The plush toy that has taken the world by storm

A guest carries an orange Hermes bag with a brown Labubu monster outside the Hermes fashion show during Paris Fashion Week on March 8. (Raimonda Kulikauskiene/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) Bangkok, Thailand — People across Asia flocked to shopping malls and online stores Friday as they scrambled to get their hands on the latest edition of Labubu, a collectible toy that has sparked buying frenzies the world over. Inspired by Nordic folklore, the toothy, fluffy figurines — which typically come in palm-sized "blind boxes" — drew crowds in cities from Bangkok, to Kuala Lumpur as the new collection went on…