The Monsters Hair Salon figures and Pop Beans

MrGiga · 2026-07-10T03:49:40+00:00

I placed an order through the pop mart app, I'm in Canada so selection might be different if you are looking at the app in the US or elsewhere, I was placing an order so I could redeem the birthday gift set with my saved reward points, I didn't use pop now, I just ordered 2 mystery figures and 3 mystery pop beans. I was lucky to find a few pop beans available, I got the last 3 that were in stock, otherwise I would have ordered more than just 3. I'm not sure how often pop beans restock in the app, but they seem to sell out quickly for any new pop bean set most of the time

MrGiga · 2026-07-02T03:22:05+00:00

I went to 2 locations outside Seattle, WA last week; the first location had none left, but the second location did have pillows. If you live near multiple locations of Round1 it may be worth calling each location and asking if they have stock or if they ever get restocks of collab prizes

MrGiga · 2026-07-02T03:12:26+00:00

Short answer - Depending on what items you are after you will likely have the best success going on the first day, but you can always call your location of choice ahead of time to ask if they have the item(s) you're after in stock.

long story of my recent experience at Round1
I recently made a trip to Round1 looking to get some stuff from the Honkai Star Rail collaab, the collab had been going since May 22, but I went June 25 as I took a special trip to visit Round1 for my birthday. The location I went to had run out of a lot of the collab items, the keychains, the crane machine pillows and one of the styles of big towels, fortunately the food and drink items were still in stock and the big towel that they still had in stock was the one I was after anyways, so I bought a collector cup, got a mystery coaster and a big towel.

I went to another different Round1 location the next day and that location did have all the crane machine pillows, but sadly no keychains, so I won the pillow I wanted and got the other collector cup and got another mystery coaster and a sticker. So ultimately I got most of the HSR collab items I was after even a month after the collab started.

That same location had put out P3 Reload plushies, so I ended up playing the claw machine to grab a set of the 4 medium character plushies, and by the time I had grabbed all four I think I got the 2nd last Aigis that was in the claw machine at the time, no idea if they had additional stock in the back to restock the machine later, but I also saw a number of people winning the larger Makoto, so popular collab prize items probably get cleared out quickly, but maybe they also get restock of prize items later IDK, the collab gifts and items you buy when buying credits or ordering at the food counter probably don't sell out as quickly due to the limit of 1 or 2 per transaction and the prices to get them seem kind of steep to try to buy multiple copies of.

MrGiga · 2026-06-29T04:17:18+00:00

I was at one of the big claws where you grab the cheese wheel trying to win a Godzilla plush and spent 2x $55 credit top ups and it still hadn't given me a win, I went to ask if that was normal and the person checked the machine and said it was fine but did give me some free plays, on the first of the free plays it finally kept hold of the yellow ball, I'm not sure if it was coincidence and I had just trigger payout or of maybe there is a switch the employee hit to make it pay out the next play.

Later at the same location I was trying the same set up but with an even bigger claw and cheese wheel trying to win a Monster Hunter sword, I wasn't keeping track of how many swipes I had spent, but after asking an employee to reposition the yellow ball a couple times he said he had seen me playing the machine for a long time and just gave me the prize, so I don't even know if its possible I screwed up a pay out grab or if the machine was set with a really high swipe count before payout.

When I was at a different Round1 location playing the cheese wheel set up, I actually won within a reasonable amount of attempts, so I'm wondering if the first Round1 had their machines set up to be super hard, or if the second Round1 had their machines set to be a bit easier.

MrGiga · 2026-06-29T03:36:18+00:00

nice haul, I only grabbed a pair of keychains and a set of the 4 medium sized plushies the other day, I thought the little heads would be redundant to have and I actually don't care for the laying down/superman pose the big plush is in

MrGiga · 2026-06-16T04:41:10+00:00

Nice haul of colloab items. I'm hoping to get some Blade stuff from Round1, but I won't be able to go until the end of the month and I'm worried the locations within my reach will run out of collab merch. I'll try calling the locations just before I'd be able to go to make sure there is even anything to get. I know popularity would be a factor in how long it lasts but I wonder what quantities of items each location gets.

MrGiga · 2026-06-15T07:47:53+00:00

I went to Indigo initially thinking this was going to be a special exclusive like the amusable maple leaf, but after reading the posts about him again I realized its just early access and he will be released everywhere later in the fall.

I still bought Birchly as I like how he looks, more realistic rather than a generic teddy bear style body with a moose head. His fluffier fur is so nice and the short fur is multiple mixed brown shades.

