Fake Labubu dolls pose threat to kids, safety watchdog says

Demand for Labubu container charms skyrockets

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Labubu dolls are truthful fashionable that they've inspired knockoffs — dubbed Lafufus, for fake Labubus — that tin endanger kids, according to national regulators

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) connected Monday issued an "urgent information warning" that said the phony Labubus "pose a superior hazard of choking and decease to young children." The fakes, which are sold some arsenic dolls and arsenic tiny keychains, tin acceptable successful a tiny child's rima and artifact their airway, the bureau said.

Additionally, immoderate of the knockoffs are truthful poorly made that they tin interruption into tiny pieces that children could insert successful their mouths. The CPSC warned consumers not to bargain the fakes and to instantly halt utilizing immoderate of faux dolls they whitethorn own. 

"These fake Labubu dolls are dangerous, amerciable and person nary spot successful American homes," CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman said successful a statement. "No genitor should person to wonderment if a artifact volition halt their kid from breathing. Protect your children and bargain lone from reputable sellers."

Labubus, which are inspired by characters from Hong Kong creator Kasing Lung's publication "The Monsters Trilogy," retail for nether $30 done Chinese seller Pop Mart. Some uncommon variants tin fetch thousands done online marketplaces. 

How to spot a fake "Lafufu"

Deeply discounted Labubu dolls tin bespeak that the products are inauthentic, according to the CPSC. Look for a holographic Pop Mart sticker and scannable QR codification to place existent Labubu. Newer authentic Labubus besides carnivore what the CPSC describes arsenic a discrete UV stamp connected 1 foot. 

A doll's teeth tin besides betray a fake — authentic Labubus person nine, portion imitations sometimes person a antithetic number. And fakes tin beryllium brighter than the existent dolls, according to the CPSC.