Your videos have been a helpful distraction for me today, my loyal dog of 15 years passed away yesterday and I needed to disassociate for a few minutes. I know thats a bummer, but I wanted you to know that your videos cheer me up a little!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(pets) This might help you. It helps with coming to terms with the loss of a beloved pet. It's helped so many people. Including me
Question of the day skittleRampage what’s your favorite signature you have mine is Peter Cohen and Frank Welker the transformers 40th anniversary hot topic two pack
I started collecting over a year ago. Maybe purchased close to 200 pops and have in recent months scaled back to close to 100 as it got out of hand. I now only focus on specific sets and grails with a majority being signed pops. I feel it’s a lot more manageable and has brought back enjoyment especially getting pops signed
This is the same boat im in exactly, mainly focusing on grails/autos of my favorite things makes it so much more rewarding and enjoyable having pieces i love compared to something i just like a little bit
My one rule for collecting Funko Pops when I started 5+ years ago was only get Funko Pops I would have signed. This way, I wouldn't have to worry about variants or buying excessively. Plus, each Funko Pop has a special memory attached to it where I met person. I refuse to buy Funko Pops with signatures already. I am feeling burnt out from collecting. Money wise it is a bit much but the drama and toxicity really sucks. Here are my personal gripes with Funko Pop collecting and getting them signed: 1) Multiple variations of the same character while some collections are just missing characters. I've seen 10+ versions of Goku but my Persona 5 collection is missing 3-4 key characters. 2) Consigners. I understand the hussle but its effecting the average collector. I've gone to cons where the guest is exhausted from signing 31 items from a single person making wait times too long. Or a guest had limited spots that I couldn't get but people who didn't pay for con tickets all hired a single person to get their autos. 3) Flippers. I went to Anime NYC 2024 and met the cast of Critical Role. To get a quote it cost $20 each. At a con in Florida a month earlier, it was $5. I spent $140 to get quotes from seven members when I could have spent $35. They said it was because of the Funko Pop flippers making outrageous demands and being unruly overall. They also only accepted cash because there were a lot of charge backs which I have heard other voice actors mention as well. At certain cons, even the vendors are getting in line before others to get autographs so they can sell them for much higher at their booth. 4) Negative view. I feel like the true funko pop collectors are getting a bad reputation from this select group of mal intent individuals. All of this is a bit much but I just wanted to share what I have seen at conventions and Facebook groups. I started getting steelbooks signed and it feels less stressful. I wouldn't say I am going to sell my Funko Pops. I may cut back significantly if it continues to get worse. Thank you for your time reading this.
For me i collected funkos in 2020 during Covid really to distract me from the world and stress of personal stuff and its got to a point it is overwhelming and for me im thinking about selling my collection more so for a car and possibly getting my own place and bills……..
From 100+ funko pops, I down sized to 5. It’s easier to clean and maintain too. I started buying in 2014 though. I noticed I would buy for the sake of buying My advice: Buy what you genuinely like. Quality over quantity, I think
@@thavinduwijesena743 I think Skittle hit it spot on I mainly used eBay, Facebook groups and marketplace. Like Skittle said, if you’re willing to lose money, you can always just sell them to local comic shops or even donate your commons. I actually donated most commons to my local church and they take them to orphanages If you’re patient, it’ll take a while to sell them at an okay price. But if you just want to get rid of them, that would be the way to go
Yeah I downsized to 18 Funkos legit took over a year to make one of the best decisions I might even downsize more since I've gotten into Banpresto figures.
I sold off over half of my collection last year because of financial hardship. It really hurt to let it go since it took a lot of time and money to get to that point but I also had a lot of the same pop just different variations so I realized I needed to cut down anyway. I did keep my grails, expensive one and my personal favorites. I had the mind set of having the thrill of the chase again for trying to find most of the ones I sold off. I think consolidating from time to time isn’t bad for any collector
It’s the economy..hands down. If people had the funds they’d still be spending.. but once money runs out people start to feel the crunch and panic sell.. there could be a number of reasons, but ultimately people are being forced out or collecting even 15$ pops. Things will rebound but it takes time and bills add up
This is very true the economy is absolutely horrible right now I went from collecting different variations of things and things that I really like and would have plenty of money left over and now since the economy has changed so much it's really sad because I always had enough to maintain my collection pay my bills and have money left over but it's just not the same anymore I feel like it has gotten worse this past year year and a half
Definitely went through a bad patch mentally, one of the key aspects that still trigger me is being overwhelmed by stuff. I just have a hard time letting go of things and there is always that buyers guilt/remorse. I know one step is getting rid of unnecessarily/useless dust collectors. But I don’t know whether to try selling things individually, though it feels overwhelming, or just try one of the collection buyers and accept my losses.
This video helped me a ton because I've token a huge break off of these as ive been running out of room and gaining new interest in terms of collectibles (legos, action figures, and physical media). Within my break I've kept on making decisions on rather or not to save these or sell them. But after watching this video I'll definitely be looking at my collection and see what stays and what will go away.
I'm just getting started collecting. It's been about a year and because of that, I'm buying more older pops than new releases, my reasoning for this is, if and or when I do decide to sell, they will have more value than the newer pops, not all but a lot for sure. Great video and great information for me being that I'm new to the pop culture. So thank you!!!
I’m not a funko pop collector. I’m a collector of my favorite shows/artists/movies memorabilia (and strictly my FAVORITE) that mean a lot to me! So I only buy Funko pops that genuinely mean more to me than just it being a Funko pop
Decided soon after I started to keep the set collections down to three (Though eventually it did go to four) I found selling in sets based on movie/show worked best otherwise some people were only interested in one or two from the set and I’d be left with the cheaper ones.
I'll never sell my collection but it is rather overwhelming sometimes and Funko waves are getting bigger and they're pumping out so much stock so quickly it's just hard to do it.
