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Brian Green
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Chris Hoadley
I am attractive.
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Brian Green
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Chris Hoadley
You get the point.
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Brian Green
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Chris Hoadley
Commercial break Foreign.
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Brian Green
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Brian Green
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Ed
I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him.
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Chris Hoadley
Well, with your bad knee, Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody. It's true.
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Ed
What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas.
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Chris Hoadley
Uh huh.
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Ed
Last thing I need at this point in My career is 1500 Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this student body.
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Chris Hoadley
Well, makes you look like an ass is what he does, Ed.
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Ed
Thank you, Grace. I think you're wrong.
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Chris Hoadley
Oh well, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
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Ed
That is why I have got to catch him this time. To show these kids that the example he sets is a first class ticket to nowhere.
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Chris Hoadley
Oh Ed, you sounded like Dirty Harry just then. Really? Uh huh. They think he's a righteous dude. On this episode of the commercial break. And here I'm trying to like talk to the lady. I'm like listen, little mistake. And she's like, that's not how it works. You told me this. And to be fair to her, it's true. If I would not have been a dum dum and in such a hurry to get her cash into my Zelle, then I would have gone to the store first. And here was the problem. Half the money was already spent, so it wasn't like I could send it back to her. I had to now send it to her. So my $250 profit turned into a $112 loss. Pearl Jam collectible.
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Grace
Sounds right.
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Chris Hoadley
That's about it. Welcome to Brian's world. The next episode of the commercial break starts now. Yeah boy.
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Brian Green
Oh yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
Cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green.
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Brian Green
This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris.
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Grace
Best to you, Brian.
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Chris Hoadley
Best to you out there on the podcast universe. Thanks for joining us. A lot of interesting feedback about Sean. Yes, South Georgia Sean, or shut up Sean, as I like to call him, who was, who was here with us earlier this week. We did not have a TCB infomercial Tuesday. Those sharp eared listeners will have realized that there was no one there. And that's just because of the way that the schedule goes, taking vacation time and stuff like that. No, no emergency. Well, don't worry. We'll have some boring celebrity guest interviews coming back up soon. Brian will talk all over. The guests coming up real soon and.
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Grace
Six or seven of them, I'll get one little.
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Chris Hoadley
You'll get one line in.
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Brian Green
Hey, I'll talk over the guest.
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Chris Hoadley
I'll tell them their own jokes. It'll be a whole fun time for everybody. Don't worry, you'll more embarrassing content on behalf of Brian. Later, Rory Scoville, who was just the sweetest man alive. He like, he said to me after the interview, he goes, I really like your interviewing style. You're very engaged in the conversation. Which is his polite way of saying, you talked all over me. He's in a new project with Will Ferrell. They're going to star in a new comedy series on hbo. I think on Ma. I think it is. So they just made that announcement and I commented on the post that Rory made. I said, it's really nice to know that the big wigs in Hollywood are letting the small guys like William Pharrell get a chance to act along. The greats like Rory Scoville, Will Ferrell, of course, very, very famous. I love Will Ferrell. I'm sorry.
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Grace
Oh, my God.
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Chris Hoadley
Adam Sandler, not my favorite. Yeah, Will Ferrell, one of my favorites.
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Grace
Oh, me too.
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Chris Hoadley
I find that there's two distinct people in this world. The kind that love Adam Sandler and maybe aren't the biggest fans of Will. And then people who love Will and aren't the biggest fans of Adam. The world is divided in that way, at least in my experience. Because when I start that conversation, it becomes a real hot button. Like, people are like, oh, no, Adam.
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Brian Green
Sandler's so much better than Will Ferrer. Will's just dumb.
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Chris Hoadley
You know, I'm like, will's just dumb. Have you seen Water Boy? Yeah. I mean, no offense against Adam because in Adam's late career, he has made some excellent dramedy movies.
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Grace
He really has.
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Chris Hoadley
Comedy drama. Was it Gemstones? Was it Gemstones? Diamonds.
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Grace
Yeah, it was about the diamond jeweler.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, the diamond industry. That was a fucking fantastic movie.
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Grace
It really was. And surprising.
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Chris Hoadley
Surprising that Adam pulled that out and then he had that other one, the weird one that he did about the. I don't know, something or other. He's done some. Oh, and the one about when he's dying with Seth Rogen, that movie where he's like a comedian, he's dying, and he lets Seth Rogen in on his world. And that's also a great and touching movie. So Adam's got the chops. No doubt about it.
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Grace
No, I respect Adam.
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Chris Hoadley
I just never was a fan of, like, the goofy, silly, yeah, waterboy type shit. Like, Happy Gilmore was never my thing. However, old school. Like, old school. Will Ferrell. Fucking forget about it. That. That was. I was all over that. I really wanted. I really wanted more of that kind of comedy. So we'll see what comes of this Will Ferrell, Rory Scoville collaboration.
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Grace
I'm excited to see.
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Chris Hoadley
I'm excited to see, too, because I do think Rory is also a very talented comedic actor. Yeah, most people will know him from that workout show that he was in, which was great. Was that workout show that he was in Stretched.
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Grace
Oh, the one that was on Apple Plus. Yeah, Physical.
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Chris Hoadley
Physical, yeah, yeah, he was in Physical. Yeah. Which was another dramedy role drama with a little bit of comedy. But he really shined in that. Those who can't, which is a television show that you can't find. Unbelievably, you can't find those who can't because it's stuck in this kind of rights management world where no one seems to want to buy it or put it on their platform, which is a fucking shame because it's one of the great comedies.
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Grace
You were saying that.
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Chris Hoadley
The 2000 and tens. No doubt about it. No doubt about it. So let's talk a little bit more about Hollyweird, as the Republicans like to call it.
