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re: How many Funko Pops did you add to your collection for Christmas?
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:16 am to stout
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:16 am to stout
I'm as big of a nerd as the next IT/crypto/dev geek, but man I have never understood basically any collectibles, but especially Funko Pops. Shits the cringest of the cringe
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Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:16 am to stout
Uhh, yeah that’s the way the market works 
what anyone is willing to pay at a given time based on rarity.
Apparently certain beanie babies are still selling for thousands
I’m just saying you’re wrong that they’ll be worthless as the beanie baby argument fails as well
what anyone is willing to pay at a given time based on rarity. Apparently certain beanie babies are still selling for thousands
I’m just saying you’re wrong that they’ll be worthless as the beanie baby argument fails as well
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:17 am to Proximo
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Ty’s Princess Bear for $20,000. The sale took place on eBay in November 2022.
Most of those Beanie Baby sales on eBay are bullshite and never actually happen FYI.
What you would need to do is find a confirmed sale from like an auction house but you can't because they are worthless.
Also, the Beanie Baby craze ended in 1999 so if there is one worth anything today that means it took 24 years for one of them to go up in value.
Funko will pop and they too will take decades for any of them to potentially go up in value.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:17 am to dyslexiateechur
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My stepkid likes these. It’s a cheap and easy gift. My husband even has a few select ones.
Kids getting them is one thing. It's grown men collecting them and spending thousands that is cringe and the point of my OP
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:18 am to dyslexiateechur
Not gonna lie, the Messi one is pretty cool.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:18 am to stout
That looks like a perfectly healthy obsession undertaken by very balanced individuals.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:19 am to stout
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Also, the Beanie Baby craze ended in 1999 so if there is one worth anything today that means it took 24 years for one of them to go up in value.
Unless you can pull prices from 1999 to the present you’re just making shite up. Are they mostly worthless? Yes because they were mass produced. But certain items that have low population will always be valuable
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:19 am to Darth_Vader
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I’ve seen those things before but didn’t know they’re called Funko Pops. Seems like a better name would be Flunko Pop.
comes here to talk shite..
posts about building models...
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:19 am to Proximo
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I’m just saying you’re wrong that they’ll be worthless as the beanie baby argument fails as well
Get back with me in 5-10 years. They will absolutely be worthless when the craze ends. Can a few retain some value? Sure that is possible. Will that $200K one still be worth that when the craze ends? Very doubtful.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:20 am to stout
The funniest one is the guy in the second picture. He does that weird crap but he’s trying to put out a bad arse vibe.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:21 am to Proximo
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Yes because they were mass produced
What do you think Funkos are?
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But certain items that have low population will always be valuable
Again, if any are worth anything today it took 24 years to reach that once the craze ended.
Go to any Goodwill or garage sale and you are likely to find Beanies people stashed away waiting for the prices to come back.
Funkos will suffer the same fate.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:22 am to stout
It’s no different than the Charizard craze. They were sitting at like $10k in 2016 then Logan Paul got ahold of it and they started going for $150k, then a year later $500k during the pandemic
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:23 am to Proximo
And now?
Didn't it all crash from the high?
Didn't it all crash from the high?
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 9:24 am
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:23 am to stout
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What do you think Funkos are?
Do you not understand that certain models are limited population? That’s what makes these thousands of dollar sales happen
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:24 am to Bunk Moreland
I almost bought a sgt. slaughter one at the airport on Sunday just because
But i agree its a weird fad
But i agree its a weird fad
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:24 am to stout
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And now? Didn't it all crash from the high?
It’s a market fluctuation, what’s your point? Because there is a “crash” (still 10x the value of a few years ago) means nothing in the grand scheme of things
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:26 am to stout
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I usually don't care that grown men collect things, but this is one I never understood. It's a rubber doll with zero function that will have zero value just like beanie babies. At least cards, comics, etc can hold some value and even give you entertainment assuming you read the comic. These are ugly hunks of rubber from pop culture that you put on a shelf. That's it.
Mostly nostalgia. Brings people back to a happier time in their lives (childhood) and taps into the human condition to accumulate things.
Most people collect things, some even unknowingly. These incels have chosen worthless plastic in a rectangular box.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:26 am to Proximo
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means nothing in the grand scheme of things
Ummm yea it does. It means the demand is dying. It's not just a crash but has also shown a steady decline correct?
You are making my point for me.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:29 am to stout
Never even heard of these things but wouldn't someone think it's weird to amass three thousand of these things and not think they're somewhat worthless or you just have a bunch of common ones
Posted on 12/26/23 at 9:29 am to Proximo
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Do you not understand that certain models are limited population? That’s what makes these thousands of dollar sales happen
I understand that. You are missing the point that part of their price is hype due to the market of the Pops overall. Once the craze dies down (as you said it is doing I have no idea like you do because I don't collect them like you do) so will the price of the "rare" ones. It's natural.
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