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Topic	What is the appeal of funko pop toys
Zeus 09/16/18 2:46:31 AM #17:	Some look good, some look bad. The style didn't really appeal to me at first (mostly because they lack mouths), but eventually I found at least a few I liked (most of which had mouths). Offhand, I have Rocksteady & Bebop, Killer Croc (Arkham version), Chernabog, Sharknado, Nosferatu, Smaug, Doctor Wily, Oogie Boogie, the Gentleman, and Cthulhu. There are more that I'd want, but I really try to limit myself because otherwise you have a ton of them. TsC_PoLiTiKz posted... I have no clue why people are so obsessed, but I can see why they would get ones for things they love. I have a friend who spent thousands on those things. He would flip OUT over limited ones, despite having no interest in the source material. He sold them a bit back, it was really fucking up his bank account. tbh, I was surprised by some of my friends who really got into it and at least a few them did downsize their collections. They release too damn many per year so I can see people selling some, because otherwise you'd have mountains of them. Blighboy posted... GanglyKhan posted... Nendo or Figma is the much better choice for entry to mid-level collectibles. Nendo are basically "Funko but good" I imagine a lot of the people who like Funkos might not like something like Figma or Figuarts though. Nendos are usually at least 3-4x more expensive and often don't cover the same subject material. ferko420 posted... So they are vinyl chibi beanie babbies.... With less variety You've vastly underestimated their variety. Funko probably releases more Nendos in a year than Ty released Beanie Babies. I think they do around a thousand different designs (including repaints) a year. xjayguyx posted... Pop figures are for the poor. 1/8 PVC figures are for the average and 1/6-1/4 and larger resins are for the hard working people with monies. You're aware people that some of the people who collect Pop!s also collect stupidly expensive PVC figures and statues, right? It's not an either/or. Plus those other things take up more space and, quite honestly, I've never seen enough value in them. For instance, while I like the design of the Sideshow Sentinel, I can't see dropping $900 on one. Kinda the same with the Bowen Juggernaut (the good one, which runs for at least $400) or Bowen Wendigo (the full statue, not the shitty bust -- no idea how expensive those are now, although it was around $500 last I looked). xjayguyx posted... But ya I collect all types of toys and stuff and have zero pop figures. I think they look dumb imo. Creepy eyes and cheap looking. Creepy looking? How is THIS guy creepy-looking: Man, you trippin'! --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:908844081] in What is th... [t:77004985]...</cite> <quote>Some look good, some look bad. The style didn't really appeal to me at first (mostly because they lack mouths), but eventually I found at least a few I liked (most of which had mouths). Offhand, I have Rocksteady & Bebop, Killer Croc (Arkham version), Chernabog, Sharknado, Nosferatu, Smaug, Doctor Wily, Oogie Boogie, the Gentleman, and Cthulhu. There are more that I'd want, but I really try to limit myself because otherwise you have a ton of them. <cite>TsC_PoLiTiKz posted...</cite> <quote>I have no clue why people are so obsessed, but I can see why they would get ones for things they love. I have a friend who spent thousands on those things. He would flip OUT over limited ones, despite having no interest in the source material. He sold them a bit back, it was really fucking up his bank account.</quote> tbh, I was surprised by some of my friends who really got into it and at least a few them did downsize their collections. They release too damn many per year so I can see people selling some, because otherwise you'd have mountains of them. <cite>Blighboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanglyKhan posted...</cite> <quote>Nendo or Figma is the much better choice for entry to mid-level collectibles. </quote> Nendo are basically "Funko but good" I imagine a lot of the people who like Funkos might not like something like Figma or Figuarts though.</quote> Nendos are usually at least 3-4x more expensive and often don't cover the same subject material. <cite>ferko420 posted...</cite> <quote>So they are vinyl chibi beanie babbies.... With less variety</quote> You've vastly underestimated their variety. Funko probably releases more Nendos in a year than Ty released Beanie Babies. I think they do around a thousand different designs (including repaints) a year. <cite>xjayguyx posted...</cite> <quote>Pop figures are for the poor. 1/8 PVC figures are for the average and 1/6-1/4 and larger resins are for the hard working people with monies.</quote> You're aware people that some of the people who collect Pop!s also collect stupidly expensive PVC figures and statues, right? It's not an either/or. Plus those other things take up more space and, quite honestly, I've never seen enough value in them. For instance, while I like the design of the Sideshow Sentinel, I can't see dropping $900 on one. Kinda the same with the Bowen Juggernaut (the good one, which runs for at least $400) or Bowen Wendigo (the full statue, not the shitty bust -- no idea how expensive those are now, although it was around $500 last I looked). <cite>xjayguyx posted...</cite> <quote>But ya I collect all types of toys and stuff and have zero pop figures. I think they look dumb imo. Creepy eyes and cheap looking.</quote> Creepy looking? How is THIS guy creepy-looking: Man, you trippin'! --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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