Funko is releasing five figures in December 2026, all built around the same concept: each creature is locked inside its containment capsule, and each one carries its experiment number. Stitch, Angel, Slushy, Splodyhead and Leroy are all arriving in Deluxe format.
One billion dollars and a confirmed sequel
The live-action movie released in 2025 surpassed $1 billion at the box office, becoming the first title of the year to cross that milestone and the biggest hit of 2025. It arrived on Disney+ on February 21, 2026, and a sequel was confirmed shortly afterward.
In other words, the license has never had this much exposure. That helps explain why Funko is no longer simply releasing Stitch in different outfits, but is now digging into characters that only viewers of the animated series will recognize.
Five containment capsules
The concept ties the entire wave together. All five releases carry the same official suffix, (Containment Capsule), and each figure represents an experiment locked inside the tube where Jumba created it.
Funko sets the scene right from the first description: « Jumba's experiments are loose! Reunite Experiment 626, also known as Stitch, with his cousins so he can help turn them from evil to good. » The others use the same formula, changing only the number: « Help reunite Stitch with his cousin, Experiment 624… »
Funko has therefore written its product descriptions like a call to reunite the family. With this particular license, that is not just a marketing angle pasted on top: it is literally the plot.
The five experiments, in order
- Stitch – POP #1829: Experiment 626, the successful prototype and the only one Jumba considered truly complete. The starting point for everything that followed.
- Angel – POP #1830: Experiment 624, whose song has the power to turn rehabilitated experiments evil again. The most ambiguous character in the series, and the only one Stitch has never been able to resist.
- Slushy – POP #1831: Experiment 523, which freezes everything it touches.
- Splodyhead – POP #1832: Experiment 619, which fires plasma blasts from its nose. With Slushy in the same wave, Funko is therefore releasing ice and fire side by side, which is hardly accidental on a display shelf.
- Leroy – POP #1833: Experiment 629, the final experiment Jumba created under duress, and a red copy of Stitch designed to destroy him. The antagonist of Leroy & Stitch, and by far the most anticipated release among longtime fans of the franchise.
All five share the same Deluxe format, significantly larger than standard figures because of the capsule.
Collecting is the plot
That is what makes this wave smarter than most.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series is built entirely around one idea: Jumba's other 625 experiments are scattered across the island, and Lilo and Stitch have to find them one by one, take them out of their pods, and find the place where they can be useful rather than destructive. One episode, one experiment.
Funko is reproducing that exact mechanism as a collectibles line. Finding the capsules, bringing them together, completing the family: the act of collecting becomes the story itself. Few licenses allow such a direct connection, and even fewer merchandise lines think to make use of it.
It also suggests that the series is unlikely to stop at five. With 625 experiments available in the catalog, Funko has one of the deepest character pools in its entire Disney portfolio.
What to look for
Leroy comes first. He is the only true antagonist in the group, the only experiment designed to kill Stitch rather than be redeemed, and a character fans of the series have been asking for for years.
Angel comes close behind, more because of popularity than rarity. As for Slushy and Splodyhead, they work better as a pair than separately. Pre-orders are open, with the release scheduled for December 2026.
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