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The super hot Labubu doll that adults are clamouring to buy

Last week a brawl broke out in between a group of shoppers trying to get their hands on Labubu "monster" toys in the UK.

In a video posted on social media, several men throw punches at each other, while security guards desperately try to separate them.

Hong Kong-born Lung created Labubu in 2015

The men were trying to buy the highly coveted toys from Pop Mart, a Chinese toy store for adults. But after the melee, Pop Mart announced it would be pulling all of its Labubu plushies from its 16 UK stores until June to "prevent any potential safety issues."

What the heck is Labubu and why all the fuss?

Labubu is a mischievous monster with rabbit-like ears and a big grin showing his teeth. 

The creature the brainchild of Hong Kong-born artist Lung Ka-shing, 52, who created a whole family of the monsters in 2015. 

When he was young, his family moved to the Netherlands, where he became fascinated with Nordic folklore, which inspired Labubu and The Monsters, Zimomo, Tycoco, and Spooky.

"At that time, there were no game consoles or computers, so I had to draw dolls with a pen, so I had the idea of painting fairytales since I was a child," he said in an interview.

Blackpink's Lisa is a big Labubu fan

As an adult, Lung became an award-winning children's book illustrator in Belgium, where he created Labubu and The Monsters. They took off in 2019 when they were sold as plushies by Pop Mart.

But when Lisa, a member of the popular K-pop girl group Blackpink was seen with various versions of the toy last year, her fans could not get enough of Labubu.

And then the brawl in the UK broke out.

While my friend and I thought the fracas over this toy monster with bunny ears was crazy, our other friend wished he'd bought stocks in Pop Mart..