Squishy Bun Mystery Dumpling
A palm-sized bao bun squishy sealed inside a miniature bamboo-style steamer basket, with the colourway hidden until you open it. Solid, glitter, galaxy, UV-reactive and holographic variants are scattered through the run, and the rare ones resell for many times the five dollars this costs. Over 500 million TikTok views and routinely sold out within an hour of restock.
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Five dollars buys two separate moments here, which is a better return than anything else at this price. First the gift, then the reveal of which colourway was sealed inside the little bamboo steamer. Solid, glitter, galaxy, UV-reactive and holographic variants are scattered through the run, and the scarce ones resell for many times retail — which is why stores tend to be cleared out within an hour of a restock. Beyond the blind-box mechanic it's a decent squishy in its own right, small enough to live next to a keyboard indefinitely. The cheapest thing we stock and one of the most likely to be immediately shown to someone else.
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