Horror minis series 2.

[jester00]

Hello, I received a gremlin in one of my boxes and his right ear is not painted yellow. Has anyone ever seen an error like this in the past? Does this make it especially valuable or does an error just mean I have my own one-of-kind variant. I attached a pic.

My chtulu has one eye painted. Glad it's the regular one and not the gitd. Should be easy to just buy another one that has both eyes painted

[RogueSolo]

Hello, I received a gremlin in one of my boxes and his right ear is not painted yellow. Has anyone ever seen an error like this in the past? Does this make it especially valuable or does an error just mean I have my own one-of-kind variant. I attached a pic.

My chtulu has one eye painted. Glad it's the regular one and not the gitd. Should be easy to just buy another one that has both eyes painted

Don't buy one, I ended up with two more this weekend.

[jester00]

Hello, I received a gremlin in one of my boxes and his right ear is not painted yellow. Has anyone ever seen an error like this in the past? Does this make it especially valuable or does an error just mean I have my own one-of-kind variant. I attached a pic.

My chtulu has one eye painted. Glad it's the regular one and not the gitd. Should be easy to just buy another one that has both eyes painted

Don't buy one, I ended up with two more this weekend.

Awesome! Thanks man. Set it aside for our trade

[wenhol8710]

Nothing to see here!

[Mininut30]

I have 5 popcorn Gremlins.

[jester00]

Slowly finishing up the main series. Just got B&W Hitchcock off the Bay.

[Propellarhead9]

I've been picking these up for my wife. We've pulled David, Ed, Stripe, 2xFrankenstein, Nosferatu, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Alfred Hitchcock

[ZartansBro]

I snagged two boxes from the local Hot Topic and got American Werewolf and the Cinema Gremlin. Love the way they look!

[muffinhunter]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

[TheLastDude]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

No, I agree with you to an extent. While I'd certainly prefer chase figures to only be variants (looking at you Rocketeer...oh wait, I'm not looking at my Rocketeer figure because I STILL don't have one yet), I'm sure the chase does drive sales.

If all chase figures were only metallic, bloody, or GITD...there might be a risk of people not wanting to keep going...of not buying that ONE more box hoping to pull the big one.

[wickerjay]

I would never "chase" (pun intended) after a variant with a minor repaint or GITD. An entirely new figure or sculpt? Different story altogether. I guess Funko has my number.

[gogman]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

I agree with you completely that chase figures should be variants rather than different characters.

Variants would still give the thrill of the hunt to those who love that part of collecting. I like the hunt but not when it costs an absolute fortune just to simply get all the characters.

I have a feeling though that a lot of our fellow board members may disagree.

[muffinhunter]

Yeah, it is a fine line between keeping a desired figure rare enough to keep people buying and making it so difficult that potential buyers give up the whole enterprise. I've heard plenty of people admire blind-box products from afar because they just aren't interested in the risk of getting doubles or not getting what you wanted at all. It's why I do most of my buying on eBay. I just consider it a convenience charge.

[zoomfactor32]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

I agree with you completely that chase figures should be variants rather than different characters.

Variants would still give the thrill of the hunt to those who love that part of collecting. I like the hunt but not when it costs an absolute fortune just to simply get all the characters.

I have a feeling though that a lot of our fellow board members may disagree.

I agree with you. It's pretty frustrating to spend so much money to get the character you want because they are so rare. Variants would still give everyone something to hunt for.

It's even more frustrating with store specific chase figures of new characters. I've only got one HT near me, and it's almost impossible to catch them with a fresh case, or sometimes any of the newest MM's at all.

[jester00]

I agree 100%. Make the more rare minis be variants of an already easier to get character. A good point on this is Hershel from WD series 3. He is 1:12 while the headless version is 1:72. Now what really sucks is when they make store exclusive variants of characters not available anywhere else. Rosita being 1:144 is such a waste. Now people will never have a nice walkig dead display because she is 1- so rare and 2- store specific

[caml]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

I agree with you completely that chase figures should be variants rather than different characters.

