Anyone notice the outlandish pricing of cheap toys for kids this year?

bangatangl

I was maybe the 30th person in line waiting to get into Toys R Us on Black Friday. All my kid wanted was a playset for the "all of a sudden" popular Zhu Zhu Pets. Everywhere you look on the internet you'll find a bunch of selfish, money hungry jerks selling these products for insane amounts of money! I bought 3 zhu zhu hamsters 2 months back for $24, and now they're going for 10 times the amount or more! People are buying the entire stock on the shelves and not giving anyone a chance to own because all they think about is the money. It's pathetic! Curse all you jerks who bought an over supply just to make a profit on a toy that costs hardly anything. Reminds me of the selfish acts from years before with Tickle me Elmo and the Furby.

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Just like Furby and Beanie babies the fad will eventually wind down and they will be everywhere. You'll find Zhu Zhu pets at every toy store on sale, and at thrift stores, and yard sales, and eBay. I remember when beanie babies were so popular, now you find them at Goodwill for 25 cents a beanie baby.

A cheap toy when I was a kid, can't remember what it was...?

retsigerle

I'm almost 30 so this was 20+ years ago. You could get these little things at gas stations or at wal-mart, possibly in those quarter machines. It was a little strip of plastic and you put it on the palm of your hand and it would flip over or curl up and that was supposed to determine your mood or something like that. It either came in a quarter machine or with some type of candy. Does anyone remember this because my husband thinks I'm crazy! If anyone knows what it was called that would help me a lot.

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A Fortune Teller Miracle Fish. Watch as the fortune teller miracle fish's movements decide your fortune! This is a classic novelty that makes a little plastic "fish" the "fortune telling mind reader." Place the magical red Fortune Telling Fish on the palm of your hand and watch it begin to move, wiggle, curl up or flip off your hand all by itself! Kids love them! Great for in-class demonstrations. For more fun, look on the back of the special envelope to see the movements meanings. Are you independent? Are you fickle? Are you in love? See what the Fortune Telling Fish has to say about you!

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