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1/ Did a thing this past week and secured the holy grail of @coolcats. Cool Cat #8344, aka Ape Cat aka Cat Kong, is the only Cat with a full gorilla suit and my favorite generative Cat in the entire Cool Cats collection. Welcome to the vault, fren.

どんな #ポケモン会えるかな ？ #ポケモン30周年 #PR @poke_times

we’re giving away a 1/1 Doodles × @BinanceUS Spaceman vinyl to celebrate the last 24 hours of our Boost event 🧑‍🚀 to enter: - like + rt this post - follow @doodles and @BinanceUS good luck, doods.

[Release Day🎉] Gundam Card Game is out now! All four Starter Decks — both the regular version and the Gundam Assemble Sterter Set — are now available in stores. ▽Product gundam-gcg.com/en/products/ ▽Launch Event gundam-gcg.com/en/events/star… #GundamCardGame #GCG

Chimpers Series 1 Blind Boxes are officially SOLD OUT. From the very beginning the dream was simple, a Chimpers in every home, in every hand. Today, you helped bring that vision to life. New adventures for Chimpers now loading … 🐒❤️⏳

The “next Labubu” is not a single IP or product. It is an industry. The lifestyle character brand business, which has flourished in Japan through Sanrio, Snoopy, and their competitors, is now taking root across the United States and Europe in ways few could have imagined before the rise of Popmart and the rapid expansion of Miniso and Uniqlo. The next Labubu is not just one character. It is a pop culture shift. From specialty and mid-tier retailers to big box chains, stores are being reimagined. New formats. New programs. Entirely new sections dedicated to lifestyle character brands… to be led by heritage brands like Miffy, Monchhichi, Domokun, and emerging brands like Uamou, Pyoss and Kiriko Arai. Labubu is not simply a viral moment on TikTok or the result of a K-pop co-sign… It is one of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of emerging and heritage brands quietly generating millions to billions in annual revenue. The epicenter is Tokyo, but the real driver is the influence of specific retailers and trade shows across Japan that are actively shaping global consumer behavior. Stand at specific retail for long enough and you’ll realize the tourism from America and Europe is not like before… this is a new generation armed with knowledge passed on through YouTube, and they are there with purpose, and the influence they experience and discoveries they take home are currently shaping tomorrow for everyone in our industry. What Labubu represents is the arrival of a new medium, like television or the iPhone. Popmart was one of the early “apps”. One of the first programs on a brand new channel. What comes next is the platform shift. From this point forward, there will be a clear divide between what came before and what comes after. The 13+ consumer, referenced in Hasbro’s Play to Win strategy, is the same consumer fueling explosive growth across Asia’s lifestyle character brands. And now, this shift is unfolding across the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world. You do not want to be the next BlackBerry two weeks before the iPhone launch. The winners will not be “the next” anything… but just early enough to recognize how this wave will impact all corners of the IP character business, from toys to socks, with a new perspective on media, sms metrics, and the clear importance of creating discovery through physical retail. Because physical retail where you can stand there and touch and feel both with your hands and in the heart, are going to be what’s really next. There hasn’t been a window of opportunity like this for both legacy IP and those starting from zero in decades… and what’s coming is quite literally the future of our business. Now pardon me… I’m headed back to my sofubi factory in Katsushika to make what’s not next.

Another big step in our journey to bring Chimpers to the world! We’re thrilled to partner with @223W0RLD, a spinout venture of JCorp, trusted by 150+ IPs across Web2 and Web3, to bring Chimpers to life! Get ready for our first ever Plush Keychain Blind Box! Coming soon.

@pixelgengar @TAGgrading

there will be signs

@JARVIS_nfts @play_ember Congrats Jarvis!!!

New badge, new PFP, new role! I’ve officially joined @play_ember as Head of Product! A quick thread on why I’m here and what’s next 🧵 1/4

The 3 frogs from the Frog Fellowship in the Chimpers collection have been collected and reunited by @ONEOFF420 🐵🗝️ This has summoned the 1/1 Trippy Trifecta Toad ‼️✨👀

Made Man figure from the NOUPA Series One set (~2004). Physical 🤝 Digital Collectibles

Made Man by @davidzhorvath #NewProfilePic

Chimpers Frog Fellowship Council? Completed it ✅🙈🐸

@SU13VERT @elonmusk This is why he bought Twitter.

this new algorithm sucks @elonmusk

Rent the jumbo signs in Times Square, Shibuya crossing and Gangnam station to put up an ad about how terrible your new brand is. Nobody will notice and you’ll be fine. A Macy’s balloon is large, but only “huge” when the world is already in love with you. Don’t skip that part.

Unconditional love or GTFO

The current state of Cool Cats summed up in a tweet.

@RisBriaNFT @Tasty_Snackz This sounds amazing. I think I'm definitely going to have to try this.

@Tasty_Snackz @dirtybuns My go-to is peeps… you get a creme brûlée outer coating… shoving a cup in the middle is something I need to try!

Hey @Tasty_Snackz, I have an idea for a new Spaces.