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What is a shopkins and when did this happen

Postby chezpopp » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:32 pm

Funko shopkins figures? Any info on these things. I have no idea what they are.
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Postby lunarembrace » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:45 pm

Haha. Didn't Funko also make small vinyls of the Monster High characters? I remember seeing them at Walmart. Pretty sure I had seen Funko on the box.
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Postby chezpopp » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:50 pm

I don't know what that is either. Oh well. Guess I won't be sucked into another funko vortex
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Postby Cosmic_Cow » Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:03 pm

After 500+ figures, I think my daughter is finally over Shopkins. I pray this doesn't start a reawakening. :P

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Postby treswright » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:37 pm

Some things are so much easier to walk away from than others lol
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Postby nerdandcheese » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:44 pm

Cosmic_Cow wrote:After 500+ figures, I think my daughter is finally over Shopkins. I pray this doesn't start a reawakening. :P


But she's going to NEED those chase ones.
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Postby Sarcasticguy » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:04 pm

Im glad someone is asking the important questions, idk what these are either.
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Postby misterjstewart » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:26 pm

Sarcasticguy wrote:Im glad someone is asking the important questions, idk what these are either.


You must not have any little kids around lol I can't take two stops in my house without stepping on one. At least they're softer than legos.
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Postby Sarcasticguy » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:44 pm

misterjstewart wrote:
Sarcasticguy wrote:Im glad someone is asking the important questions, idk what these are either.


You must not have any little kids around lol I can't take two stops in my house without stepping on one. At least they're softer than legos.


Do fur kids count?
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Postby misterjstewart » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:51 pm

Sarcasticguy wrote:
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Sarcasticguy wrote:Im glad someone is asking the important questions, idk what these are either.


You must not have any little kids around lol I can't take two stops in my house without stepping on one. At least they're softer than legos.


Do fur kids count?


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Postby Cosmic_Cow » Wed Oct 05, 2016 12:59 am

nerdandcheese wrote:
Cosmic_Cow wrote:After 500+ figures, I think my daughter is finally over Shopkins. I pray this doesn't start a reawakening. :P


But she's going to NEED those chase ones.


Ugh, I hope not! It was hard enough trying to explain to her that the actual chase Shopkins were $300-800 and Santa wasn't going to be able to swing that. lol

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Postby Raypunz » Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:51 am

What stores have these been spotted at so far? Haven't seen any around me
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Postby Hopesdenial » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:00 am

Some of the Chases are crazy expensive for shopkins; Special limited variant.
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Postby Strending625 » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:42 pm

They aren't made by funko at all. They are made by Moose Toys out of Australia.
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Postby jandkstuff » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:12 am

Raypunz wrote:What stores have these been spotted at so far? Haven't seen any around me


OMG, my granddaughter's birthday is in a few weeks. Where can I get these???
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Postby Deezy » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:19 am

misterjstewart wrote:
Sarcasticguy wrote:
misterjstewart wrote:
You must not have any little kids around lol I can't take two stops in my house without stepping on one. At least they're softer than legos.


Do fur kids count?


Only if they follow you through the store saying, "Daaaaaad, Please? Just one blind box... Pleeeease! You never buy me ANYTHING and you always buy the Funkos for yourself!"


Now you can please both addictions. Yours and hers!! :roflmao:
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Postby StarWarner » Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:19 am

According to the photos I've seen and the article I read the Funko Shopkins were purchased at Walmart.
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Postby jandkstuff » Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:07 pm

StarWarner wrote:According to the photos I've seen and the article I read the Funko Shopkins were purchased at Walmart.


Perfect!!! Thank you for the info. :-)
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Postby JohnnyPOP » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:25 pm

I tried to tilt my laptop to see if I could look at the bottom of the box in the picture. #-o

The boxes remind me of the MLP vinyl figures. But at least I'll know what these are if/when people ask. We've got an entire shelf of Shopkins books at work.
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Postby saban » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:30 pm

hahaha I get these for my god daughter all the time. They make her happy and annoy the parents, win/win.
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Postby treswright » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:24 pm

They've officially announced them...

https://funko.com/blogs/news/introducin ... from-funko

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They're pretty cute, not really to my tastes but that's the power of Funko, something for everyone :-)
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Postby MorbidGee » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:30 pm

They are absolute cuties but not something I'm gonna collect. Funko is so good at offering a variety of options for its fans :)
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Postby Deviant » Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:54 pm

As a father of 2 little girls, I'll need these. :( And since these are Walmart exclusives, why can I only find their listings being offered by ToyWiz on Walmart's own web site? Are these in-store exclusives?

