Funko Pop Enthusiasts (Beanie Babies 2.0) - Exceptional individuals who pride themselves on the amount of plastic they have accumulated

[The Fifth Waltz]

Decided to look up “Funko Pop cringe” and ended up finding a forum group for talking about these toys and their cringe stories here, (not sure if this is relevant or not): https://www.funkofunatic.com/viewtopic.php?t=59470

I wonder what the infamous story saul_damascus was referring to?

 

[Ravio]

If you're going to spend your hard earned cash on a toy why not just spend a little bit more for some quality? I never saw the allure of Funkos other than some cheap fandom cash grab. These things are serious garbage. Unlike Play Arts, which are some of the best figures you will ever find.

 

[Billy_Sama]

I thought those things were to promote awareness of premature babies, that what they look like.

Kind of sad as the video game and DVD resale stores that I go to are selling less and less physical media while filling the store with dumb collectables like these things.

 

[HomeAloneTwo]

I always find these things at my local Barnes & Noble stores, don’t know what these toys and books have in common.

Barnes and Noble even has Figma figures for some reason.

 

[Ido]

The only time I would buy a funko is to piss someone off lol.

"You hate Funko and minions????? Well then,
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Merry Christmas!"

just get a figma or nendroid, seriously.

 

[ThePlagueTND]

A little fun mystery about Funko's Lead Designer, Reis O'Brien

He used to run a website like 6 years ago called Geek Orthodox. It wasn't too big of a website, it may have been on blogspot. He would review toys or talk about projects he was working on. If he appeared in a video he'd wear a luchador mask. Eventually he closed the site and opened a new one a month or two later calling himself something else. I don't remember what he called himself however. The youtube he used to upload videos was called something like firedice followed by some numbers (ex: firedice777). Nothing to spectacular or scandalous, just a pop culture site.

What's really weird is after Funko took off, it was all gone. I have never been able to find a shred that it ever existed, it's like he wiped the internet of it's existence.

Edit: Was able to find an interview with him as Geek Orthodox. At least it proves it existed and it wasn't all just a hallucination.
http://www.strangekidsclub.com/2010/05/10/interview-w-geek-orthodox/


Edit Again: Found the YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/firedice27 Although it looks like the videos for the website were removed by him at some point.

 

[Lunete]

This activated my fight or flight response.

Spoiler

 

[Ass eating cunt]

random sperging in the spoiler

Spoiler: Little rant

WHY DOES HE HAVE EYES, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHOW ULTRAMAN IS, BUT I KNOW HIS EYES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A YELLOW, THAT'S IT

On a side note Funko made its own original line of Funko monsters, I might get one cause they are supposed to look like abominations abandoned by god

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

random sperging in the spoiler

Spoiler: Little rant

WHY DOES HE HAVE EYES, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHOW ULTRAMAN IS, BUT I KNOW HIS EYES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A YELLOW, THAT'S IT

On a side note Funko made its own original line of Funko monsters, I might get one cause they are supposed to look like abominations abandoned by god

these would be almost cute if they had actual fucking eyes

 

[I'm Just A Human Bean]

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So why would someone buy more than one of these. They look pretty much exactly the same. If they looked the same but good that would be one thing but this seems garbage.
And these are popular?


Have they done a coop with youtubers yet btw? I expect to see "pewdiepie funko pop" any day now.

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...Never mind

The humanoid ones are the ugliest IMO...though that Ratatouille one instilled a new sense of dread in me.

 

[TheClorax]

Barnes and Noble even has Figma figures for some reason.

At least Figma is actually poseable. If anything, 3rd party imports (Bandai, which makes the Nenderoids, aforementioned Figma, Revoltech for super poseable) are the best way to go for figures. Unless you have no other options.
Then again, I collect figures for Stop-Motion animation. So of course I put poseability over the “cute” factor.

 

[omori]

these would be almost cute if they had actual fucking eyes

If Funko put in the extra effort, yeah they would.

 

[Quijibo69]

I can't walk two feet without seeing one.It seems like Funko Pops hardly ever sell around here. Can't want to find these all dumped at the dollar store any day now, if not sooner.

 

[Cake Farts]

A little fun mystery about Funko's Lead Designer, Reis O'Brien

Lol at first glance I thought he was holding up a funko pop of himself.

On a side note Funko made its own original line of Funko monsters, I might get one cause they are supposed to look like abominations abandoned by god

Actually I would buy the fox-deer one to buff out its paint and give it a new design. I think with a few touch ups and different eyes it would look nice.

 

[friedshrimp]

Some of them are cute tbh, but yeah, there's waaaay too many, and the majority of them look really crappy. I think this style of design only really works well with cartoons, animals, or bright superheroes, cause almost all the live action pops look hideous. (The Game of Thrones pops are as bland as you can imagine, like where's the color!?)

 

[Black Waltz]

this is probably the worst one

 

[Lunete]

I never saw It, so can someone explain to me why Pennywise has a bishounen hairstyle?

 

[friedshrimp]

I never saw It, so can someone explain to me why Pennywise has a bishounen hairstyle?

It's a small moment in the movie, actually, and I think it's a meme in the fandom? And i'm not sure if it's because of the scene in question or because Funko is so dumb to make this a toy.

 

[Chefbot]

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this is probably the worst one

Gaming Heads is releasing better Doomguy toys based on the hidden collectibles.

Can't wait to give these little guys a fistbump!

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Never got the appeal of Funko Pop figurines, and after watching Paranoia Agent I don't want anything that looks so much like Maromi near me.