When I first started collecting I never wanted to have too many pops/figures that Id feel overwhelmed. So Im always looking to sell pops I dont love anymore or replace them with new variations if I like them more. I don’t see myself completely stopping collecting pops anytime soon cause I think the designs keep getting better (for the most part) and thats really what I care most about. I stopped caring about value a while ago. I also just cant think of another company that has the variety of characters and different styles of those characters like Funko.
If you truly, deep down, still love the hobby, my advice would be not to sell your collection. Speaking from personal experience, I still loved the hobby but faced a lot of negativity from friends and family about my collection, and that caused me to purge/sell most of my collection. I later came to regret that decision, and I'm slowly but surely trying to build my collection back up again. As long as collecting is not hurting you financially or causing some sort of personal or familial rift, I'd say keep collecting.
I currently only have 40 Funko and most of them are rare Spider-Man Funko. I stopped collecting funkos after I got both of my grail the amazing Spider-Man Funkos. Right now I’m just collecting SH figuarts.
I just mainly need to downsize. All of my collection is packed up due to a move, and i will be unpacking and setting up shelves soon. It will help me kind of restart without having to sell everything
I'm at a point that I want to unload a lot, but I'm not quitting collecting, just needing to make some room, and maybe make back some money, too. I literally have thousands of Pops of many fandoms. I got a new 2-bedroom apartment last year, in part, so that I could have an entire room dedicated to my collection. It's STILL a mess because I have too many to make proper displays. I had to buy heavy shelving so there was enough shelf room to hold them. I have two units that are 5 shelves high holding 5 deep x 12 across x 2 high. I thought that should be plenty. Then, after filling them, I noticed I still have 6 medium moving boxes full...actually, a few are overfull. When I tried creating displays, it took me 2-3 hours for one shelf...unboxing then sorting and creating the display. I did three shelves last year, and haven't really bothered with any others. I bought more, smaller shelves, to concentrate on other collections, like X-Men, and my Wolverine collection. I ran out of room, and now I have several just stacked up in front of the shelf not sure what to do. I almost need to sell a bunch just to buy the shelf displays to display the collections I want to show off. It's crazy. I have the entire Endgame collection...but not really, because that's become beyond ridiculous, but I have all the ones that matter. I have a MASSIVE Deadpool collection, just stacked. I have the (nearly) complete ATLA Pops. I have an entire shelf of nothing but Batman, with an entire other shelf of Batman villains and sidekicks. I have boxes of pops from mystery boxes that I don't want. I have a crate full of grails and signed pops. I have EVERY comic cover (I think). What I've been considering is getting on Whatnot and selling in different ways. Singles, Sets, and Mystery Boxes. One of my biggest difficulties, however, aside from my obvious obsessive tendencies, is my anxiety which makes doing something new VERY difficult. Once I've done it once or twice, I'll be fine, but getting started is way harder than it should be. This is just my Pop collection. I collect statues, artwork, fantasy weapons, occult/gothic decor, playing cards, folding knives, lightsabers, and board games. I need to sell these things to AT LEAST make some room. Yeesh.
I have a decent collection & got into it heavily during the pandemic. I noticed that the quality of pops significantly dropped. Also, they take up a lot of room. I had to pick between Pokemon or Pops because inflation sucks. I chose Pokemon because it holds higher value.
With over 500 pops I've reached a point that I'm very selective as it's very expensive and require major downsizing as I can't display them all and are just sitting in boxes.
I would like to sell out a few of my Funko pops but I still want to continue collecting. I think I have kept it quiet under control there were a few impulse buying like the Witcher 🥴 no one will buy those from me.
Great video and great tips for resale🤩 I loved collecting pops when they were the new kid on the block and felt cool! lol … now it’s a mass market production machine 😊 Still into Funko! just not as much fun I guess.
I personally started only collecting glow variants of characters I really like. This way its a lot easier to avoid just buying every new bleach or dragon ball wave that hits the shelves. I still fold sometimes like with that new final getsuga ichigo
I own just about every db, dbz, and dbs funko and it’s the theme I’ve stuck to but damn the space I have and the amount of funkos… it’s tough to sell when I pride myself on the series and characters I have from just those animes. Losing even a few feels tough if I do sell.
I dont need 25 different stitch variations or groot as anything x 50. How many ironman, wolverine, deadpools, spiderman, harry potter, over done disney pops do we need. I only collect nft pops, freddys and a select few pops now.
Selling to a comic shop is the move if you have a ton of commons and too many to ship. I tried selling my my hero crapademia collection of 60 pops on ebay and got a good deal but to ship them it was gonna run me around 120 so i was pretty much giving it away at that point and with the frustration it was either that or the garbage because i was over that series. And they offered me a cool 100 so i took it. My best advice is to think hard about which ones u wanna collect and dont fall for any of the hype or sale or you will have boxes of them with no where to display haha.
I have 200 rn but like u said I went crazy when I started and bought a bunch of random pops that I thought looked cold and now I wanna complete sets of lines I truly like where could I sell the random boring pops I don’t want anymore?
Not gonna lie… what great advice! Thanks for the tips @skittlerampage Restarting your collection makes a lot of sense for people who have a whole room full of pops or just having a big collection in general. It gets tiring but also a bit boring at some point.
Ive already began letting go of my collection. I’m keeping my big grails and personal grails but everything else I’ve been slowly trying to get rid of atm but it’s super hard to find buyers. The Funko market just isn’t the same. But I’m not done collecting because I’m using the money I gain from my collection to get the bigger grails on my wishlist.
yeah common pops are hard to shift now even some exclusives are hard to shift because there in most shops only pops which sell fast are older ones or say maybe nft pops if right price.
