Funko’s Retro Video Games Mystery Minis set is a compact crossover of arcade history, but the packaging is nearly as collectible as the vinyl figure inside. This example uses the Mega Man arcade-cabinet box: a tall, angled carton printed with a faux screen, joystick, buttons, character-select portraits, Capcom branding, and the familiar blue Mega Man logo. It is still a blind box—the cabinet art does not identify the figure packed inside.
A 2017 arcade crossover, not a Mega Man-only assortment
Funko announced the set during its London Toy Fair reveals on January 22, 2017. The official announcement names six represented game families: PAC-MAN, Ms. PAC-MAN, Q*bert, Frogger, Mega Man, and Dig Dug. The photographed package adds Centipede to the licensing panel and character checklist, making this a broad retro-game set rather than a dedicated Mega Man wave.
The 2017 date also appears in the package’s Q*bert and Atari licensing text. That is a more useful dating cue than the file date of a modern product photograph. Collectors should think of this as a 2017-era Mystery Minis release even when a sealed example resurfaces years later.
The complete 12-figure checklist
The back panel shows twelve designs. Names below follow the package, with common game context added where it avoids ambiguity:
- Pac-Man
- Blinky, the red Pac-Man ghost
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Ms. Pac-Man Ghost, shown as the pink ghost
- Q*bert
- Coily from Q*bert
- Centipede
- Mega Man
- Frogger
- Dig Dug, also known as Taizo Hori
- Pooka from Dig Dug
- Fygar from Dig Dug
This lineup is unusually balanced for a licensed blind-box crossover: the maze games contribute four designs, Dig Dug contributes three, Q*bert contributes two, and Centipede, Mega Man, and Frogger each receive one. A collector building a display can arrange the figures by game family instead of treating the set as twelve unrelated mascots.
Seven cabinet boxes, one shared mystery pool
The series was sold in cartons styled after seven arcade machines: Centipede, Dig Dug, Frogger, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Q*bert. That creates a second collecting layer. A Mega Man cabinet is a packaging variant, not evidence that the hidden vinyl is Mega Man. Someone seeking one of each box design would need to track the outer cartons separately from the figure checklist.
The photographed Mega Man box has a particularly specific visual hook: its front imitates the original game’s stage-select screen with Cut Man, Guts Man, Elec Man, Ice Man, Fire Man, and Bomb Man around the central Mystery Minis mark. Those Robot Masters are packaging decoration, not additional figures in the 12-character assortment.
What the box does—and does not—say about rarity
No individual pull ratios are printed on the visible panels of this Mega Man carton, and Funko’s surviving announcement does not publish odds. The twelve-character back panel is a checklist, not proof of an even 1-in-12 distribution. Without printed ratios or another reliable assortment document, none of these figures should be labeled a chaser or an official Funko Chase. Collectors comparing opened figures should value character preference and verified condition rather than assigning unsupported rarity.
Condition cues for a cabinet-shaped carton
The unusual silhouette introduces more wear points than a simple rectangular box. Inspect the angled marquee corners, long dark side edges, lower corners, and the transition between the top cabinet and lower control-panel section. In the available photographs, the major artwork is bright and readable, while light edge whitening, corner rubbing, and small scuffs are visible. Clear wrapping is also visible, but photographs alone cannot prove that film is Funko’s original factory wrap. For a sealed-box collection, ask whether the wrap seams and flap closures are intact and whether the carton has been compressed beneath the film.
At $8.99, this is best approached as a nostalgic single pull or a cabinet-package collectible rather than a guaranteed route to Mega Man. Availability may change, so check the current product page before planning a larger arcade display.