Everything To Know About THE MONSTERS Labubu Sports Series Figures — 6–9cm

The Labubu Sports Series was released on August 28, 2019, as an exclusive debut at the Beijing Toy Show — which means this series predates most of the international collecting community's discovery of the character. By the time Labubu became a global conversation in 2024, the Sports Series had already been out of production for five years. Complete sets with the hidden Swimming figure now routinely command significant secondary market premiums. This is a series that collectors come to from the back end: they find Labubu, they go looking for where it started, and they find this.

Twelve sports. Twelve figures. One ultra-rare hidden. Labubu and Tycoco — the small companion figure who appears across multiple early THE MONSTERS releases — rendered in mid-action poses across a range of individual and team sports, from the globally familiar (basketball, football) to the more specific (curling, pommel horse). Each figure stands between 6 and 9cm, with the size varying based on the demands of the pose. The detail work — sport-specific accessories, action postures, color-coded accents — is the series that established the production quality standard for everything that followed.

The Complete Lineup

Table Tennis

Paddle in hand, the smallest-scale equipment in the series translated faithfully into a figure that reads immediately from across a display case. Table Tennis is one of the more compositionally compact figures — the table tennis pose does not spread wide — and it sits well in a grouped display without dominating neighboring figures.

Pommel Horse

The gymnastics event that requires the most precise balance — rendered as a figure that captures the horizontal body position above the apparatus. Pommel Horse is the most technically specific athletic figure in the series, and for collectors who have any familiarity with gymnastics, the accuracy of the pose is immediately legible. One of the lower secondary-market figures, which makes it a good entry point for new collectors of this series.

Bowling

The follow-through pose — arm extended, one leg lifted, the moment immediately after release. The bowling ball is a separate molded element, and the lane-approach posture is one of the series' most recognizable silhouettes from any angle. Bowling is the figure that tends to appeal to collectors who approach the series thematically rather than athletically.

Curling

Broom in hand, low crouch, the delivery position that defines the sport's visual identity. Curling is the most regionally specific sport in the series — it resonates most strongly with collectors from curling-culture countries — and as a result it has a more scattered secondary market than the globally familiar sports. Among the higher-priced confirmed figures, it reflects genuine collector desire rather than broad demand.

Volleyball

Mid-spike — the moment of contact between hands and ball at the peak of the jump. The volleyball figure is the series' most vertically dynamic, and at the upper size range of the 6–9cm scale it benefits from every centimeter. The ball is positioned above the figure rather than held, which required specific engineering to keep stable at this scale.

Football (Soccer)

Foot on ball, the moment of controlled possession that telegraphs the next move without revealing it. Football is the most globally recognizable sport in the lineup, and the figure reflects that: it is one of the most compositionally balanced pieces in the series, neither dynamically extended nor statically posed but caught in a moment of potential. Among the higher secondary-market pieces.

Weightlifting

Barbell overhead in the full press position — the moment of maximum extension and maximum effort. Weightlifting is the series' most structurally demanding figure because the barbell extends beyond the figure's body width on both sides, creating a silhouette that requires careful display spacing. One of the lower-priced confirmed figures; the broad silhouette is harder to slot into a compact display.

Tennis

Service motion — racket extended back, the wind-up before the forward swing. Tennis is one of the most compositionally elegant figures in the series: the diagonal of the racket arm against the standing posture creates a natural visual line that reads well from multiple angles. The highest-priced confirmed regular figure, reflecting sustained collector demand.

Boxing

Gloves up, defensive guard position — not the punch but the readiness for it. Boxing is the series' most confrontational figure and the most unusual in terms of posture: most of the other sports capture a moment of action or extension, while Boxing captures a moment of held tension. The gloves are the largest accessory element in any regular figure. Second highest secondary-market price in the regular lineup.

Basketball

Dribbling posture — hand on ball at the low point of the bounce, the figure caught mid-movement. Basketball is one of the most immediately recognizable figures in the series and one of the most accessible at secondary market pricing. It tends to be the entry point for collectors who approach through the sport rather than through the character.

Goalkeeper

Tycoco — not Labubu — in the goalkeeper's diving save position. This is the only figure in the series featuring Tycoco as the primary character rather than as a companion element, which makes it unique across the entire series and gives it a distinct appeal for collectors who follow the full THE MONSTERS cast. The diving posture is the most horizontally extended figure in the series.

Baseball

Batting swing — the full rotation of the body through the strike zone, bat extended in follow-through. Baseball is one of the series' most dynamic rotational figures, and the bat prop extends the silhouette significantly. Among the higher secondary-market regular figures alongside Tennis and Boxing.

The Hidden Figure: Swimming

At a pull rate of 1 in 144 — the most extreme rarity in any Labubu series release — Swimming is the series' crown piece. Labubu in goggles and a swim cap, caught in the fluid motion of a freestyle stroke, rendered in a pose that is unlike any other figure in the lineup: horizontal, extended, airborne in the way a swimmer is between strokes. The goggles and cap are the most character-specific accessories in the series. Swimming has appreciated significantly since the series' 2019 release and remains the piece that determines whether a complete set is achievable or aspirational for any given collector.

Series Specifications

Where to Buy

You can find confirmed individual figures and the complete set at KikiBuddies. For POP MART's official store, visit POPMART.com.

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