Followers of the South Korean Netflix hit “Squid Recreation” are getting an early Christmas current. Earlier than the second season of “Squid Recreation” drops on December 26, popular culture vogue firm Loungefly is bringing “Squid Recreation” impressed attire to the plenty within the type of two backpacks.
Simply in case you missed the “Squid Recreation” phenomenon when it premiered again in 2021, enable me to refresh your reminiscence. The collection, created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for the streamer, imagines a world the place 456 gamers hailing from South Korea are all given an ominous supply: they will compete in a collection of kids’s video games (together with the titular “squid recreation,” a South Korean recreation generally merely known as “squid”) to win an astounding sum of money, however gamers quickly notice the sport is a lot extra harmful than they thought. (No, actually — they discover that out the laborious method when, throughout a recreation of “purple mild, inexperienced mild,” anybody who would not cease at a purple mild is summarily executed.) All through the present’s first season, we comply with Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the 456th participant, who finally ends up triumphing over his fellow contestants … and who finally ends up discovering a very disturbing secret concerning the recreation within the course of.
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Not lengthy after their “Nightmare Earlier than Christmas” assortment arrived in time for Halloween and Christmas, Loungefly is introducing a mini backpack and crossbody themed after “Squid Recreation,” beginning with a miniature “Squid Recreation” backpack impressed by the enormous piggybank seen within the collection. The golden swine holds the grand prize of ₩45.6 billion (in South Korean gained) prize, and it is prominently featured on the very high of the bag, with the infamous pink suit-clad guards circling the underside of the backpack. One thing significantly cool concerning the piggybank characteristic is that it is fabricated from PVC, which supplies it a signature sheen, and as for the symbols on the guards’ masks, they really glow in the dead of night.
However wait, there’s extra!
Squid Recreation’s Dalgona sweet problem takes the highlight
There’s additionally a crossbody bag, clearly the smaller choice of the 2 within the assortment, however it’s full of considerate particulars and references the present’s notorious Dalgona sweet recreation, the place contestants have a set period of time to carve one in every of 5 shapes out of delicate sugar sweet with out breaking the form — or they face extreme penalties.
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The crossbody bag comes full with a two-sided piece of “Dalgona sweet” with the umbrella image (essentially the most troublesome one by far) on one aspect and the triangle on the opposite. Since it is also within the form of the tin that homes the sweet disks within the collection, it actually seems to be just like the prop. It additionally encompasses a removable coin purse and what Loungefly calls a “die-cut applique of the chopping utensil.”
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“Squid Recreation” season 1 is on Netflix now alongside the (type of baffling) actuality present impressed by the collection, “Squid Recreation: The Problem.” The second season of “Squid Recreation” premieres on December 26, 2024.
