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There is no one saying this in this thread, including my OP.
Nobody is attacking or putting down people who buys Funkos, only pointing out they (Funkos) are super ugly and boring (and they are)
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FUNKOS are boring, ugly and they wore out their welcome
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There is no one saying this in this thread, including my OP.
Nobody is attacking or putting down people who buys Funkos, only pointing out they (Funkos) are super ugly and boring (and they are)
Eh, they have their place. You wanna spruce up your room and add a bit of personality, you can get a cheap ass $10 Funkopop of your favorite character and put it on your bookshelf or something.
I'll never understand the mass collectors, though. People keeping them in unopened boxes or in fancy display cases like they're some valuable/rare items, that's just weird to me.
I'll never understand the mass collectors, though. People keeping them in unopened boxes or in fancy display cases like they're some valuable/rare items, that's just weird to me.
I call them comic shop cancer, because every comic shop now has walls full of them, and they seem to keep growing.
Did at any point in your OP you make the comparison to Nendoroids that I wrote that post in response to?
Always love comparisons between $10 funkos and $50 nenderoids
funkos are great for people on a budget
funkos are great for people on a budget
I would like them better if they didn't have huge heads but the way most people hate funkos is the way people hate the big bang theory.
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Nop, but maybe i got confused and thought you were having issue with people not liking Funkos overall , but all good.
Nendoroids are super ugly too honestly, but at least they have expresions. Still expensive for what they are.
Pretty much. I have Nendos too, and prefer them for what they are, but the inevitable comparisons are never not stupid, to me. I would absolutely love a Nendo for Kamala Khan, but that ain't happening for a bit. At least I have my Captain Marvel one, right next to my Captain Marvel and Ms Marvel Funkos.
Oh my gosh I need that Al one.Anyway I do think they are by and large pretty ugly (this is why I do not spend money on them instead of being a weird volatile baby) but I do like the ones where the big eyes work to their benefit, which mostly they don't since the eyes they're replacing are already good at expressing emotion.
This one's just flat out a great figure
I mean I think going "yeah they're ugly and I don't want one" is perfectly fine, that's why I don't buy them either. I'm the kind of of person who likes collecting figures and don't mind splurging some extra cash for a good figure versus someone who doesn't want to collect figures but hey, here's a $10 toy of that show you liked way back. They're within impulse buy range and cover a wide net.
I don't get the sheer level of vitriol thrown their way, and I especially resent the part of the discourse surrounding them where people who like collecting Funkos are supposed to just buy better figures.
I am not venturing into a Hot Topic for one, but I wouldn't mind coming across it. I like the goofy blob Al becomes in FMA art.
My Fred Sanford Funko would probably say, "If you replace FUNKO with 'Topics where the OP whines about something people like' in the thread title, then we'd be cooking with gas!"
The faces all looking the same/similar, and the objective build quality/detail of these figures is not what people dislike about them. The problem is peopel find their base design to be ugly. The rectangular box-shaped heads and blank eyes could be something different, yet equally simple/cheap, and they could be better received.
100% better, but 400% more expensive, so actually 300% worse
Yeah, no kiddin'.
To me, they look like something from a dystopian future where there's only one giant corporation which makes everything and these are the only toys they make. At least that's what it felt like last time I entered a comic book store and where there used to be all varieties of action figures and collectibles, there is now just shelf after shelf after shelf of these fucking things.
Canti's okay at least.
The one's like this, which are stylised are great.
The Toy Story Alien one's were the only decent looking Funko before seeing the above.
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That can be a friendly recommendation, as a collector someone could say "he my friendly advise is to buy something better with your money". At the end of the day, nobody has right to dictate how people spend their money.
But i mean, come on:
Some characters work better than others. They're like $10, sometimes even less. I personally wouldn't collect them, but I was thinking of getting one to put on my work-from-home desk. What I'm not going to do is find a perfect, $50+ figure for my desk, that's for sure.
The Iroh one posted earlier in this thread looks nice.
The Iroh one posted earlier in this thread looks nice.
I don't like them but they're $10 toys that bring people a little bit of happiness so they're fine for that IMO
So it finally happened yesterday, I've been talking to this girl on a dating app for awhile and yesterday she came over for the first time. Let's just say we got down and dirty. My favorite Iron Man POP was on the shelf while I was getting some action and I actually looked over at it a few times just to be sure he would be included in the memory. I was already greatly fond of this Pop but I'm feeling a lot more sentimental now that it's been part of such an incredible experience, I don't think I could ever get rid of it now. Is there anyone on here who had a similar experience? What pops do you still have from when you lost your virginity?
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Wonder how they choose which figures get more love than others, because the examples of better ones in here seem to be a major exception to the rule.
Cartoon characters/monsters tend to look best. I sort of collect cool looking ghost/monster ones (I've got Cthulhu, The Woman In Black, the librarian from Ghostbusters, a Dementer, Weeping Angel, Turbo, Chernanbog...). There's some Scooby Doo ones I keep meaning to grab, but don't exactly think will fit.
I think the best thing about them is they're so popular that they're the ONLY form of merch a ton of characters get, like, ever. Rock Candy and Mystery Mini style Funkos look better than POPs, though. It's kind of weird because Rock Candy weren't that much more expensive and look way less stylized, I wish they'd wound up being the runaway success POPs are.
I think the best thing about them is they're so popular that they're the ONLY form of merch a ton of characters get, like, ever. Rock Candy and Mystery Mini style Funkos look better than POPs, though. It's kind of weird because Rock Candy weren't that much more expensive and look way less stylized, I wish they'd wound up being the runaway success POPs are.
Not all of these are $10 bucks. Because they are being marketed as a collectible, they have some that are rare like the "chase" versions. Some of these sell for thousands on the secondary market and conventions. People are spending a lot of money feeding their collecting addiction.
As soon as a collectible starts being considered and investment, it can be a problem. When the bubble pops and the market crashes, a lot of people will have spent thousands on useless toys.
As soon as a collectible starts being considered and investment, it can be a problem. When the bubble pops and the market crashes, a lot of people will have spent thousands on useless toys.
Eh, we've been to the HQ store in Everett several times when my family come to visit. Picked up a few things every time.
They'd be much, much better if they didn't stay so strict to the black-dot-for-eyes rule. It's the most unattractive part of the figures.
It's a French Horn you philistine!
Zap a trumpet in the doll and call it Ted Mosby or any other unnecessary character and call it a day.
My favorite thing about this thread is people saying "I agree they are ugly, btw here's the one I have it's the only non ugly one". lmao.