The Economist

First, Labubu’s grinning dolls. Now, a TV show and theme parks

B efore the craze for Labubus, few had heard of Pop Mart, the Chinese toy-maker behind the mischievously grinning dolls. With ...

Labubus are causing a collector frenzy, as 1 rare doll sells for $150K. But can the hype hold or will the plushie soon go the way of the Beanie Baby?

Scoop the Pelican, for example, is considered a holy grail among collectors. Vintage Virtue [4] estimates that a blank-tag ...