Fans of MLB collectibles now have a new object of desire. The Ghostwrite toy brand has partnered with MLB to launch its first ...

Labubu dolls are one of the latest must-have items being driven by social media posts of people unboxing them. The little elf-like toy monsters were created by Japanese artist Kasing Lung and they ...

If you’ve seen videos of people tearing into tiny toy packages online, or noticed teens obsessing over pastel-coloured figurines at the mall, you’ve probably encountered the global craze for blind box ...

Labubus were created by Hong Kong-born Kasing Lung for his “The Monsters” story series, according to NPR. Lung moved to the ...

Lung started a line of toys based on his monsters and sold Labubu’s IP to Chinese toy company Pop Mart in 2019. Labubus then began to take off globally after the musician Lisa, from the K-pop ...

When you buy a toy in a blind box, you have no idea what you’re going to get until you open it. Blind box toys have been around in some form for decades.

The origins of blind box toys trace back to East Asia. Capsule toy vending machines called gashapon originated in Japan in the 1960s. By the 1980s, they had become a cultural fixture.