Labubu glossary: every term of the hunt, defined.

Collecting has its own vocabulary, and half the confusion (and some of the scams) lives in it. Plain-language definitions, cross-linked to the evidence pages where the numbers behind them live. Last updated 2026-08-30.

What is a blind box?

A sealed box whose specific figure you don't know until you open it. You choose the series; the series chooses the figure. The randomness is the product — and it is also why odds, authenticity and channel are the three questions that decide whether you bought well.

What is a series?

One themed release of figures sold in identical blind boxes — for The Monsters, commonly six or twelve regular designs plus one secret. The series name (Have a Seat, Big Into Energy, Exciting Macaron…) is printed on the box, and its own listing is the reference for what it contains and costs.

What is a regular?

Any of the openly listed designs in a series — the figures shown on the box's lineup art. Pulling a specific regular you want is its own smaller lottery: at six designs, an even split puts any one design at roughly 1-in-6 per box, before the secret is considered.

What is a secret (or chase)?

The hidden extra design that is not part of the openly listed lineup and appears at long odds — most commonly reported at 1:72 for six-figure series and 1:144 for twelve-figure series, with the authoritative rate printed on each series' own box. The secret is the engine of the resale market and, for the same reason, of the counterfeit market. Full numbers: the rarity page.

What are printed odds?

The rate stated on the box or official listing — “1:72” means one secret per 72 boxes on average. It is the one number that outranks every collector table, including ours. What printed odds do not tell you is your chance across several boxes; that is multiplication, and the calculator does it honestly.

What is a case?

The sealed carton a shop receives, containing a fixed count of blind boxes. Collector guides report that case allocation can be structured rather than fully random — which is why our probability math is explicit about modelling loose, independently drawn boxes, and why “case fresh” claims on resale listings deserve the same skepticism as any other unverifiable claim.

What is a glow or ultra variant?

A rarer-than-secret variant reported for some releases — glow-in-the-dark editions are the recurring example, with rates reported as low as 1:720. At those odds, a 50% chance takes 499 boxes of independent draws; treat any cheap listing that promises one as arithmetic failing in public. Sources on the rarity page.

What is a vinyl plush pendant?

The dominant Labubu format: a soft plush body with a vinyl face, sized and looped to hang from a bag. “Figure” series are all-vinyl instead. The format is printed on the official listing — and matters for authenticity, because fur evenness and face finish are two of the eight checks.

What is a Lafufu?

The community's name for a counterfeit Labubu (Gulf News). Fakes are common enough to have earned a word of their own — and the rarer and hotter the real figure, the more heavily it is faked. The recurring giveaways, each with its source: the 8-point check.

What is the seller of record?

The party actually selling you the item — on marketplaces, the “sold by” line, not the site's logo. It is the single strongest authenticity lever a buyer has: where Pop Mart itself is the seller of record, a counterfeit structurally cannot reach the shelf. The ranked channel list: where to buy.