Mattel drops bizarre ‘Coffee with Ken’ podcast trademark challenge — on condition it doesn’t discuss toys2025-10-23
In exchange for dropping its opposition to a trademark filing for a political podcast, Mattel insisted that the show not discuss “toys, dolls” or “fictional characters based on toys or dolls.”…
How Italian brain rot is becoming Gen Alpha’s latest toy obsession2025-10-23
Bombardino crocodilo, ballerina cappucina and trallalero trallala have become the latest brain-rot characters flying off toy shelves, replacing the once-popular Labubu dolls. While toymakers are cashing in on the trend, parents are amused as well as exasperat…
How Labubu and friends can be more than a flash in the pan2025-10-25
I bought into the Labubu craze a few months ago. No, I’m not personally into the little monster doll with buck teeth; neither are my wife and our two kids, though we are all, at least notionally, adults.
I say that because Labubu seems to appeal more to infan…
