what's weird is that it's financially more viable for them to just throw them out than to give them away as a promotion
I wasn't aware anyone was collecting these for any reason other than simply liking them.
From what I've heard it has nothing to do with the Funko bubble popping (no pun intended) and more to do with the fact that Disney is self-destructing.
Basically, Funko invested heavily in making Star Wars and Marvel themed figures, but with fan apathy for both franchises at an all-time high, none of them are selling (it's been mentioned that stores like Wal-Mart have had the same problem with Star Wars toys in general). So Disney fucking themselves into a hole is dragging multiple other companies down with them.
i mostly have MHA Funko pops because i like them and really for a lot of characters a funko pop is the only option
i mean they even include some students from Class 1-B and i know those characters aren't getting premium figures or Mcfarlane action figures
I feel like this is either exaggerated or uses inflated values.
Granted, a lot of companies have periodic problems unloading inventory so it's not really unique. Funko just apparently didn't plan well enough and was holding onto inventory for too long. During the 2022 Christmas season, Five Below had a reasonably large Pop! offering... but for $6, which was lame.
This so hard. They haven't really ever had a thriving secondary market, certainly not like Beanie Babies.
While I know that some collectors have tried (and often failed) to sell their collections afterward, they weren't buying them for the secondary market, they just bored of them, which is like anything else.
That's unsurprising. The franchises that get adapted can make or break a collectibles line and, while Funko has had success diversifying, the fact that they've gone all-in on some franchises must be hurting them.
tbh, that's always been the appeal of Funko lines -- they tend to offer collectibles from underrepresented franchises or characters from those franchises. In the case of older films, it's sometimes been the ONLY figure that certain characters have had.
...that said, most of the Pop!s, Mystery Minis, etc, I've bought have related to moderately popular franchises, many of which have collectibles. However, in some cases, the Funko version is either cheaper (Chernabog, for example) or covers a character better (ie, some of the Spidey Far from Home normal figures were garbage; Molten Man, for example, might've only appeared in a budget line and the quality was lousy, whereas Funko did great versions of Molten Man)
And, honestly, for a lot of stuff, there's a long gap between merch.
I do find it interesting star wars has been basically juiced for good will and money.
Star wars has andor and Rouge one that were good, the mandalorian is ok not great, and then everything else has been a steaming pile of poo.
Never saw the appeal of these to be honest. But I guess Im a bit of snob when it comes to collectibles. Ive always hated chibi type things. Give me NECA Ninja Turtles, Masterpiece Transformers, Palisades Toys Muppets, etc. Something high quality that actually looks like what its supposed to be.I agree, though I don't collect things like that. I have a pretty solid book collection going and got over 120 CDs and a small but pretty decent movie collection
I do find it interesting star wars has been basically juiced for good will and money.
Disney is milking both star wars and marvel dry and it's killing the cash cow.
The little assholes could at least recycle it, instead of polluting.
What's really interesting is how Disney managed to take a franchise entirely built around intensive merchandising that thrived for 35 straight years and managed to wreck it so badly in only 10.
It's an amazing achievement (in ineptitude).
It's god damn wild that it's that far and that much goodwill has been juiced.
Funko Pops are just a way to get us accustomed to the idea of big-headed aliens.
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Personally I think they're all hideous. The only ones that were any good were the MLP ones that looked like actual MLP toys .
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Dr. Whooves is the only Funko that I've collected since it was released to celebrate Dr. Who's anniversary (I believe 50th) and David Tennant's time as the eleventh incarnation of the Dr. Who character. In fact, MLP did an episode with Dr. Whooves and another pony who represented Rose Tyler: it was kind of cool.The MLP manga had a hilarious story with Dr. Whooves and Derpy.
About the only thing left that I loved as a kid that they haven't managed to ruin somehow is the concept of Choose Your Own Adventure. And I'm sure someone somewhere is trying to figure out a way to ruin that too.
But I honestly have no interest in any of the Disney+ shows, and no real intention of watching any of the new MCU movies. For me, the franchise ended with Phase 3 (with Far From Home and No Way Home being the only post Endgame movies I've bothered with).
Disney bringing everything down? I'm not surprised, especially since they seem committed to their s***ty ideology, damn the consequences.
mystified at finding these strange hunks of plastic perhaps once used in human sacrifices or of other such ceremonial value.The bobbing head motion of these religious idols signified that the worshiper had pleased their deity.
Which ideology is that?Dunno what he means, but in my opinion it's their incredibly bland, designed by committee, apeal to the widest audience possible approach to everything. It just feels soulless. Like Ubisoft games.
Personally I think they're all hideous. The only ones that were any good were the MLP ones that looked like actual MLP toys.
There's now a new Cocaine Bear Funko pop coming soon
What's really interesting is how Disney managed to take a franchise entirely built around intensive merchandising that thrived for 35 straight years and managed to wreck it so badly in only 10.
It's an amazing achievement (in ineptitude).
Which ideology is that?
Dunno what he means, but in my opinion it's their incredibly bland, designed by committee, apeal to the widest audience possible approach to everything. It just feels soulless. Like Ubisoft games.
Personally, I don't believe it's so much that Disney itself believes in an ideology -- although maybe many of its content creators subscribe to far-left social issues -- but the fact that it's trying to pander in a socially progressive direction because it assumes that's the market's direction.
Especially if you told me I'd be skipping Doctor Strange 2 and Guardians 3.Doctor Strange 2 was a failure in every respect, to almost an impressive degree. I'm still hopeful James Gunn can pull one more good movie out the rotten husk that is the current MCU though.
what's weird is that it's financially more viable for them to just throw them out than to give them away as a promotionThey don't want to weaken thier brand by selling them at a fire sale. It is best to make them seem "limited", so you can maximize FOMO. Plus it costs absolutely nothing to make one, probably cents on the dollar, a buck at most so it is not exactly like they are losing millions, that is just retail, not costs of goods. Shame they are too cheap to recycle them though.
I don't know if that's a mistake, but it's true either way.picard
used to think there couldn't be a more wasteful use of perfect casting than kelsey grammar as beast in x3, but disney managed to top even that.