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

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15 points akadeb | 7 comments | 09 Oct 25 14:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.549s | 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
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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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1. 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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2. Insanity ◴[09 Oct 25 16:53 UTC] No.45530220[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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3. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:02 UTC] No.45530313[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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4. syntaxing ◴[09 Oct 25 17:14 UTC] No.45530456{3}[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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5. fusslo ◴[09 Oct 25 17:17 UTC] No.45530496{3}[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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6. colechristensen ◴[09 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45530565{4}[source]▶
I did a big road trip this year and beanie babies were back in a bunch of truck stops and such
7. Insanity ◴[09 Oct 25 19:07 UTC] No.45531769{4}[source]▶
Yup that is my point - OP just mentioned millennial which includes non-US