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The whole point was to put this in your cubicle so you could pretend you had a personality that was more than being a cog in the machine. Then the pandemic happened.
Speaking as a ~~hoarder~~ collector of many strange things, I still can't comprehend the appeal of Funko Pops. Even if you're super into whatever franchise the model in question is from, surely there is a better way to express it than by way of deformed simulacra with dead, soulless eyes. Just saying.
They really are extremely tacky.
Wait... I know that username!
Thank you, I utterly despise those things. The most blatantly cynical corporate cash-in on nerd nostalgia.
Soulless mass-produced slob. The AI of the figurine world if you will. The Corporate Memphis of the physical world.
The dodgy western knock off of nendoroids
One of the most bizarre gifts I've ever been given was a random Skyrim funko pop. I don't really do collectibles, and I hadn't played Skyrim in a couple years at that point.
Then I found out that the person who gave it to me has a massive collection of Funkos. They can't even display all of them because they're stacked several layers deep all the way to the ceiling
You know how gacha games exploit the same psychology as gambling addiction? I’m convinced Funko pops are like that, but for hoarding. I don’t know what it is about the brand, but you so rarely see people with just a small collection of them. It’s either none or 500.
Funko pops are the modern lawn flamingo or garden gnome. They’re tainted things, too corporate to be kitschy, and far too uninteresting to be worth calling a knickknack. I instantly judge anyone who owns one for their future contribution to a far-off landfill.
I put my foot in my mouth once, because my sister had gotten me one. I held onto it for a bit but got rid of it, forgot she had given it to me, and at some point voiced how they’re just garbage 😅
As someone who essentially uses their mouth as a shoe, I feel your pain. Bright side, you won’t receive any more garbage of that specific variety!
The appeal is pretty easy. You can collect items from any fandom you can think of and have the style of the figures match each other almost perfectly and look 'natural' together. The style chosen has a lot of detractors, but even some that don't necessarily appreciate it are willing to compromise if it lets them make a little action scene of thor fighting vegeta.
That's me, I'm the one who compromised.
Ah yes, but in addition to being hideous it’s also expensive and made of plastic! 😬
I've got only one, it's in my PC, and it's not a 'proper' funko
I'm a Halo ~~hoarder~~ collector, and I think I only have 4 of those ugly Pop vinyls. They're all Halo ones but they don't have the dark soulless beady little eyes the rest of them do. Two of them were gifts anyway so I didn't give them much money.
They're ugly and tacky to me.
It's mostly the design of the fucking things, I'm sure they'd be more acceptable of they were at least appealing.
(I'm going to be extremely hypocritical here as I do this with my Amiibo) but the culture or keeping it in the boxes never really made sense to me in regards to Funko. What purpose does it really serve when there's a lot of Funko that have little to no value boxed or not? Part of me thinks it's because they're easier to store in the boxes and because you don't actively play or use them (like you would with Amiibo.) But what gets me is the # of Funko collectors that open their figures is microscopic compared to the people who have entire walls lined with boxes of the things.
Another brand I see them compared to often is Nendoroids, which are less TV and movie characters and more anime and video game figures. But very few people keep those boxed, because they're pose-able, therefore more owners purchase them with the intention of displaying them in a variety of poses as opposed to keeping the boxes for anything other than storing the accessories.
The appeal is $$$. I know someone who collects those. I thought they were stupid until he needed some extra money and took one of his hundreds of bobbleheads, put it on Craigslist, and had $750 more the next day than before he sold it. This was a long time ago too, so it was probably $1300 worth of today's money.
We were fairly into these maybe 8 years ago or so. My biggest gripe are the bobble head ones. They're so much shittier. And all of the Star Wars ones are bobble heads.
The most recent one I got was from my friend who hates them who I got one for as a joke a few years back. He liked Nightmare Before Christmas a lot as a kid. I found one that was Oogie Boogie with the sack off, so just the bugs. It was pretty unique and interesting. I'm sure he probably trashed it at some point or has it in a closet. He got me one of Laura Palmer from Twin peaks on a body bag. I never keep mine in boxes, I think it's too weird, but I kept this one in the box because I don't think anyone would recognize it otherwise.
Am I open to getting more? Eh, maybe. They need to be pretty unique for me to even think about it though. It's pretty cringe to have them now lol. Plus, we had a real problem of people just getting us a bunch of them because they knew we collected some. People finally stopped, but ik scared it could start again if we get new ones.
Stupid fad can't die fast enough
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
I mean I get your title, but it really seems like you're at a thrift shop.
Speaking of, those Legos would be coming home with me.
Yeah, legos might have some kits that are themed based on fads but the underlying concept is timeless and they are made to last.
I spy some good pieces in there as well. I’d certainly be digging through that bin.
All Bionicle pieces would be mine
I gave my entire collection of Lego to my friend's kid. Pretty decent amount. But those two green flat boards there on top? I want them even now.
Those Pop figures sure do look alike when you take them out of their packaging. I can't really tell what any of them are supposed to be at a glance.
Prime tat.
lego blocks will never be irrelevant!
Yeah, like seriously, how are they pricing those lego bricks?
Based on the fact that they have used hot wheels for full retail price, there is a reason the Lego bin is still full.
I’d totally buy Lego bricks by the pound.
Loose Pops! Sounds like the name of a discount chiropractor
We were born of stardust, and to stardust we will return
*microplastics
McKay's?
Sure looks like it.
You can inbox Funko Pops? I don't think I've even seen one out of its cardboard and plastic prison.
Do you think they go through those Pops first to make sure they're all worthless, or do you think you might find a treasure buried in there?
There's no room for treasure, it's too full of funko pops.