Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
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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#12Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
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.
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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. :)
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.
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).
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#14This is one thing you can spend your limited time on earth building
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.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
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. :)
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.
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
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
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#18The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
Basically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
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#19The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
have you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
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#20The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
have you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
Not following the connection between Popmart (Labubu) and Sanrio (Hello Kitty), other than the fact that they've done some licensing deals together.