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Show HN: I Hid Labubus in World Labs' AI Worlds

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15 points akadeb | 26 comments | 09 Oct 25 14:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.592s | source | bottom

I made a chrome extension game where your goal is to find a daily labubu hidden in world labs' marble worlds. Github: https://github.com/akdeb/world-labubus
1. ge96 ◴[09 Oct 25 16:08 UTC] No.45529661[source]▶
The Labubu phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere
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2. syntaxing ◴[09 Oct 25 16:11 UTC] No.45529707[source]▶
Guessing you’re younger. Beanie babies and trolls were the same thing for millennials.
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3. teddy-smith ◴[09 Oct 25 16:15 UTC] No.45529754[source]▶
Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
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4. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 16:18 UTC] No.45529793[source]▶
Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.
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5. qingcharles ◴[09 Oct 25 16:47 UTC] No.45530153[source]▶
I had to go find the Marble thing. Looks interesting itself:

https://marble.worldlabs.ai/

6. qoez ◴[09 Oct 25 16:51 UTC] No.45530190[source]▶
This is one thing you can spend your limited time on earth building
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7. Insanity ◴[09 Oct 25 16:53 UTC] No.45530220{3}[source]▶
I'm a millenial (early 90s) and only barely remember trolls and have no idea what beanie babies are. Homogeneous generations ("millenials, genZ,..") are kind of meaningless, there's too much variation within generations especially as you cross regions. :)
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8. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:02 UTC] No.45530313{4}[source]▶
Beanie Babies peaked in maybe 1998 and were at one point 10% of sales on eBay. If you were an American above the age of 5 in 1998 I'm not sure it's possible to be unaware of them.
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9. hooverd ◴[09 Oct 25 17:04 UTC] No.45530327{3}[source]▶
that's like what, a dozen people?
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10. hooverd ◴[09 Oct 25 17:05 UTC] No.45530343[source]▶
I see them about. Clearly somebody wants them or else nobody would buy them. I think they're adorable little figures. I don't get the hype around them though.
11. n8cpdx ◴[09 Oct 25 17:09 UTC] No.45530390[source]▶
My local family donut shop now sells them and reports that they are doing well. I have seen them attached to at least one backpack out and about.
12. syntaxing ◴[09 Oct 25 17:14 UTC] No.45530456{5}[source]▶
Agreed…not owning one is understandable. Not hearing about it at all in the US if you’re a millennial is perplexing (I’m an early 90s kid too).
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13. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:16 UTC] No.45530480[source]▶
Commenting with this self-superior attitude is what you're spending your limited time on earth doing, have a little joy in your life or at least leave people who are alone.
14. fusslo ◴[09 Oct 25 17:17 UTC] No.45530496{5}[source]▶
yeah, and were at tag sales until like 2006

other examples are like Tamagotchi and Furby

They had to ban Tamagotchi from my elementary school. I remember Furby's but never had one. It would be interesting seeing how those phenomenons spread over time

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15. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:17 UTC] No.45530503{4}[source]▶
Projecting a $1B in sales this year
16. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45530565{6}[source]▶
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
17. nextworddev ◴[09 Oct 25 17:22 UTC] No.45530573[source]▶
Basically a manufactured China-backed scheme leveraging TikTok
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18. asimovfan ◴[09 Oct 25 18:03 UTC] No.45531028[source]▶
have you ever heard of Hello Kitty? Sanrio has 13B market cap.
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19. avree ◴[09 Oct 25 18:11 UTC] No.45531114{3}[source]▶
Not following the connection between Popmart (Labubu) and Sanrio (Hello Kitty), other than the fact that they've done some licensing deals together.
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20. contagiousflow ◴[09 Oct 25 18:40 UTC] No.45531458{3}[source]▶
[citation needed]

Why is a national conspiracy to sell toys more plausible than a harmless fad?

21. stronglikedan ◴[09 Oct 25 18:47 UTC] No.45531540{4}[source]▶
> The ~~Labubu~~ Hello Kitty phenomenon is interesting not even sure where they came from but now they're just everywhere

The point is, it's the same sentence for a different time.

22. stronglikedan ◴[09 Oct 25 18:49 UTC] No.45531559[source]▶
Like spending money, if it makes you happy, it's not a waste.
23. Insanity ◴[09 Oct 25 19:07 UTC] No.45531769{6}[source]▶
Yup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US
24. hackable_sand ◴[09 Oct 25 19:19 UTC] No.45531910{3}[source]▶
"scheme" lol
25. lawlessone ◴[09 Oct 25 21:42 UTC] No.45533408{3}[source]▶
>Roughy the same crowd that is excited for new pop music releases.

So a large amount of children and young adults?