You make some solid points! I can agree that there needs to be some changes. I myself have had to make changes in order to make it fun for me, especially with the RUclips side of things.
Me too. I have been collecting for 4 years and it took me that long to realize that really nothing is safe from the PPG crooks who just drop the price values at random. It shouldn’t be an excuse because of the fakes out there. Funko makes too much of everything so I buy the older pops which is a safer bet but even some of those are sketchy. I even think that the PPG people all sit in a room and someone looks at a hot pop and says hey everyone do you have this pop? Then they drop the price value then people on eBay dump them at much cheaper prices which makes it worse because of people panicking
One thing that has stopped me from buying Funkos is the price. I miss going to Walmart, Target, and GameStop to buy $8 pops. Now 12 for commons and 15-17 for exclusives is absolutely ridiculous
Can understand the moving aspect of not wanting to add to the pile of stuff to move, especially at that distance. And 100% agree with the other reasons as well. I’ve actually started pulling more and more of my PC and selling them off slowly. I love the nostalgia that funko brings but the redundancy on so many of them has grown old. I slowed up on buying and became more selective on what I buy a little over a year ago and it’s been great. I’ve been able to add some higher valued pieces that I’ve wanted for a long time. On a different note congrats on your engagement. I actually got engaged at the beginning of the year myself and we’ve been planning out the wedding since. We’re getting married February 2024! I appreciate the fact that you don’t sugarcoat things and tell it how it is. I also appreciate that you don’t do this for the views but rather the fun of collecting. Keep doing you brother!
Yes, I feel you. The hobby has more lows than highs right now. all of the calamity swirling around Funko as a company, the mass production of unwanted items, the price hikes, poor quality control. I can go on. I am still a fan and expect I will continue to be. I do plan to downsize my collection I have pops that have great value but are not really what I like to collect, and space is becoming an issue. .
That is why I love your RUclips channel. You are always very upfront with the viewers. I myself have also slowed down on my Funko purchases and feel I may need to focus on a specific line of funko so it will be fun again for me. Thanks as always for your concern and congrats on the engagement!
I feel that. I’ve been feeling similar and the thing that kind of did it for me, Funko didn’t have a booth at ECCC, which was off since it’s a company based out of Washington state. Plus they left Everett for Arizona and I’ve felt the quality of shipping has gone down and isn’t as reliable. Plus as you mentioned lots of the same products being produced but in variants. I’d be really interested in you going through your collection and telling us why you have what you have, I enjoy hearing the reasons why people have certain pops in collections.
Congrats on your engagement man. And a thing u said hit hard. I never got into Funko to make money, but I fully agree wit you when u say I just want to at least have that value for the $ I’ve invested
Great Vid! We did miss your vids. Funko has been doing a bunch of things that caused the devaluation of older Pops. Your’s was the first RUclips channel that I found when I decided to get more serious about collecting. You introduced me to WhatNot and I had used your code on my first purchase. So thank you for that. I would eagerly await your videos to drop for speculation Saturday’s, and I bought some of the Pops that you recommended were ones that will go up in value. So thank you for that! moving to another country, quite frankly, a different culture is not an easy decision. So I wish you much luck. If that’s the road you are taking. I can understand having to downsize if you’re going to move to another country. I had moved to Montreal for a short time so I can relate to everything that’s involved. Plus when you are planning a life with your fiancé there are certain things that you must compromise on. I wish you luck and I will follow your channel and now that I’m getting back into comic book collecting. I probably will be watching more savage breaks.
Bro I was wondering where you were at! 😂 Yeah I have slowed down as well and I agree that it is no longer as fun as it used to be. I am chasing older pops that are harder to get but like you say you have to be careful of fakes. Congrats on the engagement and best of luck on the move!
Very valid points. Just recently i myself have decided to purge about half my collection and I am being extremely picky about what pops I buy. Great video
Same here been slowly getting rid of my collection and only focus on chases that i want and certain lines. Already sold off about 550 pops and next will be my soda collection.
I appreciate the realness man. I have also gotten bored with the product and due to my living space I have also decided to downsize. Congrats again man on the engagement!
GREAT video. Very honest and respectful at the sane trme. I haven't purchased a single Funko Pop this year except a signed Bo Jackson. I don't find it fun anymore and have shifted my focus to NFTs and am now questioning whether to abandon that due to a lack of new and exciting IPs. Thanks for your honesty and not faking it. Best of luck with your future nuptials and possible move. I was literally just reading about an increase of Americans making the move to Portugal. Sounds like it's getting a bit more expensive to do so based on the popularity since COVID.