Almost a year ago I got rid of about 75 pops and now I’m considering getting rid of more to many funko pops to many styles I’m enjoying limited piece counts then commons
I’m down sizing my collection quite a bit mostly because I switching over to collecting statues now since the quality is good I’m still gonna collect Funko but just the small few I like
Almost 90% of my collection is MCU related. Thankfully this year, there is only Deadpool and Wolverine film and a few series. So not as many new Pops to purchase. I recently moved and I am an out of box collector. Almost 400 Pops. dealing with moving the boxes and the figures and setting everything back up again definitely got me thinking about selling to collection. Then yesterday I got my first shipment of Pops to my new flat and I quickly stopped thinking about selling.
i sold all my Dragon Ball Marvel & dc Funkos & just stayed with Naruto only because it gets overwhelming trying to get all my favorites. The price increase was also a reason why I stopped especially when I noticed Marvel Funkos have little to no value I legit had tried to sell my Marvel Funkos at a local funkonl store valued at almost $200 & they basically refused & even lowballed in-store credit because no one is buying marvel pops. Also, Funko keeps unvaulting pops or making 30 variations of the same ones so now I'm extra picky with Naruto pops.
I sold my $33,000 Collection to one of my "local" shops. Store was called The Eternal Forge in VA and they paid about $23,000 for it. Honestly was more then I was expecting. Still kept my soul eater set tho :)
Honestly just losing passion for it, I have other hobbies and as pops I’ve had have gone up in value over time, I figured it’s better to sell them to fund another collection. Selling has been tough too though. The economy is hard atm and the value of pops too have been tanking because they release new molds or a million stock and things just become valueless. Which isn’t always a bad thing but because they’re basically retail valued, it’s almost impossible to sell your collection for anything more than 50% because there’s just so little reason to buy off other collectors unless they have vaulted grails
See I agree that its not wise to collect every variation but I do disagree that if you want pops of the things you enjoy you shouldn't get it, that is the basis of good collecting, but I can see how that might start to overwhelming, I have forced myself to restrict what I want but if I actually want the pop, I still get it, which has given me a very eclectic collection and I enjoy it more because of it. Just my own thoughts, love the collection and love your videos
its just too much man, every week is 70 new Pops like u said. like just in the last 2 weeks i saw like 20 Pops i wanted and im like, im at my breaking point. i dont have the time, money or shelf space for all this. Funko is super over saturating the Pop market.
They keep forcing so much out and vaulting other stuff that’s on the way out left and right. It’s super frustrating and currently they have way too many releases that are big massive drops. Is way to many to even be able to find stuff on the website. Basically I filter down by the franchise. But several ballooned to much and Funko is just pumping out so many. And then it’s really challenging to know when more are added when new ones drop. As the new stuff is all mixed in with previous stuff that dropped. I am like drinking out of a firehouse just to find the stuff I actually want. Then add in all the variants on top of each of the characters.
I’ve been decluttering a lot over the last month and I’ve just been giving my stuff away for free, not just funkos. I got sick of being ripped off by stores that buy my stuff for only 20% of its value and the reselling for what it’s worth or more. I found it more satisfying by giving them to people that could actually use or really wanted these figures and items. I have been able to clear a lot out mentally as well. Pick and choose though! Thank you for your content Skittlerampage! Also, huge thank you as well for the signed Boa Hancock! 🙏 One of my prized items! 🫶🏻💗💗💗🗿
The only thing that ever left a bad taste was the nft's they are such a blatant cash crab !!!! Great video as always my friend. I am still here I just live in the shadows these days lol
I would have periods of downsizing between 10-40 pops like 5 times in the past 3 years. Mostly due to needing space or in this case...I'm having my 3rd child and need some of the money to pay off credit or little things for the baby. Or even improving my other 2 kids bedroom
I love my collection...but I made the mistake of buying everything I liked in the beginning. My buying has curtailed significantly. Just no more room. So I've been selling the pops I'm not "in love" with.
I have s system when it comes to collecting Funkos. I only collect certain ones from certain franchies I like. Like Funkos from GI JOE, I have Snake Eyes with Timber and the Black Suit Storm Shadow. That's all I'm gonna get from GI JOE. Only certain ones from certain franchises for me
approx 250 pops now running out of space,got my action figures also its a work in progress still getting my room completely right displaying them. i have afew 1/6 scale figs now and many more i want but big price tags holding me back.
Right now I’m trying to get rid off my Marvel pops since I’m just not invested in it anymore,in fact as much as I enjoyed Deadpool & Wolverine and Guardians 3 my passion for Marvel is long gone honestly,my main focus going forward will be anime and videogames with too little western stuff if not any.
I sold a ton of my collection. I got rid of all my Marvel pops (besides Captain America & Winter Soldier), DC Pops (kept only 3) & most of my Anime Pops besides One Piece & Bleach and some small miscellaneous sets. I’m also collecting all WWE Funko pops. After almost 7 years of collecting much like how you said I’m starting to realize I don’t need all of these sets and some have gotten massive like MHA as you very much know.
I'm currently trying to sell a bunch of my old pops before thwy got crazy. Its been like 5 years for me & at first I got random ones & then stopped for 2 of those 6 years & then the last 3 I've bought so much more bc they definitely ramped up production on newer pops. I realized I had way too many I didn't want anymore after just finishing my man cave & getting shelfs/glass display. I might get rid if my Demon Slayer line. Theres just too much of the same character reprint
If you like, collecting Funko pop, you should do it just the ones you like and the favorite movies are TV shows. Our sports team are anime. Or WWE Funko pops.
I think space is the biggest factor for me. I'm not looking to sell, but I know I'm going to have to slow down and possibly change some things. I had bought the world of warcraft cover pop you showed last week just because the Lich King looked so freaking cool, but I think I might just toss the box it comes with (even though it's a game cover) because I am not the biggest world of warcraft fan in the first place. I just think it's an inspiring character design I can look at. At my point of collecting, throwing out boxes seems blasphemous, but I don't know... I might have to start doing it for pops I really just don't care about (Even if I think they have a chance to go up in value).