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Brian Green
Hollywe.
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Chris Hoadley
And I agree. Hollywood's a weird place.
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Rachel
It is.
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Chris Hoadley
And it's very transactional. It's very transparent, superficial. Yeah, you're. You're the it for the moment. Then you fall, and then maybe you get back up and people love a comeback story, but maybe they don't. They want to knock you down again. I mean, it's a very weird world to live in. I think it's improved. I think in general, like, the. The nature of Hollywood has improved from the 80s and 90s into the 2000s. It's a little less transactional, but I don't know that Because I'm not in Hollywood. Having a podcast north of Atlanta with five listeners does not make me any part of Hollywood. Because I talked to someone on a, on a television. Someone made a comment, you know, oh, they think they're big in their britches because they talk to celebrities now. And I'm like, if you only knew. If you only kn.
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Grace
Big in their britches.
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Chris Hoadley
Literally. They hang up the phone and we never hear from them again. It's an hour long conversation where they pipe in. And most of them are absolutely delightful for one hour and then we never hear from them again. Some we do. Some we do, that's true, but most we don't. It's not like, you know, Margaret Cho and I are having dinner on Tuesday. It doesn't happen like that. So fuck you. Anyway, so Hollywood Hollyweird has this new phenomenon that, and I think this started in Hollywood. This is why I'm kind of making the connection. Do you know what like the pop up store is? Have you heard of this?
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Grace
I mean, I know what a pop up store is.
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Chris Hoadley
Pop Mart. Excuse me? The Pop Mart.
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Grace
The Pop Mart. No.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay. It's this place where they sell like trinkets, mainly toys and other trinkets.
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Grace
Is this a physical store?
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Chris Hoadley
It's a physical store. You can go there. I think they also have an online version, though I don't know that for sure. But there are physical stores and there are a couple specifically in California. They have them dotted throughout the United States and other places. This store otherwise known for like, do you know, like the Japanese toy culture, you know, hello Kitty, all that other stuff. I'm not talking about like anime or anything like that. I'm talking about the more like brightly pop colored, you know, pop art. That's what it is. Bubble gummy. That's right. Good. That's a great term for it. Bubble gummy type art that so many people are into and me myself find at least visually attractive. Yeah.
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Grace
Oh yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
I like it. That's what fascinates me about Japan. I'd like to go there someday because I think that's, I think that's. It's ingrained in their culture and it's such a big part of like the, the Japanese young youth culture that I think it's really intense and very cool. I liked, I like that, that you could be walking down the street and people are dressed like hello Kitty. You know what I'm saying? Like some strangers dress like hello Kitty making weird noises at you. I like that. That seems to me to be a place I want to live. So in 2019, I want to say Pop Mart started selling a doll, like a collectible doll called Labubu. I know, I know, I know. I don't know what to say. I don't know. I don't know any other way to explain it to you kids. Labu. Lababou. It sounds French, but it's not. It's Japanese. Okay, Lababoo. I'm going home to play with my lababoos. Let me give you a little dissertation on this. The Babu is a collective toy designer toy character created by Hong Kong born artist Kassing Lung. Now I'm probably butchering that name. I'm sorry. First introduced in 2015. Excuse me. As part of Lung's story series, the Monsters, Le Bubu is depicted as a mischievous yet kind hearted elf with distinctive features like high pointed ears, wide eyes, and nine serrated teeth forming a cheeky green, cheeky grin. The character draws inspiration from Nordic mythology and embodies a playful spirit that resonates with both children and adults. And man does it. I have been watching these videos that are taking over my Instagram algorithm. Now granted, my Instagram algorithm is kind of strange, but it has taken over my algorithm. People are going fucking bananas for these Labo Boos. They are beating each other up, jumping up and down, sleeping in front of stores for hours or days in a row, waiting for the next Le Boo Boo drop. And they only sell like 100 of them at a time per store, something like that. And they're impossible to get. And they sell for like $35, I guess, for the small ones and then up to $100 for the bigger ones.
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Grace
Give me a picture here of kind of what it looks like. Is it, is it small? Like, you know, the little troll size? Okay.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay, there you go. Marco put a picture in it. Marco's are our wonderful video editor here at the commercial break. Marco, could you put a picture the Labo Boos up there, please?
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Grace
This makes me laugh.
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Chris Hoadley
Here's one in a bikini. Oh, cute. I guess if that's what you want to call is really. But this is very reminiscent to me of my Dick Tracy collection, quite frankly. But unfortunately for me, no one has been waiting in front of the Pop Mart for the new Dick Tracy collection.
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Grace
Well, and your mom threw it all out.
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Chris Hoadley
And my mom threw it all out. And it was easy to get because I worked at the McDonald's. I could just take the to. But anyway, that's neither here nor there. Okay. Dick Tracy didn't take off like Boo Boo. Okay, that's it. But someday it will. And then I'll be sad that my mom threw it all away. Every generation.
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Grace
Yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
Every year, every couple of years, there's something. There's a new thing that comes along that everybody has to have because for whatever reason, it grabs onto the collective consciousness or a very niche set of human beings, and they have to have it no matter what. The booboo seems to be one of the new things it could be shoe. You know, let me. Let me give a couple examples. Cabbage Patch Dolls, when we were kids, adults beating each other up, getting in fist fights to get their child a Cabbage Patch doll.
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Grace
Beanie Babies.
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Chris Hoadley
Beanie Babies was another craze.
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Grace
Tickle Me Elmo.
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Chris Hoadley
Tickle Me Elmo was a crazy phase. Garbage Pail Kids, the collectible cards, they went. I. I went crazy over those.
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Grace
Yeah, my sister and I did too.
