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Topic: beanie babies

From Paris Fashion Week to TikTok stars, Labubus are the toy craze of the moment and raking in thousands of dollars to retailers and resellers. Enough for some criminals to steal $7,000 worth of them. (Edward Berthelot / Getty Images)

Labubu toy craze turns criminal

CK Smith
Adult Happy Meal Toys (Photo courtesy of McDonald's)

Resale values soar for Adult Happy Meals

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Tyler Gillespie)

Life after Beanie Babies

Tyler Gillespie - Salon Young Americans
A Beanie Babies display in Grand Central Terminal, in New York, N.Y., on April 21, 2013. (Krista Kjellman Schmidt, via ProPublica)

Michael Grabell - ProPublica