So I have around 100 Pops in my car right now that I just put in this morning I had packed them up this past week I was thinking about just getting in store credit form at another trading shop to get some other collectibles but I got to thinking about how much I made the last time in-store credit for what I had and it just didn't seem as worth it I've really been wanting to get rid of them on some of the Funko Facebook groups that I'm on like Funko Frenzy my whole thing is what is the best way to factor in shipping when you're trying to sell something online how do you figure out your price on that?😊
Why I started to sell my funko pops was cause I was startin to hit the 400 mark and I just felt like it made my room and house just look so cluttered. So then I did one of each character I liked but even then I felt like it was too much everywhere 😂 so now I only have my one piece collection and a few Naruto as they are my top 2 anime’s
Personally I am a completionist but i spent years deciding what i wanted to commit to completing. (dbz/mha/demonslayer/black clover) but i did waste alot of money on other licences trying to get to this point. i do giveaways and trade ins to local shops with those pops i dont want to complete
The one piece collection is getting crazy now so I been thinking of downsizing my one piece collection I have the majority of the collection and more are coming out! I will never finish the collection. Plus the variations are just not good. Plus this next year coming out most will be exclusive and even harder to buy
I'm going to miss you Dante you are a part of my life's daily routine and I enjoy your content you were part of the reason I started to collect. I still own a pop from one of your actions
I love collecting but I am going to be selling or trying to sell the majority of my Pops because like you said why do we need 5 to 7 of the same mold of a certain pop. Just need to cut down because I got way too many also
I Had started collection by 2019 and have over 300 and I'm still buying fucko pop but it's does get to the points 👉 that I dnt mind selling some of my pop but for selling it's kind ruff because there are buyers that's demand price and you feel like you losing 📉 money so I understand what you coming from. I sell my in mercari but still struggle 😪 😅. I try whatnot to see. Thx for the videos
I stared about 2010 but really got in to it in 2018 primary MHA and Batman. Been looking to sell my whole lot of MHA for the past month with no luck. I have a feeling I'm going to have to break it up and sell in small bulks or 1-1
@@hieinh & the evolutions one is?? lol base set is nostalgic & the original. Evolutions is a reprint but I know 10s are rare because of print lines. I was around when that set was still in print. I have a whole binder page of those Zards & PSA 10s were cheap then. But collect what you like dude
@@iMerkCODM Yes there are 20000 evolutions in a psa 9 but only 540 in a 10. It’s about the grade. And it’s base set unlimited not 1st edition for the 7 or 8 so it isn’t the original
@@hieinh yeah so only give shit about the grade & money, got it. You enjoy cashing out on PSA 10 Zard I got for half the price. Go sell your pops so you can afford it too.
Well For Me I Would Probally Sell Lots Of My Funko Pops And Keep Some If Feel Like It Becasue I Do Not Have That Much Room At My House, But I Do Have A Question For You?
This can all be summed up with telling people to control themselves. If you don’t have disposable income yet when big mega corporation puts out 15 new pieces of plastic of reused assets for a series you like you feel obligated to spend money you don’t have then you deserve to be poor. Make better decisions. You can always buy it later
Ironically as someone who mainly collects Demon Slayer the most frustrating thing isn’t Funko releasing pops too often,but how they take months to make something and when they finally do it’s either a repeated character or a character nobody cares about,honestly if they keep milking season 1 I’ll most likely quit collecting pops and focus on more premium and higher quality figures like FiguArts Zero,since the only advantage Funko has over them is the price.
I only buy Pops that I like. Many of my Pops are=re figures I loved from childhood or TV shows that I watched. I found I want many more I like but cannot afford to buy. I want collecting to be fun, not overwhelming. Funko has oversaturated the market, yes. Spending thousands on a Pop is exciting at the time. You have to collect for fun, not for an investment. Munfortunately, they could be worthless in 20 years from now.
I am selling them because Funko does not care for the collector. The fact they want to restock convention exclusives is stupid, it should be what's stated in the sticker ¡LIMITED! and who got it good and who didn't also good. A lot of pops sold out in my cart and I didn't b about it.
My question is, is funko even paying attention to what we want? Like what person decides Sugar is the best one piece character to be a con exclusive lol 😆 they are so out of touch
Your videos have been a helpful distraction for me today, my loyal dog of 15 years passed away yesterday and I needed to disassociate for a few minutes. I know thats a bummer, but I wanted you to know that your videos cheer me up a little!
Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss, went through something similar a couple of days ago and i have to agree. This guy's energy just makes me feel good
We've all been there ❤ you're not alone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(pets) This might help you. It helps with coming to terms with the loss of a beloved pet. It's helped so many people. Including me
I lost mine last September. Not sure if I can handle another dog loss. Condolences
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Question of the day skittleRampage what’s your favorite signature you have mine is Peter Cohen and Frank Welker the transformers 40th anniversary hot topic two pack
I started collecting over a year ago. Maybe purchased close to 200 pops and have in recent months scaled back to close to 100 as it got out of hand. I now only focus on specific sets and grails with a majority being signed pops. I feel it’s a lot more manageable and has brought back enjoyment especially getting pops signed
This is the same boat im in exactly, mainly focusing on grails/autos of my favorite things makes it so much more rewarding and enjoyable having pieces i love compared to something i just like a little bit
same
My one rule for collecting Funko Pops when I started 5+ years ago was only get Funko Pops I would have signed. This way, I wouldn't have to worry about variants or buying excessively. Plus, each Funko Pop has a special memory attached to it where I met person. I refuse to buy Funko Pops with signatures already. I am feeling burnt out from collecting. Money wise it is a bit much but the drama and toxicity really sucks. Here are my personal gripes with Funko Pop collecting and getting them signed:
1) Multiple variations of the same character while some collections are just missing characters. I've seen 10+ versions of Goku but my Persona 5 collection is missing 3-4 key characters.
2) Consigners. I understand the hussle but its effecting the average collector. I've gone to cons where the guest is exhausted from signing 31 items from a single person making wait times too long. Or a guest had limited spots that I couldn't get but people who didn't pay for con tickets all hired a single person to get their autos.