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Chris Hoadley
I had to run up to the. When they got a new box of them so I could pick through and find a package that I wanted. And I wanted all of them. I died for all of them. Like, that's how I spent my $50 or whatever it was that my parents gave me. This is not new. This is not a new phenomenon. Something happens, our brains get sick, we get weak in the knees, and we have to have a laboboo immediately, if not sooner. These labo boos. There are people that have 50, 60, 100 of these and they put them on chains and they're wearing them around town. I saw a tea party with labubus. Not one child in sight. Not one fucking child in sight. A Labubu tea party. Not one child in sight. Everyone dressed in pop pinky colors with all their labubus and dressing them up and having fun and passing them around. Listen. No knock on it. Okay, you want to collect labuboos? Collect labuboos. But I noticed that this is happening, like, with a little bit more frequency. We're seeing a little bit. And I don't mean labuboos. I mean that people, the concept of it all, the, like, the that gotta have it mentality seems to be happening more and more frequently in more and more places with more and more things. Things. And I wonder to myself, and this is just a guess, but I wonder to myself if the reason why this is happening more frequently is because the real world that we live in is pretty. Can be pretty fucking scary and shitty and we have to turn to something else in order to soothe our fears, our anxieties, our whatever it is. And here's What I've noticed about a lot of these collectible things, it's not that even though this is clearly geared toward children, it's a toy. And I know there's. You know, it doesn't. I don't want to say you have to be a child to have them. Of course you don't. But what I've noticed is that it's more and more like young adults that get into this, like, 20, like 20s and early 30s that are really taking these things and grabbing onto them and making them collectible, driving the price up, having to have them. It's really quite insane. And my theory is, is that people are so fucking miserable that they have to have a baboo to talk to at night. You know what I'm saying? To cuddle with. You have to cuddle with a 15 fanged weird elf monster.
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Grace
Serrate.
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Chris Hoadley
Yes. Nordic fluffball. In order to soothe your ills. Yeah, I can't blame you. I really can't.
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Grace
Whatever you need to get through the day.
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Chris Hoadley
I do the same thing by watching mentally ill people on Instagram embarrass themselves. Swear to God I do. It's. It's really. I think I get it. I think I get why people are attaching themselves to this. I saw. Here's another example. The Nintendo. What do you call it? Switch. The handheld one. Spend the same one for whatever, 10 years. I don't know how long that thing has been out. And my kid has one. He wanted one, he had to have one. I got to have one. We gave him one. And now he plays for like three and a half minutes every two months, and he forgets about it. It's just too much for him. Yeah, and he has like, the Disney game. He has like, you know, the Mickey run and jump game. He said, that's it. That's all. Let him have. Not gonna let him have. He's only. He's young, so. Yeah, but that. That switch, twitch, stitch, whatever it is, that thing is coming out. They came out with a new one, and there was a whole reel by a mother who had failed to get her son the correct information, the correct time, get him to the store on time to be one of the first to buy this. And she had a whole reel with sad music in the background and everything about the disappointment that she was because she couldn't get her son this brand new thing that he desperately needed. The kid was like seven. Get by a McDonald's, he'll be fine. I mean, you know what I'm saying? Get him a Pizza. What the fuck? When you set these lofty expectations, what do you expect? Sorry, that's. Something just exploded in the studio. When you set these lofty expectations for consumerism, what do you expect your kid to react like? If you think it's, you're going to die if you don't have it, your kid's going to take his cues from you. I just thought to myself, let the poor kid be a kid he doesn't need to worry about. Which, you know, what do they call switch they have? Yeah, I keep on wanting to call it Twitch about which switch they have. It doesn't matter. It's okay. Another example back to Labubu. There's a family on Instagram. This family is like famous on Instagram. The father has been buying the mother a brand new box of Labubus. So six of them every day for 21 days until she gets a super rare Labubu. Yes. And so they had, they do a whole video every day of her opening up six of these, trying to get the super rare one. And the disappointment in this 30 year old woman's eyes and the children that are sitting at the table with her going, oh, mommy, you didn't get it. What are we going to do? And the craziness around that you're turning your children into little like consumer monsters. Like, here's what I say, if my kids come and ask me for something, I say no. And that's it. That's all I do. I just say no. Because if I say no, then the one time I say yes, I am a fucking idiot.
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Grace
It'll be special.
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Chris Hoadley
That's right. And that is how my dad taught me. And that's how my children will teach their children. And the mental abuse will go on and on for a lifetime. Yes. For generations. We'll be feeding therapists and their families. And that, my friends, is how you do it. All right, so lots more to talk about. Oh, and I wanted to say I forgot this started the episode and I forgot to finish it. Lots of great feedback about Sean and his weird job and they want to know more about this.
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Grace
I have to say I've found myself thinking about Sean and what he does I did throughout the past few days since we talked to him.
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Chris Hoadley
It's a weird job to be wading through the swamp and be face to face with alligators. And possibly alligators. You gotta have a certain chutzpah to do that.
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Grace
And the moccasins.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, I know. And I don't know Sean all that well, but it seems Like, Sean's got just the right amount of crazy to be in there in the swamp doing that. And if I. If I had an alligator in my front yard, I'd call. I'd call Sean.
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Grace
Oh, yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay, let's take a break.
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Grace
I'd call Sean, I think for a.
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Chris Hoadley
Lot of things, I would. And he calls us a lot, so we'll get him back here. Don't worry about it. Okay. Yeah, take a break. We'll be back. You make this rather snappy, won't you?
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Doyle
I have some very heavy thinking to.
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Chris Hoadley
Do before 10 o'clock.
