Dorbz Cereal monsters

Postby **Vinyl4Blood** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:47 am

Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

Awwww. Yes! I love how you just pop in and drop a present on the table for us. Thanks!

Postby **treswright** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:14 am

Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

Fantastic news!! Thanks for the teaser :-)

Postby **a99kitten** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:22 am

I am *SO* excited for these!!!!!!!!

Postby **squidward** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:34 am

Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

... coming to Fright Night, maybe???? That would be awesome!

Brian, are you coming to Fright Night?

Postby **Shalee04** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:38 am

I am excited for these also.... Could be because I am old enough to remember eating this cereal as a kid. lol

Postby **HellKat613** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 2:09 pm

squidward wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

... coming to Fright Night, maybe???? That would be awesome!

Brian, are you coming to Fright Night?

Can they be accessible to everyone please?

Postby **swind15** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 2:24 pm

HellKat613 wrote:
squidward wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

... coming to Fright Night, maybe???? That would be awesome!

Brian, are you coming to Fright Night?

Can they be accessible to everyone please?

Nope. The regular, metallic, GID, flocked, and rides versions will all be exclusive to Toy Tokyo. :rolleyes:

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:01 pm

Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

SERIOUSLY????????? YES!

Postby **babasdada** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:37 pm

swind15 wrote:
HellKat613 wrote:
squidward wrote:... coming to Fright Night, maybe???? That would be awesome!

Brian, are you coming to Fright Night?

Can they be accessible to everyone please?

Nope. The regular, metallic, GID, flocked, and rides versions will all be exclusive to Toy Tokyo.

Bite your tongue! LOL

Postby **babasdada** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:38 pm

HowardTheDuck wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

SERIOUSLY????????? YES!

Nice - Now will have to buy the other 3 older Cereal Monsters if I get these two... hmmm...

Postby **Sarcasticguy** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:54 pm

babasdada wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

SERIOUSLY????????? YES!

Nice - Now will have to buy the other 3 older Cereal Monsters if I get these two... hmmm...

this is basically my worry/next step haha.

Postby **justFUNKOmeup555** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:47 pm

Sarcasticguy wrote:
babasdada wrote:
HowardTheDuck wrote:SERIOUSLY????????? YES!

Nice - Now will have to buy the other 3 older Cereal Monsters if I get these two... hmmm...

this is basically my worry/next step haha.

I'm thinking about selling my Boo Berry :-"

Postby **Sarcasticguy** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:01 pm

justFUNKOmeup555 wrote:
Sarcasticguy wrote:
babasdada wrote:
Nice - Now will have to buy the other 3 older Cereal Monsters if I get these two... hmmm...

this is basically my worry/next step haha.

I'm thinking about selling my Boo Berry

Haha, good thing I don't have the itch just yet.

Postby **Arloe8** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:06 pm

Not sure how I missed this newest announcement!!! A GITD Yummy Mummy Pop would be awesome!..wonder if we will see any other cereal mascots now that the monsters have been covered.

Postby **dubbelaar** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:01 pm

got my cereal monsters Dorbz 2 pack in the mail today. Hopefully i can get the toy tokyo 3 pack and the count chocula dorbz ridez

Postby **babasdada** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:39 pm

Sarcasticguy wrote:
justFUNKOmeup555 wrote:
Sarcasticguy wrote:
this is basically my worry/next step haha.

I'm thinking about selling my Boo Berry

Haha, good thing I don't have the itch just yet.

Well mayhap I get an early start... ?

Postby **swind15** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:51 pm

babasdada wrote:
swind15 wrote:
HellKat613 wrote:
Can they be accessible to everyone please?

Nope. The regular, metallic, GID, flocked, and rides versions will all be exclusive to Toy Tokyo.

Bite your tongue! LOL

time will tell... 8-[

Postby **Childishtycoon** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:10 pm

Bought both of the monster dorbz sets now I just need the count chocula ride, Fright night ride and the possible others! Favorite dorbz so far!

Postby **treswright** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:44 pm

Childishtycoon wrote:Bought both of the monster dorbz sets now I just need the count chocula ride, Fright night ride and the possible others! Favorite dorbz so far!

