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Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby dakook » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:37 pm

Why does gitd frankenberry come in an Austin Powers box?
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Postby dakook » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:26 pm

ShoMeNodder wrote::-#

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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby ShoMeNodder » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:31 pm

Just joshing you Baxter....the Austin Powers box was sort of a generic box Funko used briefly...perhaps someone who remembers the details can post why.
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby dakook » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:44 pm

ShoMeNodder wrote:Just joshing you Baxter....the Austin Powers box was sort of a generic box Funko used briefly...perhaps someone who remembers the details can post why.

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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby kevinbuddha » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:23 pm

It was a quickly made exclusive that sold for $35 originally and I believe the production edition was 96 and all proceeds from Funko's sales were donated to a children's hospital in Seattle somewhere. They used Austin Powers boxes because they had a crapload of them at Funko HQ for some reason.

The boxes were also used for a Toy Tokyo CC2003 or CC2004 exclusive too
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Postby Alleycat » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:46 pm

Quick. Freeze Kevin's head.
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Alleycat wrote:Quick. Freeze Kevin's head.


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Postby yoohooal » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:01 pm

Just leave it outside overnight in Minneapolis.
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Postby kevinbuddha » Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:10 pm

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Postby Scotty » Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:19 pm

This piece, to me, is one of the coolest GITD pieces; it really glows a bright pink. It's also yet another piece that has competing production numbers.

Like Kevin, I've seen a lot of references to it being an LE 96, but a web site that cataloged a lot of older Funko pieces (LetsGetWacky.com) had this to say about pink GITD Frank: "This version of Frankenberry has a production run of only 200 pieces, and was donated to Nodderworld and WickedCoolStuff with 100% of the sales going towards a charity of each sites' choosing. He's all-glow, all-pink, and he's ALL THAT!"

Kevin and Corey know a lot more about the LetsGetWacky web site than I do and can better speak to the validity of the info it contained, but I loved this site as a resource for the older Wobblers. Of course, no one source is the gospel truth. The site is no longer up and running, but if you're somewhat web-proficient, you can still fish out a lot of the data via the WayBack Machine Internet Archive.
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Postby yoohooal » Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:10 pm

kevinbuddha wrote:You'll all miss me one day.....


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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby kevinbuddha » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:16 pm

yoohooal wrote:
kevinbuddha wrote:You'll all miss me one day.....


Buddy, I miss you already.


Ditto my friend!
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby kevinbuddha » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:30 pm

Scotty wrote:This piece, to me, is one of the coolest GITD pieces; it really glows a bright pink. It's also yet another piece that has competing production numbers.

Like Kevin, I've seen a lot of references to it being an LE 96, but a web site that cataloged a lot of older Funko pieces (LetsGetWacky.com) had this to say about pink GITD Frank: "This version of Frankenberry has a production run of only 200 pieces, and was donated to Nodderworld and WickedCoolStuff with 100% of the sales going towards a charity of each sites' choosing. He's all-glow, all-pink, and he's ALL THAT!"

Kevin and Corey know a lot more about the LetsGetWacky web site than I do and can better speak to the validity of the info it contained, but I loved this site as a resource for the older Wobblers. Of course, no one source is the gospel truth. The site is no longer up and running, but if you're somewhat web-proficient, you can still fish out a lot of the data via the WayBack Machine Internet Archive.


This is very possible, but I bought mine from Nodderworld. I do not remember Wickedcoolstuff ever having these for sale, but I could be wrong. It is hard to remember the exact details of over 1500+ pieces of Funko. I know the proceeds went top charity and one of them was a children's hospital.

As far as 100, 250 or 500 each for any 2 Funko vendors, that was done several times on many pieces, especially the "Collector's Club" pieces. Cameron's Collectibles, Nodderworld, wickedcoolstuff, Scooter's Collectibles & Wild Bill were the 5 main vendors in the beginning. Once (Brett) the owner of wickedcoolstuff had his first child, he dropped out of the Funko game. The same reason for Ron & Laura at Nodderworld, kids change everything. Sometimes the production number details were found out long after a piece was released and Mike Becker was not always good at remembering the actual production number when asked, so I am not sure on this piece, but I never claimed to know everything ;-)
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby unoudid » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:39 pm

kevinbuddha wrote:......but I never claimed to know everything ;-)


Don't worry Kevin, we'll go ahead and claim that for you.
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby kevinbuddha » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:12 pm

unoudid wrote:
kevinbuddha wrote:......but I never claimed to know everything ;-)


Don't worry Kevin, we'll go ahead and claim that for you.



Hey, thanks Ross!
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby Alleycat » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:11 pm

kevinbuddha wrote:
unoudid wrote:
kevinbuddha wrote:......but I never claimed to know everything ;-)


Don't worry Kevin, we'll go ahead and claim that for you.



Hey, thanks Ross!


It will be engraved on the plaque under the jar with your frozen head. ;-)
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Like this..... but where you can still talk.

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kevinbuddha wrote:You'll all miss me one day.....

I MISS YOU NOW....... OK, I'M OVER IT LOL

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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby dustman94 » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:17 pm

Alleycat wrote:
kevinbuddha wrote:
kevinbuddha wrote:......but I never claimed to know everything ;-)


Don't worry Kevin, we'll go ahead and claim that for you.


It will be engraved on the plaque under the jar with your frozen head. ;-)[/quote]
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby cyberpvnk » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:40 pm

I saw this thread and instantly went to ebay and bought this. Only my second wobbler ever. I love these cereal guys.
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby dakook » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:29 am

Nice! Wobblers r the best!
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Re: Gitd Frankenberry Question?

Postby Flynn47 » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:39 am

Just to resurrect an old old post, I just bought this guy and was very curious about the Austin Powers box. Answer makes sense. I was going to toss it out straight away and just keep him in a protector with no box but I don’t know now, the AP box now kinda has a story all of its own.


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