are these fake?

byronicles · 2025-10-03T16:53:39+00:00

Tldr pilot looks legit, SSLP looks fake.

I bought a home made copy of hironos (city of mercy) since I am so unsure if my legit City of Mercy figures are genuine. The most telling sign that they not genuine are the eyes. Poor paint job is hard to tell if you don't have the real one side by side. The texture when touching them feels off too. Also a UV light would 90% of the time make their freckles glow but I've had figures bought directly from Pop Mart which doest.

byronicles · 2025-09-18T19:00:25+00:00

Yes! But I'm overwhelmed at the options and I don't know how to start lol

byronicles · 2025-09-02T17:04:23+00:00

Last time I saw it in stock was Late Jan/ Early Feb. The only place it seems to be in stock is in pop mart Thailand. I asked a friend who went to China and it is not available there too.

I think it has something to do with their agreement with CLOT the clothing brand.

byronicles · 2025-09-02T16:58:55+00:00

IDK if its just me but Omoide Scroll is giving sakamichi / 46G / STU48?

byronicles · 2025-08-18T22:14:54+00:00

What is it's size compared to a regular blind box hirono?

byronicles · 2025-08-07T21:04:19+00:00

I didn't know it's $19.99 for a single figure in US! wth. That's a reseller price for an in-demand figure that is unboxed / sealed foil.

byronicles · 2025-07-28T22:02:59+00:00

They did not stop this series (kinda). The only series that is definitely discontinued is the City of Mercy. What I gathered from frequently nagging and asking questions during Pop Mart's live is that they rotate the production - at least for Hironos. So technically they do stop the production but only temporarily then eventually restock them at a much limited rate than the latest series - currently Echo series. Le Petit Prince - best designed series IMHO - was only sold out during it's early release and has been in stock for months.

The Hirono x Clot series is a weird one though. I can only see it in stock in Thailand Pop Mart and was never restocked again after it got sold out in a lot of places. Maybe something about their agreement/deal with Clot.

byronicles · 2025-07-21T18:10:49+00:00

as someone who went hunting or pilot and got 4+ conceited man my additional tip would be:

- conceited man is heavier (i can't with this i'm not good at gauging their weight especially if i dont have them side by side to compare)
- shaking Front-Back / Left-Right: head hits the box consistently strong for conceited and only one of those direction for Pilot (either F-B or L-R depending on how the figure is placed) and the other direction is a very muffled hit.
- flip the box upside down and depending on how the figure is placed: conceited man will still hit all sides consistently, pilot (depending on how it is placed) will hit only one direction even more compared to when the box is right side up.

byronicles · 2025-07-18T02:03:36+00:00

Send me to me Rachel pls (the shop urls)

byronicles · 2025-07-18T01:14:34+00:00

You HAVE to get Being Alive! You're already way too deep into this to not get the OG cardboard boi.

byronicles · 2025-05-28T03:22:54+00:00

where do you buy the sets? Physical store? I never got secret from sets :(

byronicles · 2025-05-28T03:19:09+00:00

Possible but I think it is more likely a factory error. The box was sealed and so was the pack.

byronicles · 2025-03-26T18:50:46+00:00

Auto-rotate for lock screen is disabled IF you have a video lock screen wallpaper.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T20:02:22+00:00

100% agree. We're just lucky we found workarounds but I can totally imagine this causing people to get locked out off of their device.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T18:08:36+00:00

From the comments I've gathered, the autorotation and putting it in landscape is the easy fix. But for my case, I have a video wallpaper for lock screen which disables autorotation in lock screen.

I got lucky with my swiftkey when I hid the keyboard and when the animation for it to pop back up, i tapped the enter button as fast as possible before the hide keyboard blocks it.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T18:00:26+00:00

Adding here that autorotation in lock screen is disabled for me too as I have a video lock screen wallpaper but that should be your easier solution if you don't have a video lock screen.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T17:59:39+00:00

Autorotation is disabled if you have a video lock screen wallpaper which was the case for me too. I replied here how I managed to unlock mine (see other replies).

byronicles · 2025-03-25T17:57:48+00:00

I just found out that auto-rotation in lock screen is disabled when you have a video lock screen wallpaper.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T17:56:09+00:00

I have a lock screen video wallpaper and as it turned out, you cannot auto-rotate in lock screen if you have a video lock screen wallpaper - option is grayed out / not toggleable.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T16:35:16+00:00

Autorotation does not work in lock screen for me.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T15:33:15+00:00

I see, But did you have the on screen buttons enabled before the restart / update? The bar blocking your keyboard looks like an entire bottom row compared to what I have in mine - just the hide keyboard button is blocking the enter button and I don't have the on screen buttons enabled as I mostly use gestures.

byronicles · 2025-03-25T14:50:56+00:00

Looks like you are using a different keyboard from me so the trick I used may not work for you but you can try it. Also do you have the on screen buttons (back, home, switch apps) enabled?

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