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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 15, 2016 16:23:48 GMT -5
so how the hell are they making money? most of those things cost $10 or less....how cheap is the licensing for stuff? I would imagine that yes, some of the licensing is probably not inordinately expensive. They may also get deals from studios for multiple licenses (or a case of "We'll license A to you, but you also have to take B and C"). The products themselves are probably not too expensive to make (with the exception of Hikari). Some of their stuff is going to sell just because they're the only game in town for merchandise for certain shows and movies. You have to keep in mind that Funko's boom is still pretty recent, so they're making gobs of money now because everyone wants what they're selling. There were extraordinarily lean years in the beginning when nobody knew who the hell they were.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 15, 2016 16:24:47 GMT -5
so how the hell are they making money? most of those things cost $10 or less....how cheap is the licensing for stuff? Licensing fees depends on who/what it is. Everyone has a different amount and there's usually some negotiating done. As far as how Funko makes money. Volume and low production costs. Pop!s are hugely popular now, but when they first started, it was mainly DC, Marvel, and some Disney. As they've grown and gotten more popular with collectors, they were able to add more and more licenses. Now, they're able to secure licensing rights for loads of things because they're a proven sales juggernaut. And although they only sell the Pop! figures for around $10, they probably pay less than $1 to produce each one because they make them in such high volumes (that's why exclusives, with less being produced, tend to cost a little more).
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Aug 15, 2016 17:10:22 GMT -5
For awhile, the only Bob's Burgers toys were POP Vinyls.
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Post by Showtime Sheehan on Aug 16, 2016 19:15:05 GMT -5
Finally got the Suicide Squad Walmart Exclusives! Best part, the price. I have a friend who's dad works maintenance overnight at a Walmart. I asked her if she could have him keep his eyes open to see if he could get either one. She texted me that he was able to get both and for cheaper than normal. For some reason when they were rung up, they were priced at $4.00 (!!!) each!
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Post by c-scope on Aug 16, 2016 20:59:09 GMT -5
Nice gets Showtime Sheehan I wanna get the normal harly and joker. They look sweet!
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 16, 2016 21:29:04 GMT -5
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Post by PJ on Aug 17, 2016 5:41:40 GMT -5
Nice! I want a William Wallace.
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Post by ARUN on Aug 17, 2016 15:44:22 GMT -5
Picked this up today. One of my favorite pops in my collection. I got lucky and got the last one the store had.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Aug 17, 2016 17:37:34 GMT -5
I swear, I'm done for a little while now, unless I find a few older ones I want at ITCE next week. I'm seriously considering selling some of my less loved Pops, like my 6 Breaking Bad ones or one of my 3 Daryls. I've only got space left for 8 more with my current set up. Peter Griffin could probably go too, since I decided against collecting Family Guy when only 3 got made. I do need to get a Marty McFly to go with my Doc Brown.. and I really want Rick & Morty.
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Post by c-scope on Aug 17, 2016 17:44:28 GMT -5
I swear, I'm done for a little while now, unless I find a few older ones I want at ITCE next week. I'm seriously considering selling some of my less loved Pops, like my 6 Breaking Bad ones or one of my 3 Daryls. I've only got space left for 8 more with my current set up. Peter Griffin could probably go too, since I decided against collecting Family Guy when only 3 got made. I do need to get a Marty McFly to go with my Doc Brown.. and I really want Rick & Morty. they made Rick and morty pops?!?!? Damn I need to stop coming in this thread. Lol
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Aug 17, 2016 17:53:28 GMT -5
I swear, I'm done for a little while now, unless I find a few older ones I want at ITCE next week. I'm seriously considering selling some of my less loved Pops, like my 6 Breaking Bad ones or one of my 3 Daryls. I've only got space left for 8 more with my current set up. Peter Griffin could probably go too, since I decided against collecting Family Guy when only 3 got made. I do need to get a Marty McFly to go with my Doc Brown.. and I really want Rick & Morty. they made Rick and morty pops?!?!? Damn I need to stop coming in this thread. Lol
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Post by champofakind on Aug 18, 2016 15:48:10 GMT -5
Clark Kent is seriously one of the best pops ever made.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Aug 22, 2016 9:02:50 GMT -5
I was able to snag a Dr.Strange, Olivia (from Izombie), Han Solo with Bowcaster, Brak & Zorak for under $80. Awesome pieces!
