POP MART, famed for the Labubu craze, took over San Diego Comic-Con for exclusive blind boxes and first looks.

Pop Mart's blind boxes in The Monsters collection cost between $10 and $20. Ana Gonzales, a 38-year-old social media manager based in the Philippines, previously told BI that she has spent upward ...

The origins of blind box toys trace back to East Asia. Capsule toy vending machines called gashapon originated in Japan in the 1960s . By the 1980s, they had become a cultural fixture .

As soon as you walk into Uniko on Valencia Street between 22nd and 23rd streets, you are engulfed by a wide array of blind box-themed merchandise.. Hello Kitty, Labubus, Miffy, Smiski, and Sonny Angel ...