I heard them described as this gen's beanie babies, but they're kinda horrifying so idk man lmao

yeah they kinda look like somebody designed a cute plushie version of the rabbit costume from Donnie Darko imo

I don't know anything beyond appearances tho, for me they just seemed to pop into existence about 2 weeks ago. suddenly "labubu" enters everyone's vocabulary, as if someone altered the timeline and you're the only person it didn't impact

Yeah they really did seem to suddenly pop into existence one day as a craze I'd never heard of before...

Okay so. they're collectable toys from, I do believe China originally? the sole reason they're big now is someone from Blackpink is into them?

the artist that created the character says she's just a little girl, so the story goes

...so lol she is just a feral little girl

Ha, okay, that's amusing.

I do find them charming in a weird way esp when you think of it as "little girls are just feral like that"

I just didn't even know what they were, just that they entered the public consciousness like a freight train about two weeks ago, and BAM...

But they are kinda cute.

yeah I didn't know kewpie dolls were kind of a blind box reemerging thing either until I started seeing stickers of them on etsy?