What Is a Chase Funko Pop?

If you've spent any time around Funko collectors, you've heard someone say they "pulled the chase." It's one of the most fun parts of collecting Pops, and it's also one of the most misunderstood. Here's what a chase actually is and how to tell if you've got one.

What a chase Pop is

When Funko releases certain Pops, it makes a rare alternate version alongside the regular one. That alternate is the chase. Both versions share the same box number and name, but the chase looks different, and it's made in much smaller numbers.

Funko's usual ratio is about 1 in 6. In practice that means stores get roughly one chase for every five regular figures, mixed in at random. That's where the name comes from: you're chasing the rare one.

What makes a chase different

There's no single rule. The chase can be:

• A different finish, like glow in the dark, metallic or flocked
• A different outfit or form (Sir Pentious's Angelic Form chase from Hazbin Hotel is a good example)
• A different pose or extra detail, like Zoro switching from two swords to his full three sword style
• Sometimes a different character altogether. The chase for Transformers Skywarp is actually Thundercracker.

Some chases are subtle and some are completely different figures. That variety is half the fun.

How to spot one

Look at the box. Chase Pops have a chase sticker on the front window, usually reading "Limited Edition Chase." If there's no sticker, it's the regular version, even if the figure looks a little different from the photo you saw online.

A quick tip: fake chase stickers exist. If someone is selling a "chase" at a common price with a sticker that looks blurry, crooked or a slightly wrong color, be careful. We cover this in more detail in our guide on how to spot a fake Funko Pop.

Are chase Pops worth more?

Usually, yes. Because there are fewer of them, chases tend to sell for more than the regular release, sometimes a lot more if the character is popular. How much depends on the franchise, the design and how many were made. A chase from a hot anime line will move faster than a chase from a niche movie.

That said, plenty of collectors buy chases just because they like them better. Nothing wrong with that.

Buying a chase vs. hoping for one

You can try your luck buying regular Pops and hoping a chase turns up, which is how it works at most big stores. Or you can buy the chase directly. Every Pop we list as a chase is the actual chase, sticker and all. You can browse them all in our Chase section.

If you've already got the regular version of a character, picking up the chase to sit next to it is one of the easiest ways to make a shelf look complete.