00:00it takes little effort to spot those colorful bug-eyed furry creatures because they are
00:12everywhere from tote bags to a friend's bookshelf even if you do not know their
00:18names you have definitely seen figurines like labubu skull panda and crybaby part
00:24of pop mart the chinese toy company's ever-growing universe of collectibles pop mart also has
00:30produced blind boxes where a random figurine is hidden inside keeping fans lining up for new drops
00:36and racking up viral unboxing videos i think it started around like last year around june yeah
00:45so because everyone's doing it so my mom started like collecting a few then like
00:54she influenced me to collect more and more and then yeah it's sort of like as you can see there's
01:01like a lot i don't have like a fixed schedule to buy it so like maybe when i see something i like
01:07like or a figurine i like or like even a collection i like so i'll just like you know okay i think
01:14it's nice i think it's cute so i'll just purchase it i would say collecting is a hobby from of mine
01:19from very start of my childhood i've been collecting a lot of stuff like books uh clothes
01:25shoes also so just collecting all these figurines and look at all the collection that i have right
01:31now it's just so brings me joy and so pretty like that collecting blind box not so much but collecting
01:38like action figures yeah my dad does that i think i do get this like collecting hobby from him
01:45like seeing all his collection in our house it's like wow i want that as well for blind box fanatics
01:52the fun lies in the emotional thrill as pop mart has somehow packed anticipation hope joy and
01:58disappointment into a single cardboard box i personally think that it's actually the pop mart popularity is
02:10a mix of nostalgia and timeless love of collecting if you remember when we when we were younger we have
02:19this jojo blind box jojo blind box so that nostalgic surprise toy it brings back the you know the nostalgic
02:27surprise toy feeling so the every unboxing makes a little moment of excitement and delight and we
02:33become we are becoming adults already so the inner child is still there the inside and so when we
02:39discover for my it's not something new already it's just something that we we felt nostalgic and we
02:45just feel that we have to get our hands on them so unpacking a blind box is like full of mysteries
02:50and full of surprises is it like happiness or disappointment there's only one way to know so when the joy i
02:57get from opening the figurines i want at the one i manifested just brings me a lot of joy
03:03sometimes i do rethink my decisions however when i think about it when my life gets too boring and
03:09monotonous opening a blind box would bring me a lot of joy like that i kind of get excited before i
03:17unpack the blind box so and i really really hope that i get like something i want sometimes i get like the
03:23ones i don't want but like it i'm not really sad because like it's still something but like when i
03:30do get the ones i want it feels really like happy and then it's like very unexpected so it's like
03:36um kind of like a gamble but you know it's like it's not a bad thing it brings me joy you know like
03:43it relieves my stress and everything because like i spend money on this and i can use it social media has
03:50fueled the craze with collectors sharing unboxing videos showing off their collections and inspiring
03:56others including their family members to join in beyond sitting pretty on shelves these figurines
04:04have become part of collectors daily lives even doubling as fashion accessories for many they are
04:10more than outfit completers they are tiny companions they bring along wherever they go
04:15love it or hate it the pop mart blind box craze shows no signs of slowing down despite the common
04:22misconception that collecting these figurines is childish or a waste of money for me i just i just do
04:30whatever that makes me happy i think they can try to buy one blind box and see if they if the blind
04:37box is making them happy also or not because genuinely the blind box the figurine the plushies are all
04:44making me happy and my family happy and that's all that matters so a common misconception in
04:49collecting buying boxes is people tend to think that collecting all these are just toys and it's
04:54waste of money but it's literally the same thing as they are collecting their own shoes clothes cosmetics
05:01and all those in-game purchases so i would say don't yuck on others yuck whether for the thrill the
05:06nostalgia or the joy of sharing pop mart blind boxes have become more than just toys each tiny figurine
05:13holds a story a surprise and a spark of joy that keeps collectors coming back for more
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