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The Truth Behind the Viral Toy<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"81a172de-71c2-4660-8472-4bb4fc9ea8e4\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-b793df07-26d0-4d2a-9dc3-5212f839ec0a\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\",\"none\"],\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\",\"iterations\":1}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-5af71be4-d59c-4dd9-a575-e8d6088d44fd\",\"keyframes\":[{\"offset\":0,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -420.50757%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.29,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.45,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -118.246728684%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.61,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.71,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -40.200523692%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.8,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.85,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -15.096221763%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.92,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.96,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -6.559918091999999%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":1,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"}],\"delay\":1000,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#515247\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-7a122c69-377a-44b1-af3c-a94e301ac6f8\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.40777%;top:-1.61812%;width:88.59223%;height:66.99029%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-b793df07-26d0-4d2a-9dc3-5212f839ec0a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:16.43835616438356% 10.95890410958904% 21.91780821917808% 0% \/ 14.492753623188406% 9.66183574879227% 19.32367149758454% 0%\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-b6bef82b-a16e-48a6-ab5d-dca4bd1edf97\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:189.0411%;height:100%;left:-44.52055%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/454307290254551705917102211748-8299-3064-1723249044.webp\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:14.32039%;top:74.75728%;width:71.35922%;height:26.21359%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-5af71be4-d59c-4dd9-a575-e8d6088d44fd\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0, -420.50757%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% \/ 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678%\" id=\"el-d61ceda5-11d8-43dc-b831-b55aac40880b\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6023809523809527% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #131516\">Labubu is a quirky, toothy character from the art toy world, created by the popular brand Pop Mart and artist Kasing Lung. It&#8217;s part of The Monsters series<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"2390e95c-9256-4e59-8d8d-7670ef64eba9\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-7d347788-6a33-45cc-bea9-aaf1f28f22e8\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\",\"none\"],\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\",\"iterations\":1}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-d17d03ca-f900-4e75-b23c-8d6d7e77d0f2\",\"keyframes\":[{\"offset\":0,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -420.50757%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.29,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.45,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -118.246728684%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.61,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.71,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -40.200523692%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.8,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.85,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -15.096221763%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.92,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.96,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -6.559918091999999%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":1,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"}],\"delay\":1000,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#515247\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-ad58b74e-8c88-4aa9-a276-420fbb60baba\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.40777%;top:-1.61812%;width:88.59223%;height:66.99029%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-7d347788-6a33-45cc-bea9-aaf1f28f22e8\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:16.43835616438356% 10.95890410958904% 21.91780821917808% 0% \/ 14.492753623188406% 9.66183574879227% 19.32367149758454% 0%\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-e376ada6-55c9-43d5-8607-0389dee07728\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:132.24637%;left:0%;top:-16.12319%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/labubu-industrial-02.webp\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:14.32039%;top:74.75728%;width:71.35922%;height:26.21359%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-d17d03ca-f900-4e75-b23c-8d6d7e77d0f2\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0, -420.50757%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% \/ 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678% 1.2345679012345678%\" id=\"el-1641e597-caae-4a03-85ff-75e8a922f188\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6023809523809527% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Why People Think It\u2019s a Demon<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700\">With its sharp teeth, creepy smile, and devilish eyes, many people online mistake Labubu for a demonic figure. But is it really one?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"bc3fb6c5-6ebc-41a2-a145-7a0e62a3f3bf\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-fdaa17ee-d644-4361-b5ad-b44fa6f9d8d5\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\",\"none\"],\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\",\"iterations\":1}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-9d4a21d8-06b6-4692-a022-55ca31ed6358\",\"keyframes\":[{\"offset\":0,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -453.21236%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.29,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.45,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -127.443315632%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.61,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.71,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -43.327101616%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.8,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.85,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -16.270323724%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.92,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.96,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -7.070112815999999%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":1,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"}],\"delay\":1000,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#515247\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-331d0c14-1602-4791-b195-4f725c9ff9d8\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.40777%;top:-1.61812%;width:88.59223%;height:66.99029%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-fdaa17ee-d644-4361-b5ad-b44fa6f9d8d5\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:16.43835616438356% 10.95890410958904% 21.91780821917808% 0% \/ 14.492753623188406% 9.66183574879227% 19.32367149758454% 0%\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-ed245757-a8af-4f8f-b7c7-657bbd61d65f\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:170.13699%;height:100%;left:-35.06849%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81689350a1ba6ac01089a839479b1e0f9901cbe7919874a1d4a19067f71e8208.jpg\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:14.32039%;top:74.75728%;width:71.35922%;height:23.78641%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-9d4a21d8-06b6-4692-a022-55ca31ed6358\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0, -453.21236%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% 0.6802721088435374% \/ 1.3605442176870748% 1.3605442176870748% 1.3605442176870748% 1.3605442176870748%\" id=\"el-1a10935f-c150-4c2a-8a9a-3fd5781bc9c5\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5476190476190473% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.323625em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">The Artist\u2019s Vision<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Labubu was never designed to be a demon. Creator Kasing Lung intended it to be a mischievous forest creature, full of emotion, mystery, and fantasy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"3dba67ac-961d-4150-a3d6-b1c0274b17b4\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-8bb74716-9a51-45c2-8e40-2050b6257126\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\",\"none\"],\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\",\"iterations\":1}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-6dc05709-97f7-47b1-a30a-500bb418b730\",\"keyframes\":[{\"offset\":0,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -376.18205%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.29,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 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art<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"8b3f9eab-d104-4783-aca5-748b57de54a5\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0457c070-b1d3-4139-89f3-09dda861bf54\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)\",\"none\"],\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2500,\"fill\":\"both\",\"iterations\":1}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-2f7f2da1-7f05-4e90-b12d-8d92de0010df\",\"keyframes\":[{\"offset\":0,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, -376.18205%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.29,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)\",\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)\"},{\"offset\":0.45,\"transform\":\"translate3d(0, 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