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

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

This one in particular is comorbid with so many other personality defects. It's rough. You ever see a child crying and screaming at their mother not to buy them a toy because the kid knows their mom is being irresponsible? Shit hurts.

Never seen a child turn down a toy but i've seen some situations like that with children of parents who overfeed them to the point of obesity and then scold the child for complaining about it as if the child not wanting to over eat is some form of slight against their parents. Some mothers are wired stupid and mistake food for love and can't stop "loving" their kids, its definitely child abuse, you are crippling a kid by doing that and parents who do this should be shamed but ironically the same people who agree about it being animal abuse when someone posts a picture of their chubby cat on reddit will cry about fatphobia and fat acceptance and defend land whales making the kids land whales exposed to bad health and ridicule because body positivity.

I went to school with one guy who must have broken half a dozen chairs while in class just by sitting on them. Then break down crying as everyone laughed and teachers sighted "not again" . What a sorry sight. It was 100% her mother's fault and he had to end up getting gastric bypass at a very young age.

I think this happens a lot more often with parents mistaking toys for love and kids growing up with that same mindset, where brands are happiness and love is a toy you get, is more insidious than with food because it doesn't have immediate physical effects but psychological ones. The devil often embeds itself within good intentions.

 

[NoReturn]

"Disney x" [Whatever]

One of these is literally just a pink fridge that comes with stickers.

Ugh. The LoungeFly bags look better than this...

Spoiler: For comparison

All Coach did is stick a few decals on existing products. One thing for which I will give LoungeFly some modicum of credit is that they have a few designs that are meant to be subtle.
E.g. From a distance, it's not immediately obvious this a Pikachu bag:
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And this one is obviously a Lilo and Stitch thing, but it looks nice because of how clean and simple it is:

A hundred and twenty bucks?

A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY BUCKS!?

This shit is hella ugly.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

"Disney x" [Whatever]
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One of these is literally just a pink fridge that comes with stickers.

I once saw a Disney branded Ziplock box at a grocery store. Otherwise nothing special about it. It had 'MICKEY' and a picture of him in the corner of the front of the thing, but otherwise absolutely no branding. Nothing on the bags themselves, just HEY DISNEY ON THIS YOU WILL CONSOOM. Keep in mind this is probably 20 years ago too.

 

[JambledUpWords]

I once saw a Disney branded Ziplock box at a grocery store. Otherwise nothing special about it. It had 'MICKEY' and a picture of him in the corner of the front of the thing, but otherwise absolutely no branding. Nothing on the bags themselves, just HEY DISNEY ON THIS YOU WILL CONSOOM. Keep in mind this is probably 20 years ago too.

The only appeal I see to things like that are for things like packing your kid’s lunch and wanting to use characters they like to lure them into eating what’s inside it. If I saw a full-grown adult buy stuff like that just for themselves, I’d be thinking they’re a man/womanchild. That said, I don’t think all Disney merch is a bad thing, but some adult Disney fans really don’t know moderation or when it’s just too much.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

The only appeal I see to things like that are for things like packing your kid’s lunch and wanting to use characters they like to lure them into eating what’s inside it. If I saw a full-grown adult buy stuff like that just for themselves, I’d be thinking they’re a man/womanchild. That said, I don’t think all Disney merch is a bad thing, but some adult Disney fans really don’t know moderation or when it’s just too much.

No I'm saying that there is absolutely nothing Disney related on the bags it was just on the outer box that you keep in the kitchen drawer and the kids never see it. It was just about the lamest consumerist gimmick I have ever seen to lure in Disney fanatic adults. I mean it's a small example but Disney has been one of the worst offenders.

 

[CHARizard]

The worst part about Funko Pops is that they have taken over a lot of local "nerd" shops by me.

This wouldn't really bother me but the one reason I go there are for Gunpla, and those shelves get smaller and smaller as the Pops take over. So now I am forced to shop online more and more to find kits I actually want.

I would say Gunpla is teetering on the edge of consoomerism, after all they are just plastic figures at the end of the day. But I do enjoy building them, and have started getting into painting and customization as well. I cant understand the appeal of Funko, you leave them in the box, you cant pose them, they all look the same.

I dont get how model kits didnt take off in the US like they did in Japan. They are essentially more complicated lego sets with a few extra steps.

Also anyone else interested in Gunpla we have our own little thread.

 

[Gar For Archer]

The worst part about Funko Pops is that they have taken over a lot of local "nerd" shops by me.

This wouldn't really bother me but the one reason I go there are for Gunpla, and those shelves get smaller and smaller as the Pops take over. So now I am forced to shop online more and more to find kits I actually want.

