Minecraft Mini-Figures Series 4 turns familiar game moments into tiny, self-contained scenes: a zombie caught at a door, a spider sitting in its spawner, and a Creeper trying to move quietly despite being one of the game’s least subtle hazards. Mattel’s purple-and-black packaging identifies the wave with a faceted number 4 badge, while collector databases give it the more memorable name Obsidian Series.
This is a true blind-box format. The front shows a silhouetted figure behind a question mark and the words “Dig In!”, and each sealed carton contains one randomly selected mini-figure. The package is marked for ages 6 and up. Its copyright panel is dated 2014, placing it in the early era of Mattel’s long-running Minecraft Mini-Figures program rather than among the much later waves.
The 12 figures in the single-box pool
The single-pack checklist contains 12 designs. Six are pictured together on the photographed package panel: Slime Cubes, Tabby Cat, Screaming Enderman, Sneaking Creeper, Zombie at Door, and Spawning Spider. The fuller Series 4 checklist completes that group with Rabbit, Skeleton with Pumpkin Armor, Steve with Arrow Damage, Priest Villager, Alex with Cake, and Sheared Sheep.
That lineup is unusually scene-driven. Slime Cubes stacks the mob into a trio; Zombie at Door and Spawning Spider incorporate environmental pieces; Alex carries a cake; and Steve’s damaged armor is represented with an arrow strike. Even the more character-focused figures are specific poses or states rather than generic repeats. For collectors arranging figures by biome, mob family, or gameplay moment, Series 4 therefore offers more visual variety than a twelve-character roll call would suggest.
Single packs and three-packs are not the same checklist
The broader Obsidian Series is often cataloged as 24 releases because the line also included three-pack configurations. That number should not be mistaken for 24 possible pulls from this blind box. The individually boxed assortment is the 12-design pool above.
The companion three-packs reused several figures from the blind boxes—including the red cat, Screaming Enderman, Sneaking Creeper, Rabbit, Slime Cubes, Spawning Spider, Zombie at Door, and pumpkin-armored Skeleton—but also introduced figures cataloged as three-pack-only: Armored Horse, Elder Guardian, and Farming Steve. Alex with Cake, Priest Villager, Steve with Arrow Damage, and Sheared Sheep are identified as single-pack-only designs in the specialist checklist. That distinction matters when building a complete set: opening more single boxes cannot produce the three-pack exclusives, while buying only the multipacks leaves several blind-box designs uncovered.
What the package does—and does not—promise
The box photographs provide a clean condition reference. A collectible example should retain the upright rectangular carton, sharp purple corner graphics, readable Series 4 badge, “Mini-Figure” title, age mark, and mystery silhouette. Look closely for crushed top flaps, torn tuck tabs, sticker residue, fading, or dents across the front question-mark panel. Those defects may not matter to an opener, but they are meaningful if the unopened carton is part of the collection.
No pull ratios, rarity tiers, or manufacturer-designated Chase figure are printed on the visible package panels, and the reference checklists do not provide odds. Accordingly, none of the 12 should be called a verified chaser simply because it is popular or single-pack-only. “Single-pack-only” describes distribution format, not proven scarcity. A sealed box preserves the surprise, but it does not support a promise about which character—or rarity level—is inside.
Who this Series 4 box suits
At roughly one-inch scale, these figures work best as compact shelf clusters rather than standalone centerpiece toys. Series 4 is especially strong for collectors who like recognizable gameplay snapshots: the cake, armor damage, monster spawner, doorway, and mob variants communicate specific Minecraft actions even at miniature size. For a set builder, the practical approach is to track the 12 single-pack designs separately from the three-pack exclusives and record duplicates by exact pose, not just by character name.
The BlindBoxes product is offered new and sealed, with one random figure per carton. That makes it a period-correct way to experience the assortment, while the photographed six-character panel and complete external checklist give openers a useful starting point for identifying the pull.