I'm also getting different variants of Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch. I'm meeting Caroll Spinney at the end of October & was hoping he'd sign them.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 22, 2016 14:28:39 GMT -5
I was able to snag a Dr.Strange, Olivia (from Izombie), Han Solo with Bowcaster, Brak & Zorak for under $80. Awesome pieces! I'm also getting different variants of Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch. I'm meeting Caroll Spinney at the end of October & was hoping he'd sign them. I met Caroll earlier this year and it was such a treat. He is such a sweet man. It blew me away getting to meet such a big part of my childhood like that. I've met and interacted with a lot of celebrities and well known people either by attending conventions or through work, and I can't recall ever being speechless before. But I was this time. I actually got a little choked up.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 22, 2016 14:30:08 GMT -5
Looks like they dropped Ziggler, Razor, Foley, Slaughter, and Jake the Snake and added Roman. Dammit. They ended up cutting almost half the figures I wanted. Of course, the ones that were cut could still wind up being retailer exclusives. I'm also a little surprised they haven't fixed Nash's pants and they didn't add Dusty's birthmark. Funko doesn't usually drop the ball on details like this.
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Post by drifter on Aug 22, 2016 16:05:00 GMT -5
Looks like they dropped Ziggler, Razor, Foley, Slaughter, and Jake the Snake and added Roman. Dammit. They ended up cutting almost half the figures I wanted. Of course, the ones that were cut could still wind up being retailer exclusives. I'm also a little surprised they haven't fixed Nash's pants and they didn't add Dusty's birthmark. Funko doesn't usually drop the ball on details like this. My guess is the ones not picture, that we saw the protos of, will be store exclusives. They seem to have been doing more store exclusive ones, for the minis, plus, when they release the pics of a set, with the case, it's usually just the basic set, with none of the store exclusives. I just hope if they are doing store exclusives, that Walgreens isn't one of them. It is really dumb what they did with Nash.
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Post by Quazimoto on Aug 22, 2016 16:08:42 GMT -5
Looks like they dropped Ziggler, Razor, Foley, Slaughter, and Jake the Snake and added Roman. Dammit. They ended up cutting almost half the figures I wanted. Of course, the ones that were cut could still wind up being retailer exclusives. I'm also a little surprised they haven't fixed Nash's pants and they didn't add Dusty's birthmark. Funko doesn't usually drop the ball on details like this. My guess is the ones not picture, that we saw the protos of, will be store exclusives. They seem to have been doing more store exclusive ones, for the minis, plus, when they release the pics of a set, with the case, it's usually just the basic set, with none of the store exclusives. I just hope if they are doing store exclusives, that Walgreens isn't one of them. It is really dumb what they did with Nash. That would be my guess. I could see them getting rid of Ziggler in favor of Reigns, but I can't see a reason for eliminating four hugely popular legends from the set, so hopefully they show up as store exclusive somewhere. I'm just praying that they aren't Walmart or Walgreens exclusives because those are a nightmare to try and track down at a reasonable price.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 22, 2016 16:11:31 GMT -5
Looks like they dropped Ziggler, Razor, Foley, Slaughter, and Jake the Snake and added Roman. Dammit. They ended up cutting almost half the figures I wanted. Of course, the ones that were cut could still wind up being retailer exclusives. I'm also a little surprised they haven't fixed Nash's pants and they didn't add Dusty's birthmark. Funko doesn't usually drop the ball on details like this. My guess is the ones not picture, that we saw the protos of, will be store exclusives. They seem to have been doing more store exclusive ones, for the minis, plus, when they release the pics of a set, with the case, it's usually just the basic set, with none of the store exclusives. I just hope if they are doing store exclusives, that Walgreens isn't one of them. It is really dumb what they did with Nash. I'm hoping they still wind up being exclusives, but this wouldn't be the first time that figures we've seen in the preview catalog have been dropped and never resurfaced. That would be a shame too, because the four legends figures here were all very nice.
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Post by richversion1 on Aug 22, 2016 18:25:23 GMT -5
Anybody seen the Scott Pilgrim pops out in the wild yet?
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 22, 2016 20:22:17 GMT -5
Anybody seen the Scott Pilgrim pops out in the wild yet? Yes. I've seen them at Gamestop, TRU, and Hot Topic.
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