Child wants a “6 pack of Labubu” for Xmas and I haven’t got a clue

So I take it that Labubus are still “in” for younger children at Christmas this year? I cannot understand the appeal, but they have still appeared in our list this year but was concerned the trend would be over by Christmas Day 😂

Sheesht, poor kid.

I used to think they were ugly and creepy but i am a millenial and remembered we used to have 'Trolls'

Home bargains do pjs and a fleece blanket, I got these and one labubu for my daughter cuz I cannot justify the price. Also, there’s loads on Vinted. I managed to get a labubu style lego set

Then don’t! It’s okay to tell your kids that you couldn’t get the overpriced stuff on the Xmas list.

It’s about teaching them to manage expectations.

Get some accessories or something (someone mentioned socks, the pencil case, a t shirt) but when it’s something that’s big ticket prices for what is essentially a trend that in a few months will be gathering dust in a toy box…. Just don’t prescribe to it.

kids need to learn and learn young that we aren’t bottomless money pits, that everything has a price and that somethings are just unreasonable or unrealistic. And not just at Christmas but all year round.

Re Xmas we actively curate our DCs wish lists. If there is something crazy on there…. Whether it’s expensive, ugly, unattainable, would not let my kid be seen dead in, etc etc we just look it at it, laugh, make a joke and say oooh not sure about that you can out it on but can’t see it happening.

When younger we also went with the line that “we send Santa money so Santa can only bring what we can afford” which helped keep the magic of Santa but with realistic attitudes

now teens they still write lists so we know what they want, and they still stick some stuff on that’s crazy (£24 lip gloss ?! Fuck off) but it works brilliantly because they know that a reasonable list means they actually get most of what they want…. Which is great

Honestly the kids have never ever been left upset because they didn’t get something.

There's a Pop Mart shop on Amazon.

A set of 6 is expensive, so I'd get her a blind box as a surprise - she doesn't need them all and you maybe need to manage her expectations too - or if you can afford all six, give her a couple for Christmas, a couple for her birthday and the others when she's been good a deserves them during 2026. Ask her which ones she wants to because there are the stand up and sit down ones.

The pencil case sounds nice.

Don't buy a fake everyone will know and she will be bereft if her friends point it out to her.

I agree. I’m in my fifties and when I was a kid it was Mr Frosty.

I didn’t get one.

But also why are they so little and so ugly lol

Actually the eBay one is not a bad shout! You could use glue to close the boxes!

That is way over the top. You just need to make it clear to children that they won’t get everything on their list, just some things from it.

I would get 1, and then a letter from Santa saying he could only give one so there were more for other children and then a resilience chat with her if she is disappointed

Yeah i know but u can buy full series

Whatever happened to Cabbage Patch Dolls?
(And Fuzzy Felt but I am showing my age now!)

Aldi have some fakes or copies in. They're just as "safe" as the real ones but only 3.99.

There's definitely a good mix of them in our playgrounds so the kids seem perfectly accepting of the copies.

yet the op said that she wanted fakes 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

That Labuland site does say at the bottom ofthe page (not hard to find either)

"Our collection features independent editions that capture the spirit of popular designer toys. These products are not part of the official Pop Mart line and should be considered separate creations."

They did arrive. We got the whole set as we were going to put them in the kids stockings. Just opened one and it is indeed fake. Gutted but least we know. So that's fake labubu landfill coming right up...

I don't think they did pitch to kids, did they? It was a teen/ 20 something influencer type trend that's now trickled down to kids as the crave has passed that market.

These will almost certainly be fakes, if you get anything at all.

I'd assume anything sold on Vinted, eBay etc is not the real thing.

Lidl have these just now…

A good principle to establish early on is that you get some things from your list but not everything on your list, So, one Labubu but not 6 would be fine.

I would rather buy one real one and then some unofficial themed merch like pj’s, notebooks etc.

I bought them from a wholesaler and at the time didn't know anything about them. That's my problem but I never put them on sale as I found out days later and wouldn't put any child at risk.

I made a mistake as I don't usually stock child related items but I corrected that mistake straight away by not selling them.

As for the pp who said it was 'controlling' not to buy what the child asked for.
FFS we love our kids BUT they do not get to guilt trip their parents /carers in that way.
Give it a few weeks after christmas and this will be in the bin because a new trend has some along and the thing you spent ££s on is 'boring and sooo lame'.
It's kids being kids and fomo.

We did... but asides from the card packs which were blind (but relatively cheap), you could see what you were getting, the gambling element wasn't there.

Er @Geranium879 did she want the keyring/bag pendant size or the larger size, as the wrong one will be devastating of course. Not sure everyones realised that the £279 six pack is a larger sized doll vs the £108 six pack which is keyring/bag pendant sized.