Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[Complete Reprobate]

There's just something so very depressing about seeing these adult men show off their piles of plastic junk. There's no joy or any sort of real vitality, just these quick and shallow imitations of happiness before droning on about the next piece of plastic.

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Yeah Funkoman, you're a wizard for sure.

What the fuck is with the different fonts every word or two shirts? My brain reads them in different voices, and it drives me up the wall.

 

[NoReturn]

What the fuck is with the different fonts every word or two shirts? My brain reads them in different voices, and it drives me up the wall.

T-shirt design is my passion.

 

[John Titor]

Holy fuck there's funko pops for brands too?

That caught my eye too.. funko pops of other consumer brand mascots, that's peak consoomer.
Especially for Target, which doesn't even make products really, it's a store to buy other consumer products at. And it's not even a nostalgic mascot? You could at least make an argument for Ronald McDonald or something. This kind of thing makes me think maybe the commies are right about capitalism.

They make toys of the mascot and it's a dog, so that's not too unusual.

 

[kukkahattutäti]

Holy fuck there's funko pops for brands too?

Apparently yes. Here, have a Diamond Collection Special Edition Funko Pop! of a Coca-Cola can:

It is also a BoxLunch exclusive, which probably adds a real thrill to the funko hunt. The item description promises you of reminders to consume stuff™ and smile while doing it.

And people are actually buying this, the main point of the reviews seems to be that it sparkles. Even magpies have more self-respect.

 

[KooksandFreaks]

Hit the nail on the head with Ben and Jerry's.

I doubt that people outside terminally online twitter, reddit, and tumblr addicts is really going to care their ice cream is "made by former prisoners" or that their employees are "all compensated under a union". It costs the same amount to get a giant tub of generic store brand ice cream as it does to get one serving of Ben and Jerry's at most grocery stores I've been too.


Also relevant image for the thread:

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His hair.

 

[Bubble Ba'ath]

This guy just spent another $6500 on Funkos.

Once again, time for a wall of soyfaces to go with the man.

The depressing thing is he apparently has his kid (or a kid anyway) appear in some of these according to the video images who then also makes the soyface. Implying its contagious through generations. Though when this kid is old enough to rebel it will probably be pretty epic.

 

[Postal_Rat]

Apparently yes. Here, have a Diamond Collection Special Edition Funko Pop! of a Coca-Cola can:

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It is also a BoxLunch exclusive, which probably adds a real thrill to the funko hunt. The item description promises you of reminders to consume stuff™ and smile while doing it.

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And people are actually buying this, the main point of the reviews seems to be that it sparkles. Even magpies have more self-respect.

I didn't think funko pops could get any dumber but here it is objective proof that leaving the trees was a mistake.
I'm buying a plane ticket to Africa any one else feel like returning to monkey?

 

[Vingle]

I recently took an interest in anime figures, and it's horrifying and interesting to watch people on youtube show off their collection. The highest I did see, was a collection worth 100 000 usd. Some even want to keep bootlegs, just to expand their collection on a "budget". I don't care if it doesn't support the creator, but they never looks right. It's just tacky and screams that you have an even bigger problem than those who only collect the real ones.

MY $60,000 ANIME FIGURE COLLECTION/ROOM TOUR!

I've been collecting figures since 2006! This is the combined collection between my soon-to-be husband and myself! The estimated value is over $60,000 and th...

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Why you DON'T order Anime Merch on Wish | Haul: Figures, Plush, and Mystery Bag | Aesthel

Getting a bunch of janky bootleg anime figures from Wish has been something I've wanted to try for a while and BOY I couldn't have expected it would go like ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcyKxB3akOw&t=841s (the 100 000 usd one)

Exact same thing as Funko Pops, but some anime figures are genuinely beautifully crafted. You got 18+ figures too. Anyway, I get the feeling of shops that sell the figures. Because they have them in display cases, just like the shops.

