Shark Tank by victoriaruss https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub Does anyone remember Big Mouth Billy Bass or Pet Rocks? After the video research silly (aka dumb ideas) that made their inventors ALOT of money. What are some of the ridiculous ideas/products that made millions? Post a description with a picture. en-us 2020-11-24 12:51:56 UTC 2023-05-23 00:38:35 UTC hello@padlet.com lashantiana jackson https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2584385497 yes but some dumb ideas that made them alot of money was the fake foot . Ever been driving down the road and see one of those fake feet hanging out of  the trunk of the car in front of you? Yup, someone paid for that—about $10—helping to make  someone else crazy rich.]]> 2023-05-09 20:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2584385497 william stevens https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585403211 Big Mouth Billy Bass

This item was originally created by a Texas novelty toy company in the late 1990s. But this extremely annoying thing became a huge sensation as kids just adored it.
it made over 100 mill


]]> 2023-05-10 12:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585403211 flowbee Tylik M https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585404130
The Flowbee is an electrically powered vacuum cleaner attachment made for cutting hair. It was developed and filed for patent in 1986
]]> 2023-05-10 12:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585404130 Haileigh Seabolt https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585408885 The clapper is a light switch that can turn on and off by the vibrations of a clap. Millions of people bought this. ]]> 2023-05-10 12:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585408885 Jamaiya Ballard https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585409108 Billy Bob Teeth]]> 2023-05-10 12:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585409108 Raul Morales https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585410073 Pet Rock

Yes, Someone really did find a way to sell ROCKS and make millions. 15 million in about 6 months to be exact. Gary Dahl (The creator) sold them for 3.95 each. Yeah that's right a bed of hay and a literal ROCK sold for almost $5 each.]]> 2023-05-10 12:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585410073 Dexter Hope https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585415290 Wacky Wall Walker 

Creator Ken Hakuta’s mother sent him several sticky octopus-like toys from Japan which were called ‘Tako’ then. They were meant for his children, but Hakuta found himself fascinated with the toy and began to market them himself. 


]]> 2023-05-10 12:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585415290 Tamagotchi. malik mckinnon https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585417817 he Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. ]]> 2023-05-10 12:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585417817 Kevyn L https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585419678 Creator Joseph Pedott made figurines that sprout chia in 1981. The chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair]]> 2023-05-10 12:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585419678 arianna m . https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585420692 antenna balls
these yellow, ubiquitous smiley-faced balls are perched atop antennas in parking lots, which made Jason Wall a rich man. These antenna balls were inspired by a commercial for Jack in the Box, a fast food chain in 1997.


Wall made some designs of antenna balls and started selling them locally through car stores in California in 1998. In a year, he earned more than one million in sales and won some major accounts to sell his own product through national chains like Walmart. In 2009, Wall became the CEO and president of In-Concept Inc.

]]> 2023-05-10 12:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585420692 Nicole Castro https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585421334 The billy bob teeth, when dental student Rich Bailey met Jonah White he got inspired to make the billy bob teeth. He saw Rich Bailey who actually had a billy bob teeths and decided to make them. In 2015 reported that 15 million sets of the novelty teeth had been sold. After 4 years since they started they made 2 million a year. They were selling $4,000–5000 in a day.]]> 2023-05-10 12:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585421334 Mariah l marloc7807 https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585422277 The slap bracelet was invented in 1983 by a high school shop teacher from Wisconsin named Stuart Anders. According to the New York Times, Anders was in his father's shop, playing with a steel ribbon, when the million-dollar idea slapped him on the wrist. The original slap bracelets were marketed as "Slap Wraps," and they consisted of a long piece of steel  similar to a steel tape measure, or Venetian blind material  covered in fabric.

