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After a brief singing career of her own, Perri 'Pebbles' Reid broke new ground as a music executive and high-profile manager for the band TLC. But in 1995, the band accused Pebbles of cheating them out of millions of dollars and forcing the group into bankruptcy.After a stressful split from the band and her then-husband,

Beanie Babies have been dubbed "millennials' favourite toy" - and given their zeitgeist status, it's unsurprising that some of their most famous iterations are closely linked to historical dates.The Millennium Bear is often listed among the top ten most valuable Beanies, offered for sale on Etsy for $42,000 to $52,000. However, these prices may

Released in 1979, the original Millennium Falcon toy was the pride and joy of Kenner, the company lucky enough to carry the Star Wars toy franchise. This was the first ever successful toy line launched off the back of a major movie, and the Millennium Falcon remains one of its most iconic symbols.The highest offers

Released in 1979, the original Millennium Falcon toy was the pride and joy of Kenner, the company lucky enough to carry the Star Wars toy franchise. This was the first ever successful toy line launched off the back of a major movie, and the Millennium Falcon remains one of Kenner's most iconic items.The highest offers

After their astronomic rise to fame in the 80s and 90s, with their two studio albums Straight Outta Compton and N***az4Life going platinum, gangsta rap group N.W.A. seemed destined for plenty of further successes.Instead, the band broke up as a result of vicious in-fighting, which spawned diss tracks, threats and broken hearts. Dr Dre had

Heather Thomas became a sex symbol for starring as Jody Banks in The Fall Guy, alongside Lee Majors and Douglas Barr. But in 1986, she was hit by a car in an accident that changed the course of her life.Harassed by stalkers and suffering long-term injuries, Thomas left show business to focus on raising three

Maita Aki, the co-creator and "mother" of the Tamagotchi, started as a humble office worker in Tokyo. In 1990, she joined the marketing department for the toymaker Bandai. Aki was in her late 20s and had no children of her own. She hoped to work more closely with children in developing new products, but instead

Did you know that before he started making Beanie Babies, Ty Warner was making plush Himalayan cats? When he started his best-known brand, Warner couldn't resist including various adorable cat characters, with names including Cabaret, Booties, Catsby and Superstition.We're taking a closer look at which of these Beanie feline figures are the most valuable on

Xavier Roberts won worldwide recognition for his Cabbage Patch Dolls, the soft-sculpture babies that took the 80s by storm. But did you know that he based these figures on the invention of a humble folk artist from small-town Kentucky?Martha Nelson Thomas was the creator of Doll Babies, which Roberts sold through his store before the

Yowie is an Australian chocolate brand, originally produced by Cadbury. It made its mark on the confectionary market by selling chocolate shells with an unusual treat inside: plastic figurines of Australia's greatest wildlife and folkloric creatures.The company later branched out into rare species from across the globe. Here is how much the rarest Yowie figurines