Labubu Not the First Toy Craze, and Certainly Won't Be the Last

Company Behind Viral ‘Labubu' Toy Becomes Mouthpiece for Chinese Govt. Propaganda

The founder of Pop Mart, the toy company behind the viral "Labubu" plush, celebrated "China's inclusive culture, strong manufacturing capacity, and broad market" in an interview with the Communist Party's People's Daily on Monday. The post Company Behind Viral ‘Labubu’ Toy Becomes Mouthpiece for Chinese Govt. Propaganda appeared first on Breitbart.

Should you buy a Labubu? The trendy toy craze, explained

Bonnie Elle first saw the furry monsters currently populating Philly Chinatown’s streets during a family vacation to Southeast Asia in August. Elle had seen people lined up outside of Pop Mart stores, excitedly waiting to get their hands on Asia’s biggest toy trend: Labubus. Seeing the popularity of the roughly eight-inch tall dolls with devilish grins and rabbit-like ears, she brought them back to Asia Crafts, her gift shop in the heart of Chin…

Global Times: 'Chinese manufacturing, culture propel our business success', says Pop Mart's Wang Ning

BEIJING, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the trendy toy Labubu gains global popularity, its creator Pop Mart has drawn increasingly widespread attention. Recently, at Pop Mart's headquarters in Beijing, a People's Daily reporter sat down for an exclusive interview…

Labubu in Las Vegas: Here’s all you need to know about the plush craze

Hundreds of people eagerly awaited the opening of Pop Mart in Downtown Summerlin to get their hands on this small plush doll.

More Labubus coming to Connecticut with second Pop Mart set to open

The viral Labubu trend has swept across the country and it continues to grow in the Nutmeg state. Labubus are a blind-box stuffed animal toy that retails for about $30 and is sold by the Chinese collectible company Pop Mart, CNBC reports. What does blind-box mean? Well, according to George Heudorfer, professor of e-commerce and marketing at the University of New Haven, it is arguably similar to gambling. “I suppose you’re exchanging something of…

Google’s new AI called toy stores for me — and actually found a Labubu

I used Google’s new AI to call stores for a Labubu— and it actually worked. Here’s how Gemini is changing how we search and shop.