Every Hirono blind box carries a little gamble. Most pulls land on one of the regular designs, and those are worth loving on their own. But every so often a box hides something extra: the secret figure, a rare bonus design that never appears in the regular lineup. This guide gathers the secret figures from the Hirono blind box series covered on this site, from the earliest releases to the newest plush pendants, along with a few honest thoughts for anyone chasing one.
What Is a Secret Figure?
A secret figure sits outside the regular set. You cannot pick it, and you will not find it among the designs printed on the box. The only way to get one from a sealed box is luck, and that rarity is exactly why collectors chase secrets hardest.
POP MART keeps the exact odds close: its own product pages say the chances of drawing a secret vary from set to set. If the pull rate matters to you, check the official listing for the series you are buying before you commit.
The Classics: Where the Secrets Began
Hirono’s very first series, The Other One, set the pattern with Dreaming, a peek into the subconscious and the perfect hidden twist for a series about the selves we keep inside. Little Mischief followed with Unknown Journey, closing its world of small adventures with one more mystery. And Shelter hid Stuffed Bear, the nurturing comfort of childhood tucked away as the rarest piece in a series about protection.
Le Petit Prince doubles the surprise with two hidden figures: The Pilot is the secret, and The Little Prince himself goes one step rarer as the super secret. Fitting, for a story where the narrator matters just as much as the prince.
The Middle Era: Secrets With a Point
By this stretch, the secrets stopped being bonuses and started being punchlines to each series’ story. Mime hides Silent, the one figure that says nothing at all in a series about everything unspoken. Reshape keeps Puppet, a sly nod to control and free will in a series about transformation. City of Mercy closes with Belonging, a secret whose name doubles as the whole series’ message.
Then there is Echo, whose secret Never Growing Up turns a series about childhood nostalgia into one more reason to keep opening boxes.
The New Wave
The newer series kept the tradition alive. Tamed Wildgrass hides Boundary, a fitting last word for a series about being penned in. Monsters’ Carnival saves The Disembodied for the lucky few, because a carnival of monsters needed one ghost. And Hirono x Harry Potter works the same double rarity as Le Petit Prince: Mandrake is the secret, and Harry Potter – Special Edition goes one step rarer as the super secret.
The chase carried over when Hirono moved into plush pendants, too. After Dark hides Old Dream, Mist-Walker keeps The Tempered Aegis, and Road Journal conceals Highway Imprint. Even the Echo fridge magnet clips have one: Never Growing Up again, this time flat enough for your fridge.
Series That Skip the Secret
Not every Hirono release hides something. Listening; Saying; Seeing is a compact three-figure set where each design is a full statement, with no hidden chase. The 200% Series sells its large-format figures openly, no blind draw involved. And the Blister Series is a line of exclusives and exhibition pieces where every design is known up front.
How to Actually Get a Secret
The honest answer: there is no trick to a sealed box. Buy one because you like the whole lineup, and treat a secret as a happy accident rather than the plan.
If your heart is set on a specific secret, the reliable routes cost more but skip the gamble. Confirmed listings are boxes the seller has opened to identify the design, so you pay a premium for certainty. Collector groups and marketplaces are full of people trading duplicates, and a secret you love is often someone else’s extra.
One warning that saves money: anyone promising a guaranteed secret inside a sealed box should set off alarm bells, and prices far below the going rate deserve questions. Our fake vs real guide walks through the checks before you pay.
Each series page on this site lists its lineup with official photos, so have a browse through the full Hirono series collection and see which hidden design you want to chase next.
