DuoofDeath1 wrote:Definitely need that qui gon jin. Any idea what the prices will be like for him? I know i could have gotten unmasked boushh for like 60 to 80 the first day of the con off ebay and she was an even smaller run.
janos89 wrote:Geescube wrote:The Scott Pilgrim ones are growing on me. Still unsure right now though. Lol Knives tho.
Lol every time I see knives it looks like a guy with a mustache and goatee cross dressing.
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Jezter wrote:A glow in the dark Wolfman makes NO sense...and yet...I want it... :|
treswright wrote:Jezter wrote:A glow in the dark Wolfman makes NO sense...and yet...I want it... :|
I hear you! NYCC is just killing me, they've hit me on nearly every series I'm a completist on- Walking Dead, Harry Potter, Rides, Ridez (and PoC and Strawberry Shortcake for my GF) and now the one that I thought was done, complete, finito and in the books- Universal Monsters. This is a good news/ bad news situation, I'm totally stoked to see all of these awesome pieces I must have, but financially the fallout will not be pleasant
sromo006 wrote:The "Darkest" Night Batman aggravates me. That one is a hard pass for just being messed up. Does that bother anyone else?
frankusho wrote:sromo006 wrote:The "Darkest" Night Batman aggravates me. That one is a hard pass for just being messed up. Does that bother anyone else?
The Pop itself looks great. I understand where you are coming from. If you think about it, it's a smart move on Funko's part making both the White Lantern and Darkest Night Batman re-sculpts exclusives to NYCC. It adds the appeal of being an exclusive, which will most likely drive up sales. I'm still a sucker for DC Pops, so I'm going to be all over it.
Vinyl4Blood wrote:Overall, I'm pretty sad about this year's NYCC releases.
Why? Because I friggin want em!! Sigh. There are 16 of those little buggers I want for my shelf. Sigh. Being a completionist has it's disadvantages sometimes. And this time is one of them. There are 16 I really want, 5 I desperately need, and 2 that I will shrivel up and die if I don't get them.
Goodbye paypal money.
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I remember when Hot Topic was the only place that really had exclusives, why can't we go back to those days? I pretty much lost hope in getting the Scott Pilgrim Pops, which will make me consider not expanding my line to get the commons... and the Yogi Bear Dorbz are way too limited to be for something so popular. I have no chance getting those if only 500 are made in the world frankusho wrote:sromo006 wrote:The "Darkest" Night Batman aggravates me. That one is a hard pass for just being messed up. Does that bother anyone else?
The Pop itself looks great. I understand where you are coming from. If you think about it, it's a smart move on Funko's part making both the White Lantern and Darkest Night Batman re-sculpts exclusives to NYCC. It adds the appeal of being an exclusive, which will most likely drive up sales. I'm still a sucker for DC Pops, so I'm going to be all over it.
treswright wrote:Jezter wrote:A glow in the dark Wolfman makes NO sense...and yet...I want it... :|
I hear you! NYCC is just killing me, they've hit me on nearly every series I'm a completist on- Walking Dead, Harry Potter, Rides, Ridez (and PoC and Strawberry Shortcake for my GF) and now the one that I thought was done, complete, finito and in the books- Universal Monsters. This is a good news/ bad news situation, I'm totally stoked to see all of these awesome pieces I must have, but financially the fallout will not be pleasant
Briechen_26 wrote:treswright wrote:Jezter wrote:A glow in the dark Wolfman makes NO sense...and yet...I want it... :|
I hear you! NYCC is just killing me, they've hit me on nearly every series I'm a completist on- Walking Dead, Harry Potter, Rides, Ridez (and PoC and Strawberry Shortcake for my GF) and now the one that I thought was done, complete, finito and in the books- Universal Monsters. This is a good news/ bad news situation, I'm totally stoked to see all of these awesome pieces I must have, but financially the fallout will not be pleasant
Is there a Harry Potter one I missed?
