Nihilistic toys news just dropped. Funko Pop maker admits it might not survive another year as sales crashhttps://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/funko-pop-maker-admits-it-might-not-survive-another-year-as-sales-crash-3281056/
Good, tired of seeing this shit EVERYWHERE.
>>11619264Based. Fuck Funko Pops. NECA next.
>>11619264Imagine if they refuse to sell Mondo before crashing the plane with no survivors.>>11619278NECA is propped up by the rich faggot that owns Graceland. It's just a vanity project for him.
>>11619264Good, I've been waiting for what seems forever for this garbage to stop cluttering shelves and search results when looking for actual good toys.
>>11619264I'll believe it when I see it. They've been saying Pops are dying for the last 8 years, Funko stocks crash all the time but they always spring back somehow. This line is like the Energizer Bunny of the industry, it just keeps going and going and it refuses to die.
>>11619264GOOD
>>11619332Rite Aid's bankruptcy was being predicted for maybe a decade before it happened and it did happen, it just took awhile. Likewise with toy companies like Funko. They can stretch and put things off with debt for some time, but eventually, no revenue will catch up with them.
>>11619264The slop picture just adds to the hollowness of the whole thing and makes a good epitaph for Pop.
>>11619292I hope mondo makes it out, their he man stuff looks friggin amazing and id really like to get one at some point.
>>11619264God damn it. Now I'll never get a sequel to the Godzilla boardgame.
While I don't care for Funkos, not sure if this should be celebrated I mean if someone as popular as them is shutting down, no toy company is safe.
>>11619264About time.>>11619439>sales crash>popular
>>11619439The reason they are losing so much money is because they aren't as popular as they used to be, and they still keep pumping out 10 million FotM Fukno Poops that nobody buys.
>>11619264I don't want that to happen, but man they needed to pull back on production for the past couple years. They really only have themselves to blame if they do fall. Terrible mangament on the lines and franchises I enjoy. Like a Valentines variant of the Killer Klowns? Who the hell is stuff like that made for? Who?>>11619419They made some cool game stuff and then dropped it. Really sucks.
>>11619464The boardgame is amazing except there's only 4 playable characters, and the missions are bare bones as hell. If they came out with a second set, expanded missions, added errata pack to fix poor Goji's broken deck, then you would have an amazing monster smash em up that's easy to set up and fun to tear down.
>>11619264What would happen to comic shops and Gamestops if Funko actually did die?
>>11619439They should be glad that they managed to sell the exact same statue, lightly altered, for 15 years. >>11619457They ran out of major franchises to make tie-ins for long ago, and the really obscure things are only going so far. Also Hollywood is not exactly inventing new major franchises either. They just keep remaking the same old 80s shit that Funko made toys for a decade ago already.
>>11619550>They ran out of major franchises to make tie-ins for long agoYou'd think that, but I just checked the Fukno website to see the state of things and they have recently released Poops for Charmed and Sesame Street, so they are still digging to the bottom of the barrel.>Also Hollywood is not exactly inventing new major franchises either.True, but they can still flog the news releases of the shit Hollywood is rehashing, like Alien Earth and Wednesday.The franchises they seem to have started going into more is anime and vidya. The only issue is people aren't buying. The bubble burst, the fad is over, and the normies and investor fags that bought that shit are buying Lego and Labubus instead.
>>11619264Long time funko hater: for some reason i dont feel good about this
>>11619439This is the funny part that is worth discussion.People here are just so blinded by their Funko hate they do not realize the economic realities we are facing or see the big picture of this. In which MAYBE the big ones like Lego or Mattel survive, maybe not, but almost every toy maker is about to go extinct when people need to buy food and survive and not Chinese plastic shit.If Funko is going down things are going to get awful very quick for the industry.
>>11619264Tired of these shits taking up all the realestate in the "collector" sections at walmart and targets. Hoping that those WM islands hasbro has testing in some stores means they're finally pushing their adult focused figures to those sections instead of the kids toy aisles. They know it's adults buying them. With Fukno pops out, theres gonna be a lot of free realestate.
>>11619264They should make that image into an actual Pop before they go bankrupt lel
>>11619264didn't they declare layoffs 2 years ago?
>>11619580it's funny how people give a fuck about fuckno poops
>>11619580>Lego survives Please no, I want that shit to die already, it's worse than Funko. I hate lego with every fiber of my being.
>>11619264The only thing that avoided Funko pop from going bankrupt is simply being cheap and can be produced in mass quantities.I aslo blame funko for the current state of western toy industry, propping up FOMO was a mistake.
