Meet the ‘new Jellycats’ with a dark side – knock-offs of viral toy have ‘toxic’ fumes, EXPLODE and put kids in hospital

FIRST it was Jellycats, then Labubus, and now bright gelatinous blobs with faces known as “squishy dumplings” are the latest trend causing a craze with Brit kids.

Demand is so high for the £5 toy that parents have become embroiled in shop punch-ups to get their hands on one – but now toxic counterfeit versions are exploding and landing kids in hospital with horrendous chemical burns.