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Emma
Hi, cats and kittens. Rachel here. Do you ever get the urge to speak endlessly into the void like Brian? Well, I've got just the place for you to do that. 212-4333. TCB. That's 212-433-3822. Feel free to call and yell all you want. Tell Brian I need a raise. Compliment Chrissy's innate ability to put up with all his shenanigans, or tell us a little story. The juicier the better. By the way, we love to hear your voice because Lord knows we're done listening to ourselves. Also, give us a follow on your favorite socials at the commercial break on Insta, TCB podcast on TikTok. And for those of you who like to watch. Oh, that came out wrong. We put all the episodes out on video, YouTube.com thecommercial break, and tcbpodcast.com for all the info on the show, your free sticker, or just to see how pretty we look. Okay, I gotta go now. I've got a date with my dog. No, seriously. Axl needs food. Today is pork chop day.
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Chris Hoadley
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Chris Hoadley
Okay, here talking about the global phenomenon that is Labubu, as Chrissy and I have named it. Labubu is the official term for it, but Labubu sounds a lot better actually. Okay, there is a guy on YouTube that I have seen on occasion explained some things about toys. I'll give his YouTube channel a shout out. You want to know more about Labubu?
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Grace
Of course I do.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay, let's hear more about Labubu from AR Toys or Artoys. AR Toys TV is where you can find him on YouTube. I'll also put a link in the show notes in case you want to.
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Brian Green
Go watch this video.
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Chris Hoadley
Let's see what he has to say.
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Doyle
What is the global phenomenon explained? Today, we're diving into one of the world's most fascinating trends in collectible art toys, Hot Mars. And of course, we have to talk about Labubu, the little character who is mischievous that's taken over the world by storm. So if you're ready to explore the magic behind these irresistible collectibles, let's get started. My name's Doyle, and welcome to the art Toys universe.
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Chris Hoadley
Oh wow. We toned down the music just a little bit, but otherwise I'm digging the vibe here. So let's see what he has to say.
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Doyle
Our Toys for those of you who might be new to the world of art toys, Joyeol Kim is his name.
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Chris Hoadley
There you go.
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Doyle
Pop Mart is a Chinese company that specializes in designer toys. It was founded in 2010 by Wang Ming. Pop Mart started as a retail store selling various products, but shifted focus to art toys after discovering a huge interest in collectible figurines. And that decision totally paid off. Wang Ning is now a billionaire. Hotmart has exploded globally with queues wrapping around buildings all around the world, with fans waiting to get their hands on collectible art toys in Asia.
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Chris Hoadley
Very interesting. It's very interesting. So, Pop Mart. I think I've seen a Pop Mart maybe in Barcelona or Madrid or something like that one of those European towns that I went to, I saw a Pop mart. I don't think they have one here in Atlanta.
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Grace
I don't think so.
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Chris Hoadley
I don't think so. But wow. Why could I have not had this idea when I had my Dick Tracy collections?
- [29:51]
Grace
You could have gotten. You could have kicked off your business.
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Chris Hoadley
I could have kicked off. I could have been a billionaire and selling those damn figurines from Happy Meal Toys. I knew it. I knew it. How did Wang Ming figure it out before I did?
- [30:04]
Doyle
Fucker possible to get a Labubu macaron or take a seat addition, let alone the larger collection sizes that are just behind me.
- [30:12]
Grace
Wow. They come into. They come in a much larger size.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, they come in, like, statue size. That's. That's intense. You got to be a le baboo. You got to be really into the boo boo to get one of those. Those probably cost thousands of dollars.
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Grace
Oh, yeah.
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Doyle
People are known to fly out to other regions just to get their hands on these. In 2020 alone, the company went public and its stock soared, showing just how big the demand is for art toys. So what makes Pop Mart so special? One big reason is their use of blind bots boxes. If you haven't seen them before, blind.
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Chris Hoadley
Boxes are the little packages, the blind boxes. That's how you get that every time.
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Grace
Exactly.
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Chris Hoadley
By the way. And they are a sponsor of the show. This is not a commercial. But Five Hour Energy does this to me. They send me blind boxes too. They send you blind boxes. Okay.
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Doyle
No indication of which figure is inside. The thrill of not knowing which character addition you'll get is a major part of the experience. Kind of like akin to surprise. And it keeps fans coming back for.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, but a Kinder surprise is a 2 cent plastic toy that's gonna go straight in your child's throat.
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Grace
Yeah. Or I was thinking about too. You know, collectible cards. My nephews love that. You know, this pack of cards.
- [31:20]
Chris Hoadley
The pack of cards.
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Brian Green
Rip it open.
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Chris Hoadley
You have no idea what you're gonna get. Yeah. Interesting. What if we did this with the commercial break? What if we literally put no information on the RSS feed about what's coming up on the episode and then you just had to listen to figure out what was gonna go on.
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Grace
And it might be a collectible.
- [31:39]
Chris Hoadley
A blind episode. I've got an idea brewing.
- [31:43]
Grace
Chrissy, wheels are turning.
- [31:44]
Chris Hoadley
I've got an idea brewing that may or may not include you working 30 hours in a row.
- [31:54]
Doyle
This has been controversial as the Chinese government has passed legislation to phase out mystery boxes as it's considered gambling as children skip school to get their hands on these.
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Chris Hoadley
No shit gambling. Look at the Chinese government taking some positive steps for humanity. They won't let their kids skip school to get Labubus.
- [32:16]
Doyle
Imagine opening a box and hoping for a rare collectible or even a limited edition piece. It's a mix of excitement and suspense, and popmart has mastered the art of keeping us absolutely hooked. All right, let's talk about the star of today's video. Lavubu Leboo Levu first debuted in 201515 as part of Hong Kong illustrator Gossing Lungs.
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Chris Hoadley
Oh, Hong Kong. I said Japan and I was wrong. It's Hong Kong, which is a controversy in and of itself, but supposedly not part of the Chinese larger diaspora. But I think, yeah, they're trying free. Long time, long time story series the.