Sweet, congrats!! I have the Count on the way, woohoo! I'll be a Fright Night so hopefully I'll get the shared one there! Got the 2 pack (and it is awesome) but the 3 pack has eluded me. Maybe when TT goes live with their leftovers.

Postby **CaseyJones14** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:48 pm

treswright wrote:
Sweet, congrats!! I have the Count on the way, woohoo! I'll be a Fright Night so hopefully I'll get the shared one there! Got the 2 pack (and it is awesome) but the 3 pack has eluded me. Maybe when TT goes live with their leftovers.

I totally forgot about it being shared at Fright Night! I'm (im)patiently waiting for the TT stuff to go live :-"

I'm hoping they do the bundle deal with all their exclusives again.

Postby **Sarcasticguy** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:49 pm

I wonder which ride is the shared one.... i really want Yummy Mummy Ride!

Postby **babasdada** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:14 am

Hey all - I thought I would share some Count Chocula ridez pictures. He is one of my favorites for NYCC -

Postby **GeekyFinds** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:40 am

I was able to snag one of these bad boys up at NYCC as well. Really like the metallic look on it. Nice pics

babasdada wrote:Hey all - I thought I would share some Count Chocula ridez pictures. He is one of my favorites for NYCC -

Postby **babasdada** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:03 am

Why stop at the Count - let's admire all of the dorbz ridez from NYCC. Which Dorbz Ridez winz the race for you? That Penelope tho.....

Forgive my background - I just moved and still sorting out my room-o-fun...

Postby **RiaRoo** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:19 am

I love the cereal monsters pops so much! I would love to see them bring them out of the vault!

Any idea of when TT will have their cereal monster dorbz on their site? Assuming they have any left to sell online..

Postby **treswright** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:41 am

babasdada wrote:Why stop at the Count - let's admire all of the dorbz ridez from NYCC. Which Dorbz Ridez winz the race for you? That Penelope tho.....

Great pics, thanks for sharing!! Glad to see they did a clear windshield on Penelope's ride, I don't like when they do a painted windshield (like on the Count's ride). Penelope is the last one I need from NYCC, have all the other Rides and Ridez. Then my two collections will be complete again! Until Moana comes out anyway :-)

Postby **FredKruger** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:29 pm

RiaRoo wrote:I love the cereal monsters pops so much! I would love to see them bring them out of the vault!

Any idea of when TT will have their cereal monster dorbz on their site? Assuming they have any left to sell online..

That would be terrible, there's plenty available on ebay for you to buy. If you don't want to pay more, unfortunately that means you don't get them. Unvaulting pops will sink the company.

TT hopefully will come thru for dorbz 3 pack, or will be ebay as well.

Postby **CAHRULL** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:30 pm

Thanks for sharing these great pics Joe! I don't have my Chocula ride in-hand yet, so getting to see one out of box is exciting!

Postby **babasdada** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:10 pm

CAHRULL wrote:Thanks for sharing these great pics Joe! I don't have my Chocula ride in-hand yet, so getting to see one out of box is exciting!

Hey No problem - What else am I goign to do at 5AM? LOL

Postby **wraithkelso** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 3:39 am

Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

any change of the OG 3 being re-released?

Postby **Childishtycoon** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 1:46 pm

Aw man the pictures of the oob Count chocula ridez have convinced me to place my order on ebay! The metallic looks great on him. I cant wait for the others! Btw I really like the size of the Dorbz ridez, they all look amazing oob. I was also able to snag penelope pitstop on the funko shop as well!

Postby **FredKruger** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:05 pm

wraithkelso wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

any change of the OG 3 being re-released?

Hope not that would be awful. They are still available on ebay if you want them.

Postby **treswright** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 10:49 pm

FredKruger wrote:
RiaRoo wrote:I love the cereal monsters pops so much! I would love to see them bring them out of the vault!

Any idea of when TT will have their cereal monster dorbz on their site? Assuming they have any left to sell online..

