Horror Classics Mystery Minis - Series 1 - Intro.

In 2013, Funko announced a new line of toy products: Blind Box Mystery Minis. Around this time blind boxes and blind bags were very popular, so it made sense for Funko to try their hand at it. There were several other lines being introduced, such as The Walking Dead, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Hello Kitty. Each was placed inside a Box that contained the figure, usually in the 2 to 2.5 inch scale. The toys that caught my eyes were the Horror Classics.

I was not a horror movie fan at the time, but I've always appreciated their designs and monsters in general. As a kid I would look through the annual Halloween catalogs and ask friends about who the character masks were. It wasn't until much later I ended up enjoying some of the scary movies due to the monsters and characters that brought the movies to life. I told myself I would only get a few, such as Sam, Ghostface, and Pennywise. That few turned into wanting the entire set, so here I am today to give my thoughts and information into a line I've enjoyed hunting as much as I did collecting!

With that, let's get back to the product!

Below is a scan taken from their 2013 catalog (credit: Funko Pop Community UK)

This was the original concept art for the line-up and their rarities. This changed at one point before they were released in late 2014. Note that Ash (non-bloodied) was scrapped at production release. NES Jason was later added to the line-up.

Below is a promotional image of the final product (credit: Funko).

They were released in a Case, which contained 24 Boxes. Within each Case, 2 of the 24 Boxes were a Jason for example (2/24). There would always be 1 Billy (1/24), and 1 of the 1/72 or 1/144 rarity figures. The 1/72 figures were 1 per every 3 cases, but the 1/144 were 1 per every 6 cases. For example, if you bought 6 cases you would get 2x of NES Jason, 2x of Bloodied Leatherface, 1x of Scarred Chucky, and 1x of Glow Pennywise. The Box unfortunately didn't make this clear, with a clerical error on Billy being 1/72 and NES Jason being 2/24. This lead to much confusion early on.

They were usually sold in hobby, movie, and some local retail stores. Fortunately they were popular and successful enough that a Series 2 was warranted, really leading into the 'classics' side of the Horror Classics line.

In a future Post I will delve right into the characters and figurines individually (see Part 1 and Part 2). For now, I hope this was informative and entertaining! Thanks!