What "low barrier" means here
This list is built on one number: total editions. A release that minted thirty thousand copies has far more of them changing hands than one that minted nine hundred, so there is almost always one listed, and you are not waiting weeks for a variant to surface. Supply depth is about availability, not about whether a piece is worth owning, and it is the single most useful thing to look at when you are buying your first one.
One scoping note that matters. These come from the firsts we document, which is a curated subset of the ones we consider most significant rather than a complete record of the platform. VeVe's catalog is much larger and still growing across every license, so read this as a starting shortlist, not a survey of everything available.
The counts, dates and release shapes below are pulled from our data when the page builds, so if a figure gets corrected or a deeper drop lands, the ranking moves with it.
The list
Side by side
The same 15 firsts, stripped to the numbers, together totalling 557,856 editions. "Release shape" separates a laddered blind box, which spreads one subject across several sculpts, from a single sculpt that stands on its own.
| Collectible | Debut | Release shape | Total editions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lightsaber Series 1 | May 26, 2022 | 5-tier release | 67,038 |
| 2. Spider-Man | August 7, 2021 | 5-tier release | 60,500 |
| 3. Black Panther | February 23, 2022 | 5-tier release | 58,000 |
| 4. DeLorean Time Machine | April 8, 2021 | 3-tier release | 50,000 |
| 5. Deadpool | December 18, 2021 | 5-tier release | 46,330 |
| 6. Storm | November 20, 2021 | 5-tier release | 40,650 |
| 7. Thor | May 14, 2022 | 5-tier release | 38,800 |
| 8. Mister Fantastic | August 28, 2021 | Single sculpt | 28,999 |
| 9. The Thing | August 28, 2021 | Single sculpt | 28,999 |
| 10. Captain America | August 14, 2021 | Single sculpt | 28,888 |
| 11. Darth Vader | May 28, 2022 | 3-tier release | 27,931 |
| 12. Boba Fett | July 30, 2022 | 3-tier release | 27,844 |
| 13. Invisible Woman | August 28, 2021 | Single sculpt | 19,999 |
| 14. Stitch | June 26, 2022 | 3-tier release | 17,878 |
| 15. Buzz Lightyear | August 3, 2022 | 3-tier release | 16,000 |
One caveat on that last column: it is what was minted, not what still circulates. Some of these have had editions burned since drop, which removes them permanently, so the live population on a given piece can sit below its mint number. VeVe reports mint, circulation, burned and withheld as separate figures on every collectible page.
A first that minted thirty thousand editions is not a lesser piece than one that minted nine hundred. It is an easier one to find, and when you are starting out that is the whole point.
Why the deep end skews early
Read the dates and the pattern is hard to miss. The deepest-supply firsts cluster in 2021 and 2022, the stretch when VeVe was minting debut pieces in the tens of thousands and building the base of the platform. Firsts that landed later tend to run smaller, in the low thousands or below, because the drop model tightened.
That changes how you should read a big number. A deep count usually means an early piece, not a more important character, so supply here is telling you about the era a first came from and how easy it is to source today, nothing more. It is the reason a Fantastic Four single from August 2021 outnumbers plenty of A-list characters who arrived after.
Which one should you start with?
If you want the single easiest to find: the Spider-Man Common. Its base sculpt alone minted 32,000, the deepest single-variant supply of any Marvel first here, and it is still the genuine first Marvel put on-chain.
If you want a Star Wars first: a base blade from Lightsaber Series 1, the widest release we document, or a base Darth Vader if you want a character over a prop.
If you want the low-cost historical entry: the DeLorean Time Machine, one of the earliest drops on the platform, or either Fantastic Four single, Mister Fantastic and The Thing, which both listed in the low teens new.
If you want to start outside Marvel and Star Wars: Stitch for Disney or Buzz Lightyear for Pixar, both deep-supply base tiers on characters people actually collect.
If you want a natural pair: Mister Fantastic and The Thing share a drop date and an edition count to the digit, so the two make a clean first purchase that tells a family story neither does alone.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Supply depth. These are the firsts we document with the most editions minted, which means the most copies changing hands and the steadiest listings on the secondary market. A deep-supply piece is the easiest kind to find when you are starting out, because there is almost always one available.
We rank by supply, not by price. Deeper supply often means more listings and softer prices, but what you actually pay depends on the variant, the serial number and what is listed that week. The list is about how easy a first is to find, not how cheap it is.
That is when VeVe minted debut pieces in the tens of thousands, building out the platform. Firsts that arrived later tend to run smaller, so the deep-supply end skews early. A big count usually points to an early drop rather than a more important character.
Not on its own. Edition count tells you how easy something is to find, not what it is worth. Scarcer pieces are harder to source and deeper ones are easier, and both can be genuine firsts. When you are starting a collection, availability is usually the more practical thing to weigh.
The Spider-Man Common, whose base sculpt minted 32,000 on its own, deeper than any other single variant on the list. It is also Marvel's genesis piece, so it is both the most available and a genuine first at the same time.
Yes. All of them are fully distributed from their original releases, and collectors list copies on the VeVe secondary market. The deeper the release, the more listings tend to sit open, sometimes below what the piece originally listed at.