That would be terrible, there's plenty available on ebay for you to buy. If you don't want to pay more, unfortunately that means you don't get them. Unvaulting pops will sink the company.

Are you serious? You're aware that they've already unvaulted a bunch of Pops, right? It most definitely has not sunk the company and in fact hasn't really harmed the resale value of the originals much because they release the unvaulted versions in different colored boxes. High resale values of rare Pops on eBay doesn't help Funko any. Unvaulting Pops DOES help them, because it means new sales.

Postby **RiaRoo** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:40 pm

treswright wrote:
FredKruger wrote:
RiaRoo wrote:I love the cereal monsters pops so much! I would love to see them bring them out of the vault!

Any idea of when TT will have their cereal monster dorbz on their site? Assuming they have any left to sell online..

That would be terrible, there's plenty available on ebay for you to buy. If you don't want to pay more, unfortunately that means you don't get them. Unvaulting pops will sink the company.

Are you serious? You're aware that they've already unvaulted a bunch of Pops, right? It most definitely has not sunk the company and in fact hasn't really harmed the resale value of the originals much because they release the unvaulted versions in different colored boxes. High resale values of rare Pops on eBay doesn't help Funko any. Unvaulting Pops DOES help them, because it means new sales.

That was what I was thinking, Tres.

Postby **RBlue30** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:28 am

babasdada wrote:Why stop at the Count - let's admire all of the dorbz ridez from NYCC. Which Dorbz Ridez winz the race for you? That Penelope tho.....

Forgive my background - I just moved and still sorting out my room-o-fun...

Oh wow thanks for sharing those pictures! Makes me want them now...

Postby **wraithkelso** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:37 am

FredKruger wrote:
wraithkelso wrote:
Brian@Funko wrote:Yummy and Brute Pop are coming!!!

any change of the OG 3 being re-released?

Hope not that would be awful. They are still available on ebay if you want them.

I'm one of those collectors that if I'm not able to get something for retail+10 at max then I skip it, I don't pay reseller prices and the original Cereal Monsters weren't available at any of the stores I shop at.

Postby **FredKruger** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:01 am

RiaRoo wrote:
treswright wrote:
FredKruger wrote:
That would be terrible, there's plenty available on ebay for you to buy. If you don't want to pay more, unfortunately that means you don't get them. Unvaulting pops will sink the company.

Are you serious? You're aware that they've already unvaulted a bunch of Pops, right? It most definitely has not sunk the company and in fact hasn't really harmed the resale value of the originals much because they release the unvaulted versions in different colored boxes. High resale values of rare Pops on eBay doesn't help Funko any. Unvaulting Pops DOES help them, because it means new sales.

That was what I was thinking, Tres.

Sigh, ignorance is bliss. High resale drives demand,which in turn drives sales. Rereleasing collectibles will always drive away collectors. To exaggerate a bit all protos are rereleased at Walmart as commons for $9.95. All the people who paid $1000's for theirs can just buy more for cheap! Think that will.make everyone happy? I know i'd like some prototypes for cost.

Blind consumerism is a scary thing. Love funko but they need to keep the pops in the vault, or don't vault them at all. Unvaulting pops gives a few sales but drives demand down and supply up. Economics will handle the rest. I am aware they have unvaulted pops and I'm waiting for mass release freddy funko variants to drive the point home to fellow fanatics. Funko isn't growing because of hardcore collectors, they are growing due to appeal to the masses. If you take away the value, you lose the masses, and with the 77 new lines funko revealed this year they may need to keep growing revenue.

Not gonna argue with you Tres was stating an opinion, which is what the board is for.

Postby **babasdada** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:37 am

Can we all just go back to looking at my pictures. Whoa shinyyy!

Postby **grandpa_stern** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:10 pm

FredKruger wrote:
RiaRoo wrote:
treswright wrote:
Are you serious? You're aware that they've already unvaulted a bunch of Pops, right? It most definitely has not sunk the company and in fact hasn't really harmed the resale value of the originals much because they release the unvaulted versions in different colored boxes. High resale values of rare Pops on eBay doesn't help Funko any. Unvaulting Pops DOES help them, because it means new sales.

