All right, if you are a kid or a kid at heart, you have kids or you ever were a kid,

then you know the holiday season always seems to have one red-hot, must-have toy.

Every year, there are tons of new things to buy, but there's always a standout.

This year, Labuboos have been firing up the marketplace, at least for younger kids.

Only a handful of toys have stayed popular through the marketplace, at least for younger kids. Only a handful of toys

have stayed popular through the ages, but one in particular took folks on a wild roller coaster

ride in the investment world. I'm Patty Steele. The perfect toy turns into the perfect investment

temporarily. That's next on the backstory.

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Getting the perfect toy for the holidays isn't just the goal of every kid.

It's the sometimes frustrating goal of

every parent, grandparent, aunt and uncle. Labibos are one of the hottest toys this holiday season.

In case you don't know, it's a little squishy monster thing that'll set you back anywhere from

20 to 25 bucks. But what launches a toy into the stratosphere, making it iconic?

One toy I'll tell you about in a bit became hugely desired as an investment until the bubble burst.

But first, let's go back. In the past, there was the teddy bear craze, which began in 1906 and really hasn't stopped since.

It started with President Teddy Roosevelt sparing the life of a tied-up black bear while on a hunting trip.

Then, jumping on the publicity surrounding the story, a German toy company produced a ton of stuffed bears, and voila.

Every kid needed a teddy bear. That was pretty much the first major toy craze. Since before the

20th century, toys were mostly simple and homemade. Then, in 1920, Raggedy Ann and Andy hit the scene in a big way.

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