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The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
by ge96 1y ago
The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
- syntaxing 1y agoGuessing you’re younger. Beanie babies and trolls were the same thing for millennials.
- Insanity 1y agoI'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. :)
- colechristensen 1y agoBeanie 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.
- syntaxing 1y agoAgreed…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).
- Insanity 1y agoYup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US
- fusslo 1y agoyeah, 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
- colechristensen 1y agoI did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
- nextworddev 1y agoBasically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
- contagiousflow 1y ago[citation needed] Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
- hackable_sand 1y ago"scheme" lol
- asimovfan 1y agohave you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
- avree 1y agoNot following the connection between Popmart (Labubu) and Sanrio (Hello Kitty), other than the fact that they've done some licensing deals together.
- stronglikedan 1y ago> The ~~Labubu~~ Hello Kitty phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere The point is, it's the same sentence for a different time.