>>11619580>but almost every toy maker is about to go extinctIs every toymaker pumping out so much shit that nobody is buying that they need to send it to the same Alamogordo landfill as the Atari E.T. cartridges instead of Ross and Ollie's?https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/funko-pop-millions-trash-storage.html
>>11619674They pump out shit to please the shareholders, to make the illusion there's high demand
>>11619644is this bait, hoping for the downfall of other toy companies? ive seen 3 of them and no one's really taking the bait.
>>11619439>>11619580I don't consider Funkos to be 'toys', they are statues, and utterly soulless slop statues at that. In the same way that people realising Pogs were worthless didnt matter, the collapse of Funko just means some of these idiots might actually collect something halfway decent instead
>>11619264good. Hopefully they also take down with them hundreds of shitty game/comic stores that resorted to stocking hundreds of them to survive.
>>11619783at least pogs sometimes had cool art on them, not a single funko is redeemable aesthetically
>>11619548What should've happened to them when they stopped relying on their main produce to sell normieslop chunks of plastic.
>>11619419>>11619464The problem with this news is that it's a from a click bait site that's even worse than the ones that litter /co with superhero and comic news, and are on other boards like /fit and /lit and elsewhere, just shitting up their catalogues.There's a better story here (that while not based on the recent 3Q financial reports, at least has real reporting):https://www.seattletimes.com/business/funko-everetts-bobblehead-king-hit-by-tariffs-and-other-woes/The Seattle TImes story basically talks about what >>11619464 essentially implies - poor management, poor decision making, bad choices, etc.I think if they make less fucking POPs and made some other varied games, toys, etc., they could do well. They have an important thing, which is a brand name, and a distribution channel/marketplace.I liked the 5POA First Appearance Supes they made and they could make and easily sell stuff like that.
>>11619264>flea markets, swap meets, comic book shops, and conventions are floor-to-ceiling with this shitGood riddance. The toys are ugly, the people who collect them are faggots, and it really is the worst toy fad ever (even worse than Beanie Babies).
>>11619629They also dumped a massive amount of inventory into landfills last year due to the crap being unsellable.
I'm pretty sure this shit is what killed my local comic shop.
>>11619822so what are they worried/we happy about?
>>11619439Funkos were always a gimmick. They look ugly and tasteless.
>>11619566>LabubuLeast those are cute.
>>11619813>5POA First Appearance SupesSeems like 9POA, but who cares right? I think you're right, they need to transition into the next phase of their company. They milked the ever loving shit out of fans for low effort statues, built and empire, acquired even more brand licenses and then they started expanding into other territories. Only the thing that they didn't keep doing was expanding, and they instead see the statues floundering on shelves, so knee-jerk reaction made them double the fuck down. It's a foolish and short sighted decsion, to believe that they can just keep printing money infinitely with minimal effort. They have built something, but are they going to do anything with it? That is the question. The Godzilla Tokyo Clash game was incredibly well thought out and has a lot of charm; I've seen bandai & toho do a shittier job making Godzilla games than Funko for some reason. That speaks volumes to me that they know nerd culture and can do some of these IPs justice in order to 'give the fans what they want.' I wish a nigga would release another edition of this, or at the very least a tiny monster expansion set that gives you double the amount of fighters plus some updated mode rules.
>>11619264Every experienced collector knew that this was coming, and knew that all the fags with "YO BRO CHECK OUT MY POPS" were gonna get burned in the end.
>>11619644LEGO will destroy itself with its unsustainable prices.
>>11619674>Is every toymaker pumping out so much shit that nobody is buying that they need to send it to the same Alamogordo landfillWell Hasbro is doing that with their licenses like Star Wars and Marvel. Not to sure if Matty is doing anything that insane.
>>11619908worth noting that it took nearly 15 years for that to happen. I agree it was coming but holy shit they held this insanity up since 2010.
>>11619484That sounds pretty cool. I flt the same way about their FNAF Fight Line series. It was amazing, like a light strategy game using FNAF characters, selected from a team of FNAF fans, and promoted fairly well by Funko. It was loved by the FNAF community a like, and looked a promising future. They release it and then that was it. I think they shut down their entire Funko game section because .... I don't know, screw them for making good products I guess? So dumb, so very dumb.
>>11619264Nope. sorry but POP! Figures are too big to fail.POP! Figures should retain their "value" for collectors, because they are based on things.for example, people who collect Batman, will still be impressed by the POPs of Batman. whether the company is still around or not. some "things" got nearly NO figure merch, except for POPs. if you want a display piece for that, you'll need to seek out the POP, it's your only option.Beanie Babies were only popular to themselves, and thus lost the value once the bubble popped (heh)if they stop making POPs, the collections become MORE valuable. years from now, people will "miss" seeing them in stores, new movies and shows will not get characters in POP style, some other company picks up the baton.... then it starts all over again: NEW POPs vs Original POPs...sorry for the blog post... damn I tend to over-explain myself
>>11619956>>11619484Cant you ise the rules for Monsterpocalypse?
