BE@RBRICK Series 49 (2024)

Kintsugi as a pattern

The Pattern figure in Series 49, from 2024, takes up kintsugi — the Japanese practice of mending broken ceramics with gold rather than hiding the break. On an industrially produced serial object that’s a striking idea.

Monopoly contributes two figures: Mr. Monopoly as standard and Officer Edgar Mallory as a SECRET. The Smurfs follow the same pattern, with the Black Smurf secret.

Comme des Garçons appears twice, both secret, and Sean Wotherspoon twice as well — once standard, once secret. Add Beetlejuice in the Horror slot, The Boys as Hero, and Airou from Monster Hunter.