Ice04242 wrote:TT is never shared is it? I've been waiting for megaman series since I started collecting pops. If I can't get my hands on the megaman pop or the metallic green ranger for a decent resale price I'll prolly just stop collecting. I know that sounds dramatic but seriously these are the ones I've been waiting for for 3 years and basically I see myself having to pay $100 for the green ranger and I'm not doing that. I heard that SDCC this year was litterally just scalpers loading up at the Funko booth and then going back in line to sit and wait 24 hours to do it again. I suppose that's why they made the new system for NYCC
Ice04242 wrote:TT is never shared is it?
Ice04242 wrote:I've been waiting for megaman series since I started collecting pops. If I can't get my hands on the megaman pop or the metallic green ranger for a decent resale price I'll prolly just stop collecting. I know that sounds dramatic but seriously these are the ones I've been waiting for for 3 years and basically I see myself having to pay $100 for the green ranger and I'm not doing that.
brooklyn_geek wrote:Ice04242 wrote:TT is never shared is it? I've been waiting for megaman series since I started collecting pops. If I can't get my hands on the megaman pop or the metallic green ranger for a decent resale price I'll prolly just stop collecting. I know that sounds dramatic but seriously these are the ones I've been waiting for for 3 years and basically I see myself having to pay $100 for the green ranger and I'm not doing that. I heard that SDCC this year was litterally just scalpers loading up at the Funko booth and then going back in line to sit and wait 24 hours to do it again. I suppose that's why they made the new system for NYCC
Dude seriously? This makes no sense...just stop collecting
Not judging but this sounds spoiled...it reads like if I can't get the piece I want I'm going to take my ball and go home. Life in general just doesn't work like that my friend...good luck?
TT exclusives aren't shared, nor should they be. Personally I HATE that half of these things can be bought in stores because aside from LE pieces what's the point in actually attending the con and going to the booth? I dreamed about going to SDCC for years to get the exclusives...when I finally went for the first time, you could get half the stuff in stores...felt like a booby prize even getting in line for the Funko booth but I still enjoyed it, waited my 2-3 hours in line and didn't complain...people want to get the "exclusives" and Funko makes more money cool...but now people EXPECT exclusives to be in stores because the characters are popular?
SDCC's Funko booth this year was NOT scalpers lining up day after day...I hate when people use hearsay as fact to color their opinion. I was there and I know people who didn't even go that goes pieces I wanted...I am not crying or complaining, but should I feel some kind of way about it? I dunno what to say, but I'm going all 4 days...if I get stuff cool, if I don't, it happens and that's life...I just don't get the I'll give up collecting aspect of the post...its pretty out there to me...
HowardTheDuck wrote:It's not "spoiled" in the slightest to have interests you genuinely care about and be pretty upset when you can't fulfill long time goals of those interests due to god-awful businesses that have no business carrying exclusives in the first place carrying them anyway. I can totally understand your POV about actually being at the Con and being excited to get the stuff but...not everyone makes it to the con. There are quite literally hundreds of people who have true passion for their hobbies that don't get there for reasons of finance, personal business, and what have you. But should we have to pay through the roof prices for EVERYTHING because of it? They still make plenty of things that are purely Con only. (I mean Qui-Gon Jinn? That's something for sure.) It's really the company throwing the little guy a bone for once when they put certain things in stores. We're only human. We can't help but get upset when the things we really want are impossible for us to attain. Even when there are other things we can. But for a guy to voice his opinion and then get this kind of criticism for it. That kind of response honestly is MY definition of "crying and complaining". I'm not looking to start an argument or even really a debate. But another thing everybody has is pet peeves. And pretentiousness over collectible figures is mine.
grandpa_stern wrote:Oh, good! The old "con exclusives" or "no con exclusives" debate. I was eagerly awaiting its return.
jk. brooklyn_geek wrote:grandpa_stern wrote:Oh, good! The old "con exclusives" or "no con exclusives" debate. I was eagerly awaiting its return.
