POP MART Lands in Penang: A First Look at the New Gurney Plaza Store
POP MART Malaysia opened its 10th store in the country, and its first on Penang Island, at Gurney Plaza on 4 July 2026. The store is at Level 1, Lot 170-01-27/28/52, in the mall's Main Wing, beside Onitsuka Tiger, and it is the brand's first proper Penang outpost after a long run of pop-ups and roboshops in the Klang Valley. For collectors on the island, it means Labubu, SKULLPANDA, MOLLY, DIMOO and CRYBABY are finally on a permanent shelf rather than a vending machine. To mark the grand opening, POP MART Malaysia is running a gift-with-purchase promotion: spend RM250 or more in a single receipt and receive a Malaysia Exclusive SKULLPANDA Bag, limited to one redemption per person per receipt and while stocks last.
The store is a standard POP MART retail format rather than a flagship, so do not expect the photo zones and Mega Collection display walls of the Exchange TRX outlet in Kuala Lumpur. What you do get is the full current blind box range, the latest drops stocked at the front of the store for easy viewing, and the MEGA rare series that tend to sell out fastest in the roboshops. The grand opening comes amid a wider POP MART rollout across Malaysia, with Penang as the brand's 10th store nationwide and a meaningful step for the island's collector community that has until now relied on Pavilion KL, Pavilion Bukit Jalil and The Exchange TRX for the full range.
What Is on the Shelves at the Gurney Plaza Outlet
The Gurney Plaza store stocks the core POP MART character lines that the brand carries globally. The fan favourites confirmed on the opening shelves are Labubu (The Monsters series, including the vinyl plush line), SKULLPANDA, MOLLY, DIMOO and CRYBABY, the same range that Penang Food & Travel flagged in their launch coverage. The store also carries the Twinkle Twinkle series plush pendants and the newer blind box drops that POP MART Malaysia rotates weekly, so the shelves change noticeably between visits. For collectors chasing the MEGA rare series, those are typically held behind the counter rather than on the open shelf, so ask staff directly rather than scanning the wall.
What the store does not do is the full MEGA Collection display that you would find at the largest outlet at The Exchange TRX. The Gurney Plaza footprint is a standard mall store, not a flagship, so the focus is on blind boxes, plush pendants and small collectables rather than the large-format vinyl figures. The trade-off is that it is on Penang Island, which saves collectors a flight to Kuala Lumpur for a routine blind box run.
The Grand Opening Gift With Purchase and How to Stack It
The headline opening promo is the Malaysia Exclusive SKULLPANDA Bag with a RM250 minimum spend in a single receipt. The terms, posted by POP MART Malaysia on its official Facebook page, are straightforward: limited to one redemption per person per receipt, available while stocks last on a first-come, first-served basis, and the gift is non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash or other items. POP MART Malaysia reserves the right to amend the terms without prior notice.
The practical way to hit the RM250 threshold is to bundle a few blind boxes rather than buying one MEGA piece. Standard blind boxes from the current Labubu, CRYBABY and DIMOO lines retail in the RM39 to RM59 range, so four to six boxes will clear the spend and get you the SKULLPANDA Bag, which is genuinely a Malaysia exclusive rather than a generic giveaway. The MEGA rare series, which can run into the hundreds of ringgit, will clear the threshold on a single purchase if you are buying one anyway. The promotion runs during the grand opening period, so check with the store directly for the end date if you are visiting later in the month.
How to Get to Gurney Plaza and What to Expect on a Weekend
Gurney Plaza is at 170 Gurney Drive, 10250 George Town, in the Pulau Tikus neighbourhood, and it is the most accessible of Penang's major malls by public transport. Rapid Penang buses 101 and 103 run directly to Gurney Plaza from Komtar and the Weld Quay bus hub, and the trip takes roughly 15 to 20 minutes depending on traffic. By Grab or taxi, the drop-off is at the mall's main entrance on Gurney Drive. The mall has its own multi-storey carpark, but on weekends, particularly Saturday mornings, the queue for parking can stretch past the entrance, so the bus or a Grab drop-off is the more reliable option.
The POP MART store is on Level 1 of the Main Wing, which is the same floor as the central atrium where most of the mall's pop-up activations run. If you are visiting on a weekend, expect a queue at the store entrance during the first hour of trading, and the MEGA rare series tend to go first. The store operates during the mall's standard trading hours, 10am to 10pm daily. Entry is free, and the collectables are priced per series, so you can browse before committing to a blind box pull.
The Wider Context: POP MART's Malaysian Rollout and the Labubu Factor
POP MART debuted in Malaysia in 2023 with its first store at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, and the Gurney Plaza outlet is the brand's 10th nationwide. The expansion has been driven largely by Labubu, the character from the Monsters series that has dominated the brand's revenue mix, contributing roughly 40 per cent of 2025 revenue according to Bloomberg coverage of POP MART International Group's results. The character has become a genuine pop-culture phenomenon in Southeast Asia, with plush pendants hanging off handbags across Penang and Kuala Lumpur, and the Gurney Plaza store opening is the practical response to that demand on the island.
For collectors, the Gurney Plaza store changes the Penang math. Until now, getting the full current range meant a trip to Pavilion KL or The Exchange TRX, or ordering online with shipping. With a permanent store on the island, weekly drops and the MEGA rare series are now a same-day purchase, and the RM250 SKULLPANDA Bag promo is a reason to visit in the opening weeks rather than later in the year.
Practical Details
- Store: POP MART Gurney Plaza — POP MART Malaysia's 10th store nationwide and first on Penang Island
- Opening date: 4 July 2026 (Saturday)
- Location: Level 1, Lot 170-01-27/28/52, Main Wing, beside Onitsuka Tiger
- Address: Gurney Plaza, 170 Gurney Drive, 10250 George Town, Pulau Tikus, Penang
- Hours: 10am to 10pm daily (mall trading hours)
- Transit: Rapid Penang bus 101 or 103 from Komtar or Weld Quay; Grab drop-off at main entrance; paid parking in mall multi-storey carpark
- Opening promo: Spend RM250+ in a single receipt, receive a Malaysia Exclusive SKULLPANDA Bag (one redemption per person per receipt, while stocks last)
- Characters in store: Labubu (The Monsters), SKULLPANDA, MOLLY, DIMOO, CRYBABY, Twinkle Twinkle plush pendants, weekly blind box drops, MEGA rare series
- Price: Blind boxes from the RM39 to RM59 range; MEGA rare series priced per collection
- Website: Gurney Plaza What's New
- Brand: POP MART Malaysia official Instagram