]]> 2023-05-10 12:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585422277 Hannah Heustess https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585422999 You probably loved these when you were still a kid. Many children had five or more of these, some even slapping all of them on simultaneously. Slap bracelets are the creation of Stuart Andrews, which helped him hit the jackpot. Before his invention, Andrews was just a simple and ordinary high school shop teacher. The bracelets made him between six to eight million in 1990 alone.]]> 2023-05-10 12:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585422999 Stephen Dowless stedow0508 https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585429368 A family business owned by Erik Lipson started in 1961. They were first manufactured at fun-time international inc.]]> 2023-05-10 12:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585429368 Josslyn B https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585434182 2023-05-10 12:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585434182 Sheila h https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585435275 Pet Rock invented by Gary Dahl is arguably the weirdest invention of all time to make millions of dollars. This product debuted in 1975 and in the first six months five million rocks were sold at $3.95 a piece. ]]> 2023-05-10 12:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585435275 ToriAnna Leach ~Lucky Break Wishbones https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585437268 Ken Ahroni created Lucky Break Wishbone. He came up with the idea in 1999 at a Thanksgiving dinner with his family because he saw how several people wanted to have their own wishbone. In 2004, he decided to launch the Lucky Break Wishbone Corp. and then officially started selling his unique breakable plastic wishbones. In just two years, his company was able to make almost one million in sales to it's distributors in 40 states all over the nation.]]> 2023-05-10 12:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585437268 Anna Campbell https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585454358 A blanket with sleeves made of fleece material. It is similar in design to a bathrobe but is meant to be worn backwards.]]> 2023-05-10 12:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585454358 Garrett D https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585469442 Furbies are owl-like toys that speak their own language. The main attraction to these toys, was their ability to learn the english language over their original language, Furbish. These toys were priced around $45 dollars and sold all around the world. SOme of the original Furbies are now worth over $200.]]> 2023-05-10 13:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585469442 Mood Rings-Damontre Love https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585471997 Two inventors from New York, Joshua Reynolds and Maris Ambats created moon rings in 1975. They claimed that their mood rings would change colors based on emotions. For example, green is for calm and violet is for passionate, excited, or very happy]]> 2023-05-10 13:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585471997 Annagrace S. https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585505606 Pet rock was a collectible that was created by Gary Dahl in 1975. They came in cardboard boxes that were ventilated with holes and straw bedding for the rock. Each rock is a smooth stone and was picked from Mexico's Rosarito beach. Each Pet Rock was sold for $4 in 1975. ]]> 2023-05-10 13:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585505606 Wacky Wall Walker-Marissa Taylor https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585680189 2023-05-10 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585680189 Michaella Troy-Tamagotchi https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585687458 The Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996, in Japan and in the USA on May 1, 1997, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s.]]> 2023-05-10 15:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585687458 Beanie Babies(Taylor Call) https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585692747 Ty Warner is the person behind Beanie Babies,This invention made him between three to six billion dollars. The idea was to fill a sack with some beans, give it ears, and give it a creative name. The result was an empire larger than Mattel and Hasbro combined.]]> 2023-05-10 15:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585692747 Slinky - Gabriela Ayers https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585695851
Richard James invented the Slinky. He was a naval engineer who was known by locals as being clumsy. After he dropped a tension spring and observed how it moved on the floor, he had the idea for the slinky. He released the toy in 1945 and his first batch of 400 Slinkys was sold in just ninety minutes. As of now, the Slinky has earned James $250M.

]]> 2023-05-10 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585695851 Pablo Vasquez - WishBone pabvas4108 https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585700056 Was invented by Ken Ahroni, who decided to make these when he saw how everyone wanted one at his family's thanksgiving dinner. In just matter of two years, his company generated almost 1 million in sales.]]> 2023-05-10 15:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585700056 Slime Fredli Garcia https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585704880 2023-05-10 15:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585704880 Kiara Polovitch https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585731108 Beanie Babies - created by Ty Warner - are little half stuffed toys in which are given creative names. The little "empire" created with Beanie Babies was greater than that of Hasbro and Mattel together. Within the first year of the creation of Beanie Babies Ty had raised $700 million. To add to the profit he was earning he would retire certain designs after they had sold out which made certain types of Beanie Babies collectables; prices and demand for the said Beanie Babies rising more because of this fact.]]> 2023-05-10 15:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2585731108 wish bone by chase williams https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587194586 If you were lucky it would break perfectly and if you were unlucky it wouldn't. Heartbroken by the fact that only two people can make a wish at each Thanksgiving table, Ken Ahroni started LuckyBreak, a company that produces fake wishbones. The business now makes thousands of plastic bones a day and reports sales of over $2.5 million each year. ]]> 2023-05-11 13:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587194586 jason kimbrell https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587197655 the lucky break wish bone was created by ken Ahroni and made almost a million dollars in sales. ]]> 2023-05-11 13:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587197655 Kevin Polovitch https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587199127 Boost oxygen was started by Rob Neuner and was just oxygen in a can and in 2020 it made 12 million dollars in sales and in 2021 made 17 million dollars

]]> 2023-05-11 13:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587199127 Jesse Lambert https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587408469 Ty Warner, the brand's founder, said he's a stubborn eccentric who wants things done his way. These were laughed at earlier but its maker made more than $4.5 billion from it. These toys were never sold in major stores and were not even advertised much, which made them really hard to get and hence highly desirable.


]]> 2023-05-11 15:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587408469 Daniel Cook https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587417103 Fidget spinners were started in 1993 by Catherine Hettinger it was sold for $6]]> 2023-05-11 15:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2587417103 javon mcgill https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2588700690 fidget spinners were started in 1993 by catherine haettinger.]]> 2023-05-12 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2588700690 Trinity VanEyken https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2594936594 I feel like slime is something cool and fun for the kids to keep the busy for the time being but them there are pros and cons at the same time is this stupid because slime is sticky, messes, gets everywhere and its also very hard to clean it up off of carpet and the net worth for slime is $2.11 trillion that is way to much for something messes like that ]]> 2023-05-17 15:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2594936594 Avery Jones https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2596208903 Silly Bandz are rubber bands that have shapes of basically anything you can think of, they are normally worn as a braclets. Silly bandz has made over $100 million ]]> 2023-05-18 12:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2596208903 Javier Martinez Sanchez https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2597051650 I find it fascinating that Furbies are owl-like toys that have their own language. It's interesting that they were designed to learn the english language instead of furbish. They were originally sold around the world for $45, and now some original Furbies are worth over 200. ]]> 2023-05-19 02:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2597051650 Brenda H. https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2600755711 Was invented by Julian Koenig, it's for the lazy people who want to experience the thrill of battle without having to stand up can come up with. You interlock your fists and start jabbing at each other's thumbs.]]> 2023-05-23 00:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vdruss/vv324vcexazqytub/wish/2600755711