Variants would still give the thrill of the hunt to those who love that part of collecting. I like the hunt but not when it costs an absolute fortune just to simply get all the characters.

I have a feeling though that a lot of our fellow board members may disagree.

I agree with you. It's pretty frustrating to spend so much money to get the character you want because they are so rare. Variants would still give everyone something to hunt for.

It's even more frustrating with store specific chase figures of new characters. I've only got one HT near me, and it's almost impossible to catch them with a fresh case, or sometimes any of the newest MM's at all.

The box mathematics make it difficult to cost effectively get what you want. A somewhat rigged lottery where you can help your odds to a degree by knowing assormnet layouts or weight, but ultimately its the luck of the draw. Like finding that random Walgreen's on a rainy day that has the last box of a series 1 game of thrones mm and you get Kahl Drogo (1/72). Happened to me on Sunday. Such a love hate relationship.

[Boinky]

It can be very frustrating, as like others I still don't have a Rocketeer despite getting many Sci-Fi dupes.
And though for most of their series they have the standard rarity plans going on with many common ramping up to rarer ones in a series, they don't always follow that model. The Avengers Age of Ultron figures were all 1/12 rarity, and I bought exactly one case of 12 and I got exactly 1 of every figure. So they can do a frustration free set.

[wickerjay]

It can be very frustrating, as like others I still don't have a Rocketeer despite getting many Sci-Fi dupes.
And though for most of their series they have the standard rarity plans going on with many common ramping up to rarer ones in a series, they don't always follow that model. The Avengers Age of Ultron figures were all 1/12 rarity, and I bought exactly one case of 12 and I got exactly 1 of every figure. So they can do a frustration free set.

Any set targeted to adults seems to have chase figures.

[Boinky]

It can be very frustrating, as like others I still don't have a Rocketeer despite getting many Sci-Fi dupes.
And though for most of their series they have the standard rarity plans going on with many common ramping up to rarer ones in a series, they don't always follow that model. The Avengers Age of Ultron figures were all 1/12 rarity, and I bought exactly one case of 12 and I got exactly 1 of every figure. So they can do a frustration free set.

Any set targeted to adults seems to have chase figures.

But how does that track exactly? I know Age of Ultron was very recent, but I am a comic book fan of 30+ years, very much adult. And do the MLP & Hello Kitty lines have chase figures? Are those & Frozen adult targeted? Maybe I'm reading the demographics a bit wrong, but I think it's a tad more defined how they chose stuff like this.

Age of Ultron being based on something very new, less chance of many adults being interested compared to figures from things such as The Crow, Gremlins, Battlestar Gallactica, etc. But also the new Nightmare Before Christmas series is 1/12 rarity

Not sure we know their plan

[jester00]

Maybe by adults he means because it's actually labeled "horror". I mean NBC has become so over saturated that Walgreens has a dedicated display of it for Halloween.

[ShyGuyPal]

New guy here, joined the board specifically because I love these horror minis. Where I live, we're generally last to get new things, so I mostly use eBay to get what I want. I'm curious what the board's stance is on exclusives/rarities. I've been an action figure collector for years and years, and have always taken an anti-anything-that-makes-getting-product-more-difficult stance, and I'm especially upset about the practice of making highly-desired characters (like Pinhead) the hardest to procure. To me, exclusives and "chase" figures should only ever be variants, not a character you can't get any other way. Is this too controversial an topic, am I out of line, or am I generally in alignment with others' views on this?

I agree, although I don't mind the way they've been doing it lately (1 unique character + 1 variant being rare). Still would rather the unique ones be more available while cool variants are the chase ones. For example, The Walking Dead blood splattered chase figures. Makes sense, doesn't cause heart-ache when you don't get a chase figure, and you feel somewhat rewarded when you do get one. Of course then they pull the 1/144 Rosita thing, but I think they cooled their jets with that stuff. Also making the top row of the case have the rare ones helps quite a bit.

