{"id":34454,"date":"2025-08-05T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/more-than-500-fake-labubu-dolls-seized-at-royal-welsh-show-in-powys\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:55:05","slug":"more-than-500-fake-labubu-dolls-seized-at-royal-welsh-show-in-powys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/more-than-500-fake-labubu-dolls-seized-at-royal-welsh-show-in-powys\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 500 fake Labubu dolls seized at Royal Welsh Show in Powys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">More than 500 counterfeit Labubu-style dolls were seized from trade stands at the Royal Welsh Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Powys council said the fake toys posed &#8220;serious&#8221; safety risks for children, including choking hazards and some contain banned chemicals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The elf-like collectible dolls, from Chinese toy maker Pop Mart, have become hugely popular with children and teenagers in recent years after launching in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The council urged parents and collectors to be &#8220;vigilant&#8221; and issued advice on how to spot fakes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The toys have gone viral on social media, with stars like <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy4ydxlm9n9o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\">Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Kim Kardashian, and K-pop group Blackpink&#8217;s Lisa among their fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The craze has also fuelled a rise in dangerous counterfeits, posing serious risks to buyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">At the show in Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells in Powys, the fake toys were seized by the council&#8217;s Trading Standards Service, which carried out spot checks to ensure that products being sold, especially toys, met legal safety standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The council said genuine Labubu dolls come in a matte-finish box with a smooth texture, include a QR code linking to Pop Mart&#8217;s website and have nine teeth and pale peach-toned faces. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It also said they featured soft fur and seamless stitching, a Pop Mark logo on the right foot and a UV-visible stamp on the left. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx2xv581701o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 counterfeit Labubu-style dolls were seized from trade stands at the Royal Welsh Show. Powys council said the fake toys posed &#8220;serious&#8221; safety risks for children, including choking hazards and some contain banned chemicals. The elf-like collectible dolls, from Chinese toy maker Pop Mart, have become hugely popular with children and teenagers in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[9651,3234,10185,11270,1639,1881,1116,2084],"class_list":["post-34454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wales","tag-dolls","tag-fake","tag-labubu","tag-powys","tag-royal","tag-seized","tag-show","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34456,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34454\/revisions\/34456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}