3) Flippers. I went to Anime NYC 2024 and met the cast of Critical Role. To get a quote it cost $20 each. At a con in Florida a month earlier, it was $5. I spent $140 to get quotes from seven members when I could have spent $35. They said it was because of the Funko Pop flippers making outrageous demands and being unruly overall. They also only accepted cash because there were a lot of charge backs which I have heard other voice actors mention as well. At certain cons, even the vendors are getting in line before others to get autographs so they can sell them for much higher at their booth.
4) Negative view. I feel like the true funko pop collectors are getting a bad reputation from this select group of mal intent individuals.
All of this is a bit much but I just wanted to share what I have seen at conventions and Facebook groups. I started getting steelbooks signed and it feels less stressful. I wouldn't say I am going to sell my Funko Pops. I may cut back significantly if it continues to get worse. Thank you for your time reading this.
For me i collected funkos in 2020 during Covid really to distract me from the world and stress of personal stuff and its got to a point it is overwhelming and for me im thinking about selling my collection more so for a car and possibly getting my own place and bills……..
its the right decision if you are even considering it, just go for it, and push your life forward, then rebuy later if you really want them again
From 100+ funko pops, I down sized to 5.
It’s easier to clean and maintain too.
I started buying in 2014 though.
I noticed I would buy for the sake of buying
My advice:
Buy what you genuinely like.
Quality over quantity, I think
@@thavinduwijesena743
I think Skittle hit it spot on
I mainly used eBay, Facebook groups and marketplace.
Like Skittle said, if you’re willing to lose money, you can always just sell them to local comic shops or even donate your commons.
I actually donated most commons to my local church and they take them to orphanages
If you’re patient, it’ll take a while to sell them at an okay price. But if you just want to get rid of them, that would be the way to go
@@thavinduwijesena743sell them yourself online if you want the most out of them.
Yeah I downsized to 18 Funkos legit took over a year to make one of the best decisions I might even downsize more since I've gotten into Banpresto figures.
I sold off over half of my collection last year because of financial hardship. It really hurt to let it go since it took a lot of time and money to get to that point but I also had a lot of the same pop just different variations so I realized I needed to cut down anyway. I did keep my grails, expensive one and my personal favorites. I had the mind set of having the thrill of the chase again for trying to find most of the ones I sold off. I think consolidating from time to time isn’t bad for any collector
It’s the economy..hands down. If people had the funds they’d still be spending.. but once money runs out people start to feel the crunch and panic sell.. there could be a number of reasons, but ultimately people are being forced out or collecting even 15$ pops. Things will rebound but it takes time and bills add up
This is very true the economy is absolutely horrible right now I went from collecting different variations of things and things that I really like and would have plenty of money left over and now since the economy has changed so much it's really sad because I always had enough to maintain my collection pay my bills and have money left over but it's just not the same anymore I feel like it has gotten worse this past year year and a half
Definitely went through a bad patch mentally, one of the key aspects that still trigger me is being overwhelmed by stuff. I just have a hard time letting go of things and there is always that buyers guilt/remorse. I know one step is getting rid of unnecessarily/useless dust collectors. But I don’t know whether to try selling things individually, though it feels overwhelming, or just try one of the collection buyers and accept my losses.
I'm selling some of my pops, but i am buying up deals on old pops that have dropped in price. I love my local 559 funko club. There are so many deals.
This video helped me a ton because I've token a huge break off of these as ive been running out of room and gaining new interest in terms of collectibles (legos, action figures, and physical media). Within my break I've kept on making decisions on rather or not to save these or sell them. But after watching this video I'll definitely be looking at my collection and see what stays and what will go away.
2:44 - 3:09 pretty much sums up the reason why I’m selling half of my pops
I'm just getting started collecting. It's been about a year and because of that, I'm buying more older pops than new releases, my reasoning for this is, if and or when I do decide to sell, they will have more value than the newer pops, not all but a lot for sure. Great video and great information for me being that I'm new to the pop culture. So thank you!!!
Sold mine. Best decision ever. Done with this hobby
for me i just need to downsize some of mine because theres not enough room for new pops i buy
I’m not a funko pop collector. I’m a collector of my favorite shows/artists/movies memorabilia (and strictly my FAVORITE) that mean a lot to me! So I only buy Funko pops that genuinely mean more to me than just it being a Funko pop
Decided soon after I started to keep the set collections down to three (Though eventually it did go to four) I found selling in sets based on movie/show worked best otherwise some people were only interested in one or two from the set and I’d be left with the cheaper ones.
I'll never sell my collection but it is rather overwhelming sometimes and Funko waves are getting bigger and they're pumping out so much stock so quickly it's just hard to do it.
I want to downsize my collection and mainly keep the collections that I love and have them signed at cons. But only the characters I really love.
When I first started collecting I never wanted to have too many pops/figures that Id feel overwhelmed. So Im always looking to sell pops I dont love anymore or replace them with new variations if I like them more.
I don’t see myself completely stopping collecting pops anytime soon cause I think the designs keep getting better (for the most part) and thats really what I care most about. I stopped caring about value a while ago.
I also just cant think of another company that has the variety of characters and different styles of those characters like Funko.
I'm selling my Funko collection.......Just Kidding!!!! 😂 I ain't letting go of my pops anytime soon. I love my collection... 🥰
If you truly, deep down, still love the hobby, my advice would be not to sell your collection.
Speaking from personal experience, I still loved the hobby but faced a lot of negativity from friends and family about my collection, and that caused me to purge/sell most of my collection.
I later came to regret that decision, and I'm slowly but surely trying to build my collection back up again.
As long as collecting is not hurting you financially or causing some sort of personal or familial rift, I'd say keep collecting.
whats stopping me from selling my full collection is my country wanting regular people to pay income taxes from the sales you make…
I currently only have 40 Funko and most of them are rare Spider-Man Funko. I stopped collecting funkos after I got both of my grail the amazing Spider-Man Funkos. Right now I’m just collecting SH figuarts.
Keep up the videos , they are so helpful and yes I hate the fact that funko over kills a product in so many ways!!!!!
