AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you haven’t heard of the Labubu dolls, allow us to introduce you.
The viral sensation has sparked a frenzy of fans and collectors waiting in lines for hours in the Austin area, hoping to get their hands on a blind box filled with a surprise Labubu.
The summer of 2025 may go down as the summer of Labubu after celebrities started clipping them to their designer bags during fashion week this year. The dolls hail from Hong Kong and have been around for about ten years, first with a picture book series, but by 2019, toy giant Pop Mart had turned them into the viral collectible it has become today…