Anyone here into Labubu or Lafufus?

[mellowyellowgirl]

As with most things Lil Sis is a menace and is crazy about Labubu. She’s only managed to get one authentic one. They are so hard to get here and on principle we refuse to buy scalped goods so we’ve been venturing into Lafufu territory.

The lafufus are hilarious. You buy one off one of the Chinese platforms and you just kinda pray that it looks decent. Sometimes it does not look decent at all. The stores keep closing and switching around because China is cracking down on Lafufus. We have a lot of fun unboxing them though and we’ve been pretty lucky so far. Her Lafufus aren’t awful looking. Half the fun is dressing them up in different outfits so it doesn’t matter so much that we have Lafufus as long as they’re cute.

 

[Snowdrop13]

I don’t have any but I’ve just bought one for my niece’s birthday- from a reseller so hoping against hope it’s a real one! Hopefully she’ll see the joke if not. I haven’t seen one in real life to know the difference.

 

[AGBF]

@mellowyellowgirl, your thread was my introduction to Labubus and Lafufus. I had thought they might be some sort of rock when I started to read. Apparently there are authentic and inauthentic ones?

 

[autumngems]

I don't get it,but ok. I even saw now that you can print on 3D printed ones

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

@mellowyellowgirl, your thread was my introduction to Labubus and Lafufus. I had thought they might be some sort of rock when I started to read. Apparently there are authentic and inauthentic ones?

Labubu is authentic (right one) and Lafufu is the knock off (brown one).

They are fairly inexpensive just very hard to buy so we buy the knock off.

 

[Lookinagain]

@mellowyellowgirl, your thread was my introduction to Labubus and Lafufus. I had thought they might be some sort of rock when I started to read. Apparently there are authentic and inauthentic ones?

Same here. I'd never heard of them until this thread. I googled them and it seems Wal-mart has some authentic ones for a limited time. The article was posted Aug 13 so perhaps they already sold out. Seems like they are today's "Beanie Babies" where people go nuts for collecting them.

 

[elizat]

I have purchased for my brother. He loves them. I don't really understand the fascination.

 

[lyra]

My millenial daughters have them. Quite the obsession among them. One even took 5 of hers to a tattoo artist to tattoo their faces. Yes, you read that correctly. They aren't/can't have having kids, so they have disposable income.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

My millenial daughters have them. Quite the obsession among them. One even took 5 of hers to a tattoo artist to tattoo their faces. Yes, you read that correctly. They aren't/can't have having kids, so they have disposable income.

Haha I have a drawer full of adorable wee clothes for my sister’s ones. I release them as random mini gifts to brighten her day.

Is it bad that I didn’t even bat an eyelid reading about the faces being tattooed? I’ve seen people get hair extensions for them

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I have purchased for my brother. He loves them. I don't really understand the fascination.

Ooh how old is he? My sister is a fully grown adult!

 

[elizat]

Ooh how old is he? My sister is a fully grown adult!

30! He loves them. Plus other plush things like Pokemon!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

30! He loves them. Plus other plush things like Pokemon!

Is he into SkullPanda?

I bought mine an entire authentic SkullPanda L Impression (can’t spell it) box set since she’s obsessed with it. I’ve hidden it for Christmas. Then I bought her one SkullPanda Winter Symphony doll to throw her off the scent after vaguely expressing disapproval and telling her she needs to save for retirement one day. She was sooooo happy with that doll. Took it out with her friends. OMG it was hard work! I had an app, had to check notifications then ran like ghosts were after me to get to the shop and scored the second last fill box set.

That’s why I gave up on chasing Labubus which is even harder!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

You know who does? My husband.

He bought a fake one at a gas station. He has it strapped onto his lunch backpack and that's where it lives. He did this initially to take the piss out of (and secretly support) his younger work buddy, whose little daughter insisted he take one to work and put it on his desk. She was worried if it was happy. My husband used to do something similar for our kids when they were little with their toys, years ago. He still has a few dragons and such to guard him, they've lived there for a good decade or more.

His friend sends pics to his daughter, to show her that her daddy's little dolly dementor wasn't lonely. They even staged them having lunch for her. His little girl was very happy.

I think they secretly love having toys to play with still.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I don’t have any but I’ve just bought one for my niece’s birthday- from a reseller so hoping against hope it’s a real one! Hopefully she’ll see the joke if not. I haven’t seen one in real life to know the difference.

Ooh would love to see a picture if you can manage one!

 

[Matata]

They are a good example of excellent marketing. Attach status by limiting production and people go nuts. I find them annoyingly ugly and can't wait for the trend to die. At least beanie babies were cute.

 

[Snowdrop13]

Ooh would love to see a picture if you can manage one!

Still boxed up right now but will get one once opened!

