Funko's third Astro Bot wave arrives in January 2027, with four Pops numbered #1328 to #1331. Two show Astro himself, and two are guest bots from other PlayStation franchises. One of them, Vengeful Spirit, carries in English the name a bot from the previous wave already carried in Japanese.
Vengeful Spirit and Ezo Onryō, the same ghost twice
In Astro Bot, guest bots never go by their real names. Kratos becomes Dad of Boy, Aloy becomes Machine Hunter, and players have to recognize the character by the costume. Funko kept those official nicknames on its boxes, and they're worth reading.
Vengeful Spirit (#1330) is Jin Sakai, the samurai from Ghost of Tsushima, rescued in the Danger Dojo level of the Lost Galaxy. The August 2026 wave already included Ezo Onryō (#1306), the bot of Atsu, the heroine of Ghost of Yōtei. In Japanese folklore, an onryō is exactly that: a vengeful spirit. So Sucker Punch's two protagonists share the same nickname, once in Japanese and once in English, and their bots land five months apart in the catalog.
The link makes sense inside both games. Jin becomes "the Ghost" by abandoning the samurai code, and Atsu goes by the Onryō while hunting the men who slaughtered her family. Both are heroes their enemies mistake for the returning dead.
A Helldiver recruited after the fact
Super Earth Ambassador (#1331) comes from Helldivers 2. The nickname is deadpan: in Arrowhead's game, Super Earth doesn't send ambassadors, it sends soldiers to spread democracy across the galaxy by orbital strike. This bot wasn't in the 2024 game. It arrived with the first free update on October 17, 2024, alongside the speedrun levels and Stellar Blade's Eve.
Astro as a mouse, and Astro at rest
- Astro and Mini Mimi – Pop #1328: the mouse power-up, which shrinks Astro to rodent size in Downsize Surprise, one of the game's most talked-about levels.
- Astro Bot (Lying Down) – Pop #1329: the captain lying down, no gadget, no power-up, the most understated version of the lot.
With August's Jumbo and 2025's Pop #1089, Astro is now up to five versions at Funko. Each guest bot has just one.
Two years on, the ship keeps filling up
Two years after its release and its Game of the Year win at The Game Awards 2024, Astro Bot has no new content announced. Team Asobi is working on a new project nobody knows anything about, and the license mostly lives through merchandise: a standalone LEGO Astro figure came out on October 4. Funko is doing what the game does: filling the ship one bot at a time.
Our take: Vengeful Spirit, and the update's missing half
I'm taking Vengeful Spirit, no hesitation. On its own, it's one more samurai bot. Next to Ezo Onryō, it becomes half of a pair Funko built across two waves, perhaps without meaning to, and only the name gives it away. That's exactly what Astro Bot asks of players: look at the detail to spot the tribute.
The Astro side, on the other hand, is starting to go in circles. Five versions of the hero against six guest bots is a lot, when the game hides dozens. The clearest gap is Eve: she arrived with the Helldiver in the same update, and Funko released one without the other. The game's Nathan Drake and Joel are still waiting too.
All four figures are up for preorder, with release announced for January 2027.