I'm an oob collector and I feel there's a different type of enjoyment in funko one been you don't care as much as stickers or small dinks in boxes im collecting for the Pop I want to see sitting on my shelves and have a interest in, I also have started to move more into figure/statues you can almost pick up a 12 inch Statue for the price if a 4 inch Pop now. I'm also ok with a fake pop if its a Pop I want and that you can only obtain by paying a flipper some ludacris price. Congratulations on your Engagement 😊
I feel honestly the same, as I get older I'm more about how clean things look rather than an overriding amount. There are many brands that funko has collaborated with that I tend to enjoy, however ever since the whole landfill situation I'm not as big of a fan of the company as I used to be. With their insane amount of variants from baby yoda, board games, etc. It was a terrible decision on funko's part to overuse variants. As for the fakes, I hate how people are spending 100s to 1000s of dollars on fakes and not realize it. They are still getting scammed for something that they believe they are getting. The main reason I won't collect protos is because of how shady they are. Unless they are straight from funko and have a ton of proof to back it up, I won't go for it. Anyways I enjoyed this video!
Congratulations!!! I agree with much of what you said. I only started collecting I. 2020. I have so many and little space, so now I’m focusing on pops that I really want, from characters I really love and selling the pops that I bought just to complete a set.
Bro, I used to buy a few funkos a month, now it's one every 5-6 months it seems. There's just too many out there that it's overwhelming honestly and I'm a much more focused collector now. Congrats on the engagement BTW
I agree. As you mentioned it’s literally like 1 or maybe 2 within a 3-6 month span now. Eventually making us leave the game. But hey shoutout to their marketing team for listening to their fans…
Great video, your comments tick most of the boxes for me. I have been suffering the lethargy for purchasing new Funko as well. Stay safe and well my friend.
Congrats on your engagement! That's interesting that you're moving to Portugal, what a beautiful country. Everything you’re saying is so true about collecting Funko & I stopped for a while now. However, Little Mermaid live action pops are on my list, it was my favorite Disney movie growing up.
I am still buying a few here and there, but I have been collecting for about 4-5 years and I have most everything I want at this point. The only bad thing for me when it comes time to sell is, I live in the middle of nowhere Canada.... it will be difficult to sell without shipping, and shipping is expensive.
(I hardly ever go on my Instagram, I keep the notifications turned off.) that’s great news! Congratulations savage, hope your wedding day will be the best day of your life!! Hope your bachelor party will be the second best day of your life, LMAO. One of the things I really like and appreciate about you, and what you do with your channel is that you always keep it real, people can see right through somebody when they are just going through the motions to get views, watching somebody that is being fake is a waste of time. Things definitely are changing and not all for the good, but I’m still having a blast collecting and will continue having fun. I moved across the country when I was younger, I had to leave lots of stuff behind, not buying anything, if you’re planning on moving far away (especially as far as Portugal, it will not be cheap shipping everything you want to bring with you to Portugal.) is a smart move on your part, the less things you have to pack up and ship the easier your move will be. Keep up the great content and keep on keeping it real👍👍
I totally see where you are coming from. We have collected almost 400 pops,a lot from boxes. It gets to the point of what do we do with them all. There are too many of the same thing.
It kind of surprises me to learn that you stood back from Funko, tbh the reasons you mentioned in your video are the ones that made me quit collecting a little while ago. Redundant products, and a lack of enthusiasm, nevertheless I'm still on the side of everything looking at their latest releases and upcoming ones.
For me its 2 things , first as a horror collector they are not making enough horror pops but instead million of the same Marvel pops for years. Second i litterally ran out of space i have around 40 pops on my couch literally
Would love to see your collection and talk about why u like what you like. Collecting is so much fun if you only do what you love. Thanks for being real😊
I’m only collecting them if it’s one I really want, but I don’t like how Funko doesn’t listen to collectors they listen to 3 year olds when they decide what to make they will seriously not make more deathnote pops even though it’s been asked for a bunch or amazing world of gumball
Great video as always. Funko has definitely gone down a bad road. Congratulations on your engagement! Best wishes to you both. I've started to downsize my collection and focusing on the pieces I want to keep and collecting what I like. I look forward to your future content. The idea of making content about different Pops in your collection is a great idea. Thanks for sharing how you are doing and your thoughts on the direction Funko is going right now.
