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  It began with a song Of hope Not to be The sky lit up Calamity came down The reign of terror had begun Someone screamed Wake me up inside Away from this phenomenon Instead they became My Immortal

This is a post about fads and to what extent a fad market can explode.    There is a show on Cartoon Network called “Rick and Morty, that involves a scientist and his grandson time traveling through history.” I’ve only seen a couple of episodes, but my sons think it is the most brilliant thing ever. Especially my younger one. He is also the entrepreneurial one, always on the latest trend.    In a recent episode of the show, Rick and Morty transported back to 1998 to attend to a family matter. When he landed, he immediately went to McDonald’s. You see, this is when the movie Mulan was first released and Disney had a merchandising license with the company that included a Szechuan chicken dipping sauce (that also is tasty with duck). Rick called it the best sauce ever made.    He took a huge number of packets back to his time machine to enjoy in the present time.   The fans of the show took notice. There was already a small collector ...