Have you bought blind boxes? Blind boxes(make) fortunes for toymakers in 2020. Many young Chinese(hook) on it are crazy about (endless) purchasing the toy to complete its whole "range".
The blind box market was worth 7. 4 billion yuan in 2019, according to market research firm Qianzhan Intelligence, added that could increase to 30 billion yuan by 2024.
The craze(狂热) has not escaped criticism, with state media earlier this year (compare) the trend to gambling and warning that the products become(addict).
In a commentary in January, Xinhua called for more regulation of the sector and said the boxes should not(sell)"blindly" to consumers.
"One of the reasons behind the success of blind boxes is that they divide their productsdifferent categories of rareness. brings a sense of competition is that they set a barrier — not everyone can get the (special) boxes.
