Labubu Doll Collector from Corby says that new sales are a battlefield

A collector of the popular Labubu doll has declared that the resale market had become a “battlefield” after the manufacturer in all in Britain in the British shops.

Ashley Bushey from Corby in Northamptonshire said that she had spent more than £ 1,000 for 13 dolls since December.

The 32-year-old says that you carry out online websites such as Tikok Shop, Vinted and Facebook groups by expanding your collection.

Pop Mart, who enchants the furry bags, pulled the Labubu Plüsch from his 16 British shops until June after reports from customers who fought for them.

It is considered the latest fashion accessory and are sold in blind boxes in which collectors do not know in which dolls they are in until they open them.

The popularity of the toys began in 2024 after K-Pop star Lisa from Girl Group Blackpink shared a photo on social media.

Other celebrities, including singers Rihanna and Dua Lipa, followed the example.

Ms. Bushey, a coffee shop supervisor, collects toys from the 1990s and 2000s and said that the dolls are “so ugly that they were cute”.

“I’m not even a big collector in the scheme of things. If you go in Facebook groups, I mean, some of them are crazy,” she said.

The regular monster dolls sell for around 17.50 GBP and are usually resold for up to 30 GBP.

Ms. Bushey said she paid 200 pounds for a rare male toy, and she saw other limited laboratory for around 600 pounds online.

However, she said that this did not take the fun of being a collector.

“I like the chase … part of the fun is to get it.”

Pop Mart said on Friday that it had “overwhelming enthusiasm” of fans with long queues to see themselves outside of shops and people camping overnight.

It is said: “It is important that we ensure a safe, fair and comfortable shopping experience for everyone – both our customers and our business teams.

“We are currently working on a new approach for sales, with which everyone enables a fairer purchase chance.”

Does Ms. Bushey believe that this will stop re -sellers?

“Hopefully it will do it better. Hopefully you will have a kind of system … I don’t know how realistic you will stop the resellers.

“It doesn’t seem that they have these problems in other countries … it only seems to be in Great Britain that people turn to violence.”