- [32:55]
Doyle
Monsters, which is inspired by Nordic.
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Chris Hoadley
Just saying that word. Hong Kong may get this episode banned in China, by the way. Yeah, mythology, which I don't even know if we can be in China anyway. Are we in China? I think we are in China. I think we have people listening in China, I think.
- [33:09]
Doyle
Features a variety of quirky characters, including Z, Momo Tai Coco, Spooky Pato, and of course, Labubu. With a pointy ear, playful grin, and nine serrated teeth, Labubu is an elf known for a mischievous personality. Fun fact, Labubu is a girl. You'll have seen the TikTok frenzy of people bathing, gluing braces to its.
- [33:31]
Grace
Oh, bathing and glue and br. Oh, my God. Look at the one on the right. It's. Look, it's in the hygienist chair.
- [33:38]
Chris Hoadley
It's a dental.
- [33:38]
Grace
It's a dental.
- [33:39]
Chris Hoadley
It's getting its teeth cleaned.
- [33:41]
Grace
It's getting braces put on.
- [33:43]
Chris Hoadley
And the other one has makeup. And this one's wearing nighttime cream. Oh, my God.
- [33:51]
Doyle
Even giving it facials. From classic designs to collaborations and limited editions, Labubu comes in countless styles that appeals to all kinds of collectors. So why did Labubu get so popular? First, Labubu has a unique look that. That stands out. It's not your typical cute kawaii character. It is an edgy, mysterious feel that makes it both kawaii mischievous and freaking adorable. However it would.
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Grace
There is that Nordic culture that I've.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, the elf Nordic culture. Yeah, it's a little bit. It's a. It is the. The elves are known to be a little bit mischievous, a little bit kooky. They sneak under your bed. Yeah. They bite your Toes. They lick your fingers at night. They take their nine serrated teeth and chew your child's neck.
- [34:43]
Grace
They play little tricks on you.
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Chris Hoadley
Yeah, they play little tricks like, you know, taking your money out of your wallet, running up your American Express. I say all this, I laugh about it. But there are people that are, you know, millionaires because they have boo Boos in a safe somewhere and I don't.
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Doyle
Yeah, Be crazy to forget to mention.
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Chris Hoadley
Here's the problem. By the time we hear about it, the fad is already on its way out. Do you know what I'm saying? Next year, the boo boos aren't going to be worth anything. And then 30 years from now, when you and I are at the villages, the boo boos are going to be millions of dollars again.
- [35:17]
Doyle
One person. Lalisa from Blackpink, the K Pop group. Her unboxings and wild love for Labubus follows her everywhere, from concerts to fashion shows. And it dangles off her designer bags and hits Lisa La.
- [35:32]
Chris Hoadley
Lisa.
- [35:34]
Grace
Yeah. You get somebody like that on board?
- [35:35]
Chris Hoadley
Yeah, for sure. I saw her sing a song called Lalisa. She's like. I think she has a song about her own name. It was interesting. People love that girl. People love.
- [35:45]
Grace
Yeah, well, K Pop is huge.
- [35:46]
Chris Hoadley
K Pop is huge.
- [35:47]
Doyle
World on fire. Not with just her music and dance moves.
- [35:50]
Chris Hoadley
A lot of people are just getting turned on to this, to this culture. The Chinese, Japanese, you know, the liar. Look, I say this word twice in one episode and this makes me fancy. Diaspora. Diaspora of Asia. And I personally have been fascinated by it since I was a little kid. My dad used to travel there and he would bring back trinkets from Japan, from China. And I always found it to be. I don't know, there's something very mysterious and old and cool about it.
- [36:20]
Doyle
Driven her loyal fans into overdrive. She has even introduced Labubu to her blackpink members, Jennie and Jisoo. I think Popmart should cut her a check for making Labubu the zeitgeist toy of the world. Right now. Labubu has also become a fashion icon in its own sense, being the go to bag charm to accessorize Hermes, Kelly and Birkin bags all around the world.
- [36:42]
Chris Hoadley
Oh, my God. Yeah. Okay. Let's spend $3,000 on a fucking purse and then spend another $3,000 to get a super rare Le Booboo to put on it. Very interesting. You're walking around with $10,000 worth of shit on your. I mean, I guess if you can afford it, sure, why not? Well, I can't even appearing, my kids are going to start asking for this.
- [37:04]
Doyle
Watch on red carpets and well heeled streets around the world. Popmart has also built a strong culture around community events. They host pop up events, conventions and releases that make collecting these toys feel more like a lifestyle. Fans gather to meet each other, swap.
- [37:21]
Chris Hoadley
Figures and even trade for the Isaiah's, the kids. There's the key that Pop Mart has. They they make this into a lifestyle. It's not just about having this toy. Which is why I think my Dick Tracy collection never took off. May never take off is because Dick Tracy's not a lifestyle. It's a movie where some people saw it and liked it and most people did not. That's also probably part of the reason why there's no value in Dick Tracy collection. But the it's a lifestyle, it's a, it's a lifestyle brand. If you're in on this type of art toy, then you are all about it and you live it and you dress it and you listen to your favorite pop star.
- [37:58]
Grace
Loves it. You're watching stuff about it on tv. That's right, all your friends have it.
- [38:03]
Chris Hoadley
I think we should pitch Taylor Swift a line of toys based on piggy fronting. You should see this design. We're like making merch and you should see this design that this T shirt company sent us for piggy fronting. I would never print it. It's terrible. But it is really fucking funny. It's a pig with all this crazy hair and a big snout and big eyelashes. I could see how a pig with Teresa Caputo hair could be just as cute as a lab abubu. I mean let's be honest about it. And then we get Taylor Swift to wrap it around her waist when she's singing and dancing up there. It will be the next global phenomenon.
