LoL. These things are overpriced junk anyway.
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Funky pops represent a problem with venture capitalism. A bland toy that's sole purpose is to sell whatever IP paid them. The sales and analytics for the brand only exist because venture capitalism made it possible to flood the market with millions of dollars of this junk.
I expect it'll end like beanie babies when the investment money dries up.
But what are 'beanie babies'? They look like just regular stuffed animals. rofl
Same thing as Funko Pops: cheap collectible toys some company churned out en masse to fuel a collectors' market driven by hype. People unironically considered them to be investments. Eventually the hype died down and the market collapsed.
I just enjoyed them because I was a small child and it was a shared cultural experience at the time. I remember my cub scout troop went to some museum overnight trip and we all got Nanook and made a time of it having them all dance to the tune of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. Shit was great.
People who put hundreds of dollars into that stuff though? Absolute lunatics.