Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes smaller!
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Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes smaller!
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.
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.
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
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!
GO boxless..it is more fun!
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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!
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
I also went OOB on most pops/funko lines
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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......
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Woot! OOB foreverrrrr
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Boxless .. ?
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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!
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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!
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Boxes...what good are boxes?
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
My Ultron Dorbz is definitely feeling lonely. I for one welcome our new Dorbz/OOB overlords
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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.
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote: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
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
Brian@Funko wrote:GO boxless..it is more fun!
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Brian@Funko wrote:GO boxless..it is more fun!
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Re: Dear Brian/Funko/Vinyl Sugar: Make the Dorbz boxes small
I like my boxes...
But wings! Wings make me happy. Puts wings on everything!
But wings! Wings make me happy. Puts wings on everything!
Too soon?
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