I just mainly need to downsize. All of my collection is packed up due to a move, and i will be unpacking and setting up shelves soon. It will help me kind of restart without having to sell everything
I am needing to sell a lot from my collection since I have moved to a smaller home. I legit don't have enough space. lol
I'm at a point that I want to unload a lot, but I'm not quitting collecting, just needing to make some room, and maybe make back some money, too. I literally have thousands of Pops of many fandoms. I got a new 2-bedroom apartment last year, in part, so that I could have an entire room dedicated to my collection. It's STILL a mess because I have too many to make proper displays. I had to buy heavy shelving so there was enough shelf room to hold them. I have two units that are 5 shelves high holding 5 deep x 12 across x 2 high. I thought that should be plenty. Then, after filling them, I noticed I still have 6 medium moving boxes full...actually, a few are overfull. When I tried creating displays, it took me 2-3 hours for one shelf...unboxing then sorting and creating the display. I did three shelves last year, and haven't really bothered with any others. I bought more, smaller shelves, to concentrate on other collections, like X-Men, and my Wolverine collection. I ran out of room, and now I have several just stacked up in front of the shelf not sure what to do. I almost need to sell a bunch just to buy the shelf displays to display the collections I want to show off. It's crazy. I have the entire Endgame collection...but not really, because that's become beyond ridiculous, but I have all the ones that matter. I have a MASSIVE Deadpool collection, just stacked. I have the (nearly) complete ATLA Pops. I have an entire shelf of nothing but Batman, with an entire other shelf of Batman villains and sidekicks. I have boxes of pops from mystery boxes that I don't want. I have a crate full of grails and signed pops. I have EVERY comic cover (I think). What I've been considering is getting on Whatnot and selling in different ways. Singles, Sets, and Mystery Boxes. One of my biggest difficulties, however, aside from my obvious obsessive tendencies, is my anxiety which makes doing something new VERY difficult. Once I've done it once or twice, I'll be fine, but getting started is way harder than it should be. This is just my Pop collection. I collect statues, artwork, fantasy weapons, occult/gothic decor, playing cards, folding knives, lightsabers, and board games. I need to sell these things to AT LEAST make some room. Yeesh.
I have a decent collection & got into it heavily during the pandemic. I noticed that the quality of pops significantly dropped. Also, they take up a lot of room.
I had to pick between Pokemon or Pops because inflation sucks. I chose Pokemon because it holds higher value.
With over 500 pops I've reached a point that I'm very selective as it's very expensive and require major downsizing as I can't display them all and are just sitting in boxes.
I would like to sell out a few of my Funko pops but I still want to continue collecting. I think I have kept it quiet under control there were a few impulse buying like the Witcher 🥴 no one will buy those from me.
Sold my collection earlier this year, do not regret it but I do miss it some days
alot of ppl move from collecting funkos to statues cause complaints ppl have with funko they dont have with statue collection
I really love these videos. Would you consider doing longer in depth videos on collecting?
Great video and great tips for resale🤩
I loved collecting pops when they were the new kid on the block and felt cool! lol … now it’s a mass market production machine 😊 Still into Funko! just not as much fun I guess.
I really enjoyed this video it answered all the questions I’ve had been asking myself big thanks to you for always helping us
I personally started only collecting glow variants of characters I really like. This way its a lot easier to avoid just buying every new bleach or dragon ball wave that hits the shelves. I still fold sometimes like with that new final getsuga ichigo
I own just about every db, dbz, and dbs funko and it’s the theme I’ve stuck to but damn the space I have and the amount of funkos… it’s tough to sell when I pride myself on the series and characters I have from just those animes. Losing even a few feels tough if I do sell.
I dont need 25 different stitch variations or groot as anything x 50. How many ironman, wolverine, deadpools, spiderman, harry potter, over done disney pops do we need. I only collect nft pops, freddys and a select few pops now.
Love the Chanel I’ve watched this channel for years now it’s so helpful thank you
Selling to a comic shop is the move if you have a ton of commons and too many to ship. I tried selling my my hero crapademia collection of 60 pops on ebay and got a good deal but to ship them it was gonna run me around 120 so i was pretty much giving it away at that point and with the frustration it was either that or the garbage because i was over that series. And they offered me a cool 100 so i took it. My best advice is to think hard about which ones u wanna collect and dont fall for any of the hype or sale or you will have boxes of them with no where to display haha.
I agree with the lower commons for comic shops. If it doesnt sell fast, it's a last end resort for me.
I have 200 rn but like u said I went crazy when I started and bought a bunch of random pops that I thought looked cold and now I wanna complete sets of lines I truly like where could I sell the random boring pops I don’t want anymore?
Not gonna lie… what great advice! Thanks for the tips @skittlerampage
Restarting your collection makes a lot of sense for people who have a whole room full of pops or just having a big collection in general. It gets tiring but also a bit boring at some point.
Ive already began letting go of my collection. I’m keeping my big grails and personal grails but everything else I’ve been slowly trying to get rid of atm but it’s super hard to find buyers. The Funko market just isn’t the same. But I’m not done collecting because I’m using the money I gain from my collection to get the bigger grails on my wishlist.
yeah common pops are hard to shift now even some exclusives are hard to shift because there in most shops only pops which sell fast are older ones or say maybe nft pops if right price.
Almost a year ago I got rid of about 75 pops and now I’m considering getting rid of more to many funko pops to many styles I’m enjoying limited piece counts then commons
I’m down sizing my collection quite a bit mostly because I switching over to collecting statues now since the quality is good I’m still gonna collect Funko but just the small few I like
Almost 90% of my collection is MCU related. Thankfully this year, there is only Deadpool and Wolverine film and a few series. So not as many new Pops to purchase. I recently moved and I am an out of box collector. Almost 400 Pops. dealing with moving the boxes and the figures and setting everything back up again definitely got me thinking about selling to collection. Then yesterday I got my first shipment of Pops to my new flat and I quickly stopped thinking about selling.
i sold all my Dragon Ball Marvel & dc Funkos & just stayed with Naruto only because it gets overwhelming trying to get all my favorites. The price increase was also a reason why I stopped especially when I noticed Marvel Funkos have little to no value I legit had tried to sell my Marvel Funkos at a local funkonl store valued at almost $200 & they basically refused & even lowballed in-store credit because no one is buying marvel pops. Also, Funko keeps unvaulting pops or making 30 variations of the same ones so now I'm extra picky with Naruto pops.
