If you know any toy collectors, they know what a POP! is
They offer much more stylized features. More than 200 types of the figures have been released.
“If you know any toy collectors, they know what a POP! is,” Illingworth said.
Ron Cohen, who lives on Long Island in New York, runs a Funko collector’s website at www.justanotherfunkoobserver.com. He’s gone to San Diego’s Comic Con for the past eight years to meet up with other “Funatics” and to work the Funko booth. Cohen, 48, has more than 2,000 Funko products and collects everything from the POP! Vinyl figures line.
“The products bring back some great nostalgic memories,” Cohen wrote in an email. “It’s fun to see a character from the past brought back to life by Funko’s design team. … I can’t wait to see which characters they are going to add to POP! Culture.”
The POP! Vinyls are extremely popular, said Ganny Hochberg, a buyer for Golden Age Collectables in Seattle.
The comic book store has sold Funko items since the company began, Hochberg said. She remembers that during the first few years, Underdog, Speed Racer and Betty Boop bobbleheads were part of the company’s product line. Now, Wacky Wobbler Bobble Heads and POP! Vinyl figures from Funko’s Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars and Disney lines are routinely stocked on store shelves.
“Some of the people who buy them are fans of Funko themselves and some are fans of the licenses that they represent,” she said.
She receives updates from Funko when new products are planned to be released and often hears from people who are looking for specific Funko items.
“I can tell you we get orders in from them a minimum of every other week and that’s just to keep on top of restocks,” she said. “That’s not counting new orders. I totally want them to keep growing and growing.” – See more at: