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(NewsNation) — Anyone who's successful the manner satellite has seen the emergence of Labubus.
The decorator toys, sold by the Chinese institution Pop Mart, person been worn by the likes of Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Lisa from BLACKPINK. But, the $30 point tin beryllium resold for hundreds oregon adjacent thousands, which has led thieves to instrumentality notes and adjacent worse — robberies.
Security footage from a artifact store adjacent Los Angeles showed four robbers getting distant with astir $10,000 worthy of merchandise. This was followed by a akin robbery of Labubus astatine different store successful June.
These problems each travel arsenic income successful the United States are surging.
"I americium not amazed that they are being stolen, that places are getting robbed,” said Danni Limonez, Labubu collector. “I deliberation that's portion of however it is, and radical are successful this craze. They’re precise precocious successful request close now."
Labubu toys are seen astatine a souvenir store successful Krakow, Poland connected July 23, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A pistillate sells Labubu plush toys to visitors during the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference known arsenic ChinaJoy, astatine the Shanghai New International Expo Centre successful Shanghai connected August 4, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)
Labubu toys are seen astatine the store successful Budapest, Hungary connected August 1, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Francis Dominic astatine A24 and CMC Pictures "Ne Zha II" Los Angeles Special Screening held astatine AMC Century City connected August 04, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
The Better Business Bureau is informing consumers astir counterfeit artifact scams, with radical buying Labubus and ne'er getting them oregon receiving a fake mentation called a Lafufu. You tin archer if a Labubu is existent by scanning the QR codification connected the container oregon the tag of the doll.
Buyers lone person a 1 successful 72 accidental of getting their hands connected a limited-edition concealed Labubu.
“I’ve been retired $30, and, you know, really I ne'er adjacent got one,” added Limonez.
Some economists reason that Labubus are truly a recession indicator, showing that consumers volition gravitate towards tiny purchases that don’t interruption the slope but inactive springiness them a deed of dopamine.
