I'm sure most of you have read the news that Brian has resigned from the Funko board. It'll be a bit strange thinking of Funko without Brian being there. I had hoped I'd get to another Fun Days in the near future and see him, again, before I can't really travel any longer. When I look at my collection I really do think of him--especially when I eyeball my 20" dark blue Huck bank (which he gifted me).
Brian and I both have a love of Huck, so I thought I'd share an old post of his that showed a few things: the history of the Huck color variants, Brian as a collector, and Brian as a generous and charitable person.
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding area, Brian got the Funatics involved to provide a little help. He posted this:
by Brian@Funko; Sep 01, 2005. Ok, time to help others. As some of you know, I have an addiction to all that is Huckleberry Hound. I have over 50 Vintage 1960's-1970's Huckleberry Hound vinyl figures from all over the world in my HB Collection. I also have some very rare Huck Hound Wobblers.
It all started a few years back when Mike Becker made me a( only 3 ever produced) Red Huck and a Blue Huck and Huck Pez. Well Huck got lonely in my office and since then, I have produced him some buddies! Funko made a few Hucks (12 each to be exact) in Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Yellow and Black & White. I have handed a few of these colored Huck's out to friends and for a couple of charity causes, so there is only a few of these floating around in public. So a real chance to own a rarity! Now please note, that these are not painted Huck's...These are fully colored plastic, meaning that the color is the plastic itself and cannot be faked! The pictures don't do them justice! So the only ones for auction are the ones with arrows, not the Red or the Blue or the Huck Pez. I will do a sort of silent auction. Where people can email me at brian@funko.com with your bid...Please name which Huck color you want. Bidding will end at Noon PST on Tuesday Sept.6th. Just for CLARIFICATION, there is ONLY ONE HUCK AVAILABLE PER COLOR... ALL PROCEEDS will go to Red Cross relief for the Hurricane victims. Please only bid what you can spare, do not go into debt to buy these...The high bidder can either PayPal or send a cashier check to Funko. In the event a bidder backs out, then second highest bidder and their bid would win, and so on. I will post periodic updates on who is the high bidder. Names will be withheld if requested. So lets help out... Brian.
HERE ARE THE WINNING BIDS! Thanks so very much! I really appreciate all the effort on the many bids I received! You guys have great hearts!
Green Huck- $350
Yellow Huck- $350
Purple Huck- $350
Pink Huck- $350
Orange Huck-$350
B/W Huck- $600
Not seen in the picture (except for a bit of the base--to the right) is the red stem Pez. Also, you may notice that the dark blue Huck on the left and the purple Huck in the center don't look very different in color. When they are next to each other, however, the difference is pretty apparent. It's harder to tell in certain pictures.
Well, I'm all kinds of grateful for all the Hucks that Brian brought into the world and I hope his moving on is to continue his pursuit of FUN. Thanks Brian!