I'm just filling in sets now and when I see something I really want. Too many Pops just keep coming. This reminds me of Beanie Babies Cabbage Patch etc
Congrats again on your engagement! Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness! :) I've been very selective this year, even last year, of what I buy. There's no thrill anymore or excitement anticipating release day. I just wait for things to go down since there's lots to go around and Funko increasing base price of things have kind of come into play there. I've mainly been buying Spider Man related Pops or music/comic covers that interest me! Might not be the most sought after stuff, but it's what I like. I guess it's nice that no one fights over those things (lol). I don't even look at or for grails now, I've noticed a lot of high ticket stuff has fallen over the last couple of years, even within my own collection. It just doesn't excite or bring me joy anymore. I would say the same goes for Pokemon. I haven't been up to date on the recent sets.
My sister is upset with me, as I have completely stopped buying Funko Pops. 1. When they release one, they release another in the exact same mold but either flocked or diamond or metallic or etc. 2. The price has increased, and the size of the figure in regards to the box on some of the bigger ones is ridiculous when it comes to the cost. 3. Starting to get limited with space. 4. Since the C-word, my interest has kinda fallen. I'm not as interested as I used to be. 5. They haven't really released anything interesting in a while now. I have tried to explain this to my sister, but she don't understand. Very frustrating.
It’s perfectly understandable and again congratulations on your engagement and your new journey. Truly amazing and exciting! Tis is life and it was hard moving with the amount of pops I had…they are still in boxes until we get the rooms fixed. But as big of a move you are planning..I don’t blame you one bit for letting them go. I haven’t been buying must myself either because it’s not that I don’t enjoy them but the lack of space and they higher prices it turn me off a bit..Tho I had to get me the new Michael Jackson pops…I wasn’t collecting at the time the earlier ones came out and I didn’t want to miss out. Other than that..nothing worth getting. I will be here to stay no matter what, do what’s best for you! 🥂🍾🙌🏽
Congrats bro! The fun is gone. I've been in the collecting stuff since the late '90. For me it's been the hunt, but stores have have stopped stocking Funko and everything have gone on line. Not quite the same!
Same here. I enjoy your content but overtime I quit watching a lot of Funko Pop channels because I pretty much stopped collecting unless it's certain one. But I'll check out your second channel as I did get into sports cards over the last couple years.
I can understand where you coming from brotha, I live right in coatesville outside of Delaware I been collecting for the last 3 years not as fun as it was when I started but that’s why I made rules about how I collect to keep it fun for me, like I only buy chases found in the wild I don’t do the second market purchase. I wanna actually CHASE the Chase’s lol
I’m about to stop myself. One reason is they keep coming damaged. Also the fakes out their is another reason. I never cared about their worth but I do hate I use my own money to buy something new it shows up crushed or dented up. I also feel like I have all the characters I want . Also another reason is people buy them out to flip them.
Ever since Funko got slick and changed the Funko shop sticker from limited edition to Funko shop exclusives it gave them a reason to mass produce pops without people complaining about it supposedly being limited edition lol they changed it to make more money on mass produced Funko shop exclusives rather than a limited pop I saw that as a greedy move and there’s moves have been the same for over 2 years old Funko bosses we need them back so we get pops with value all year long
Brooo I agree. Been collecting since 2k14 and dammm I’ve been trying to stay in the game but it’s been hard to collect when their marketing team has a different vision. I never comment or share a negative point of view from a collectors point of view but dam it’s seems like they don’t care about their fans.
I totally get you, I myself only buy pops of characters that I like and plan to have only 35 to 40 pops with even giving some that are in the way away, currently waiting on my two flash pops to arrive and than maybe get two more and that's it, unless a new Superman pop comes out.
Crazy how it’s like this in the sneaker community too. Ppl are settling for fakes as well. Never knew we would live in a time period where knock offs were the way to go. But aye if that’s what ya want and makes ya happy more power to those that enjoy fakes.
Congrats on the engagement dude! I have slowed waaay down on the buying myself. I am currently trying to downsize and only keep my grails and ones that actually mean a lot to me. I think there are a lot of people slowing down/or completely stopping. Funko has kind of pissed me off on how they have handled things lately as well. Same old, same old. I will be buying the Scream Funko boardgame next month though!
