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I see them everywhere
One day...they are going to be worthless.
Front Page Edit: WOW! Second time ever. Guess this is a popular opinion. I don't know what to ask for....surprise me. (This is how I get an Inbox of Funko Pop Collections).
ThemanknownasBehm
WarlocknLoad
AmazingSpiderCam
Me and my 58 spider-man pops feel attacked.
ChefHannibal
AmazingSpiderCam
I know, I’m missing 4 to have the entire collection.
shinagami091
I collect them for nostalgia reason. Not because I think they’ll be worth something someday
Serkus
Already worthless. A "collectable" from a collection you will never complete, or sell on. You wouldn't even come close to breaking even.
GurdenRabsyKittenKnightbears
Joke's on you I never spent a dime on it and somehow have like 10 of them...
ChefHannibal
I collected them for about four years. spent about $5000 on them. Completed a lot of sets. Didn't break even: sold the collection for 18k
MadMontyMN
Shhh, let people enjoy things.
B99Reactions
I prefer amiibos cause they actually have a purpose and use in games and are official good looking figurings and not generic faces
Serkus
You just have a wall of little boxes that you have to take with you every time you move.
Ghlargh
Nearly every single really expensive old collectible is rare because almost no-one collected them from the start. A collectible that a lot->
Ghlargh
->of people collect and hoard will not gain any real worth except maybe (but not guaranteed) if most people throw them out.
Spooktergeist
Thats why Action Comics #1 is so valuable. People didn't keep comics back then and threw them away. Scarcity is key
Melonfish
What do you mean one day?
cozynester
Not nearly as diverse for playing with tho. I can trebuchet a Funko Pop into my brothers door to bother him
YouShouldNotGoogleTheStreisandEffect
Funko pops sounds like a cereal brand
ThatsGrimKraken
Funko actually makes pop culture themed cereal too. I havent had them, but they're also collectible.
thepatioheater
I got one and it creeps me out too much with those black, lifeless eyes. It remains in a box of tat, but I will always know it's there
Poombah
Sell it before they're worthless. (Checks pockets)... I can do about three fiddy?
Faloopsinarb
Good to know someone else hates them for the same reason I do.
johnvictor
Bought a Toothless one, I painted pupils on its eyes.
MissSpelledTattoo
lizardbones
ok, i love Lego more than any other toy or collectible, but there's also Nendoroids, which are closer to the "figure" type funko goes for
RedLanternGrodd
Flipped my collection a few years ago for over 1k. Saw the market getting way too saturated. They churn out new ones ever day.
ejfnsowjtofbwldof
Out of curiosity how many did you actually have, and how much did you spend on them?
RedLanternGrodd
It was about 70 pieces. I wasn't into it for money I just got overwhelmed by such a silly habit becoming so expensive.
ejfnsowjtofbwldof
That's fair. I always wonder why people think that items sold as "collectible" are meant to be sold later in.
Velonici
Also the fact that every retailer has an exclusive now.
dogmoind
Their bubble has definitely burst.
bigmuffin1
yeah but you cant put your dick in a Funko PoP
BraveScope
Shouldn’t put it in a bean babe either
CosplayComet
Where there's a drill, there's a way...
HappyJello
My dick is called the drill
NobodyCanEnjoyNiceThings
Don't ever say can't....you can do anything you want....just are you willing to pay the price for the consequences of that action
FourtyFive70
joker2814
Not with that attitude.
ThoughtsAndBeers
Intentionallysapphic
gIoblobbIobgob
Correct, that is exactly what’s going on in here
KingRememberedInTime1
TaintToucher
Not all of them no
sevrono
ChefHannibal
not with that attitude
OmniverseDayDreamer
Yeah but YOU can put your dick in one
LordDiabloeye
No, but you can put it in a jar!
polarpurple
Daltypooh
You can do all things through Christ Jesus
BigTittyJesus
Is that a challenge?
IIIdkbruh
Yes.
ConveyEmotionsViaGifs
That's quitter talk
explainer
No. But you can put them in your dick
GoochoLibre
Dosn't Sound like a good idea...
HughGRecti0n
I don’t even know what a funko pop is.
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
Those plastic toys with the big square heads in the white box that have been made for all characters in every show or movie ever.
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
Oh, those. Yeah they're ugly.
MadoraM
That was a perfect description, thank you!
Atajk
Ooooooooh. Thank you
HughGRecti0n
Your description was spot on. I still had to google it after you told me. Lol
natachan
I liked it when it is was a bit more selective what they were of, rather than as you say, everything. And in multiple forms
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
Out of the like 50 people I know that buys Funko Pops, only one does so as a "collectors item." Everyone else just likes cute desk toys.
