Souvenir AWP | POP AWP (Factory New)

Skin overview

AWP | POP AWP is a Restricted sniper rifle finish that covers the stock and body in a busy white, red and blue retro techno collage with dense black linework. In Factory New the white base stays bright, and every small red and blue patch keeps its crisp outline against the dark barrel and scope. This is the version for a buyer who wants the artwork exactly as designed.

Item type: sniper rifle. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

Appearance in Factory New

The long barrel, muzzle, scope and bipod stay in plain dark gunmetal and black, which frames the decorated parts. The hydrographic print covers the receiver area, the magazine and the full stock with a dense collage on a white base.

The white base is clean and bright across the whole stock. Black lines are sharp, and the red and blue patches keep full saturation. Edges of the stock and magazine show no visible marks. In game the rifle looks exactly like the clean reference.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir AWP | POP AWP is 0–0.44; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (16% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir AWP | POP AWP belongs to The 2021 Train Collection, which holds 17 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 11× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 22× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 22× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 2nd of 9 skins Restricted AWP in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Red, blue, white and black stickers continue the retro palette without fighting the collage. Bold, simple designs read better on such a busy surface than detailed ones. Placing them on the flatter stock panels keeps them visible against the pattern.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the white base shows wear more than darker finishes.
• Look at the edges of the stock, the cheek rest and the area around the magazine, which wear first.
• Compare the visible side of the collage between copies, as the red and blue patches can land in slightly different spots.
• Note any stickers or name tag already applied and whether they match your plans.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the bright white base untouched.
• Sticker crafters who need clean colours under their stickers.
• In short: the grade for those who want the artwork at its best.