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shadowsword87 posted...

Do people actually care about funko pops? I thought it was just a waste of plastic.

I've gradually come around on them. Prior to talking to a Funko rep who just gave me a bunch of stuff (some Pop!s, Mystery Minis, etc... actually, come to think of it, she gave me a lot of stuff), the only ones I had picked up were Chernabog (because how could you not like Chernabog?) and Bumble (the Abominable Snowman). I generally prefer the ones with mouths -- the lack of mouths is why I originally wasn't terribly enthused by the line in general -- but I'll sometimes get some of the mouthless ones as well (Sorceress for instance, although I just really like the Sorceress... which I why I paid like $80 or $90 for the MotUC version).

I've mentioned them a few times in every Geek Topic going back maybe at least a few years now. My collection might be up to 30-40 Pop!s total, which is tiny compared to actual Pop! collectors. I know a lot of people who got crazily into them, and often people you wouldn't think would be into them. They're still far more popular than they logically should be, which is why you can find them all over the place and they've been going strong all this time.

My favorites among the ones I own are probably Chernabog, Sharnado, Tung Lashor, and Donquixote Doflamingo... and maybe Bebop & Rocksteady.

That said, I greatly prefer the Mystery Minis line. (And I like the Hikari line, but the pricing is generally greater than my interest. I just own maybe 2-3 of the Skeletor variants because, well, Skeletor.)

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