Believe this to be luck or a thing that happened by chance, it agreed to benefit them with million dollar of earning. Here are some of the most stupid inventions in the world that surprisingly made millions.
1. The Snuggie
Snuggie is a robe worn backward which is also known as a blanket with sleeves. Snuggie has pulled an impressive $200 million in profit and more than 20 billion Snuggie have been sold since 2008.
2. Beanie Babies
Ty Warner sold 300,000 babies at his first toy show from where he started generating a income of about $4.5 billion per year.
3. Silly Bandz
Silly bands are rubber bands shaped like animals, objects, numbers and letters that kids wear on their wrists. The demand went so high that the company built a $100 million toy empire in few years.
4. The Plastic Wishbone
The business now makes 30,000 plastic bones a day and reports sales of over $2.5 million each year.
5. Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi is like an electronic pet on an egg shaped keychain which dies without any constant attention. In 2010, there were 74 million Tamagotchis sold with a gross total of about $900 million.
6. The Singing Fish
This is a toy from late 90’s and early 2000’s where more than one million fish was sold in the year 2000 alone.
7. The Koosh Ball
Koosh ball is a soft ball made out of rubber filaments attached to soft rubber core. The company that purchased Koosh was sold to toy giant Hasbro in 1997 for more than $100 million.
8. The Pet Rock
Pet rocks were smooth stones marketed with some goggly eyes and sold as pets in the market. Gary Dahl was the person to coin the concept and in the first six months Dahl sold five million rocks at $3.95 a piece with a profit equal to $56 million.
9. Billy-Bob Teeth
More than 15 million units in 1994 of Billy-bob teeth have been sold and the gross profit was $1.8 million in 1998.
10. Doggles
Doggles are commercial brand of sunglasses with tinted frames are designed for your pet. It kept the dust, debris and wind block along with the UV rays. Doggles, LLC has sold millions of pairs to pooches at $19.90 a pop.