 

[lyra]

Oh yes. The. skull pandas. My youngest collects those. She's right on top of all the ordering of those. and the labubus. Is on discords for everything and has customized some as well. It's. a whole hobby. I feel like there is some overlap with. the kpop community that we're all part of.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Oh yes. The. skull pandas. My youngest collects those. She's right on top of all the ordering of those. and the labubus. Is on discords for everything and has customized some as well. It's. a whole hobby. I feel like there is some overlap with. the kpop community that we're all part of.

I didn’t have much to do with K-pop until K-pop Demon Hunters….. OMG….. I walk around with the soundtrack playing in a loop.

My sister on her way out with friends today…..,

I have to try and keep her wardrobe in mind when I shop for Labubu clothes now!

 

[marymm]

I bought a couple of Labubu at last month's Comic Con 2025 (San Diego) -- I haven't opened the boxes yet -- having fun anticipating and figure between now and Christmas I'll have opened them up

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I bought a couple of Labubu at last month's Comic Con 2025 (San Diego) -- I haven't opened the boxes yet -- having fun anticipating and figure between now and Christmas I'll have opened them up

Pictures please when you open them!!!! How exciting!!!! Squeeeeeeee

 

[LilAlex]

Labubu is authentic (right one) and Lafufu is the knock off (brown one).

The one on the right looks heated.

Hope I'm not offending anyone when I say these are positively ghastly. Like if you asked AI to design a horrifying little doll. Followed by: Now make it more horrifying. And then: More and bigger teeth; more horrifying. And then: Make the clothes even more incongruous.

 

[Bron357]

I saw a You Tube video where a guys niece was having a meltdown over something he accidentally did and to calm her down her asked what would make her happy again.
She said she wanted a Labubu.
He said “sure, no problem”.
The video goes on about how he went to various toy stores all over the place only to be told repeatedly none were available. He then found out he had to wait, finger at the ready, to compete on line when another selection dropped on the website. Apparently getting Taylor Swift tickets is easier he says. Then he says eBay was suggested, so he found countless fakes and genuine ones that were selling for hundreds of dollars.
He ended the video begging for help or advice because he was on the verge of a breakdown.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

The one on the right looks heated.

Hope I'm not offending anyone when I say these are positively ghastly. Like if you asked AI to design a horrifying little doll. Followed by: Now make it more horrifying. And then: More and bigger teeth; more horrifying. And then: Make the clothes even more incongruous.

My youngest had an original Fuggler, remember those? Ugly little thing. Had teeth. That's the one that got me. I always loved it.


It just occurred to me that if Toy Story had happened in my house it would've been terrifying. We have so many oddities as toys.

 

[autumngems]

It will be just like Beanie Babies, Squishmellows, etc. Nest year they will be worth $1 and you won't be able to get rid of them, lol My daughter has a closest full of squishmellows

 

[lala646]

Nope. I only found out about them recently, but they creep me out, as do those Fuggler dolls, @ItsMainelyYou !

 

[viggy_luvs_bling]

My millenial daughters have them. Quite the obsession among them. One even took 5 of hers to a tattoo artist to tattoo their faces. Yes, you read that correctly. They aren't/can't have having kids, so they have disposable income.

Our waitress had one that she puts false eyelashes on….i guess lashes and eyebrows can also be tattooed

 

[Rebel Rebel]

I'm a 'live and let live kinda person,' but don't understand how people put these on very, very expensive handbags.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

They are a good example of excellent marketing. Attach status by limiting production and people go nuts. I find them annoyingly ugly and can't wait for the trend to die. At least beanie babies were cute.

LOL some would say the same thing about jewelry collections! Tastes vary… I hated the low-quality-diamond-halo trend…

My sister on her way out with friends today…..,

I have to try and keep her wardrobe in mind when I shop for Labubu clothes now!

Hey how about jewelry FOR labubus?

I'm a 'live and let live kinda person,' but don't understand how people put these on very, very expensive handbags.

They are strangely adorable in person. It’s like carrying a comfort item. I didn’t know about the expensive bag trend. Makes my Labubu-enhanced cheap backpack even funnier.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Hey how about jewelry FOR labubus?

Hehe we are trying to work out which freshie pearl necklace we can sacrifice to make them necklaces

Waiting for two more lafufus in the post so going to see how many respectable ones we have that we need to make jewellery for.

I bought soooooo many labubu clothes

yesterday! AliExpress has a sale right now and I ran wild. Currently considering a Qing Dynasty Chinese drama outfit for them

 

[MissGotRocks]

You know who does? My husband.

He bought a fake one at a gas station. He has it strapped onto his lunch backpack and that's where it lives. He did this initially to take the piss out of (and secretly support) his younger work buddy, whose little daughter insisted he take one to work and put it on his desk. She was worried if it was happy. My husband used to do something similar for our kids when they were little with their toys, years ago. He still has a few dragons and such to guard him, they've lived there for a good decade or more.

His friend sends pics to his daughter, to show her that her daddy's little dolly dementor wasn't lonely. They even staged them having lunch for her. His little girl was very happy.

I think they secretly love having toys to play with still.

I love this! How heartwarming that these fellows do these things for their kids. What great memories that will make for them!