My wife and I attended the 2023 Maryland Toy Expo yesterday. It’s held annually at the Maryland State Fairgrounds located north of Baltimore. We’ve never been but decided to go this year. There’s a monthly regional toy show held in nearby Greencastle, Pennsylvania. We occasionally go and usually find something to buy while we are...
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Funko uses cheaply made boxes to ship stuff to customers
I bought two Funko Pop figures and three premium hard-plastic protectors from the Funko Shop last week. UPS delivered everything on Wednesday. I noticed immediately that the box arrived damaged. I opened it and discovered the two boxed figures were damaged, too. Both figures are limited edition figures. The Black Adam figure is only available...
Read MoreFunko raises prices on all 3.75 inch Pop figures
Funko, the maker of collectible vinyl figures with giant heads, is announcing they are raising prices on all 3.75 inch Pop figures, effective November 1. I received an email from online retainer Shumi announcing the price increase. This is the message I was sent in the email: I found the announcement to be kind of...
Read MoreFunko expects 2020 Q2 sales to be 60% lower than 2019 Q2 sales
Things are not looking good for Funko. From ICv2: Funko expects its Q2 sales to be 60% below sales in Q2 2019, CEO Brian Mariotti told analysts in the company’s conference call last week. The company had revealed that its Q1 sales were down 18% and that it was moving all of its Q2 releases in...
Read MoreFunko is not the collector’s friend
The only way to buy the Target exclusive Funko Pop Red Batman is with a high-interest REDcard credit card? It has a 25.15 percent interest rate. That is an excessively high interest rate. ...
Read MoreFunko’s behavior is making me reevaluate my decision to collect their stuff
Considering how Funko's business is based entirely on fans and collectors, it's quite remarkable how unfriendly they are to both....
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