You do what you do. It can get to be a bit blah after a while. Starting anew can be fun. Moving a collection can be a bit much this I know. Even more so if you're moving a long distance away. Congratulations again on your engagement.
Honestly Funko never was the primary collectible for me (I still get some since they make many different characters I like, I also like watching the videos people make). I mainly collect Super Mario right now and even then I don't buy much these days. I always enjoy collecting but I go after smaller Mario products like the Mario Kart hot wheels and more vintage stuff (I'm fascinated with anything retro). With Funko I mainly go after the McDonald's pops, any animated character I like and certain foodies pops. I would've liked if Funko didn't make their best pops NFTs as well. I really wanted those Flintstones ones but I had to work the day they released and they sold out quick. That's what mostly killed my Funko enjoyment tbh (as well as the fact that Super Mario is my true collectible). Collecting as a whole can be fun but sadly has its downsides, especially with them taking up room, some collectibles are endless, and it's something that you shouldn't do everyday and every second of your life. Life has a bigger meaning than just a hobby. Congrats on the engagement btw, glad to hear success in your life and no matter what you do I hope your life gets better from there!
Congrats on the engagement! I hope you find a great new place :) I stopped because they are too affordable and collectable. Its too easy to buy a lot of them because they make them for so many great shows/ movies/ artists. Now I would rather put the money into something more premium and have a smaller but cooler display instead of walls of funko. I still have some of my favs and I had to buy a couple of those new one piece ones tho they looked too sick.
old molds often look worse than the newer molds too. even though they had that vintage funko look to them, people are going to want the "latest and greatest"
I’ve cut back a lot because it’s just not fun anymore. I use to get excited when I hunter or camped out for a pop but now everything is mass produced and it just isn’t fun anymore. I’ve probably bought like 6 pops this year and they were mostly from cons. I’m not into something everyone else has.
I understand how funko starting to go over makeing stuff lately im slow right down this year too only bought 2 sodas 4 pop only still after 18 motu pops 5 simpson pop
Completely agree, it’s not as fun like it once was. I remember back in 2016 (I think) when Zur-En-Arrh Batman dropped. It was so much fun going out trying to hunt it down. Frustrating but fun because it inspired you to want to go out and find it…. Now they drop exclusives almost daily. Personally I’m kinda burnt out on pops With the fakes….. I don’t even buy from random sellers anymore lol
I noticed funko isnt making fandoms i get excited about as often. When i counted i knly got like 20 pops last year but im alao a small oicky collector and always has been. Hasnt stopped colelftikng yet but i always veen driven by my fandoms and if theh dont make what i want i just wont buy. Some fun does seem to be gone but so is some fruststion so a trade off here and fhere. Personally i got into funko because they were easier and cheaoer than statues and stuff so kinda the opposite of the collecting aspect.
Honestly, I’m right there with ya. Plus, the struggle of getting damaged ones constantly. Time to get the other channel going and show off those fire books ya got 🦾🤓
You make some solid points! I can agree that there needs to be some changes. I myself have had to make changes in order to make it fun for me, especially with the RUclips side of things.
Yo bruh, you are not alone, a lot of us in the community are slowing our speed on buying pops. I mainly chase Chases and possible grails now
Me too. I have been collecting for 4 years and it took me that long to realize that really nothing is safe from the PPG crooks who just drop the price values at random. It shouldn’t be an excuse because of the fakes out there. Funko makes too much of everything so I buy the older pops which is a safer bet but even some of those are sketchy. I even think that the PPG people all sit in a room and someone looks at a hot pop and says hey everyone do you have this pop? Then they drop the price value then people on eBay dump them at much cheaper prices which makes it worse because of people panicking
One thing that has stopped me from buying Funkos is the price. I miss going to Walmart, Target, and GameStop to buy $8 pops. Now 12 for commons and 15-17 for exclusives is absolutely ridiculous
I saw the engagement post on IG. You two look absolutely marvelous together! Way to be living bro!🎉
Can understand the moving aspect of not wanting to add to the pile of stuff to move, especially at that distance. And 100% agree with the other reasons as well. I’ve actually started pulling more and more of my PC and selling them off slowly. I love the nostalgia that funko brings but the redundancy on so many of them has grown old. I slowed up on buying and became more selective on what I buy a little over a year ago and it’s been great. I’ve been able to add some higher valued pieces that I’ve wanted for a long time.
