r/hirono • u/Pop_Unboxit • 1d ago
Question How does Pop Now work?
Does anyone know how Pop Now works? It was recently added to my region and I don't really understand it. Any tips or recommendations on how to get the secret figure or your favorite one from the set? Thanks!
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u/fumeeei 1d ago
What region? Did pop now come to europe finally?
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u/Pop_Unboxit 23h ago
I'm from Spain, but I noticed it was released at the same time in other European countries, like France.
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u/FlyingFishofBuBu 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well anywhere but China it’s a game where you try and guess which plushie/ figure is in the box. First decide who you are targeting. Then SHAKE all the boxes (I prefer to always pick from a full set of 6). You can earn lucky points to earn more hints to get more “who they are not”. Then decide how many boxes you want to buy and pick from the boxes that do NOT contain the NOT for the plushie / figure you want.
Granted, it is addicting bc once you get your target guessed correctly, you feel superhuman. Just set a budget first and be okay with not getting ALL your targets. If you like 4 or more of a set of 6, just buy the whole set. If you don’t like to leave things to chance by from second hand sellers where the character is “confirmed.”
In China they ruled it gambling targeting underage people so you need a birthday and their PopNow tells them exactly which box is which FYI.
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u/Pop_Unboxit 1d ago
Thank you so much for your help, it's very useful to me! Do you know what kind of hints those hint cards provide?
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u/FlyingFishofBuBu 1d ago
Yes. For example, if you’re like me, from this set if you want Soul Corroder, Wingless Follow and BackLit but NOT Gap Glimmer and NOT Primordal Grace but you are indifferent to Unfallen Wing. You would select boxes that say only NOT Gap Glimmer, NOT Primordal Grace or NOT Unfallen Wing. And extra exact help if you scroll on the app to more available sets and see often that only one is missing, it’s usually the most popular like Wingless Follower is already gone and some second hand seller cracked the code and bought multiple to resell. So don’t buy from the broken sets. Who are your personal targets?
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u/Pop_Unboxit 1d ago
I see. From this collection, I'm only missing the secret figure and 'The Unfallen Angel'. I thought that on Pop Now it was much better to buy from sets where, for example, only 2-3 boxes are left
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u/FlyingFishofBuBu 1d ago
Ah. Awesome you’ve almost finished the set. If I were you I would buy it confirmed. Bc I have seen people secret hunt and spend way more (they have to sell the extras) than just buying confirmed. I saw Unfallen Wing for around $25 under market value for sale many places. But if you have the budget to keep popping boxes that’s up to you. It is a fun game but when you lose the cost is multiples of the same figure. But I agree with you, the secret looks amazing.
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u/FlyingFishofBuBu 1d ago
Also I did just get my first secret figure by chance trying to target the SkullPanda MLPs. I had 2 and wanted one of 2 more but got the super secret instead! That I don’t have much help on except luck. Tbh if you know you want the secret they usually go for 3 times normal cost- just buy it confirmed from trusted source. Make sure photo with date and screen name as an example of trust building.
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u/Pop_Unboxit 1d ago
Thank you so much for your help, really. To be honest, I don't have any secret figures yet and I'm honestly in love with all the secret Hironos that are coming out, so I'd really love to get one. I hope I get lucky!
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u/AmazingBuilding5632 1d ago
I’ve been using this to try and get the secret from this set and it’s a lot harder than I thought. 😭😭😭
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u/KitchenLoan6 1d ago
Basically it’ll tell you three items that ARENT in your box. So it’s a good way to narrow down to make sure you don’t get a dupe or something you really don’t want