I sold my $33,000 Collection to one of my "local" shops. Store was called The Eternal Forge in VA and they paid about $23,000 for it. Honestly was more then I was expecting. Still kept my soul eater set tho :)
Yeah, like I mentioned, there are a few willing to pay a good amount. That's awesome you got more than 50% 🙌
Honestly just losing passion for it, I have other hobbies and as pops I’ve had have gone up in value over time, I figured it’s better to sell them to fund another collection. Selling has been tough too though. The economy is hard atm and the value of pops too have been tanking because they release new molds or a million stock and things just become valueless. Which isn’t always a bad thing but because they’re basically retail valued, it’s almost impossible to sell your collection for anything more than 50% because there’s just so little reason to buy off other collectors unless they have vaulted grails
See I agree that its not wise to collect every variation but I do disagree that if you want pops of the things you enjoy you shouldn't get it, that is the basis of good collecting, but I can see how that might start to overwhelming, I have forced myself to restrict what I want but if I actually want the pop, I still get it, which has given me a very eclectic collection and I enjoy it more because of it. Just my own thoughts, love the collection and love your videos
its just too much man, every week is 70 new Pops like u said. like just in the last 2 weeks i saw like 20 Pops i wanted and im like, im at my breaking point. i dont have the time, money or shelf space for all this. Funko is super over saturating the Pop market.
They keep forcing so much out and vaulting other stuff that’s on the way out left and right. It’s super frustrating and currently they have way too many releases that are big massive drops. Is way to many to even be able to find stuff on the website. Basically I filter down by the franchise. But several ballooned to much and Funko is just pumping out so many. And then it’s really challenging to know when more are added when new ones drop. As the new stuff is all mixed in with previous stuff that dropped. I am like drinking out of a firehouse just to find the stuff I actually want. Then add in all the variants on top of each of the characters.
I just want to collect every one piece pop and call it a day
I’ve been decluttering a lot over the last month and I’ve just been giving my stuff away for free, not just funkos. I got sick of being ripped off by stores that buy my stuff for only 20% of its value and the reselling for what it’s worth or more. I found it more satisfying by giving them to people that could actually use or really wanted these figures and items. I have been able to clear a lot out mentally as well. Pick and choose though! Thank you for your content Skittlerampage!
Also, huge thank you as well for the signed Boa Hancock! 🙏 One of my prized items!
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The only thing that ever left a bad taste was the nft's they are such a blatant cash crab !!!! Great video as always my friend. I am still here I just live in the shadows these days lol
I would have periods of downsizing between 10-40 pops like 5 times in the past 3 years. Mostly due to needing space or in this case...I'm having my 3rd child and need some of the money to pay off credit or little things for the baby. Or even improving my other 2 kids bedroom
I love my collection...but I made the mistake of buying everything I liked in the beginning. My buying has curtailed significantly. Just no more room. So I've been selling the pops I'm not "in love" with.
That’s exactly where I’m at. I went wild the first year of collecting and now I’m gonna start selling grails I bought on a whim.
I started a couple months ago but I downloaded the Funko app so my collection isn’t spread that much
I have s system when it comes to collecting Funkos. I only collect certain ones from certain franchies I like. Like Funkos from GI JOE, I have Snake Eyes with Timber and the Black Suit Storm Shadow. That's all I'm gonna get from GI JOE. Only certain ones from certain franchises for me
approx 250 pops now running out of space,got my action figures also its a work in progress still getting my room completely right displaying them. i have afew 1/6 scale figs now and many more i want but big price tags holding me back.
Right now I’m trying to get rid off my Marvel pops since I’m just not invested in it anymore,in fact as much as I enjoyed Deadpool & Wolverine and Guardians 3 my passion for Marvel is long gone honestly,my main focus going forward will be anime and videogames with too little western stuff if not any.
I sold a ton of my collection. I got rid of all my Marvel pops (besides Captain America & Winter Soldier), DC Pops (kept only 3) & most of my Anime Pops besides One Piece & Bleach and some small miscellaneous sets.
I’m also collecting all WWE Funko pops. After almost 7 years of collecting much like how you said I’m starting to realize I don’t need all of these sets and some have gotten massive like MHA as you very much know.
I'm currently trying to sell a bunch of my old pops before thwy got crazy. Its been like 5 years for me & at first I got random ones & then stopped for 2 of those 6 years & then the last 3 I've bought so much more bc they definitely ramped up production on newer pops. I realized I had way too many I didn't want anymore after just finishing my man cave & getting shelfs/glass display. I might get rid if my Demon Slayer line. Theres just too much of the same character reprint
Yessir new skittle vid‼️
If you like, collecting Funko pop, you should do it just the ones you like and the favorite movies are TV shows. Our sports team are anime. Or WWE Funko pops.
I am thinking to sell our large Funko Pop collection. Do you have any tips on the best way to organize it before we talk to possible buyers?
Great video Skittle thank you
I don't need 55 different Goku's, but I will take that new glow in the dark bane lol.
I think space is the biggest factor for me. I'm not looking to sell, but I know I'm going to have to slow down and possibly change some things. I had bought the world of warcraft cover pop you showed last week just because the Lich King looked so freaking cool, but I think I might just toss the box it comes with (even though it's a game cover) because I am not the biggest world of warcraft fan in the first place. I just think it's an inspiring character design I can look at. At my point of collecting, throwing out boxes seems blasphemous, but I don't know... I might have to start doing it for pops I really just don't care about (Even if I think they have a chance to go up in value).
I think I plan on doing the same thing with the new Demon Slayer Moment. Not like it's gonna be worth more than retail anyways.