That was what I was thinking, Tres.

Sigh, ignorance is bliss. High resale drives demand,which in turn drives sales. Rereleasing collectibles will always drive away collectors. To exaggerate a bit all protos are rereleased at Walmart as commons for $9.95. All the people who paid $1000's for theirs can just buy more for cheap! Think that will.make everyone happy? I know i'd like some prototypes for cost.

Blind consumerism is a scary thing. Love funko but they need to keep the pops in the vault, or don't vault them at all. Unvaulting pops gives a few sales but drives demand down and supply up. Economics will handle the rest. I am aware they have unvaulted pops and I'm waiting for mass release freddy funko variants to drive the point home to fellow fanatics. Funko isn't growing because of hardcore collectors, they are growing due to appeal to the masses. If you take away the value, you lose the masses, and with the 77 new lines funko revealed this year they may need to keep growing revenue.

Not gonna argue with you Tres was stating an opinion, which is what the board is for.

I've written and erased a response to this twice already because I found myself saying things I regretted.

So, since I can't say anything nice, here's an emoji of a bouncing Freddy! :freddy2:

Postby **treswright** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:49 pm

FredKruger wrote:Sigh, ignorance is bliss. High resale drives demand,which in turn drives sales.

Oh wait, you mean you really ARE serious? I thought you were kidding! I'm still not sure you're not lol

Well let me just say I've been collecting toys for almost 30 years and I have seen MANY vintage toys re-released from Revell models to Mattel Hot Wheels to Tomy Zoids to Hasbro action figures and you might be astonished to hear that all of those companies are alive and doing quite well lol

FredKruger wrote:Rereleasing collectibles will always drive away collectors.

Typically when vintage toys are rereleased they do the exact opposite of what you claim, they create new demand for those toys. All of the above manufacturers have seen a resurgence of interest in the vintage stuff when they rereleased it. If you have examples where rereleasing older product has "sunk" a company, then please share them with us, I for one would be very interested in hearing this as in my many years of collecting I have never heard of this.

FredKruger wrote:To exaggerate a bit all protos are rereleased at Walmart as commons for $9.95. All the people who paid $1000's for theirs can just buy more for cheap! Think that will.make everyone happy? I know i'd like some prototypes for cost..

A "prototype" is a limited run of product that precedes the production pieces. It is used for design review and approval before production starts. As such there are very few of them, and because of the low numbers and the nature of them they have more value than the production pieces. Thus your example makes no sense, because if they were to produce large numbers of "prototypes" then they are no longer "prototypes", they are production pieces.

FredKruger wrote:Love funko but they need to keep the pops in the vault, or don't vault them at all. Unvaulting pops gives a few sales but drives demand down and supply up.

No it doesn't. You can go back to all of the examples I gave above from vintage Revell models to Hot Wheels to Tomy Zoids and find that the original releases did not lose value when the newer versions were rereleased. These companies are careful to change the packaging, so for hardcore collectors there's still value in the original. To newer collectors, they're happy to add the rerelease to their collection without spending a fortune for it. And the newer stuff is more money in the company's pockets whereas high resale values on eBay only helps flippers. Rereleasing older items is win-win.

FredKruger wrote:Funko isn't growing because of hardcore collectors, they are growing due to appeal to the masses. If you take away the value, you lose the masses

You think people buy Pops and Dorbz because of future resale value? There may be a small number of people that do, but by and large people buy them because they like them and they think they are AFFORDABLE! The vast majority of Funko's customers aren't buying their products as a retirement plan and don't look at eBay prices to help them make a buying decision. They see it in the store, they think it's cool, it's cheap, they buy it. THAT is how Funko's bread-and-butter consumerism is working. Then a lot of those people get hooked and end up here :-)

FredKruger wrote:Not gonna argue with you Tres was stating an opinion, which is what the board is for.

I always find it amusing when someone argues about something and then says "I'm not going to argue" lol

You're completely welcome to your opinion. I think it's wrong, and it sounds like others here do too, but you're still welcome to it :-)

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