The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
syntaxing 95 days ago [-]
Guessing you’re younger. Beanie babies and trolls were the same thing for millennials.
Insanity 95 days ago [-]
I'm a millenial (early 90s) and only barely remember trolls and have no idea what beanie babies are. Homogeneous generations ("millenials, genZ,..") are kind of meaningless, there's too much variation within generations especially as you cross regions. :)
colechristensen 95 days ago [-]
Beanie Babies peaked in maybe 1998 and were at one point 10% of sales on eBay. If you were an American above the age of 5 in 1998 I'm not sure it's possible to be unaware of them.
syntaxing 95 days ago [-]
Agreed…not owning one is understandable. Not hearing about it at all in the US if you’re a millennial is perplexing (I’m an early 90s kid too).
Insanity 95 days ago [-]
Yup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US
fusslo 95 days ago [-]
yeah, and were at tag sales until like 2006
other examples are like Tamagotchi and Furby
They had to ban Tamagotchi from my elementary school. I remember Furby's but never had one. It would be interesting seeing how those phenomenons spread over time
colechristensen 95 days ago [-]
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
nextworddev 95 days ago [-]
Basically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
contagiousflow 95 days ago [-]
[citation needed]
Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
hackable_sand 95 days ago [-]
"scheme" lol
asimovfan 95 days ago [-]
have you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
avree 95 days ago [-]
Not following the connection between Popmart (Labubu) and Sanrio (Hello Kitty), other than the fact that they've done some licensing deals together.
stronglikedan 95 days ago [-]
> The ~~Labubu~~ Hello Kitty phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
The point is, it's the same sentence for a different time.
qingcharles 95 days ago [-]
I had to go find the Marble thing. Looks interesting itself:
This is one thing you can spend your limited time on earth building
colechristensen 95 days ago [-]
Commenting with this self-superior attitude is what you're spending your limited time on earth doing, have a little joy in your life or at least leave people who are alone.
stronglikedan 95 days ago [-]
Like spending money, if it makes you happy, it's not a waste.
teddy-smith 95 days ago [-]
Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
n8cpdx 95 days ago [-]
My local family donut shop now sells them and reports that they are doing well. I have seen them attached to at least one backpack out and about.
colechristensen 95 days ago [-]
Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
lawlessone 95 days ago [-]
>Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
So a large amount of children and young adults?
hooverd 95 days ago [-]
that's like what, a dozen people?
colechristensen 95 days ago [-]
Projecting a $1B in sales this year
hooverd 95 days ago [-]
I see them about. Clearly somebody wants them or else nobody would buy them. I think they're adorable little figures. I don't get the hype around them though.
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other examples are like Tamagotchi and Furby
They had to ban Tamagotchi from my elementary school. I remember Furby's but never had one. It would be interesting seeing how those phenomenons spread over time
Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
The point is, it's the same sentence for a different time.
https://marble.worldlabs.ai/
So a large amount of children and young adults?