- [38:50]
Grace
Yeah, I'm sure no one's ever pitched her that.
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Chris Hoadley
No, no, she's never been pitched a line of toys before.
- [38:56]
Doyle
Another reason why Labuvu has captured so much attention. Attention is scarcity. Limited edition every so often making some figures.
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Grace
Supply and demand.
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Chris Hoadley
Supply and demand. If you're gonna make something valuable and, and the weird thing is if you're gonna make something valuable, you make less of it. Right? So if it's, if it's kind of caught the cultural zeitgeist, you make less of it so that people go crazy over it and they have to have the one or you know, if there's 100 people and there's only two, then a hundred people go crazy for it. They're willing to pay. But the problem is is they do that on the black market, not at the store. So you know that probably Pop Mart has some secondary market. Like I always wonder, like the tickets. Like the tickets. Exactly, exactly. Like StubHub. I won. I've wondered how this dude gets a box of brand new Labubus every day for his wife. How does that happen?
- [39:52]
Grace
Uh huh.
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Chris Hoadley
Labubu. That's how that happens.
- [39:54]
Doyle
Highly sought after collectors go absolutely wild for these and they're often willing to pay really high prices to complete their sets. Some rail Abubu figures can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars in the resale market. That scarcity combined with the blind box.
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Chris Hoadley
Concept creates this sense of one of those things. He was showing pictures of ebay. One of those things was going for $10,000. That's insane.
- [40:18]
Grace
Yeah, that's too much.
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Chris Hoadley
It's too much.
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Doyle
And excitement that keeps collectors coming for more. But it's not just Asia that's into popmart and laboon. In recent years, popmart has been opening stores, launching collaborations globally. So you can now find popmart stores or items in countries like the United States, the UK and Australia. Social media has had a huge role in helping spread labooba's fanatical popularity worldwide. Fans across the globe are sharing their collections, which just adds to Labubu's iconic status in the collectible toy scene. So what's next for popmart and labubu? Well, as Pop Martin expands internationally and more people get into collectible toys, Labuvu's fan base will only likely keep growing with new series collaborations and possibly more limited editions. The hype around.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay, so what they just showed is that at the Disney D23, which is the semiannual conference that or the once every other year conference that Disney puts on to announce all of their new rides, all of their new shows, all of that. It's like the big, you know, it's.
- [41:24]
Grace
Like the Apple feel.
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Chris Hoadley
Yes. Think of. Exactly. Think of like Steve Jobs getting up there and doing that big presentation that he did every year that people went crazy about. D23 is very similar. Happens in Anaheim, California. And I do remember this now is that they announced a collaboration with Pop Mart and Labubu. They're going to do some kind of, I don't know, television show toy series. You're going to see a Mickey Labubu pretty soon. And then that's really when it's jumped the shark. Then it's all over. You can buy it at Disney World. It's people are gonna go fucking bananas. It's gonna take over the world.
- [41:55]
Doyle
It doesn't look like it's slowing down anytime soon. So there you have it, Popmart. Le Booboo isn't just a collectible toy.
- [42:03]
Chris Hoadley
You know, they said the same thing about Beanie Babies at some point too. It doesn't look like it's slowing down. Beanie Babies will never go down in price. Never. Remember that guy who was yelling and screaming about Beanie Babies?
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Grace
We reviewed that.
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Chris Hoadley
Oh, God, he was my favorite. He was my favorite. All right, so there you go. There's a little bit about Le Booboo Art Toys doing a great job breaking it down for everybody. Obviously he's got his finger on the pulse of what's going on, as well as having a number of very rare Labubus sitting just right behind him. So he himself.
- [42:31]
Grace
It's very interesting. I can think of literally 1 million other things I would spend money on.
- [42:37]
Chris Hoadley
Listen.
- [42:38]
Grace
But it's a whole, you know, culture.
- [42:41]
Chris Hoadley
I can think of 1 million other things too. And I can see a thousand of them right here in the studio. That wire, that wire, that tv, those cameras. But, you know, to each their own. They are undeniably cute. That is what you do have to say about the Labubus. They are undeniably little cute, fanged toothed monsters. All right, we'll move on from here. When we get back.
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- [45:32]
Chris Hoadley
I remember when I was a kid, I collected, for a very short period of time, collected baseball cards. And so when I collected the baseball cards, I really had no idea what I was doing. But we all had the, the Dunrus and you maybe if you didn't click Don baseball cards at this time, you may not know what this is, but the Dunrus Price Guide, which Dunrus was a, was a brand of baseball cards. And then they would put out a pricing guide every month to let you know exactly how much these cards were trading for how much they were worth worth. And so we get really excited that you collect your baseball cards and then you match it up with the Dunrus and see what it got. And I think I had like a Roger Wade baseball card one time that was worth like $115, right? It was a rare card, rarer card, whatever it was. And I took care of that card so well that I bent all the edges and spilled stuff all over it. I mean, it was like trashed by the, by the time it was done. I have always been really bad at this collectible stuff, the only things I have ever taken care of of are these stupid fucking Pearl Jam posters that I have in my thing. So I. And here's another example of how terribly I've taken care of my collectibles. So I buy these somewhat rare and wanted posters for Pearl Jam. Or I've collected them along the way. I've gotten them at the show.
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Grace
Beautiful.
