoop/princess-bear.htm
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/princess-diana-beanie-baby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanie_Babies#Princess_the_bear


"'suckers don't just fall off the truck'"

SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1998: CRIME; A World Gone Beanie Mad!

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/05/magazine/sunday-july-5-1998-crime-a-world-gone-beanie-mad.html


"'"Ten, twelve years down the line'" (p. 40)

Bankrupt by Beanie Babies

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16663/1/bankrupt-by-beanie-babies

Family goes bankrupt after blowing their $100,000 savings on Beanie
Babies they thought would become valuable

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2377645/Family-goes-bankrupt-blowing-100-000-savings-Beanie-Babies-thought-valuable.html


Mrs. McElmo

http://mcri.us/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McElmo_Creek
http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/co2/supply_mcelmo.cfm
http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/co2/transport_cortez.cfm
http://www.parks.state.co.us/NaturalResources/CNAP/NaturalAreasInfo/AlphabeticalListing/Pages/McElmo.aspx

Elmo

Elmo is a given name representing the abbreviated form of Guglielmo,
the Italian equivalent of Spanish Guillermo, French Guillaume, English
William, and German Wilhelm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_%28given_name%29

http://www.sesamestreet.org/muppets/elmo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire
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