When it comes to collectible 1990s toy crazes, Beanie Babies set the bar. Sure, there are plenty of valuable Pokémon cards to be traded and attics' worth of old troll dolls worth a ton of money.

Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. People around the world went wild for Beanie Babies for a few years in the 90s before the bubble ... [+] burst. The Beanie Bubble is ...