It’s a Laburglary! Thousands of dollars worth of Labubu dolls stolen from LA store

A Labubu display at a Pop Mart store in Berlin, Germany, on 25 July 2025. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

The craze for a toothy, fluffy, mischievous monster doll and all its viral spinoffs is escalating into a potential crime wave.

A group of burglars has broken into a Los Angeles store, taking thousands of dollars worth of Labubu dolls, which have surged in popularity this year among both children and adults, including celebrities.