[wickerjay]

Maybe by adults he means because it's actually labeled "horror". I mean NBC has become so over saturated that Walgreens has a dedicated display of it for Halloween.

Yes, something like that. If parents are buying for their kids, Funko wants them to buy a whole case and be done rather than having them just get a couple. They know they can get the adult collectors to buy more than that to hunt the rares. A parent would be discouraged buying like that for their kid and may never even buy the first one if they knew the long odds of completing a set and all the dupes they would amass. Of course, this is just a my theory.

[muffinhunter]

Also making the top row of the case have the rare ones helps quite a bit.

Is this a real and documented thing? I've gleaned bits of info from reading around on this site, but I don't really know all the tricks of the trade. Not that I've ever seen any of the horror minis "in the wild" anywhere around where I live. The Gamestops here seem mostly to only carry game-related ones or Walking Dead.

[caml]

I made friends with the store manager at my local GameStop and he ordered 3 horror cases and 2 sci fi cases that came in today. I asked him not to touch the boxes so hopefully I can pull a Pinhead with the box configurations everyone provided

I'll post my findings later today.

[wickerjay]

UPDATE: I should have checked this guy's feedback first (total garbage feedback). Buy at your own risk.

Not my listing, but I thought I would pass it along...

BW Hitchcock for $25 shipped which is a pretty good deal for a 1/72 figure.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FUNKO-Mystery-Mini-Horror-Classics-Series-2-Black-White-Alfred-Hitchcock-1-72-/321912616982?rmvSB=true

[jester00]

I got my B&W Hitchcock today from eBay. Now only two left for the main set. And I'll be done with these. Not even going to try for the Hot Topic ones. Since HT is so far from me and I won't be able to get a fresh case

[MysteryMiniFanatic]

The highlights from my 2 cases, from the comic book store. All i want now is the cinema gremlin and i'm good.

[wickerjay]

Nice score getting Pinhead in just too boxes.

[Stragon]

Going to grab some this weekend, hoping for a cinema gremlin.

[muffinhunter]

Got a case of these today. Mainly was hoping to get Nosferatu and Pinhead, and got them I did. Now to unload all the dupes, which I'm guessing at this point may not be easy...

[HookedOnVinyl]

I have the full set of these including the HT Exclusives, but if anyone has or knows anyone who has the white protos of The Creature and/or Frankenstein available for sale please PM me. I was late finding out about these guys, so only managed to snag The Fly. Thanks in advance!

[ShyGuyPal]

Is this a real and documented thing? I've gleaned bits of info from reading around on this site, but I don't really know all the tricks of the trade. Not that I've ever seen any of the horror minis "in the wild" anywhere around where I live. The Gamestops here seem mostly to only carry game-related ones or Walking Dead.

Yes! Top 6 are nearly guraunteed to have all the 1/24, 1/36, or 1/72 in that case. Best of luck!


I had a long week and wanted to try my hand at Gamestop again. Amongst the crowd there for the latest Call of Duty was a seemingly untouched full case of Horror Series 2. As seen time and time again has shown on here, I pulled the front two in hopes of Pinhead. Guess my luck finally came around when I pulled him! Woo-hoo! So happy, he is a neat figure!

[BillyLouis]

I am heading downstate tomorrow for some holiday shopping, and I hope I can run into some of these.

[smee]

Hey everyone,

I just joined and wanted to make my first post. I've been actively reading this forum for the past month and wanted to give a HUGE thank you to those of you that have shared your case layouts. You've helped me scored the entire series...the only one I'm missing is the Hot Topic Crow which I'm sure I'll be able to pull soon (given that I can find another fresh case at a Hot Topic and get lucky).

