I made a chrome extension game where your goal is to find a daily labubu hidden in world labs' marble worlds. Github: https://github.com/akdeb/world-labubus
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ge96•4mo ago
The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
syntaxing•4mo ago
Guessing you’re younger. Beanie babies and trolls were the same thing for millennials.
Insanity•4mo ago
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. :)
colechristensen•4mo ago
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.
syntaxing•4mo ago
Agreed…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•4mo ago
Yup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US
fusslo•4mo ago
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
colechristensen•4mo ago
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
nextworddev•4mo ago
Basically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
contagiousflow•4mo ago
[citation needed]
Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
hackable_sand•4mo ago
"scheme" lol
asimovfan•4mo ago
have you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
avree•4mo ago
Not following the connection between Popmart (Labubu) and Sanrio (Hello Kitty), other than the fact that they've done some licensing deals together.
stronglikedan•4mo 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.
teddy-smith•4mo ago
Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
colechristensen•4mo ago
Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
hooverd•4mo ago
that's like what, a dozen people?
colechristensen•4mo ago
Projecting a $1B in sales this year
lawlessone•4mo ago
>Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
So a large amount of children and young adults?
hooverd•4mo 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.
n8cpdx•4mo 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.
qingcharles•4mo ago
I had to go find the Marble thing. Looks interesting itself:
This is one thing you can spend your limited time on earth building
colechristensen•4mo 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.
stronglikedan•4mo ago
Like spending money, if it makes you happy, it's not a waste.
ge96•4mo ago
syntaxing•4mo ago
Insanity•4mo ago
colechristensen•4mo ago
syntaxing•4mo ago
Insanity•4mo ago
fusslo•4mo ago
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•4mo ago
nextworddev•4mo ago
contagiousflow•4mo ago
Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?
hackable_sand•4mo ago
asimovfan•4mo ago
avree•4mo ago
stronglikedan•4mo ago
The point is, it's the same sentence for a different time.