View post: This Week’s Topps Releases May 11-15 2026: Full Schedule, Prices & Must-Hunt Cards What a crazy year 2025 was, the year Labubu went from cute niche toy to full-on cultural phenomenon. These ...

Close-up detail view of seven Labubu monsters / charms / dolls / plus from "Big Into Energy" collection : Loyalty, Happiness, Luck, Hope, Serenity, Love an Secret, during a street style fashion photo ...

Labubu, the plush toy from China’s Pop Mart is a social media darling, but the toothy little monsters are far from an overnight success. Having appeared a decade ago, Labubus may have finally cemented ...

In August, the global Labubu craze made Chinese toy mogul Wang Ning richer than the country’s renowned Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma. But in recent months, the 38-year-old billionaire has seen $11.3 ...

Pop Mart has struck it rich. The Chinese company that caters to toy connoisseurs and influencers said this week that it expects profit for the first six months of this year to jump by at least 350 ...

Fan speculation around a Labubu x Pokémon crossover in summer 2026 blends Pikachu-style monsters with blind-box collectible hype. Collectors buzz with excitement over the Labubu Pokémon collab 2026.

Move over, Furby, there’s a new kind of cute, kind of creepy creature taking over the fashion world. Meet Labubu.

The Chinese-made toys have become the latest must-have accessory, with some Boston stores sold out for months and the resale market booming. I’m Ava Berger, guest-writing Starting Point to explain the ...

Illustration by Ryan Haskins. Source: Getty. Yet, as I’ve previously reported, this defensiveness about loving cute objects has been gradually dissipating, part of a century-long evolution in which ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Edward Berthelot / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty / Pop Mart With a round, furry body, pointy ears, and a set of sharp teeth curled into a mischievous grin, ...

Labubu took the global toy and art markets by storm. Now, as the frenzy begins to cool, collectors and critics are asking: what’s next for Kasing Lung—and for the market that catapulted his Nordic ...