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I don’t like funko pops or nendos, it’s all just plastic crap to mi.lk autists of their money.
Funko Pop Enthusiasts (Beanie Babies 2.0) - Exceptional individuals who pride themselves on the amount of plastic they have accumulated
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I remember a family friend gave me and my brother a shitload of Beanie Babies right after the fad died and we loved the shit out of them (because TY actually knows how to make good plushes)
MysticMisty
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I was looking more at prices than the dead-eyed characters for my inevitable report here, but I did notice the main cast of Rocky and Bullwinkle were there. So some fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle were likely given the set as a gift and were thoroughly unimpressed.
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Artificial scarcity will never be a replacement for inherent value, and only works as long as Funko Pops as a concept are still considered valuable.
Compare it to high-price anime figurines or those super-detailed Hot Toys action figures. Those are created in relatively limited quantities not because the manufacturers want to artificially inflate the value, but because there’s not many people in the market for action figures that cost hundreds of dollars. Those will generally still fetch a high price because their value isn’t tied to their identity as a product, but to the character they’re representing. As long as there’s people out there interested in the character, the figurines will still have value.
Funkos only have value in the context of Funko Pops.
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There's a thousand ways to do that, just look at Chris.
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At least Beanie Babies were originally designed to be stuff animals that can be enjoy by children before they were fetishized by an adult collector economy. No kid wants to play with a unposable beady eye preemie thing.
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Have a friend who has a bunch of them, never really found them interesting
Then I saw this was in the market:
Ready to paint. From what Google shows some people do some interesting things with it.
This, for me, would be the only reason to get one of these things.
Then I saw this was in the market:
Ready to paint. From what Google shows some people do some interesting things with it.
This, for me, would be the only reason to get one of these things.
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I've seen people go crazy for very specific Funkos, but not Funkos in general, and these weren't people who collect a shitload of them. Presumably limiting supply wouldn't be enough to have specific Funkos going for $300 on eBay, but it might have at least prevented Funko fatigue. I've never hated them. I have one and might have been interested in buying additional ones occasionally, but, at this point, I'm sick of seeing them and hearing about them.
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These are gonna rot in a landfill somewhere in two years tops.
MysticMisty
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I haven't been to the secondhand media store in awhile but I bet they've got a ton of used Pops for cheap they can't get rid of. Last September they already had a whole shelf, and almost all of them were under $10. I can imagine how many they have now collecting dust, especially in the back when they run out of room on shelves.
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My sister and I have a few of these. Her Sailor Pluto figure broke, and some of the figures don't stand up well, but other than that I think they're okay.
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I've gotten a few FNAF ones as Christmas gifts from members of my family when they were starting to become popular (the classic 4 plus one called "Dark" Springtrap, which isn't even an official animatronic from the games)
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I got the original Biggie and Tupac for a birthday present several years ago and they're supposedly worth "a lot" of money but idk who the fuck would actually buy them.
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Did those come with some bullet holes? That would've been really cute.
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Ah. Funko Pops. Perhaps the ugliest plastic crap one can buy. I have to be impressed, so many iconic and well loved designs got butchered.
Those dead eyes, lack of mouth and the weird body shape. They are like a cursed killer doll from a some low budget horror movie.
Those dead eyes, lack of mouth and the weird body shape. They are like a cursed killer doll from a some low budget horror movie.
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It speaks volumes about the hideous design of these things that the best looking ones aren't even human:
Not gonna lie, that would make for a decent paper weight if you're a Doctor Who fan.
The Balrog funko doesn't look so relatively bad, either.
And credit where credit is due, funko Shenron and his jade counterpart don't look half bad:
I do admit I own a few of these things- a flocked Cheshire Cat, a flocked Grinch, and a Fallout 76 Mothman. I'm a sucker for any good merchandise that is based on either the Cheshire cat/Grinch/Mothman, and as funkos go, those 3 aren't all that hideous.
Not gonna lie, that would make for a decent paper weight if you're a Doctor Who fan.
The Balrog funko doesn't look so relatively bad, either.
And credit where credit is due, funko Shenron and his jade counterpart don't look half bad:
I do admit I own a few of these things- a flocked Cheshire Cat, a flocked Grinch, and a Fallout 76 Mothman. I'm a sucker for any good merchandise that is based on either the Cheshire cat/Grinch/Mothman, and as funkos go, those 3 aren't all that hideous.
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