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Chris Hoadley
Thank you. Yeah, my Astrid framed them. Lovely Frame them in mint condition and all that. So three years ago, two years ago, as has been the case since the day that we started this commercial break, we are in need of some money. And so I said, fuck it. I'm not going to be prideful here. I'm going to sell the Pearl Jam posters. So one of these posters that I had bought for, let's call it 150 bucks, I don't remember exactly how much I paid, but it was in the $150 range. I put it on this Pearl Jam poster collectible Facebook site that everyone trades stuff on. And because it's rare, we do what's what called popcorn bidding, which means that I start the bidding off at say, $150, what I paid for it. And then I set a date and a time. I say tomorrow night at midnight. Whoever has. Whoever has the last bid, wins, gets it. It. That's it. Whoever has the highest last bid. Highest and final. Whatever. Best and final. So I set a date for like two days ahead of time. I set the price at $150. And then I kind of leave it. I go back And I check. 12, 15 hours later, someone said 200. It's gotten up to $215.
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Grace
Nice.
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Chris Hoadley
And I go, okay, all right. And in the description I put that shipping and handling will be added on to the price because it's framed in mint condition. So I know it' going to cost some money to get it there.
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Grace
Yeah. Safely.
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Chris Hoadley
Okay. So 24 hours later, we're getting closer to the time when we're about to tick out. I put, you know, whatever it is, noon. And now it's at $350, $360, $375, $410. Whoa. All right. I made 250 off the thing, and I'd had it only for like four years. Whatever. It's not. Not a le baboo. But it's, you know, it is what it is, so. It is what it is. I mean, it is what it is. So in my infinite wisdom, I go on a FedEx. The lady tells me she's out in Hubba Bob, California. And could I please make sure that it's packaged appropriately so that it gets here in one piece? And I said, of course, I'll make sure. I do it it. And I go on the FedEx calculator. She says, well, how much is it going to cost? And I said, well, let me go on the FedEx calculator. And I calculate. I measure it, I calculate it. I know I have. I weighed it. I know I have some bubble wrap somewhere. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. $182. It's going to cost.
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Grace
I can imagine. Yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
So because it's a. It's big, it's bulky, it's a little heavy, and it's got to be handled with care. And. And this is just getting it there, like, driving it there, not like, you know, flying it overnight or anything like that. It's going to take four days or whatever. Okay? So I tell her, and I say, so that's the final so. And I add $15 onto there just in case I have to go buy any tape or box or whatever.
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Grace
Yeah.
- [49:52]
Chris Hoadley
And so it ends up being all told in. It's like $600, right? Okay, $600. She sends me the money. I go and I say, okay, I'm gonna get it done. I'll get it done for you tomorrow. I go to the FedEx place, to the FedEx store, FedEx money to the FedEx monies to the money, to the FedEx men's. I go to the FedEx men's, I go to the FedEx men's. And the guy goes, okay, where you want to send it? Tell him, okay, how you want to package it? Here's what I need to do. And he says, okay, if you want to get it there overnight, it's going to be $912. And I'm like, no, no, no, not overnight. I already did this on the calculator at home. I just want to get it there in five, three days, four days, whatever it is.
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Grace
Yeah. Cheapest but safest.
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Chris Hoadley
Cheapest but safest, Memphis. $452. And I said, $452. And he goes, It's $452. And I go, why is it $452? And he goes, well, because the package is this inches by this inches and that inches. And I go, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I measured it. It's 12 by 18, not 30 by 40 or whatever you're saying. He goes, yeah, it's 12 by 18, but there's a box, and we got to pack it up and we got to do this. And I go, what? I thought it asked me how big the package was. And he said, the package, not the product. He goes, dude, you gotta account for every inch is another dollar. He goes, that's the way shipping works. What do you want me to do? The guy was like, I'm arguing with the guy. I'm like, no, no, no. And I go, well, can't we just wrap it in bubble tape and send it off? And he goes, sure, you want it to get there in one piece? He goes, do you think when this gets over to Homer, Alabama, and they're throwing it from one truck to the other, you think they're gonna take care? Listen, we'll do our best, but there's no promises. If you don't put packaging on this. None whatsoever. It's gotta be wrapped in something. I'll wrap it myself. So Astrid and I are here for a half a fucking day trying to find the. Here's the problem. When we wrap it in the bubble wrap and put the tape on it and do the edges and the corners and all that. Now we need a box that's 16 inches bigger than the actual thing, right? Because now it's big and bulky.
- [52:05]
Grace
Yep, yep, yep.
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Chris Hoadley
So. And here. And I'm trying to, like, talk to the lady. I'm like, listen, little mistake. And she's like, that's not how it works. You told me this. And to be fair to her, it's true. If I would not have been a dum dum and in such a hurry to get her cash into my zell, then I would have gone to the store first. And here was the problem. Half the money was already spent. So it wasn't like I could send it back to her. I had to now send it to her. So my $250 profit turned into $112 loss.
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Grace
Pearl Jam collectible sounds right.
- [52:42]
Chris Hoadley
That's about it.
- [52:43]
Grace
Welcome to Brian's World Tracks.
- [52:48]
Chris Hoadley
I'll tell you another story. I mean, this is. I had tickets. I'm not going to say what tickets I had. I had tickets to a show, okay?
- [52:57]
Grace
The one we were talking about.
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Chris Hoadley
The one we were talking about. I have tickets to a show. I go on to the Verified Marketplace to resell them through the Verified Marketplace so that I'm not, you know, handing these scuzz nuts.
- [53:10]
Grace
Especially after we just did a breakdown.
- [53:11]
Chris Hoadley
We just did a breakdown. Great. Wonderful. Fine and dandy. They sell like that.