No debating involved...I'm good with it because if people can't go they have a chance. To be clear I just HATE the mentality that came with it that things should be EASY to get and for the prices we all wish we could get em for... they're clearly not exclusives if you can get them in stores by the way...
janos89 wrote:I'll be at con selling "Make Funko Great Again" hats for the con debate if anyone wants some
. But you're not going to die if you don't get it. grandpa_stern wrote:janos89 wrote:I'll be at con selling "Make Funko Great Again" hats for the con debate if anyone wants some
"We're going to have the best Pops! this year. It's going to be great. Believe me!"
brooklyn_geek wrote:Ice04242 wrote:TT is never shared is it? I've been waiting for megaman series since I started collecting pops. If I can't get my hands on the megaman pop or the metallic green ranger for a decent resale price I'll prolly just stop collecting. I know that sounds dramatic but seriously these are the ones I've been waiting for for 3 years and basically I see myself having to pay $100 for the green ranger and I'm not doing that. I heard that SDCC this year was litterally just scalpers loading up at the Funko booth and then going back in line to sit and wait 24 hours to do it again. I suppose that's why they made the new system for NYCC
Dude seriously? This makes no sense...just stop collecting
Not judging but this sounds spoiled...it reads like if I can't get the piece I want I'm going to take my ball and go home. Life in general just doesn't work like that my friend...good luck?
TT exclusives aren't shared, nor should they be. Personally I HATE that half of these things can be bought in stores because aside from LE pieces what's the point in actually attending the con and going to the booth? I dreamed about going to SDCC for years to get the exclusives...when I finally went for the first time, you could get half the stuff in stores...felt like a booby prize even getting in line for the Funko booth but I still enjoyed it, waited my 2-3 hours in line and didn't complain...people want to get the "exclusives" and Funko makes more money cool...but now people EXPECT exclusives to be in stores because the characters are popular?
SDCC's Funko booth this year was NOT scalpers lining up day after day...I hate when people use hearsay as fact to color their opinion. I was there and I know people who didn't even go that goes pieces I wanted...I am not crying or complaining, but should I feel some kind of way about it? I dunno what to say, but I'm going all 4 days...if I get stuff cool, if I don't, it happens and that's life...I just don't get the I'll give up collecting aspect of the post...its pretty out there to me...
brooklyn_geek wrote:Only recently with companies offering convention exclusives for non attendees (which I don't have any issue with) have I seen the mentality develop where people feel it should be easy to get these things. I understand why it's done, but back in the day if you didn't get to the Con and you wanted something, you knew you'd have to trade for it, find it via another collector, etc. Just how it was.
Oh man the hours I spent on the phone and pouring over monthly mailing lists!! Not to sound like a crotchety old man, but these days people want stuff and they want it NOW and they want it CHEAP. And not only that but they think they are ENTITLED to that. No one is "entitled" to toys or anything else in life. You want it bad enough, well you have to work for it. You do that by figuring out how to go to the con and get a spot in line, or by staying up all night F5'ing a web site waiting for the exclusives to go live, or by working hard to make some extra money to pay a premium for it, or by networking and making friends that collect and helping each other score hard-to-find items. When it gets to the point that you're not willing to work for it and you're just angry at the world because you can't get the toy you want on your terms, well then it's time for a different hobby!
frankusho wrote:I'm looking to grab all the DC exclusives, which are all LE, so I'm really hoping they shouldn't be too hard to get. I hope we get an official announcement for the rest of ToyTokyo's exclusives soon. Do you guys think Nelson over at FugitiveToys will have any new NYCC exclusives this year?
grandpa_stern wrote:Oh, good! The old "con exclusives" or "no con exclusives" debate. I was eagerly awaiting its return.
HowardTheDuck wrote:grandpa_stern wrote:Oh, good! The old "con exclusives" or "no con exclusives" debate. I was eagerly awaiting its return.
No debate. There isn't gonna be a back and forth. We spoke our thoughts and its done. I'm never a fan of 3 pages worth of back and forth either.
grandpa_stern wrote:HowardTheDuck wrote:grandpa_stern wrote:Oh, good! The old "con exclusives" or "no con exclusives" debate. I was eagerly awaiting its return.
No debate. There isn't gonna be a back and forth. We spoke our thoughts and its done. I'm never a fan of 3 pages worth of back and forth either.
This has all been...highly mature! I approve!
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