New, limited edition Labubu-style figures – dubbed the ‘world’s creepiest’ – are set to go on sale this week, with all proceeds going to one of the country’s leading children’s hospices.
For the past five months, nine dolls have been positioned under the petrifying well at Mother Shipton’s Cave, North Yorkshire. Mineral-rich water has now coated the toys in a natural, hard crust, as if they have been turned to stone.
Each figure is completely unique, with a variety of expressions, colours and designs. To add to the mystery, buyers won’t know which figure they will receive after making an order.
The spooky dolls will go on sale at 9am on Friday 13 March. They will be available on the Mother Shipton’s Cave website and will be priced at £70 each.
All proceeds will go directly to Martin House Children’s Hospice. The hospice, based in Boston Spa, provides specialist palliative care and support for children and young people with life-shortening conditions, and their families across West, North and East Yorkshire.
Rebecca Taylor, regional fundraiser at Martin House, said:
We’re incredibly grateful to the team at Mother Shipton’s Cave, and absolutely love their creative method of fundraising! The dolls are real collector’s items, and I’m sure they’ll be very popular when they go on sale this Friday.
Every year, we care for more than 500 children and young people with serious and complex health needs. Our services are available to families completely free of charge, 24/7, 365 days a year. It costs around £12 million a year to provide this specialist care, and the majority is funded by voluntary donations and fundraising.
Fiona Martin, Owner at Mother Shipton’s Cave, said:
We’ve loved seeing the dolls transform over the last few months, and surely they’re now some of the creepiest in the world. It certainly feels appropriate that they’re going on sale on Friday 13th!”
“We’re delighted to support Martin House and the incredible work it does to care for children and families in our region.
For more information about the dolls, visit: https://bookings.mothershipton.co.uk/book//online-shop/petrified-items/product/petrified-labubu-style-toy/1846
To find out more about Martin House and how you can support it, visit www.martinhouse.org.uk.
- These figures are not genuine Labubu toys. They are Labubu-style figures believed to be imitation versions. Due to the petrification process, they are no longer toys and are sold as collectible display items only.
- Martin House has been providing family-led specialist palliative care and support for children and young people with life-shortening conditions since 1987 (life-shortening means the child or young person is not expected to live beyond young adulthood). We provide 24/7 care and support 365 days a year.
Every year we support over 500 children and young people, and their families plus around 200 bereaved family members across West, North and East Yorkshire, at our hospice, in hospitals and in families’ own homes. - The hospice, based in Boston Spa, has nine bedrooms in our children’s wing, and six in our teenage wing, which cares for teenagers and young people. Our services include specialist planned short breaks, symptom management, emergency care, community care and end of life care. Our facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, wellbeing centre and an education centre, providing children’s palliative care training to healthcare professionals.
- Bereavement support is offered to families who have used Martin House, as well as to families whose child had a life-shortening condition but did not have the opportunity to use the hospice, or following a sudden death.
- Martin House’s medical team includes three consultants in paediatric palliative medicine and also hosts two places to train future consultants, one of only around seven training centres in the UK.
There is no cost to any of the families using our services. It costs around £12 million a year to provide this care, the majority of which comes from voluntary donations and fundraising.
