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I_Abibde posted...

I only collect certain Pops, and most of the ones I have to tend to be villains, so yes,

Oddly enough and rather unintentionally, I think most of the Pop!s I own are also of a villainous sort.

I_Abibde posted...

so yes, the Hamburglar is a small victory in that regard.

tbh, I only recently learned that the McDonald's ones were a thing when I stopped in a Hot Topic recently. And while Funko has just about everything in its Pop! line, it's still one you would really expect.

I_Abibde posted...

You mentioned you have several Skeletors. I picked up the Terror Claws version about a month back.

Hikari line Skeletors, not Pop! Skeletors. I still don't have a Pop! Skeletor, although the Pop! metallic Terror Claws Skeletor looks cool.

Funko's Hikari line is/was mass market "designer" sofubi (soft vinyl). It was a weird concept, since the designer vinyl market is angled as being a limited collectible (and "unique," even though a lot of designer vinyl collectors will own most of the same shit) and even though Funko was doing limited runs, they're very much a mass retail company.



The original MSRPs on the line were something stupid, like $60-80. I think I paid maybe $20-30 shipped for the ones I bought. iirc, I bought Mystic Powers (seen above), Havoc, and.... I can't remember the last one. I love the Mystic Powers Skeletor, I could have lived without the other two (well, I mean, technically none of them were necessary for my survival, but you know what I mean)

They're substantially larger than Pop!s and often have shoulder/neck articulation (although there's no real point in posing them). I forget the whole backstory on what the concept is based on, but apparently sofubi have a lot of tradition in Japan.... although I think Funko was manufacturing in China.

There were a few other characters and entries in the line I was tempted to pick up, but at the time I didn't want to wander too far down that rabbit hole.

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