On a different note congrats on your engagement. I actually got engaged at the beginning of the year myself and we’ve been planning out the wedding since. We’re getting married February 2024!
I appreciate the fact that you don’t sugarcoat things and tell it how it is. I also appreciate that you don’t do this for the views but rather the fun of collecting. Keep doing you brother!
I been selling off my collection for the past few months too
Yes, I feel you. The hobby has more lows than highs right now. all of the calamity swirling around Funko as a company, the mass production of unwanted items, the price hikes, poor quality control. I can go on. I am still a fan and expect I will continue to be. I do plan to downsize my collection I have pops that have great value but are not really what I like to collect, and space is becoming an issue.
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I don’t follow many RUclipsrs but I’ve been following you for the main reason, genuine.
Hey congrats on getting engaged!!! You're not the only one whos been slowing down on collecting.
That is why I love your RUclips channel. You are always very upfront with the viewers. I myself have also slowed down on my Funko purchases and feel I may need to focus on a specific line of funko so it will be fun again for me. Thanks as always for your concern and congrats on the engagement!
I feel that. I’ve been feeling similar and the thing that kind of did it for me, Funko didn’t have a booth at ECCC, which was off since it’s a company based out of Washington state. Plus they left Everett for Arizona and I’ve felt the quality of shipping has gone down and isn’t as reliable. Plus as you mentioned lots of the same products being produced but in variants. I’d be really interested in you going through your collection and telling us why you have what you have, I enjoy hearing the reasons why people have certain pops in collections.
Congrats on your engagement man. And a thing u said hit hard. I never got into Funko to make money, but I fully agree wit you when u say I just want to at least have that value for the $ I’ve invested
Great Vid! We did miss your vids. Funko has been doing a bunch of things that caused the devaluation of older Pops.
Your’s was the first RUclips channel that I found when I decided to get more serious about collecting. You introduced me to WhatNot and I had used your code on my first purchase. So thank you for that.
I would eagerly await your videos to drop for speculation Saturday’s, and I bought some of the Pops that you recommended were ones that will go up in value.
So thank you for that!
moving to another country, quite frankly, a different culture is not an easy decision. So I wish you much luck. If that’s the road you are taking. I can understand having to downsize if you’re going to move to another country. I had moved to Montreal for a short time so I can relate to everything that’s involved. Plus when you are planning a life with your fiancé there are certain things that you must compromise on.
I wish you luck and I will follow your channel and now that I’m getting back into comic book collecting. I probably will be watching more savage breaks.
Congrats on the engagement ! I agree with what you've said about Funko and it'll be interesting to see what the future holds for this hobby
Bro I was wondering where you were at! 😂 Yeah I have slowed down as well and I agree that it is no longer as fun as it used to be. I am chasing older pops that are harder to get but like you say you have to be careful of fakes. Congrats on the engagement and best of luck on the move!
Very valid points. Just recently i myself have decided to purge about half my collection and I am being extremely picky about what pops I buy. Great video
Same here been slowly getting rid of my collection and only focus on chases that i want and certain lines. Already sold off about 550 pops and next will be my soda collection.
I appreciate the realness man. I have also gotten bored with the product and due to my living space I have also decided to downsize. Congrats again man on the engagement!
GREAT video. Very honest and respectful at the sane trme. I haven't purchased a single Funko Pop this year except a signed Bo Jackson. I don't find it fun anymore and have shifted my focus to NFTs and am now questioning whether to abandon that due to a lack of new and exciting IPs.
Thanks for your honesty and not faking it. Best of luck with your future nuptials and possible move. I was literally just reading about an increase of Americans making the move to Portugal. Sounds like it's getting a bit more expensive to do so based on the popularity since COVID.
I'm an oob collector and I feel there's a different type of enjoyment in funko one been you don't care as much as stickers or small dinks in boxes im collecting for the Pop I want to see sitting on my shelves and have a interest in, I also have started to move more into figure/statues you can almost pick up a 12 inch Statue for the price if a 4 inch Pop now. I'm also ok with a fake pop if its a Pop I want and that you can only obtain by paying a flipper some ludacris price. Congratulations on your Engagement 😊
I feel honestly the same, as I get older I'm more about how clean things look rather than an overriding amount.