>>11619977>use the rules
>>11619897I own two and keep meaning to take one out of the package but haven't bothered as of yet, so you may be right. But otherwise, I totally agree with you on your second and third paragraph, especially since they have the resources of Mondo.>>11619964>some "things" got nearly NO figure merch, except for POPs. if you want a display piece for that, you'll need to seek out the POP, it's your only option.This is what keeps those souless Pops selling. If some female toy collectors wanted a Lois Lane toy from this summer's Superman movie, their own choice was the Funko Pop. Not even Imagine Next made one of her. Ditto, I think, Cat Grant. Although I'm surprised there's no Jimmy Olsen.
With how damn many of those things there are, even if they do croak they'll still clog shelves for another decade.
>>11619977>>11619981MonPoc is like chess, where as the funko game is more like a traditional fighting game where you unleash combos on each other and power up super moves. I fucking love MonPoc, but the game is deader than a doornail right now and translating one into the other would be virtually impossible given their gameplay differences. I would explain further but that falls under /tg/ knowledge more than anything, of which I'm well versed.
>>11620011Lots of thrift stores and landfills were the recipients of Beanie Babies that were once worth hundreds each. This will be no different.
>>11620026Someday Funkos will be used as currency in a Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic landscape.
>>11619292didn't NECA cover up one of the designers doing something?
>>11620029Who cares
>>11620026idiots are overpaying for Beanie Babies today, chum>>11620028Nope, that will be LEGOs.
Outside fungus poop, they made cheap figures of overwatch
>>11620014Is it that different? I thought Monsterpocalypse is about monster vs monster
>>11619964oompa
>>11620405Lego would also be good for measuring things.
>>11619419Fucking Megalon? Why?
>>11621012Goonpa
>>11621012...there is a plushie of this character too...this world is fucked
>>11619264Funko? More like fuck no.
>>11621015>Yes, New New New New York is 48 thousand LEGO bricks from the Obama Commemorative Ballroom that was the only thing left after the White House was destroyed ...
>>11619264Funko Pops got popular around the same time as The Big Bang theory, which doesn't help their reputation as being a cultural icon for fandom tourists.
>>11619264Oh no how awful. This is how I feel about it:https://youtube.com/watch?v=PNhqtZhM3z0&pp=ygUMS29yb25lIG1hcnJ5
>>11621556>fandom tourists.More like trend-riders who want to feel like they're "in" by collecting and doing what others deem popular, and those smug ones who want to feel like they're "alpha-cool" by having a wall of the ones deemed to be the most expensive.
>link to Funko's corporate earnings post has "chatgpt.com" in itSo Dexerto used chatgpt to write a clickbait article.Actually tucked into Funko's reports, its not dire, just down from last year. There's nothing at all in the article that says they wont survive another year.Also looks like the Dexerto article isn't available any more. Here's the earnings report linkhttps://investor.funko.com/news-and-events/press-releases/Press-Releases/2025/Funko-Reports-Third-Quarter-2025-Financial-Results/default.aspx
>>11621705Crazy that even what seem like legit news sites are starting to spread misinformation like this one about Funko. Which could actually impact their figure sales and stock if enough people read it. The internet really is degenerating quickly now that it has caught on widely that lies spread faster and get more clicks than truth and there is not much oversight.
>>11621705>>11621753>even what seem like legit news sites
If Funko actually dies, I will be unironically upset.Funko is the only toy company to make literally every character from anything. Not even Nendo or Youtooz comes close.I just buy the characters I like, I don't care.
>>11621797When you buy funko, you're not buying an accurate likeness of that character though, you're buying an abomination that is advertised as that character
>>11621705>>11621753Yeah, the news hasn't really been reliable for years now with everyone inserting their bias into it, but now you've got AI assisted/entirely AI written articles muddying the waters even more. You've got to be double and triple checking everything.
>>11621797>Funko is the only toy company to make literally every character from anything.>>11621845>you're buying an abomination that is advertised as that characterI would personally like if POP! Figures looked more like Nendoroids, but their strength is the vague-ness, if that makes senseyou can put characters from wildly-different things next to each other, and they look like they go together. no matter what: anime, live-action, cartoon, real-person, they all maintain a simple design style that matches. (Nendoroid is similar)and it ironically, usually, requires them to be displayed IN the package. while there are tons of iconic character designs that are recognizable by visuals alone, you often need the box to help tell you where the Funko POP is from. so in this case, box collectors have an advantage (double here, since the figures are not pose-able) they were designed to BE collectibles
