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Show HN: I Hid Labubus in World Labs' AI Worlds
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The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
Guessing you’re younger. Beanie babies and trolls were the same thing for millennials.
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
3 months ago
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
Basically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
3 months ago
[citation needed]
Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
3 months ago
"scheme" lol
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.
3 months 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.
Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
that's like what, a dozen people?
3 months ago
Projecting a $1B in sales this year
3 months ago
>Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
So a large amount of children and young adults?
3 months ago
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.
3 months ago
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.
This is one thing you can spend your limited time on earth building
3 months ago
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.
3 months ago
Like spending money, if it makes you happy, it's not a waste.
3 months ago
I had to go find the Marble thing. Looks interesting itself: