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LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:i’m honestly surprised they aren’t running some collectible card app to go along with the physical toys well they did launch a boardgame RPG hybrid with the gimmick of "Your pops are the pieces and have stats and special moves!" but since that would've required a lot of effort or time since they had thousands of backlogged toys they launched it with a new line of specialty sized toys only for their board games. That way you'd have to buy your favorite funkos again!
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The thing about funko pops is that they're literally everything people mock about nerd crap but not even trying to actually have any quality or style to them, it's cheap imitation nerd tat You don't look any less pathetic than the guy with anime figurines or amiibos on his desk but you also signal that you can't be bothered actually putting any effort into it
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Aug 8, 2020 04:17
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Coolness Averted posted:well they did launch a boardgame RPG hybrid with the gimmick of "Your pops are the pieces and have stats and special moves!" but since that would've required a lot of effort or time since they had thousands of backlogged toys they launched it with a new line of specialty sized toys only for their board games. That way you'd have to buy your favorite funkos again! Could you imagine the amounts of nerd theorycrafting/minmaxing that would take place online if every single figurine had game stats? “Hmm, yes, I did initially consider fielding a Pickle Rick/Wonder Woman combo as their +STR bonuses converge nicely with my Peter Griffin’s Morbid Obesity passive ability, but I’m also thinking about swapping out my 2016 Collector-Con Limited Edition Sheldon Cooper for Karl Marx. Commodification of Labor is just too good of a special attack to pass up, especially if you consider the Picard/Frodo Baggins combo that dominates the meta at the moment” 
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Aug 8, 2020 04:42
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i'm 100% certain there are plenty of dweebs ranking all this poo poo without the need for 'stats' or anything meaningful whatsoever for that matter.
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Comrade Koba posted:Could you imagine the amounts of nerd theorycrafting/minmaxing that would take place online if every single figurine had game stats? I mean the clever and good game design would be to make things generic enough that effectively the dorks 'build' them for you . Like "each characters gets 3 traits, chosen from their tags like hero,villain, disney, wizard, avenger" or whatever. Now that I think about it, I don't think they even made it in house or paid actual designers. They just licensed it to the company that makes all those themed monopoly boards and "we have a few generic card ans boardgame rulesets, let us put your IP's pictures on it!" USAOPOLY
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Aug 8, 2020 05:11
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James Bouhuys touhoo many fouhunko pops.
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Aug 8, 2020 06:48
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The appeal of Funko Pops is getting to marvel at their existence year after year despite the fact they've been a cultural force for two presidential terms now.
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Aug 8, 2020 07:03
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Like good posts, really playing like you practiced, but it's been five years since you could gesture at a Funko Pop on somebody's shelf in a joke and expect it to be your instant ticket to tearing down this bullshit facade we call society. What can there be to say at this point? Pull out the contract. Laugh at the absurd niches. Swap Reddit tales. Turn your eyes to the west and chant.
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Aug 8, 2020 07:07
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Two monks are checking out at a Target, and one of them grabs a Funko Pop and rings it up with his purchases. During the walk home, the other monk wonders why his peer purchased the funko pop, examining the transaction from all angles, trying to figure out what meaning there is to the purchase. The days tick by as they participate in their training and study, and still the monk fumes over the purchase of the funko pop. Months later, the monk finally approaches his peer and asks "Why did you purchase this funko pop? Was it because it reminded you of a piece of fiction you once enjoyed, and you wish to recapture that sensation? Is it a meditation on the fleeting nature of material goods and consumerism? Please, I must know the answer!" The other monk only smiles and says, "I set down that funko pop the afternoon I bought it. But you have carried it for all these days."
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Aug 8, 2020 07:38
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these came with the south park video games, i don't know the brand, they're ok 
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 Imagine how even the most frightening of nightmares would instantly be forgotten upon opening your eyes and looking at your Funko collection, safely watching over you mere inches from your bed. Edit: Jesus, scrolling through r/funkopop to find content for this thread really emphasizes how unimaginative both the figures and the people who collect them are. Just post after poster after post of identical boxed Funko Pops, titled either “Stopped by Hot Topic and couldn’t believe what I found!” or “Mail call!” houstonguy fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Aug 8, 2020 |
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Aug 8, 2020 08:22
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it's religious paraphernalia for people who worship mass media.
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Aug 8, 2020 08:23
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houstonguy posted:
Looks like a vending machine in a movie theater foyer.
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Aug 8, 2020 08:30
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It's called interior design sweetie, look it up
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Aug 8, 2020 08:39
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Big Beef City posted:This is who I am now. I'm Unicorn Clown, the superhero wizard:  edit: I... think I'm a wizard? Maybe that's a minimalist gun and not a magic wand.
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Chewbecca posted:It's called interior design sweetie, look it up Pssh, don't @ me. My whole place is carpeted like this:  What do you have? Polished slate or some poo poo?
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Aug 8, 2020 08:49
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Supreme Allah posted:these came with the south park video games, i don't know the brand, they're ok For all we know they might be the same brand. Said before, Pop! makes more accurate figurines as well sometimes. Funkos are just the cheap line.
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Aug 8, 2020 08:51
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Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Buy Funko Pop. Fun, but also collectible. Head like baby. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Funko Pop.”
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Aug 8, 2020 08:52
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The collections where the dolls are all still in their boxes are the saddest as is suggests the owners think this tat is going to be worth anything in the future.
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Aug 8, 2020 08:57
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zer0spunk posted:Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. _____________________________________/ 
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Aug 8, 2020 09:03
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And I'll whisper...buy Funko
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:The collections where the dolls are all still in their boxes are the saddest as is suggests the owners think this tat is going to be worth anything in the future. It's also because for half of them, if they're not in the box there's legitimately no way to know what character they're supposed to be.
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Aug 8, 2020 09:14
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houstonguy posted:Edit: Jesus, scrolling through r/funkopop to find content for this thread really emphasizes how unimaginative both the figures and the people who collect them are. Just post after poster after post of identical boxed Funko Pops, titled either “Stopped by Hot Topic and couldn’t believe what I found!” or “Mail call!” Any hobbyist sub will have those posts. Not to say it's not particularly dumb as poo poo with Funkos but that's really just Reddit, period.
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Aug 8, 2020 09:27
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When you see them close up they're really poor quality, there's like crappy mould process poo poo all over the plastic and the paint's all weird and never quite in the right place There's a line of smaller keychain-sized ones which seem OK since at least they're doing something, but on the other end there's also giant eighteen-inch-high funkos. Like if you're spending hundreds of dollars on something the size of a dog maybe buy one that actually looks like the actor
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Aug 8, 2020 11:48
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My first car was a stick
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Dave collects edwardian chamber pots that were once owned by people named Edward. Dave spends a lot of time scouring flea markets and antiques websites and finds a new item maybe once every two years. Steve collects Marvel universe Funko Pops. Steve checks the Funko Pop website weekly. When a new superhero Funko Pop is available Steve enters his credit card number and gets a new doll in the mail. Happens about once a month. Who is winning? I vote for Dave. Dave's a proper weirdo, Steve is a lazy wannabe-weirdo.
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Aug 8, 2020 12:07
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houstonguy posted:
I want to magically revivify Rudyard Kipling and show him Shere Khan as a funko pop and see what he says
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Hammerite posted:I want to magically revivify Rudyard Kipling and show him Shere Khan as a funko pop and see what he says Agreed OP, I’m all for reviving dead racists and tormenting them
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Supreme Allah posted:these came with the south park video games, i don't know the brand, they're ok That's the 10 inch kidrobot series I live their south park line, Futurama looks disappointing as hell. The nick stuff I haven't seen in person but the pictures look good on some bar on others. Might pick up a box if they go on half off for Christmas.
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Aug 8, 2020 17:12
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Still Dismal posted:
it was nice of them to give Marx some hair
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Aug 8, 2020 18:06
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Valko posted:Without a doubt, someone, somewhere is putting a funkopop up their rear end right now. I've read stories about the things getting removed from peoples asses. I mean turnips? Really? I should note that what we here on the other side of the atlantic call turnips are better known as rutabagas. 
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Aug 8, 2020 18:13
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this must seem like a personal attack to you
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blight rhino posted:I bought this for a chick, and then we had sex. Funkos are okay by me Somewhere an incel is furiously writing this tip down.
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Aug 8, 2020 21:06
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I hate the eyes - they’re bad
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blight rhino posted:I bought this for a chick, and then we had sex. Funkos are okay by me Rad-daddio posted:Somewhere an incel is furiously writing this tip down. Lol. It might work, if they find the right girl. .... But then they'll be all toxic and jealous of the Pop, most likely. fuckin' Crow stole my girl's attention. Crow is a CHAD
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Aug 9, 2020 20:03
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Spinz posted:Because they are cute. Is that really your assessment of the style? Is that what they were ever going for? i figured the funko template was intentionally ugly, so they could convince a wide variety of IPs to agree have Funkos made without competing with official/first-party good-looking licensed merch. if the template was itself charming or desirable, X company might as well make their own good-looking stuff
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Aug 9, 2020 21:29
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Khanstant posted:Is that really your assessment of the style? Is that what they were ever going for? Yes, and I think that it is a kinda known fundamental configuration. See Hello kitty
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Aug 9, 2020 22:03
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people like toys with big heads because it reminds them of babies where bigger the head the better.
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Aug 9, 2020 22:09
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I had a huge head as a baby and not as a baby!
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Aug 9, 2020 22:31
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A guy I know got really upset at me when I told him his Pop collection will probably go straight in the skip the minutes he dies. He thinks they’re worth something
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Chrs posted:A guy I know got really upset at me when I told him his Pop collection will probably go straight in the skip the minutes he dies. He thinks they’re worth something If they are a big enough part of who he is family may very well keep 1 each at pretty much random. Monetary value? No, emotional value sure, but it's kind of sad if your family best remembers you every time they look at a lovely toy.
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