I wanted to share some of my findings with everyone. I bought a case from Hot Topic and was lucky enough to get a Zombie Ed. It was "Assortment A" and here was the case layout:

TOP ROW

BACK
Hitchcock.....HT Excl. Cinema Gremlin
Shaun.....Nosferatu
The Fly.....HT Excl. Zombie Ed
FRONT

BOTTOM ROW

BACK
Creature.....Edward Scissorhands
Stripe.....Beetlejuice
David.....Frankenstein
FRONT

I also wanted to confirm that the Black and White Hitchcock (1/72) is in the regular "D Assortment" and is in the front right spot on the top row (thanks to the person who posted that earlier on this forum!!!) A really nice manager at a GameStop held an untouched box of the "D Assortment" for me and I was able to go in and pick out the B+W Hitchcock yesterday.

Also, I wanted to confirm that Pinhead and The Fly are in the two front spots on the top row of a case (I don't know which assortment it was, but I pulled one from a fresh case at another GameStop). Again, thank you to the people who were posting their findings earlier on...Pinhead was the one I wanted the most!

The same goes for The Crow (1/36 normal version)...he has been in the front two spots on the top row and is either next to the Werewolf or The Fly (this might help for people that shake their boxes for size/weight before purchasing).

I know a lot of this is "old news"...but I just wanted to confirm that the patterns/case layouts are holding true. I hope this helps for those of you that are chasing after the 1/72 figures.

Also, a friend of mine got a case from GameStop and was nice enough to share his case layout with me. Here it is:

TOP ROW

BACK
Hitchcock.....Ed
Shaun.....Nosferatu
G.I.T.D. Cthulhu.....The Fly
FRONT

BOTTOM ROW

BACK
Creature.....Edward Scissorhands
Stripe.....Beetlejuice
Frankenstein.....David
FRONT

So there are "my findings" so far. The only other thing to note is if you are looking for a Cthulhu figure, it's HUGE...it feels enormous inside of the box and doesn't have much room to bounce around inside (if you gently shake an unopened box).

Happy hunting everyone!!! If anyone can confirm where they pulled a HT Exclusive Crow from in an untouched case I'm all ears (I'm assuming it'll be in one of the front two spots on the top row)!!

[muffinhunter]

Is this a real and documented thing? I've gleaned bits of info from reading around on this site, but I don't really know all the tricks of the trade. Not that I've ever seen any of the horror minis "in the wild" anywhere around where I live. The Gamestops here seem mostly to only carry game-related ones or Walking Dead.

Yes! Top 6 are nearly guraunteed to have all the 1/24, 1/36, or 1/72 in that case. Best of luck!


I had a long week and wanted to try my hand at Gamestop again. Amongst the crowd there for the latest Call of Duty was a seemingly untouched full case of Horror Series 2. As seen time and time again has shown on here, I pulled the front two in hopes of Pinhead. Guess my luck finally came around when I pulled him! Woo-hoo! So happy, he is a neat figure!

Rad, I got one too, at the expense of most of a case worth of dupes. He really is a nice figure, it's too bad Funko felt the need to deny him to so many casual buyers.

[ShyGuyPal]

Congratz smee and muffinhunter! And thanks for the breakdown smee, I'm glad you along with many others on this forum are so helpful! Real sense of community around here! I agree, I was kind of shocked at first Pinhead was the rarest one. I was thinking for sure Hitchcock would be that (even though B/W one was).

I wanted to do a follow-up to the collage I posted before, now with all the monsters mashed together in order of their appearance! There are funny gaps between some of them. I put Hitchcock as 1899 since that's when he was born. I guess I could have put his first movie, but whatever. Enjoy!

[muffinhunter]

Oh, nice. I was actually contemplating displaying them in "chronological" order, you just saved me some IMDB searching. Very cool collage.

[Daemon373]

Woah! Looks even better with everybody included ShyGuyPal! Although I can't help but keep my fingers crossed for Series 3 adding in some much needed females. Here's to hoping for Carrie, The Exorcist, and The Ring

[MadLove]

Realized after the fact my GITD Cthulhu has two left wings Guess I'll be on the lookout for another. In the mean time anyone want a derpy Cthulhu or have the matching one with two right wings?

[Propellarhead9]

My wife pulled a GITD Cuthulu today and a Werewolf