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How we went goo goo for Labubu dolls: 'There's something primal about collecting them'

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In this week’s edition of Why We Can’t Have Nice Things, Pop Mart has put Labubus on lockdown. Collectors love them for their toothy grins and fuzzy colours. Their rarity and desirability made the shop’s re-stocks a hot ticket event.

But last week, violence broke out at the Stratford Westfield branch of Pop Mart over a Labubu restock.

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