BE@RBRICK Series 44 (2022)

Squid Game, Comme des Garçons and two wrestlers

Series 44 came out in 2022 and has the widest spread of any: Squid Game in the Horror slot, twice over — standard and secret — alongside two Comme des Garçons models that both ran as SECRET too.

Japanese wrestling history gets two figures of its own: Antonio Inoki and the U.W.F. Add 007 as Artist, Ultraman as Hero, Kenny Scharf, and — oddly placed — a Basquiat work in the Animal slot.

This series also carried four Release Campaign Special Editions through the Japanese distributors, none of which ever sat in a blind box.