Lol see this is the type of question they are hoping you don't ask.
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Funko making Mega Man and Cuphead cereal (no really)
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Funko have somehow positioned themselves to be able to get the license for just about every single thing under the sun. Even shit they shouldn't be able to make toys of, like Marvel, DC, and Star Wars, they get around by making those characters bobble heads so they aren't technically action figures.
As such, having the license to *everything* your consumer base becomes literally anyone. Like the Golden Girls? Count Chocula cereal? Video games? TV shows? That one skit on SNL? Lost Boys? Music? Horror movies? Netflix shows? Famous directors? Comic books? Chances are that somewhere there's a figure of a character from your favorite thing. Shit that would otherwise never ever get any merchandise otherwise (La La Land) will get a Funko Pop 2-pack of the main characters where it looks like they're dancing together. Some look *much* better than others but if you like X thing and are in practically any store in America and have a $10 bill in your pocket, chances are you'll be able to impulse buy that Funko Pop you just saw of that random movie you grew up loving that nobody else has heard of.
Then they also have keychains, larger more detailed vinyl figures like those Cuphead figs upthread, smaller inexpensive 2-packs of stylized figures called VYNL, normal action figures on card backs, blind bag and blind box series, shirts, skateboard decks, and now cereal with a toy inside. Something for pretty much anyone.
I know a lot of people shit on them and say they look ugly, but there's a giant gulf between a Monica Geller Pop who you wouldn't ever know was her without being told, and a Tamatoa Pop, or the SDCC 2018 exclusive Iron Man Mark I Pop, or the Monster Hunter monsters Pops, Jurassic Park dinosaur Pops, etc. And depending on where you get them they're like $8-10 each. In short, mass appeal, nostalgia, inexpensive.
Edit: Damn, Vicious17 articulated all my shit into like one sentence. Well done!
Everyone is comparing them to Cheerios because of the name but they look like they're going to be more like Fruit Loops or Apple Jacks. Also they're dyed to shit to turn your milk different colors.
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It is better than buying Christmas Dinner
Mr Stark
I don't feel so good
I unironically want to eat this. I'm sad I didn't grab one.It is better than buying Christmas Dinner
His right eye looks like that in Freddy vs Jason (The movie that Funko's appearance is based on).
Yeah. Not every design works. The ones that do look cool - iconic costumes or outifts. They look best when you can identify a character at a glance. I only have a few. Most of the TV or movie ones can look like generic people and don't do it for me.
You should watch the documentary about Funko.
While we're on the topic, they announced their video game related Pops from San Diego Comic-Con this month. They will be at GameStop and I will have both of them.
Oh nice. Do you have a source for that info on the Soldier being available at Gamestop? That's my favorite Soldier skin :D
Because the whole gimmick is that their Funko themed.
I know a lot of people hate them but some people seem genuinely pissed that these things exist.
I've had gimmick cereal before. Honestly it just tasted like knock off lucky charms. Not terrible but in my case I'm buying theme for the box anyway.
Such boring shapes. At the very least they could have made them mega buster pellets (or "lemons").
Pops are supposed to be around $10 MSRP (unless you're Hot Topic trying to gouge your customers on a new item release, $32.50 for a figure with an MSRP of $24.99 smfh), the keychains are usually like $6-8, so I'd assume the cereal will be around $10? Pretty sure these will just be the keychains without the chains, they used to call them Pocket Pops but it seems like they transitioned mainly to keychains instead lately.
All the SDCC shared exclusive retailers will be revealed the week of ComiCon, but maaany of them have been found out ahead of time because of placeholder pages for companies' websites. There was a list of GameStop database entries a while ago with code names for a bunch of Pops and that Soldier was one of them, I think his codename was George Foreman since that's Grill Master Soldier 76.
Haha that's a great codename for that one. Thanks for the info~
It's amazing how much better the Pops that have an actual mouth look.
They are basically collector items. Not really for mass consumption on the level of Cheerios. Think of it like the Reptar Bar at FYE that was almost 10 for shit quality chocolate and green paste filling. Your really getting it for collection purposes. In the press release it literally says buy 2 one for eating and one for display.
I expected them to be $10.00 anyway.
I actually googled it right after I posted and see a few. Crazy cause I've never seen them in stores. The one on the right gotta be from the early 90s dunno why I've never seen it.
Not the best quality image but this is the rumored retailer list:
Higher quality images of all the stuff: https://www.funkofunatic.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=89456
The other non-game related cereals they announced today:
Ok, this one right here is actually kind of clever. It's a whole box of my precious.
As much as these look better, they have a weak stand. Any major rumble will easily knock it over. I've had Cuphead fall off my shelf numerous times while my Mugman Pop stays in place.Cuphead translates so well because all they really had to do to convert him into a Funko Pop was remove the white part of his eyes.
Funko made non-Pop figures as well
So I think I figured it out. I looked at the box and it was way less dumb than the funko pop itself for Mega Man. I think its the wideness of the head. On the box the head appears closer to a circle and the funko pop design is more of an oval. Still has the horrible dead eyes though so meh.