There are many brands that funko has collaborated with that I tend to enjoy, however ever since the whole landfill
situation I'm not as big of a fan of the company as I used to be. With their insane amount of variants from baby yoda, board games, etc. It was a terrible decision on funko's part to overuse variants. As for the fakes, I hate how people are spending 100s to 1000s of dollars on fakes and not realize it. They are still getting scammed for something that they believe they are getting. The main reason I won't collect protos is because of how shady they are. Unless they are straight from funko and have a ton of proof to back it up, I won't go for it. Anyways I enjoyed this video!
Congratulations!!! I agree with much of what you said. I only started collecting I. 2020. I have so many and little space, so now I’m focusing on pops that I really want, from characters I really love and selling the pops that I bought just to complete a set.
Bro, I used to buy a few funkos a month, now it's one every 5-6 months it seems. There's just too many out there that it's overwhelming honestly and I'm a much more focused collector now. Congrats on the engagement BTW
I agree. As you mentioned it’s literally like 1 or maybe 2 within a 3-6 month span now. Eventually making us leave the game. But hey shoutout to their marketing team for listening to their fans…
Great video, your comments tick most of the boxes for me. I have been suffering the lethargy for purchasing new Funko as well. Stay safe and well my friend.
Agreed. Funko releasing new variations of the same pop (gitd, flocked, etc) makes the first regular pop feels inferior
Congrats on your engagement! That's interesting that you're moving to Portugal, what a beautiful country. Everything you’re saying is so true about collecting Funko & I stopped for a while now. However, Little Mermaid live action pops are on my list, it was my favorite Disney movie growing up.
I am still buying a few here and there, but I have been collecting for about 4-5 years and I have most everything I want at this point. The only bad thing for me when it comes time to sell is, I live in the middle of nowhere Canada.... it will be difficult to sell without shipping, and shipping is expensive.
(I hardly ever go on my Instagram, I keep the notifications turned off.) that’s great news! Congratulations savage, hope your wedding day will be the best day of your life!! Hope your bachelor party will be the second best day of your life, LMAO. One of the things I really like and appreciate about you, and what you do with your channel is that you always keep it real, people can see right through somebody when they are just going through the motions to get views, watching somebody that is being fake is a waste of time. Things definitely are changing and not all for the good, but I’m still having a blast collecting and will continue having fun. I moved across the country when I was younger, I had to leave lots of stuff behind, not buying anything, if you’re planning on moving far away (especially as far as Portugal, it will not be cheap shipping everything you want to bring with you to Portugal.) is a smart move on your part, the less things you have to pack up and ship the easier your move will be. Keep up the great content and keep on keeping it real👍👍
I totally see where you are coming from. We have collected almost 400 pops,a lot from boxes. It gets to the point of what do we do with them all. There are too many of the same thing.
Congrats on getting engaged! 🎉 I would love to see videos of Portugal. I've never been there and don't know much about the country. Best wishes! ❤
It kind of surprises me to learn that you stood back from Funko, tbh the reasons you mentioned in your video are the ones that made me quit collecting a little while ago. Redundant products, and a lack of enthusiasm, nevertheless I'm still on the side of everything looking at their latest releases and upcoming ones.
Congrats on the the engagement bro🎉! But I feel you on funko. I’ve definitely slowed down
Thanks man!
For me its 2 things , first as a horror collector they are not making enough horror pops but instead million of the same Marvel pops for years. Second i litterally ran out of space i have around 40 pops on my couch literally
Would love to see your collection and talk about why u like what you like.
Collecting is so much fun if you only do what you love.
Thanks for being real😊
I’m only collecting them if it’s one I really want, but I don’t like how Funko doesn’t listen to collectors they listen to 3 year olds when they decide what to make they will seriously not make more deathnote pops even though it’s been asked for a bunch or amazing world of gumball
Great video as always. Funko has definitely gone down a bad road. Congratulations on your engagement! Best wishes to you both. I've started to downsize my collection and focusing on the pieces I want to keep and collecting what I like. I look forward to your future content. The idea of making content about different Pops in your collection is a great idea. Thanks for sharing how you are doing and your thoughts on the direction Funko is going right now.
I find it's better to be more selective and I've focused more on getting my funkos signed
I'm just filling in sets now and when I see something I really want. Too many Pops just keep coming. This reminds me of Beanie Babies Cabbage Patch etc
Congrats again on your engagement! Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness! :)
I've been very selective this year, even last year, of what I buy. There's no thrill anymore or excitement anticipating release day. I just wait for things to go down since there's lots to go around and Funko increasing base price of things have kind of come into play there. I've mainly been buying Spider Man related Pops or music/comic covers that interest me! Might not be the most sought after stuff, but it's what I like. I guess it's nice that no one fights over those things (lol). I don't even look at or for grails now, I've noticed a lot of high ticket stuff has fallen over the last couple of years, even within my own collection. It just doesn't excite or bring me joy anymore. I would say the same goes for Pokemon. I haven't been up to date on the recent sets.
