About Paws & Boxes

Paws & Boxes is an independent editorial site about pet-themed blind boxes, mystery pets and the manufacturing behind them. It is not affiliated with any toy brand, retailer or factory named on it.

What this site is for

Two kinds of reader arrive at the same shelf. One wants to know whether a series is worth $4.99 a box, and what the odds actually promise. The other wants to know what it costs to put a series of their own on that shelf. Both questions are answerable with real numbers, and both are usually answered with guesswork. We try to answer them properly.

How we check a fact

• We go to the primary source first. The maker's own product page, the retailer's own listing, or the regulator's own text. A blog summarising a manufacturer's page is not the manufacturer's page.
• Every number carries a date. Prices and listings change; a figure without a date is a rumour with a decimal point.
• Ranges are labelled as ranges. Factory tooling costs are quoted as bands because that is what the sources publish. We do not turn a band into a single number to sound precise.
• Missing information is stated, not filled. Where a series has no published checklist or no published odds, the page says so. It does not estimate and present the estimate as fact.
• Corrections are dated. If we get something wrong, we fix the page and say what changed.

What we do not do

• We do not claim to have tested products we have not handled. Where a page describes what to check rather than what we measured, it says exactly that.
• We do not publish invented pull rates, and we do not repeat community estimates as if they were manufacturer figures.
• We do not link readers to counterfeit listings, casts or copies of another studio's characters.
• We do not accept payment for a positive review or a placement in a guide. If that ever changes, the page will say so in the same sentence as the recommendation.

How the site is funded

Affiliate commissions, eventually, and nothing else at the moment. We are not yet enrolled in the Amazon Associates or Alibaba.com affiliate programmes, so no link on this site is currently earning us anything. When that changes, tagged links will be marked and listed on the affiliate disclosure page. There are no display ads on the site, and no sponsored posts.

Independence

Brand and product names — Littlest Pet Shop, Basic Fun, Squishmallows, Jazwares, Pop Mart, Kidrobot and others — are the property of their owners and are used here for identification and commentary only. We are not endorsed by, sponsored by or affiliated with any of them, and no manufacturer has reviewed or approved any page on this site.

Corrections and contact

If a page is wrong, tell us which page and which sentence. Corrections go through the contact page, and we would rather be corrected than be quoted.

Last updated 11 November 2026.