I would say Gunpla is teetering on the edge of consoomerism, after all they are just plastic figures at the end of the day. But I do enjoy building them, and have started getting into painting and customization as well. I cant understand the appeal of Funko, you leave them in the box, you cant pose them, they all look the same.

I dont get how model kits didnt take off in the US like they did in Japan. They are essentially more complicated lego sets with a few extra steps.

Also anyone else interested in Gunpla we have our own little thread.

Lack of exposure. You don’t see them in toy stores or toy aisles, so it’s not something a kid’s gonna pick out on impulse. Anything you have to go to a specialty store to buy is by definition a niche product. If they stocked them in Targets and Walmart’s, you’d see more people getting into them.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

If you really want it, why not just buy it and sell the Funko at a huge markup?

Besides the shame brought on by actually buying something with a Funko in it, I don't like the bulky packaging that's just a waste of shelf space and if I'm just going to toss everything besides a couple things I don't want to pay the jacked up price they typically have for the "special" limited editions. Bugs bunny set isn't the worst offender, but the scooby-doo one is pretty close with the huge cardboard mansion it's housed in.

The worst part about Funko Pops is that they have taken over a lot of local "nerd" shops by me.

This wouldn't really bother me but the one reason I go there are for Gunpla, and those shelves get smaller and smaller as the Pops take over. So now I am forced to shop online more and more to find kits I actually want.

I would say Gunpla is teetering on the edge of consoomerism, after all they are just plastic figures at the end of the day. But I do enjoy building them, and have started getting into painting and customization as well. I cant understand the appeal of Funko, you leave them in the box, you cant pose them, they all look the same.

I dont get how model kits didnt take off in the US like they did in Japan. They are essentially more complicated lego sets with a few extra steps.

Also anyone else interested in Gunpla we have our own little thread.

It is pretty awful to see nerd shops being slowly consumed by Funko, I don't even know if they sell that well since I constantly see them doing sales on them to just get them out. Every shop has at least a full wall of them while the kind of stuff I'd actually want to get are shoved into some corner. As much as I'd love to support local shops they're typically full of the exact kind of consoomer merch I can't stand.

I can only guess that they have a higher profit margin on cheap crap like funko over something like Nendoroids due to pricing.

 

[Phil Kessel]

No I'm saying that there is absolutely nothing Disney related on the bags it was just on the outer box that you keep in the kitchen drawer and the kids never see it. It was just about the lamest consumerist gimmick I have ever seen to lure in Disney fanatic adults. I mean it's a small example but Disney has been one of the worst offenders.

Pokemon is also bad for this. A lot of their "collaborations" are just slap a generic picture of pikachu on something and call it a day. So lazy, but of course they know that there are plenty of people out there who will buy it regardless of how low effort the actual design is.

 

[Gar For Archer]

Pokemon is also bad for this. A lot of their "collaborations" are just slap a generic picture of pikachu on something and call it a day. So lazy, but of course they know that there are plenty of people out there who will buy it regardless of how low effort the actual design is.
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This is mostly a Japanese thing. Slap anime characters onto [random household product], instant $$$.

It results in some really bafflingly hilarious shit sometimes, like the infamous Eva Razor collab:

 

[TaimuRadiu]

This is mostly a Japanese thing. Slap anime characters onto [random household product], instant $$$.

I don't think I want to buy laundry detergent from a dude that depressed about cleaning his clothes.

 

[The Great Citracett]

The worst part about Funko Pops is that they have taken over a lot of local "nerd" shops by me.

This wouldn't really bother me but the one reason I go there are for Gunpla, and those shelves get smaller and smaller as the Pops take over. So now I am forced to shop online more and more to find kits I actually want.

I would say Gunpla is teetering on the edge of consoomerism, after all they are just plastic figures at the end of the day. But I do enjoy building them, and have started getting into painting and customization as well. I cant understand the appeal of Funko, you leave them in the box, you cant pose them, they all look the same.

I dont get how model kits didnt take off in the US like they did in Japan. They are essentially more complicated lego sets with a few extra steps.

Also anyone else interested in Gunpla we have our own little thread.

Funkos happened to my favorite game store. It was always a small game shop in a two-part building. When the store next door moved out, the game shop bought that half of the building too, and instead of expanding on video games, card games, tabletop stuff, etc they filled the whole thing with funkopops nobody buys, and they keep getting more.

It's like the funko half of the shop is cursed. They always try to get people to go into the funko half of the shop but nothing has worked. First they tried having smash tournaments there but those people don't bathe. Then they put in a few of those cheap arcade machines for a while. Now I think they're trying to get people to play 40k in that room, but I doubt that will take off.

