{"id":504189,"date":"2026-07-01T08:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504189\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:29:19","slug":"kmart-shoppers-rush-to-buy-out-latest-craze-i-want-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504189\/","title":{"rendered":"Kmart shoppers rush to buy out latest craze: ‘I want one’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s always that one toy that suddenly blows up<\/a> and before you know it, everyone has it.<\/p>\n

Adrian Widjonarko, one of Australia’s popular reviewers<\/a>, knew he had just that toy in his hands when he went out with it and everyone, everywhere he went, wanted to see it.<\/p>\n

The toy, which has just hit Kmart shelves<\/a>, is Hasbro’s new Star Wars Action Buddy Grogu<\/a>. Adrian was lucky enough to score one of the first batch and he’s still a huge fan.<\/p>\n

“I love it so much. It has so many interactions,” Adrian told Yahoo Lifestyle.<\/p>\n

“He is the coolest Grogu animatronic toy ever<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/p>\n

Movie madness<\/p>\n

The new toy was released as Grogu, or baby Yoda<\/a>, hit cinema screens in the new Star Wars movie The Mandalorian & Grogu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adrian took his Grogu to the premiere in Sydney<\/a>, where he stole the show.<\/p>\n

“Everyone was asking where I got him<\/a> and loving interacting with him,” Adrian laughed.<\/p>\n

“Then, when I was\u00a0filming with him in Kmart,<\/a>\u00a0everyone was looking and asking if they could play with him.”<\/p>\n

\"Adrian<\/p>\n

Adrian Widjonarko is obsessed with the new Grogu toy and even took it to the movie’s premiere. Picture: TikTok<\/p>\n

“You turn him on at the bottom, and then you stroke him, and he starts interacting,” Adrian said, explaining he has\u00a050 sounds and movements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“My highlight is where he looks left and right and then up \u2014 it’s like this wonderment of the world.”<\/p>\n

Designed to feel like your own little companion, the Grogu toy<\/a> can turn his head, reach out, blink and even fall asleep in your arms.<\/p>\n

His adorable sounds are also a big win with fans.<\/p>\n

Kids toy or collectable?<\/p>\n

Adrian has a huge collection of pop culture items<\/a>, mainly Disney<\/a>, including Star Wars<\/a>, and Pokemon<\/a> and he says this little guy is his new favourite.<\/p>\n

“I genuinely think this is both a great toy for children and a collectable,<\/a>” he said.<\/p>\n

“The quality is there but he’s not expensive. It’s sturdy so children could be quite rough with it<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Advertised as for children age four plus, Grogu has a soft, plush body<\/a> so he’s perfect for cuddles as well as adventure.<\/p>\n

“The quality makes him a great collectable too<\/a>,” Adrian said.<\/p>\n

“More expensive collectables don’t usually focus on the interactive element, so the 50 interactions<\/a> make him a good collectable<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Even better, Adrian said you don’t need to be a big fan, or even a fan at all, to love Grogu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“My partner Josh doesn’t watch\u00a0Star Wars,<\/a>\u00a0but he came to the premiere, and he truly loved it. He was surprised at how much he laughed. And he loved Grogu<\/a>,” Adrian said.<\/p>\n

With the toy’s level of realism and personality, what’s not to love.<\/p>\n

The only issue will be getting your hands on one and with TikTok full of videos of people sharing their Grogus<\/a> it might not be long before Kmart sells out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“OMG I want one,” a shopper said.<\/p>\n

“He’s so cool,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to get your hands on Grogu at Kmart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There’s always that one toy that suddenly blows up and before you know it, everyone has it. Adrian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[251502,251503,156,29540,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-504189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adrian-widjonarko","tag-buddy-grogu","tag-entertainment","tag-kmart","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}