- [53:20]
Grace
Oh, yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
And it's like I'm making $100 profit on it. Right. Not a ton of money, but $50 a ticket. Yeah, whatever. Okay, okay. I'm just trying, you know, I'm just trying to get rid of them. I'm glad somebody's gonna use them, gonna want them, whatever. I get excited about this. Cause these tickets were expensive and now we're getting the money back. I get excited about this. Congratulations, your tickets have sold. Send them to this. Do that now. Your transaction is complete. We verified that your sale is. You'll get your money five to seven business days after the show. And I'm like, what? That wasn't in the small print or the big print. That's fucked up. What are you talking about? We have to verify that the person can get in the door before. Unbelievable. So Brian doesn't have much luck with collectibles or tickets or anything else in life, quite frankly. Real quick, I asked Chatty to give me a few other thing collectibles that are hot in the zeitgeist right now. And you want to hear a few? Well, trading cards. They've always been hot, they just always will be. That's right. We used to have a friend who collect who was like a big baseball card collector. Smelly guy, right? Yeah, yeah.
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Grace
Okay.
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Chris Hoadley
He used to trade like Horace Wagner cards for, you know, $50,000. He was in the business like big time. He was actually trading them and a little bit before it's time too, he was doing this and I think he was making like a living trading those kind of cards. But right now the Formula one cards, the Premier League league, the English Premier League and fanatics have all fanatics acquired tops. So they've all started to raise in value. People are going crazy over them. As far as the toys are concerned. The Labubu as we mentioned and the Jelly Cat plush toys. The limited edition Jelly Cat plushies have become highly sought after with some fetching over £2,000 on resale platform. That's insane.
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Grace
I think this thing sells for a good plushie.
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Chris Hoadley
You do? I'll get you one. You want a Jelly Cat plush toy? Okay. LEGO sets remain a strong investment. The LEGO 71049 F1 collectible race car series released in 2025 has garnered much attention from enthusiasts reselling at very high values. What about Hot Wheels?
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Grace
Oh yeah.
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Chris Hoadley
Yes. Models like the 70's been around too. Yeah, that's true. I had a shitload of those too. Those are in the trash. Models like the 1970 Ford Escort RS 1600 and the 89 Mazda Savannah are particularly. You guys are paying money for Mazda.
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Grace
89.
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Chris Hoadley
Mazda for a Mazda Savannah. Really? I see people starting to drive those old Mazda Miatas around now too, like refurbished Mazda Miata. Those things are really fast. If you rub them along, if you rub them along the carpet enough, they go super fast. Those things are so silly. Lenox Spice Village. Originally released in 1989, these collectible spice holders have made a comeback in 2024 due to viral interest.
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Grace
What spice holders?
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Chris Hoadley
A spice rack. You're just crazy if you're collecting spice racks. Honestly. Hallmark mini ornaments. The collectible features, craftly designed, they bought, they appeal to new and seasoned investors. Here's some high value sales that have happened recently. Babe Ruth 1932 World Series jersey sold for $24.12 million, setting a record for sports memorabilia. And of course, we all heard about Judy Garland's ruby red slippers worn in the wizard of Oz, which were stolen.
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Grace
And then found Stolen.
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Chris Hoadley
Found replaced, given back to whoever owned them in the first place. Judy's. Was it Judy's family or something? The estate? $30 million for those Ruby red slippers. I mean, listen, Judy is a gay icon. A gay icon. And for good reason. That girl had some talent. And the wizard of Oz is a fantastic movie. And I can imagine that someone really wanted to get those hands, their hands on slippers. Yeah, they are iconic. And you know, I, I am not that into wizard of Oz, so I don't know that I would pay 30 million, but 25 million. I'd pay 25 million if I had 25 million. Yeah, if I ever have 25 million.
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Grace
Something's only worth as much as people will pay for it.
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Chris Hoadley
That's true. I mean, that, that's true. I've paid, paid a lot of money for this studio and most people would have paid half because they would have known how to put it together. All right, there you go. Now you're all up to speed on what the kids are doing.
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Grace
Thank you. I needed a good collectible check in.
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Chris Hoadley
Episode and the Beanie Babies are back. That's all I gotta say. Beanie Babies are back. They are back in fashion. They are back in style. They are being traded at high, high value. So if you kept your Beanie Babies, you're back in the game, baby.
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Grace
Pull them out of the back of the car window.
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Chris Hoadley
That's right. Yeah. Pull them out of the people who still have that, that back seat thing, whatever. Yeah, that's it. You remember we saw a documentary about a guy who like lost his entire families Fortune and all this other stuff, buying hundreds of thousands of Beanie Babies, opening a store, trading them on the black market, doing like drug deals in the back, selling Beanie Babies. This guy was insane. And he had lost his family, divorced, the kids won't talk to him over Beanie Babies. And this documentary was made like 10 years ago. I bet that guy's laughing all the way to the bank right now.
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Grace
He's like, I got you.
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Chris Hoadley
I did it. Everything old is new again. Just remember that if you're on the younger side, if you're like, you know, 30 and younger, everything old is new again. What you're wearing, what you're doing, what you're listening to right now will be popular for a minute. It will not be popular pretty soon. And then it'll become popular again down the road. Because nostalgia is something, is a disease that affects all of us eventually. 212-433-TCB 212-433-TCB Questions? Comments? Concerns? Content? Ideas? You want to be the next mediocre podcaster? Let us know. We'd love to have you as a part of our contest starting sometime after the 12 hours of TCB. Speaking of 12 hours of TCB, May 31, starting at 10am, 12 fresh episodes of the commercial break coming at you. Celebrity guests, all kind of shit celebrating five years of the commercial break. Mental health awareness. Add the commercial break on Instagram, TCB podcast on TikTok and YouTube.com the commercial.
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Brian Green
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Chris Hoadley
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Grace
I think so.
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Chris Hoadley
But I'll tell you that I love you. I'll say best to you and best to you out there in the podcast universe. Until next time, Chrissy and I will say we do say and we must say goodbye.
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