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- Are Pogs Worth Anything in 2026? What Sets Sell ForAre Pogs worth anything in 2026? Almost nothing loose: complete sets run about $25 to $69, and one EarthBound set sold for $255 in 2009.
- Neo Geo AES Price: $649.99 New, $1,020 Used in 2026The Neo Geo AES price was $649.99 new with $200 cartridges. A loose console runs about $1,020 in 2026, and SNK's reissue slipped to 2027.
- Why Montgomery Ward Failed and Who Owns It NowMontgomery Ward closed all 250 stores in 2001 after 128 years. Colony Brands bought the name for $15.5 million in 2008 and runs wards.com today.
- Are LaserDiscs Worth Anything? Most Are Under $5Most LaserDiscs are worth under $5 in 2026, but scarce pressings are different: a mint copy of The Matrix averages $134.61 on the LaserDisc Database.
- Are Heelys Still Sold in 2026? Who Owns Them NowHeelys are still sold new in 2026 at about $60 to $75, owned by BBC International since 2021. Peak year: 6.2 million pairs in 2006.
- Is Columbia House Still Around? It Closed in 2026Columbia House is gone: it stopped taking new orders after September 15, 2026, ending 71 years that began with 12 LPs for a penny.
- Who Owns Yahoo Now? Apollo and the 2026 IPO PlanYahoo is owned by Apollo Global Management, which holds about 90 percent since 2021. Verizon kept 10 percent, and a $20 billion IPO is now in play.
- Who Owns Sears Now, and How Many Stores Are Left?Sears still exists in 2026, owned by Eddie Lampert's Transformco, with five full-line stores left from more than 3,400 at the 2005 Kmart merger.
- Why Iridium Failed and Who Owns It Now in 2026Iridium spent $5 billion on 66 satellites, filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and sold for $25 million. Rocket Lab is now buying it for $8 billion.
- Are Beanie Babies Worth Anything? 2026 PricesAre Beanie Babies worth anything? Most sell for $1 to $5 in 2026, not thousands. Ty Inc. still makes them, and Princess averages $25 to $35.
- theGlobe.com Today: The 606% IPO That Left a ShelltheGlobe.com is now an empty shell company with no employees and $15,115 in cash. Its 1998 IPO closed up 606 percent, a record that still stands.
- Who Owns Wine.com Now? The 2001 Bankruptcy SaleWine.com is still in business in 2026, owned by the private company founded as eVineyard, which bought the name out of the 2001 collapse.
- Is Lycos Still Around in 2026? Who Owns It NowLycos is still online in 2026 as a small portal owned through Brightcom Group. Terra Networks paid $12.5 billion for it; Ybrant paid $36 million.
- Is Craigslist Still Around in 2026? Who Owns It NowCraigslist is still online in 2026 and still owned by Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, but revenue fell from $1.034 billion to $302 million.
- Who Owns Boo.com Now? Hostelworld Holds the NameBoo.com burned about $135 million in 18 months and died on 18 May 2000. Hostelworld owns the name now, bought in a $375,000 fire sale.
- Is Excite@Home Still Around? AT&T Took the NetworkExcite@Home is gone. It filed for Chapter 11 in September 2001 and AT&T took the network for $307 million, about one percent of its $35 billion peak.
- Is AOL Time Warner Still a Company? What Is LeftAOL Time Warner stopped existing in 2009. AOL is being sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5 billion; Warner Bros. Discovery holds the rest.
- Did Amazon Almost Go Bankrupt in the Dot-Com Crash?Amazon never went bankrupt, but it came close: a Lehman analyst gave it four quarters of cash. A $672 million bond bought the time it needed.
- Is Webvan Still Around? The $830 Million CollapseWebvan shut down in July 2001 after burning about $830 million. Amazon owns the name now, and its founder is back with a robot warehouse.
- Is eBay Still Around in 2026? 135 Million BuyerseBay is still around in 2026: a public Nasdaq company with 135 million buyers and $79.6 billion sold in 2025. It started with a broken laser pointer.
- Who Owns Pets.com Now? PetSmart and the Sock PuppetPetSmart has owned Pets.com since December 2000 and redirects it to its own store. The sock puppet outlived the company and sits in a museum.
- Y2K Explained: What Really Broke on January 1, 2000The Y2K bug was real and the US spent over $100 billion killing it. Here is what still broke on January 1, 2000, and why 2038 is next.
- What Is $1,000 From 1999 Worth in 2026 Dollars?$1,000 from 1999 is worth about $2,000 in 2026: two weeks of a family health premium, or a sliver of a $417,500 median home.
- 90s Tech Prices in 2026 Dollars: 40 Launch CostsA PlayStation cost $299 in 1995, or $657 in 2026 dollars. Forty sourced 90s tech launch prices, adjusted with the BLS CPI-U index.