Display Figures at Wholesale: Dream Drawing Vol. 3 and the Funism 30th Anniversary Set

Daniel Shoffner

Aug 7

3 min read

Two blind box lines landed this week alongside the sealed card product: the Eevee & Friends Dream-Illustrating figure case at $247.99 for nine boxes, and the Funism 30th Anniversary First Partner suitcase set at $147.99, also nine per case. Blind box product follows different rules from sealed cards, and buyers who apply booster-box logic to it usually get the order size wrong.

Eevee & Friends Dream-Illustrating Figures

This is volume three of the Chinese-exclusive Dream-Illustrating line, following the 151 and Water Pokemon volumes, released 7 August 2026. Each blind box holds a figure sculpted from the card artwork, a reverse holo of that same card, a display stand with card holder, and a Terastal Festival booster pack.

The chase is a secret Illustration Rare Eevee figure at a stated 1 in 80 pull rate, improved from 1 in 143 on the earlier set. At nine boxes per case you are not buying a realistic shot at the secret, so sell these on the strength of the line rather than the chase.

The case works out at $27.55 per box. For context, UK retailers have listed the older volume one at around £23, so this sits roughly in line with the market on an established line, with Eevee typically pulling harder than the 151 theme did.

Funism 30th Anniversary First Partner Suitcase

A different proposition. Each unit is a Professor's Suitcase display box holding three random Starter Pokeballs drawn from a pool of nine, covering first partners across all nine generations from Kanto to Paldea. Released 10 July 2026. The suitcase is the packaging and the display piece at once, which is most of its appeal.

The case breaks down to $16.44 a unit. Be aware that US retailers have been listing these around $19.98, so the reseller spread here is genuinely thin compared with the card product. This is a volume and attachment line rather than a margin line, and it works best bundled or as a counter impulse item rather than as a standalone profit driver.

Why blind box product turns differently from sealed cards

Sealed booster product has an investor buyer sitting underneath the collector buyer. Some portion of every case goes to someone storing it rather than opening it, and that floor supports the price. Blind box figures do not have that floor. Almost nobody warehouses them expecting appreciation, so the demand you see is real end demand.

That cuts both ways. You will not catch the speculative spikes that make sealed cards exciting, but you also will not be left holding stock when a hype cycle turns. These lines sell steadily to people who want the object, which makes them a sensible counterweight to inventory that is otherwise exposed to set-release timing.

How to test a new category

Nine units is a genuine test: enough to learn whether your customers bite, cheap enough that being wrong costs very little
Check your own market before pricing, especially on the Funism line where the spread is tight
Mix a figure case with sealed product you already know sells, so the proven line carries the shipping economics against the three-case minimum