IMainReinhardt
I have three. They are, in order of acquisition, Reinhardt, Reinhardt with no helmet, and Reinhardt Halloween version.
IMainReinhardt
They are out of box and on display.
ActuallyMyNamesMarina
Hmm... my powers of observation tell me that you may main Reinhardt
IMainReinhardt
CorneliusCornwall
And? People like them. Why does that upset you?
NobodyCanEnjoyNiceThings
*points at username*
CorneliusCornwall
You got me there.
AlwaysupvotesLabs
I like the shows/movie ones and I usually use them for book ends.
thefrayedendsofsanity
I own six. Bought zero. People keep giving them to me. Someone please stage an intervention for my friends.
SweetrollTheif
I only have one, it was a gift, its the best one, because its mine.
OmenJones
If I could've gotten Cthulhu and Crimson Skull Beanie Babies, I would have.
TheGreatMediocretes
I have a few, because I like them. The idea that people actually collect them for money blows my mind.
manbearpiglet2
What’s a funko pop?
TaterTotsTotsTater
People buy them for money?
RufusPimperton
Most are buying and selling for niche collections (like getting all the DBZ figures) Beany Baby mania was the result of a speculator fad
RufusPimperton
that defined the mid 90s and extended to comics, toys, posters and just... so much goddamn kitsch.
TheLonePengu
I know someone that had the green and white rangers still in a box and paid money at a con to have Jason David Frank sign them to sell them.
RufusPimperton
Are they doing that because they're a power rangers fan/looking to resell to niche fans, or are they doing it because they believe the
RufusPimperton
collector's value by way of being a collectible assures financial reward in a get rich later scheme that ignores why objects have value in
johnvictor
The people collecting them for money don't realize the reason older items become worth money is that few were made and fewer survived.
forevernatalie
Same. I’ve got several on my bookshelves behind my desk, and I’ve had students gift them over the last couple years.
AnimeFanAddict
I keep mine in their boxes cause I stack mine based on the character. If they somehow end up being worth something someday, it's a bonus.
Nobanob
I bought my roomie sexy Goldblum, then impulse bought myself the entire Gargoyles set. I quit after that
madgordh
I have a co-worker who does this, always calls them 'collectables' and has literally hundreds on display. Had to 5+ bookshelves for them.
madgordh
Had to get 5+ bookshelves for them.
CheesMoonDancer
I have some mixed with my girlfriends we have well over 30 but we know we won’t get shit out of them if we resold, nor do we plan to.
demonic
The fuck is a funko pop?
pizzapartyhard
A bobblehead that doesn’t have a bobbly head.
ameranthe
Except some have bobbly heads now. Full circle.
CtrlAltDelusional
Same! I only have the ones I like! I also have an Australian heroes bushfire appeal one too. Such an awesome idea!
Kapi23
I'm on the same page. I don't even pay more than 5 to 10 bucks for one.
penzick
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beanie-baby-fever-in-1999_n_58af7d12e4b060480e0661fe
Aqualero
Same thing with sneakers
ameranthe
Yep. I have a few star wars ones. R2 and BB8, along with Mando and Baby Yoda. A few random from other stuff. I take em out of the box too.
BigUglyBear
I get the monster or creature ones I like. The tend to have more detail and their faces are plain and boring.
SaintJStew
I collect them. I have a lot of them. All out of the box. All boxes thrown out. I don’t collect things to sell them later.
CheddarDreams
Same, I like to collect the horror themed ones
ShowMeThemCatsFella
I've got one in box that's worth 70ish dollars on Ebay lol. Exclusive model
davesaint01930
I have a few, also because I like the character. They look cool on my shelf with the movie props that I make.
Mafooo
think of the advanced shelving the thrift stores are gona need in a few years time
douglieisawesome
Me too. I actually found out one that I own is worth about $200 and I paid $5 for it at a swap meet
AshenHeart88
I have about 20, all out of boxes, purely for my enjoyment haha not about money. Some people are insane
Velonici
Same here. Ive only bought ones that I like.
OtterAvalanche
Between my wife and I... we have like 10? I mostly just have marvel ones and malcolm reynolds. She has Harry Potter and finn the human.
POTUSBrown
I have one. It's codsworth from fallout 4. It doesn't even look like a funko.
GlitterinPinkBubbles
I have some hockey players and some deadpool ones. I like them, I don’t collect them hoping for their value to increase.
