Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Labubu

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00:00there's a new craze that's sparking online and in-store chaos wild enough to rival the stanley

00:09cup celebrities are sporting them influencers are having fits about them and customers are

00:14having physical fights over them what are they they're these ugly little plush dolls called

00:19so how did they get us here introduced to the world in 2019 labubu toys are collectible monster

00:33vinyl plush toys created by hong kong artist and designer kossing lung and distributed by

00:38pop mart a chinese company notable for their collectibles

00:41labubu themselves are collectibles and part of their inherent value lies in the scarcity of

00:50specific dolls they're sold in blind boxes meaning you never know what you're gonna get

00:54mixing in the inherent thrill of purchasing the toy with the thrill of gambling youtuber critical

00:59describes the clever sales tactic as akin to gacha mechanics or loot boxes in video games which can

01:05get people easily hooked in my personal opinion the reason it got so big is because of the gacha

01:11mechanics it it's a loot box fundamentally but why are teens and adults freaking out about a toy

01:17well because it isn't just a toy it's also a fashion accessory and one that high-profile

01:22celebrities have started sporting in october 2023 the first labubu keyring line exciting macarron was

01:28released turning the silly toy into a bag charm when can't i say take off the fufu how you talking

01:34and in april of 2024 k-pop idol lisa of blackpink posted an instagram story sporting one of these

01:42bag charms on her designer bag lisa's labubu use certainly fueled the rising craze but she's not

01:47the only celebrity to be a known labubu collector labubu have also been spotted dangling from the bags

01:53of rihanna dualipa david beckham and emma roberts went to pop mart i waited in line and i got

01:59labubu and it isn't just traditional celebrities rocking the trend influencers and other users

02:04across social media have been posting unboxing videos and reacting to which labubus are revealed

02:10the unboxings generally results in users rejoicing like they just won beyonce tickets

02:16you got the secret can i have it you got the secret oh my god or throwing tantrums like

02:23well a kid who didn't get the toy they wanted it's not pink i wanted a pink one but every craze if it

02:30gets big enough can lead to chaos and as lines at pop marts grew longer and longer naturally customers

02:36started fighting about gaining access to the little monsters in addition to long lines potential fights

02:43and the blind box mystery customers also have to deal with scalpers reselling the dolls in the

02:48secondhand marketplace with exorbitant markups of course the extreme hype over labubu also led to

02:53a ton of parody content as users couldn't help but make fun of the obsession and its steep price tag

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