It's just a room of wall to wall funkos that people just don't want to hang out in or buy anything from.

 

[SheerHeartAttack]

Funkos happened to my favorite game store. It was always a small game shop in a two-part building. When the store next door moved out, the game shop bought that half of the building too, and instead of expanding on video games, card games, tabletop stuff, etc they filled the whole thing with funkopops nobody buys, and they keep getting more.

It's like the funko half of the shop is cursed. They always try to get people to go into the funko half of the shop but nothing has worked. First they tried having smash tournaments there but those people don't bathe. Then they put in a few of those cheap arcade machines for a while. Now I think they're trying to get people to play 40k in that room, but I doubt that will take off.

It's just a room of wall to wall funkos that people just don't want to hang out in or buy anything from.

>Get Funkopops
>People don't buy Funkopops
>Get more Funkopops
Why do stores do this? Are these places allergic to money?

 

[melty]

>Get Funkopops
>People don't buy Funkopops
>Get more Funkopops
Why do stores do this? Are these places allergic to money?

I've been wondering this too. Maybe the stores restock so fast it just looks like they don't move? Has anyone worked at a store cursed by Funko? Does Funko have some kind of contract that stores have to keep buying more for some period of time?

 

[BootlegPopeye]

Funkos happened to my favorite game store. It was always a small game shop in a two-part building. When the store next door moved out, the game shop bought that half of the building too, and instead of expanding on video games, card games, tabletop stuff, etc they filled the whole thing with funkopops nobody buys, and they keep getting more.

They did this with hobby shops too, I know of at least 2 where they removed most of the aircraft and car kits - which require at least a moderate level of skill to build - with ready-made funkos. Hobby shops used to be dad stores, full of kits, paints, scale wood, other supplies but the ones that haven't closed are increasingly turning into man-child shopettes as nerds have no interest in actually building things anymore.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

June is almost here, and you know what that means.

I can verify that the Batman and Spongebob ones are real. I saw them at a nerd store called Box Lunch (a store tailor-made for this thread, it's full of consoomer nerd shit at ridiculous prices).
On another note, seeing Batman, Wall-E, and Mickey Mouse with gay pride colors is baffling. I get it's for the "MUST APPEAL TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS" mindset, but they're all straight...

 

[Toolbox]

June is almost here, and you know what that means.

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I can verify that the Batman and Spongebob ones are real. I saw them at a nerd store called Box Lunch (a store tailor-made for this thread, it's full of consoomer nerd shit at ridiculous prices).
On another note, seeing Batman, Wall-E, and Mickey Mouse with gay pride colors is baffling. I get it's for the "MUST APPEAL TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS" mindset, but they're all straight...

Not to mention seeing Japanese icon Hello Kitty caked in the lgbt nonsense. I wonder how the brand manager from Japan would feel about seeing that.

 

[TaimuRadiu]

June is almost here, and you know what that means.

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I can verify that the Batman and Spongebob ones are real. I saw them at a nerd store called Box Lunch (a store tailor-made for this thread, it's full of consoomer nerd shit at ridiculous prices).
On another note, seeing Batman, Wall-E, and Mickey Mouse with gay pride colors is baffling. I get it's for the "MUST APPEAL TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS" mindset, but they're all straight...

You know what I think about when I think about Stormtroopers, which were explicitly modelled off of the Waffen-SS? That's right, huggable queer pride toys!

Not to mention seeing Japanese icon Hello Kitty caked in the lgbt nonsense. I wonder how the brand manager from Japan would feel about seeing that.

"They give us money, I like money, it's not like they're using them to masturbate with like the vibrator"

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Also, if you consider Deadpool a gay icon, you've clearly missed the joke.

On that note, Deadpool merch has thankfully died out. I know the movies were popular, but it was so bizarre seeing Deadpool junk everywhere a few years ago when just a few months before, no one outside of Marvel fans (not MCU fans) knew who he was.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

June is almost here, and you know what that means.

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I can verify that the Batman and Spongebob ones are real. I saw them at a nerd store called Box Lunch (a store tailor-made for this thread, it's full of consoomer nerd shit at ridiculous prices).
On another note, seeing Batman, Wall-E, and Mickey Mouse with gay pride colors is baffling. I get it's for the "MUST APPEAL TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS" mindset, but they're all straight...

Its amazing how people will consoom a pop just because it has a different skin.

r/Consoom also points out that Consumerism is perpetuating a society that is making people miserable

r/Consoom - Seeking "Happiness" in 21st Century

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