So I have around 100 Pops in my car right now that I just put in this morning I had packed them up this past week I was thinking about just getting in store credit form at another trading shop to get some other collectibles but I got to thinking about how much I made the last time in-store credit for what I had and it just didn't seem as worth it I've really been wanting to get rid of them on some of the Funko Facebook groups that I'm on like Funko Frenzy my whole thing is what is the best way to factor in shipping when you're trying to sell something online how do you figure out your price on that?😊
Why I started to sell my funko pops was cause I was startin to hit the 400 mark and I just felt like it made my room and house just look so cluttered. So then I did one of each character I liked but even then I felt like it was too much everywhere 😂 so now I only have my one piece collection and a few Naruto as they are my top 2 anime’s
Personally I am a completionist but i spent years deciding what i wanted to commit to completing. (dbz/mha/demonslayer/black clover) but i did waste alot of money on other licences trying to get to this point. i do giveaways and trade ins to local shops with those pops i dont want to complete
The one piece collection is getting crazy now so I been thinking of downsizing my one piece collection I have the majority of the collection and more are coming out! I will never finish the collection. Plus the variations are just not good. Plus this next year coming out most will be exclusive and even harder to buy
I'm going to miss you Dante you are a part of my life's daily routine and I enjoy your content you were part of the reason I started to collect. I still own a pop from one of your actions
I been thinking about because I don't have time for the up keep
If you've even been thinking about selling your collection, then yes, you should sell your collection
I've cut my collection to what I can get signed mainly sticking to wwe amd also I think to many of same pops and shelves with stuff that doesn't move
I love collecting but I am going to be selling or trying to sell the majority of my Pops because like you said why do we need 5 to 7 of the same mold of a certain pop.
Just need to cut down because I got way too many also
I Had started collection by 2019 and have over 300 and I'm still buying fucko pop but it's does get to the points 👉 that I dnt mind selling some of my pop but for selling it's kind ruff because there are buyers that's demand price and you feel like you losing 📉 money so I understand what you coming from. I sell my in mercari but still struggle 😪 😅. I try whatnot to see. Thx for the videos
I stared about 2010 but really got in to it in 2018 primary MHA and Batman. Been looking to sell my whole lot of MHA for the past month with no luck. I have a feeling I'm going to have to break it up and sell in small bulks or 1-1
Why not avail funko pop on my amazon seller acount why? please answer
Please do a cleaning the office series
Not selling yet but it’s never ending especially for one piece so I’ll be stopping after this challis collectibles wave
I have 5 pops in my room and it’s overwhelming, how do y’all have hundreds of them?? 😭
Do not leave us, Funko man
Where can I buy funko grails ?
Im not trying to sell my collection but i do indeed have a lot of pops i need to sell eventually
I've been selling to upgrade my collectibles. For example I want a psa 10 charizard. Not the base set worth 300k but the evolutions reprint
PSA 7 for base set is about $300 & PSA 8 is around $450. Still good condition for a nostalgic card.
@@iMerkCODM Why would I want that? Those aren't rare
@@hieinh & the evolutions one is?? lol base set is nostalgic & the original. Evolutions is a reprint but I know 10s are rare because of print lines. I was around when that set was still in print. I have a whole binder page of those Zards & PSA 10s were cheap then. But collect what you like dude
@@iMerkCODM Yes there are 20000 evolutions in a psa 9 but only 540 in a 10. It’s about the grade. And it’s base set unlimited not 1st edition for the 7 or 8 so it isn’t the original
@@hieinh yeah so only give shit about the grade & money, got it. You enjoy cashing out on PSA 10 Zard I got for half the price. Go sell your pops so you can afford it too.
So u know b4 u click a vid & it gives u a preview with subtitles? This vid said, "b4 u sell your funko poop collection"😂
I am leaving funko pops for popmart. I just want smaller figurines and cute ones
made the mistake of getting a lot of naruto/dbz exclusives that i didnt need that much lol
Thanks a lot. Very helpful
I myself just restarted my Funko collection and all I am buying is one piece.
Well For Me I Would Probally Sell Lots Of My Funko Pops And Keep Some If Feel Like It Becasue I Do Not Have That Much Room At My House, But I Do Have A Question For You?
This can all be summed up with telling people to control themselves. If you don’t have disposable income yet when big mega corporation puts out 15 new pieces of plastic of reused assets for a series you like you feel obligated to spend money you don’t have then you deserve to be poor. Make better decisions. You can always buy it later
Ironically as someone who mainly collects Demon Slayer the most frustrating thing isn’t Funko releasing pops too often,but how they take months to make something and when they finally do it’s either a repeated character or a character nobody cares about,honestly if they keep milking season 1 I’ll most likely quit collecting pops and focus on more premium and higher quality figures like FiguArts Zero,since the only advantage Funko has over them is the price.
Tengen comes to mind
I only buy Pops that I like. Many of my Pops are=re figures I loved from childhood or TV shows that I watched. I found I want many more I like but cannot afford to buy. I want collecting to be fun, not overwhelming. Funko has oversaturated the market, yes. Spending thousands on a Pop is exciting at the time. You have to collect for fun, not for an investment. Munfortunately, they could be worthless in 20 years from now.
Yup 100% Agree Why Do We Need The Same Pokemon Over & Over Again.
Like How Many Pikachu Do You Guys Want?
One Enough For Me.
i got odd pokemon pops like flocked umbreon & dragonite pop, only other pokeomon pop i buy is gengar evo line pops.
I Guess People Not Understand Comments Anymore
@@garymcdonald7724 i assumed my comment was related to yours as both about pokemon pops also ?
I am selling them because Funko does not care for the collector. The fact they want to restock convention exclusives is stupid, it should be what's stated in the sticker ¡LIMITED! and who got it good and who didn't also good. A lot of pops sold out in my cart and I didn't b about it.
My question is, is funko even paying attention to what we want? Like what person decides Sugar is the best one piece character to be a con exclusive lol 😆 they are so out of touch