My sister is upset with me, as I have completely stopped buying Funko Pops.
1. When they release one, they release another in the exact same mold but either flocked or diamond or metallic or etc.
2. The price has increased, and the size of the figure in regards to the box on some of the bigger ones is ridiculous when it comes to the cost.
3. Starting to get limited with space.
4. Since the C-word, my interest has kinda fallen. I'm not as interested as I used to be.
5. They haven't really released anything interesting in a while now.
I have tried to explain this to my sister, but she don't understand. Very frustrating.
It’s perfectly understandable and again congratulations on your engagement and your new journey. Truly amazing and exciting!
Tis is life and it was hard moving with the amount of pops I had…they are still in boxes until we get the rooms fixed. But as big of a move you are planning..I don’t blame you one bit for letting them go.
I haven’t been buying must myself either because it’s not that I don’t enjoy them but the lack of space and they higher prices it turn me off a bit..Tho I had to get me the new Michael Jackson pops…I wasn’t collecting at the time the earlier ones came out and I didn’t want to miss out. Other than that..nothing worth getting.
I will be here to stay no matter what, do what’s best for you! 🥂🍾🙌🏽
Congrats bro! The fun is gone. I've been in the collecting stuff since the late '90. For me it's been the hunt, but stores have have stopped stocking Funko and everything have gone on line. Not quite the same!
Congratulations! I agree it's not fun anymore? I've stopped buying except for my mandalorian pops good luck on your move!
Same here. I enjoy your content but overtime I quit watching a lot of Funko Pop channels because I pretty much stopped collecting unless it's certain one. But I'll check out your second channel as I did get into sports cards over the last couple years.
I can understand where you coming from brotha, I live right in coatesville outside of Delaware I been collecting for the last 3 years not as fun as it was when I started but that’s why I made rules about how I collect to keep it fun for me, like I only buy chases found in the wild I don’t do the second market purchase. I wanna actually CHASE the Chase’s lol
I’m about to stop myself. One reason is they keep coming damaged. Also the fakes out their is another reason. I never cared about their worth but I do hate I use my own money to buy something new it shows up crushed or dented up. I also feel like I have all the characters I want . Also another reason is people buy them out to flip them.
Ever since Funko got slick and changed the Funko shop sticker from limited edition to Funko shop exclusives it gave them a reason to mass produce pops without people complaining about it supposedly being limited edition lol they changed it to make more money on mass produced Funko shop exclusives rather than a limited pop I saw that as a greedy move and there’s moves have been the same for over 2 years old Funko bosses we need them back so we get pops with value all year long
Brooo I agree. Been collecting since 2k14 and dammm I’ve been trying to stay in the game but it’s been hard to collect when their marketing team has a different vision. I never comment or share a negative point of view from a collectors point of view but dam it’s seems like they don’t care about their fans.
I totally get you, I myself only buy pops of characters that I like and plan to have only 35 to 40 pops with even giving some that are in the way away, currently waiting on my two flash pops to arrive and than maybe get two more and that's it, unless a new Superman pop comes out.
Congratulations on your engagement. May God bless you both with a great future that is filled with HIS love, peace, and joy. 🎉❤
Yeah man...we all agree..its about time...
Crazy how it’s like this in the sneaker community too. Ppl are settling for fakes as well. Never knew we would live in a time period where knock offs were the way to go. But aye if that’s what ya want and makes ya happy more power to those that enjoy fakes.
Congrats on the engagement dude!
I have slowed waaay down on the buying myself. I am currently trying to downsize and only keep my grails and ones that actually mean a lot to me. I think there are a lot of people slowing down/or completely stopping. Funko has kind of pissed me off on how they have handled things lately as well. Same old, same old. I will be buying the Scream Funko boardgame next month though!
You do what you do. It can get to be a bit blah after a while. Starting anew can be fun. Moving a collection can be a bit much this I know. Even more so if you're moving a long distance away. Congratulations again on your engagement.