LunarEntropy
People buy ones they don’t like?
Velonici
Yep, because they might be worth something someday, according to them.
GoochoLibre
I have one that's going for a few hundy on eBay but he's my favorite character from his show so he stays.
Pandamoniyum
Which one?
GoochoLibre
Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia. No clue why he took off, either.
tzahtman
Same. Only one I want I don't have is Prison Mike from the Office but not paying $35+ for it.
thornmallow
I liked beanie babies because they were cute. I like funkos because they remind me of my favorite fandoms. Fight me?
IDidntDoIt
Got beanie babies because I was a kid and they were cute. Getting funkos because I am an adult and I think they're cute.
aPokal
First time i heard someone wants to sell them. Gainfully.
likuidlightning
They aren't nearly as overvalued as Beanie Babies were, are they?
ThatsGrimKraken
Not at all. And ppl who collect them collect them for the Fandom, not the potential value.
johnthehuman001
I think the problem with funko pops is that they look like utter shite.
Pixel8yt
Nah the difference is we have easy internet purchasing now so the people that think they are worth something can trade but and limit them
BrazilianThunderPanda
I have Goose the cat on my desk at work. I like Goose the cat. Its out of its box & I poke at it when I’m bored. I got it because I like it.
ericbres1337
Never understood why people keep them in boxes. They are toys. Take them out and enjoy them.
rattlebone10
I've even seen protector boxes for them in the original packaging on eBay. Like they had for the TY hearts.
Velonici
Easier to stack/display.
ericbres1337
Although, in fairness, I have a complete set of original Star Wars Pops in packages AND that are still in orig shipping boxes ...
TheWildGunman
I took mine out of the box and put it on my desk. Ice Cube in a Low Rider on 3 wheels.
GCRust
They're Funko Pops. Looking at them is basically all they do.
dmorulez
Agree. But I also just but all the overwatch ones because I like the game and they're displayed in my video game room. 39yr old male
IMainReinhardt
I have three. They are, in order of acquisition, Reinhardt, Reinhardt with no helmet, and Reinhardt Halloween version. Check my username lol
SendMeDogsOrTits
I like the game but would get something better, they look so generic, all with the same style.
SgtPotshot
Figma & Nendoroid figures: Allow us to introduce ourselves
SgtPotshot
Wait, that's not the Figma D.Va. There is one that does look similar.
dmorulez
Totally true. FWIW I've kept an eye on the b1g1 deals at GameStop and did a clearing at Barnes & Noble. I spent about $50 on the set.
dmorulez
Also I get there are hot ones, but I'm not in that game and not for reselling. Just compliments my gaming theme.
aMiu
MissSpelledTattoo
blumpk1npie
As a millenial I have no idea what a funko pop is
NobodyCanEnjoyNiceThings
Ok...2 years ago though. I've made a confession that I use bing...and that still pops up. Not sure what you are trying to point out.
EMTMarv
Bing is great for researching videos....
Mack1986
Not even porn. It's better than google for vids veacuase google pushes youtube results and filters out vimeo and others
MissSpelledTattoo
CoffinFullOfPudding
Gen Z*. Millennials are in their 30s
LEOLEMONS
Because for us old people the last 20 years went by in a flash.
LEOLEMONS
Whoops replied to the wrong person. See? O.L.D.
PodsMckenzie
Can confirm. Just turned 30 today
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Grats
badpetrock
Don't remind me that I'm nearly 30...
GCRust
*Laughs in 37* Oh my sweet, summer child...
Naroyto
How people like these things I will never understand. They're the equivalent to a last minute gift purchase from a pharmacy store.
am0k
Where else will you get a Megaman 2 metal man geared model? I don’t own any, but being able to capture obscure pop references is unique
Velonici
I like collecting things I like. So Ive got a few from characters that I like. Mostly comic and game related.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
It's a collection hobby. Its nothing new. No different than a 50s kid collecting bottle caps. Let people enjoy what they like.
Mickp81
Yep, as long as they don’t look at it as an investment opportunity. I don’t see a problem with people collecting them.
Cheomesh
Let me tell you about pogs.
Alexoyeah
And overpriced
krisiteenie56
They are $10.....how is that overpriced?
Alexoyeah
For piece of plastic?
krisiteenie56
I mean if you wanna be that simplistic....most things are just pieces of plastic. Its a cheap collectable and people like it. Who cares?
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
I dunno, ten bucks seems fair..
Leithoa
$9.98 of that is licensing fees