When assistant marketing professor Ying Zeng clipped a small plush doll—a cute, fox-like character from the Shanghai Disney Resort—to her handbag earlier this year, she didn’t expect it to spark so ...

Last year a giant Labubu Christmas tree was unveiled in Chengdu, China. (Photo by Yang Haiyong/VCG via Getty Images) If Labubu has been the story of 2025 then the elf-like figure might also be the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labubu blind boxes continue to captivate collectors worldwide in 2026, blending whimsy with high-stakes hunting for rare figures.