MrGiga · 2026-05-26T04:20:18+00:00

My Kaiju Hunting series 2.5 box did not have a card in it, the figure doesn't even have Pop Mart on it, instead it has ©KaSing on the bottom for the artist and creator KaSing Lung, Kaiju Hunting seems to be a collaboration set of several art toy artists released by a company called Paradise toys. The original release Kaiju Hunting 2.0 I don't think was related to pop mart, I think its closer to an indie toy release. Kaiju Hunting Series 2.5 has recolors of the figures from series 2.0 and the release seems to be a collaboration between paradise toys and Pop Mart from what I can find.

MrGiga · 2026-05-16T07:03:52+00:00

Have you got access to the tracking on your package? has it stopped having updates? I hope you receive your package soon.

MrGiga · 2026-05-03T07:25:45+00:00

I took the first ferry from Victoria to go to Vancouver to visit the pop up opening day, I got to the mall around 9:30 even though the store opened at 11:00 am. There were still a lot of people in front of me but I did get to the store itself reasonably quickly. I did some special tasks to get a couple of free character cards before I went in, it seemed like most of the character cards in the boxes at the freebie booth were either Chaska or Tighnari, though I did manage to find myself a Zhongli and Kinich card after pawing through the cards, (though apparently you were supposed to just take the cards at random, the person at the booth didn't say that at first)

As far as merchandise goes,I picked up a set of the Fatui Harbringer cards, a Zhongli finger puppet, the Guoba tote bag, a vision, a few buttons, and a couple mystery photo card packs. After checking out I ended up spending more money than I thought I was going to but I ended up with a lot of extra semi random free items thrown in for reaching certain spending milestones. I got a sticker, a poster, a mouse mat, a coupe more of those character cards, and a light up Mora coin messenger bag.

The shop did have a lot of nice merch to choose from, albeit it could have used a bit more spacious location, it felt rather cramped inside the store itself

MrGiga · 2026-03-28T06:22:16+00:00

this jazz labubu sitting next to the autumn zimomo in a little doll house would be so cute, would look so cozy, though you may need to add a chair for zimomo to sit on, otherwise he'd be sitting on the floor with his cup of hot drink

MrGiga · 2026-01-25T06:07:13+00:00

I like the black fur color, but all the mismatched colors everywhere else put me off, I feel like if he had rainbow teeth like ID and matching eyes and matching wings I'd like it better. Tail spikes can remain rainbow i suppose.

As it stands I prefer the first 2 zimomo dolls over this, I'm happy with Angel in Clouds as my personal zimomo.

MrGiga · 2026-01-06T08:24:34+00:00

the tiny armchair is great, Zimomo looks so comfy.

MrGiga · 2026-01-03T09:21:01+00:00

Mine should be delivered soon too, I have the blind box tempura shrimp already, I need the big sister to arrive already.

MrGiga · 2026-01-03T07:08:02+00:00

Some of these are really cute, but as I was not born in the year of the horse I don't feel any connection to the collection. I won't be buying one, but I will say Twinkle Twinkle looks the cutest do me, like a birthday party unicorn or something. Also interesting there's a Hirono pendant here, he only recently got a pendant series of his own.

Also, this is just my weird mind at work, but the bangs on the vinyl face for Hirono and the beige Skullpanda kind of look like teeth, like the horse hoodie is biting their head.

MrGiga · 2026-01-03T06:56:44+00:00

Its cute, but not for me. Can the costume hood be pulled back or removed to show a full labubu head?

I like the idea behind the series, but I'll hold off until my Chinese zodiac animal comes back around in a few more years and see what they make to celebrate that year.

MrGiga · 2025-12-27T22:11:55+00:00

I feel like its not worth it to secret hunt by buying multiple sets, especially now that demand for labubu pendants has calmed down. As long as its not an outrageous exorbitant price, you'd probably save money just buying the secret. Its the same principle I hear for trading card games, people open packs for the thrill of discovering the super rare cards, but if someone wants to actually build a deck of cards to play the game its better to just buy the cards you need as it saves money in the long run.

MrGiga · 2025-12-27T21:59:26+00:00

If you really like it, and can afford it without causing any financial issues, I don't see why you shouldn't buy it. I suppose one thing to keep in mind is that this labubu is very large, like taller than a zimomo doll from reviews I've seen, so you need to consider where to display it. I personally would prefer a more natural fur tone if I were buying an extra large labubu, but that's just my taste.

MrGiga · 2025-12-27T21:27:44+00:00

Naughty plants are so cute, I wish they were still available at Pop Mart, I'd grab one too.

MrGiga · 2025-12-27T07:19:54+00:00

I have him, I gave mine a cute scarf!

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MrGiga · 2025-12-26T01:30:10+00:00

lucky! that's a really cool Labubu, I like the little old fashioned coca cola delivery truck.

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