One thing I learned, is that the figures need to "breath". Or else the plastic will break down and turn sticky. This probably applies to the Funko Pops too.

 

[Complete Reprobate]

T-shirt design is my passion.

I'm going to find your Vietnamese sweatshop and burn it to the ground

 

[ditto]

This kind of thing makes me think maybe the commies are right about capitalism.

The commies are right about capitalism. They're just wrong about communism.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Holy fuck there's funko pops for brands too?

No Taco Bell dog Funko Pop. Just checked. There is one for the Starkist shark.

 

[The Great Citracett]

A few years back I was at the store and saw a ridiculous display of funkos that I took pictures of, because I couldn't imagine why anyone would possibly want to buy these.




Every single one is the exact same Hulk. Same number on the box even. Each is just a different shiny color. No details or anything. I imagine there's one in the normal colors too somewhere.

They're just an excuse to consoom as many of the same damn toy as possible I guess? And the "Walmart Exclusive" sticker must add to the thrill?

 

[Local Fed]

A few years back I was at the store and saw a ridiculous display of funkos that I took pictures of, because I couldn't imagine why anyone would possibly want to buy these.

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Every single one is the exact same Hulk. Same number on the box even. Each is just a different shiny color. No details or anything. I imagine there's one in the normal colors too somewhere.

They're just an excuse to consoom as many of the same damn toy as possible I guess? And the "Walmart Exclusive" sticker must add to the thrill?

I'd think that they probably made them all with different colours like that because kids (the original target audience I'd think) may like different colours more than others. Then it turned out that this became the new more soy version of Beanie Babies they figured that they just hot lucky. They've probably figured out which colour is the most popular and made slightly fewer of them because a bunch of early-20s to mid-40s people with more money than sense or personality are around to pay out the ass for it and thus continue to passively promote the toys in general.

 

[h0387]

I'd think that they probably made them all with different colours like that because kids (the original target audience I'd think) may like different colours more than others. Then it turned out that this became the new more soy version of Beanie Babies they figured that they just hot lucky. They've probably figured out which colour is the most popular and made slightly fewer of them because a bunch of early-20s to mid-40s people with more money than sense or personality are around to pay out the ass for it and thus continue to passively promote the toys in general.

I may be wrong, but I don't believe there even are kids that are into Funko products. For example, you won't find a typical kids' channel on YouTube shilling Funko. It's always manchildren and nerds. If kids are their target audience, they've misfired horribly.

 

[Staffy]

If they are gonna make brand mascot funko and other shit, they should make funkos of viruses and diseases. Like Ebola Funko pop or rabies, syphilis

Kinda like these and no humanization like corona chan

 

[Sir Joahim Browinson III]

I remember I got my first Funko-pop as souvenir from paris back in 2013. Back then there was no way to buy theese in my place.

I still have it arround, and the only thing I remember is how low quality the thing was. I mean, giant fucking molding hole, screwed up painjob and stuff. I was thinking, that maybe theese are like headboppers I heard about, but nope, just a two-part piece of plastic.

I dunno if the quality improoved over the years, maybe it did, but I am personally giving my preference to Japs or NECA, of I to by something (which, thank god, I do rarely).

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

Holy fuck there's funko pops for brands too?

When you need to take your consumerism up to the next level.

 

[GenociderSyo]

Seems to be an entire line of Ad-Icons from all different brands and shit.
When will we get Funko...the Funko...

As for the whole color thing people paid $100s of dollars for a blizzcon exclusive sylvanas just because she was gold instead of her normal colors.

 

[A-Einstein]

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All of these are hideous, but it doesn't compare to them releasing COVID-19 "heroes" Funko Pops

 

[melty]

They make toys of the mascot and it's a dog, so that's not too unusual.

Yeah, but those toys are presumably for actual children who just see it as a cute doggy with fun, bright colors.

Since there's been a little discussion of this, I am 100% sure funko pops are intended and marketed for adults. I don't think they were ever intended to be a kid thing.