Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes smaller!

[ZeoVGM]

I know Brian has been reading and posting so I hope he sees this.

The Dorbz boxes really need to be smaller. Truthfully, they should be the size that they look in the glam shots that are released.

I don't even say this as a collector, as I open everything. I say it as a fan who wants the Dorbz line to be very successful.

Based on all the new lines Brian mentioned yesterday, it sounds as if Funko might be happy with sales. But I definitely don't see that myself. At the Newbury Comics and Toy Vault (both north east chains, I believe) near me, they have Dorbz but they're hidden away. At Toy Vault, they're on the floor under a giant walls of Pops. At Newbury Comics, they're on the bottom shelf under a wall of Pops (and you needed to literally get down on your knees to pull the Dorbz out to even see them).

The guy at Toy Vault today told me they don't seem to be selling there.

I think a problem with this is that they are essentially competing with Pops for shelf space.

By making the boxes smaller like in the glams, it makes it more likely that retailers will commit to making a specific display for them -- which in turn makes it more likely that people will see them and buy them.

Granted, maybe I'm wrong and sales are absolutely fantastic and it's just in my Mass/Rhode Island area where they don't seem to be selling. But I really want the line to succeed. I love Pops and have a ton but it's nice to get in at the beginning of a line like Dorbz. Not only that, but they're cheaper and, uh, adorable.

[Brian@Funko]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

[0xTurtle]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

Preach on! As a recent OOB-convert, freeing them is so liberating let them breathe!

[zOnesTarX]

I also went OOB on most pops/funko lines

[TulaBug]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

Wings??? Hmmmmm......

[ShoMeNodder]

Dragons ?

[missauru]

Woot! OOB foreverrrrr

[glowfunkofreak]

Boxless .. ?

NEVER .. !!

[dakook]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

Preach it!

[Peachtree]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

Sounds like something supernatural is happening... also, speak it! Free them from their cages!

[Squird]

Boxes...what good are boxes?

[wardengorri]

My Ultron Dorbz is definitely feeling lonely. I for one welcome our new Dorbz/OOB overlords

[ZeoVGM]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

Oh yeah, I'm already boxless. I'm just speaking from a "space in retail stores" perspective.

Winged, eh? Sounds like Castiel to me!

[Alleycat]

We Can't we have certain Dorbz planned that will need space for wings etc..A box must fit all kinds of sculpts..
GO boxless..it is more fun!

In that case..... make the boxes BIGGER

[Reverend]

GO boxless..it is more fun!

AWESOME!!!

[HappinessGuano]

I like my boxes...
But wings! Wings make me happy. Puts wings on everything!