Overview

• Authorities in Erbil have confiscated over 4,000 Labubu dolls and banned their sale due to behavioral safety concerns for children after refuting earlier claims of demonic possession.
• Pop Mart has added QR-code packaging and UV-seal verification to its blind-box releases to authenticate genuine Labubu dolls and combat counterfeit ‘Lafufu’ knock-offs.
• Endorsements by celebrities including BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Rihanna, Dua Lipa and Emma Roberts continue to drive global demand and push resale prices of rare figures to as high as $150,000.
• Pop Mart’s blind-box scarcity model underpins booming secondary-market activity and supports new revenue streams like rental services, digital tokens and partnerships in jewelry and beauty collections.
• Psychologists and toy experts have dismissed internet conspiracy theories, explaining that children’s strong attachments to Labubu reflect normal transitional-object behavior rather than supernatural influence.