More than £3.5m worth of fake toys have been seized at the border so far this year, officials have said, with nine in ten being duplicates of a viral doll. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) said ...

Labubu dolls made up 90% of the £3.5m worth of fake toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to Home Office data. Labubu is a quirky monster character created by Hong Kong-born artist ...

Fluffy, wide-eyed and with a toothy grin, Labubu dolls might look like nothing more than another plushy toy. But try telling that to the millions across the world who can't wait to get their hands on ...

A south-west London council is warning of the dangers to children after seizing more than 200 fake dolls in just two months. Sutton Council's Trading Standards team said there has been a rise in ...

New versions of the viral fluffy, toothy grinned Labubu dolls, including a mini doll and toy which is over a foot tall, are being released in the UK on Friday at 12.00. The mini-sized Labubu pendant, ...

Walsall Council's Trading Standards officers, supported by West Midlands Police, issued warnings to retailers about the sale of counterfeit and unsafe products. Despite being advised to remove the ...

THE viral brand behind Labubu dolls will soon be on sale at one of Britain’s biggest toy chains at stores across the country. From today, shoppers will be able to find toys from the highly ...

The craze for the plush Chinese toy Labubu has boosted the careers of so-called toy doctors in China. A Shanghai “toy doctor” nicknamed Heartman said he had fixed 100 Labubu toys in the past month and ...

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The “Ita bag” hashtag went viral on Weibo – China’s answer to X – in summer 2024 when Quan Hongchan, who won two golds in diving at the 2024 Paris Olympics, showed off gifts given to her by fans, from ...

Labubu dolls, created by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung, have become a popular collectible trend. The dolls' popularity is driven by their unique designs, scarcity, and "blind box" packaging which adds ...

Tiny, toothy and mischievous, a peculiar-looking doll is taking the world by storm and causing chaos among shoppers across the UK. Labubu is a "wildly popular keyring doll" that resembles a "crossover ...