Congrats! Totally agree on it not being as fun. Im just filling out on what im missing on sport and video game funko and think im done after that.
I am thinking selling my entire Funko pop collection.
Honestly Funko never was the primary collectible for me (I still get some since they make many different characters I like, I also like watching the videos people make). I mainly collect Super Mario right now and even then I don't buy much these days. I always enjoy collecting but I go after smaller Mario products like the Mario Kart hot wheels and more vintage stuff (I'm fascinated with anything retro). With Funko I mainly go after the McDonald's pops, any animated character I like and certain foodies pops. I would've liked if Funko didn't make their best pops NFTs as well. I really wanted those Flintstones ones but I had to work the day they released and they sold out quick. That's what mostly killed my Funko enjoyment tbh (as well as the fact that Super Mario is my true collectible). Collecting as a whole can be fun but sadly has its downsides, especially with them taking up room, some collectibles are endless, and it's something that you shouldn't do everyday and every second of your life. Life has a bigger meaning than just a hobby. Congrats on the engagement btw, glad to hear success in your life and no matter what you do I hope your life gets better from there!
Congrats on finding the one. To me collecting is still fun but it is different. Hope you keep making vids. Rock On 🤘🤘
Definitely will still make videos..glad you're still finding the fun in it😎🙌
The only pops I buy anymore are blacklight and grails
Congrats on the engagement! I hope you find a great new place :) I stopped because they are too affordable and collectable. Its too easy to buy a lot of them because they make them for so many great shows/ movies/ artists. Now I would rather put the money into something more premium and have a smaller but cooler display instead of walls of funko. I still have some of my favs and I had to buy a couple of those new one piece ones tho they looked too sick.
old molds often look worse than the newer molds too. even though they had that vintage funko look to them, people are going to want the "latest and greatest"
I stop as well they kept coming non stop..
I stopped as well, but not because I feel overwhelmed by how much I have, I stopped because of the flippers.
we got Funkos in Europe too :D
Ohhh I know👀👀
I’ve cut back a lot because it’s just not fun anymore. I use to get excited when I hunter or camped out for a pop but now everything is mass produced and it just isn’t fun anymore. I’ve probably bought like 6 pops this year and they were mostly from cons. I’m not into something everyone else has.
Congratulations 🎉
Thank you!
Hey savage. Can you do another speculation Saturday? Please
I understand how funko starting to go over makeing stuff lately im slow right down this year too only bought 2 sodas 4 pop only still after 18 motu pops 5 simpson pop
Completely agree, it’s not as fun like it once was. I remember back in 2016 (I think) when Zur-En-Arrh Batman dropped. It was so much fun going out trying to hunt it down. Frustrating but fun because it inspired you to want to go out and find it…. Now they drop exclusives almost daily. Personally I’m kinda burnt out on pops
With the fakes….. I don’t even buy from random sellers anymore lol
WELCOME BACK!!!!! FPP!
Can't call yourself pop savage no more
Sold my entire collection will never buy another. Blacklight, things on preorder for over a year from retailers, generally poorly designed and boring.
I just dont see the value in collecting anymore thats what made me stop as well
My Three Reasons.. Got Alotta , Out of Room & More Importantly Out of Money *
Congratulations
I noticed funko isnt making fandoms i get excited about as often. When i counted i knly got like 20 pops last year but im alao a small oicky collector and always has been. Hasnt stopped colelftikng yet but i always veen driven by my fandoms and if theh dont make what i want i just wont buy. Some fun does seem to be gone but so is some fruststion so a trade off here and fhere. Personally i got into funko because they were easier and cheaoer than statues and stuff so kinda the opposite of the collecting aspect.
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Congrats
I'll take the Jetsons collection off your hands if you have them. =)
Nothing is ok with fakes.
As someone who just watches the community, feels like pops died after the pandemic
#MakeFunkoFunAgain 😂
Yeah definitely funko not making certain pops and been waiting years kinda sucks.
I understand the licensing issues but still c.mon
Vêm viver para Portugal?? Venham , porque é um País lindo e acolhedor !!! =D
Assim espero!
Why don't they shut down these factories that produce these fakes why don't funko fight that? 🤔
I thought u lived in ga
Nope lol
Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa
Does he not have any Dragon Ball ?
The first 💪🏾
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Honestly, I’m right there with ya. Plus, the struggle of getting damaged ones constantly. Time to get the other channel going and show off those fire books ya got 🦾🤓