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Postby Geescube » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:02 pm

These are FIRST to market at Walmart til the end of the year. After that they'll show up elsewhere. Thats how I read the blog at least. Walmart will probably list them on the website soon, but they are only JUST recently hitting stores. Check the Shopkins aisle first, if nothing there check the Funko endcap, if still nothing someone beat you to them or your store simply has not received stock yet. Ive spotted shopkins at like 4-5 WA walmarts already.
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Postby Thrillofthehunt » Mon Oct 17, 2016 11:49 am

my daughter has a package of Shopkins, and is moderately into them but her friend is WAY into it. My daughter lost so many that I told her I wasn't going to buy them anymore. However, these look much larger so losing it wouldn't be an issue.
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Postby edmomo » Mon Oct 17, 2016 11:54 am

oh lord.. my gf's niece is all about those shopkins...
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Postby wenhol8710 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 12:11 pm

I have no idea what a Shopkins is, but these are really cute. They're definitely already in stores - found them in two Walmarts near me, and they usually never get anything. lol

We picked up the apple one just because it was cute. :D
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Postby jedik6 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:11 pm

Stay far far away. I didn't know what these things were until my nieces were coming to visit us and then I had to ask clashcityrocker what they are. We bought the girls some - big mistake....as misterjstewart said, they are softer than legos to step on but as others have said - super easy to lose. We have no clue whether those girls have lost all of their packs by now. They are both the most evil invention known to humankind and also the most genius business invention ever! You can easily figure out which aisle they are on by the tons of little girls swarming the section and the confused parents who stand there trying to understand why their kids want them.

I can't judge too much though - we buy them for the kiddos irregardless because we ourselves are guilty when it comes to Funko. LOL
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Postby frankusho » Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:17 pm

Ugh... My daughter has a TON of Shopkins scattered about her room. I hope she doesn't see Funko's take on them.
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Postby Deviant » Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:06 pm

Geescube wrote:These are FIRST to market at Walmart til the end of the year. After that they'll show up elsewhere. Thats how I read the blog at least. Walmart will probably list them on the website soon, but they are only JUST recently hitting stores. Check the Shopkins aisle first, if nothing there check the Funko endcap, if still nothing someone beat you to them or your store simply has not received stock yet. Ive spotted shopkins at like 4-5 WA walmarts already.


Thanks for info, after re-reading the blog, It does sound like WM has 1st dibs for the Holiday season. I went by my local WM after work last Friday, and they had zero. They didn't even have a Pop endcap? I rarely shop at my WM just because of the fact their selection is pitiful.

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Postby wenhol8710 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:19 pm

Deviant wrote:
Thanks for info, after re-reading the blog, It does sound like WM has 1st dibs for the Holiday season. I went by my local WM after work last Friday, and they had zero. They didn't even have a Pop endcap? I rarely shop at my WM just because of the fact their selection is pitiful.


When I saw them in our stores they were with the rest of the Shopkins merch, not the Pops, if that helps.
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Postby Deviant » Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:34 am

Looks like they're finally in stock on WM site store!

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Postby Squird » Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:42 am

Why look....they have the new Wobbler eyes.

I see a trend happening.
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Postby brown » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:37 pm

My niece loves Shopkins. I think this is a good way to get her started on her funko collection

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Postby DefNotBlitz » Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:07 am

I have now seen two Shopkins chases and not bought either. I don't know if the Funko gods are toying with me or what. I want Pop or Dorbz chases :(.
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Postby sdcccrasher » Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:03 pm

Last year at SDCC the Shopkins (Moose Toys--Australia) had a variant limited to 2 or 3000 that went crazy. It was carried by UCC and they had you stand in line and draw a ball out of a bag ... if you got the right color ball, you could purchase one of the Limited Edition Shopkins dolls. The line was long and there was a big buzz. Given this news, it won't surprise me if there is a LE Shopkins Funko at the Funko booth for SDCC17.
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sdcccrasher wrote:Last year at SDCC the Shopkins (Moose Toys--Australia) had a variant limited to 2 or 3000 that went crazy. It was carried by UCC and they had you stand in line and draw a ball out of a bag ... if you got the right color ball, you could purchase one of the Limited Edition Shopkins dolls. The line was long and there was a big buzz. Given this news, it won't surprise me if there is a LE Shopkins Funko at the Funko booth for SDCC17.


I remember this! my daughter just got into shopkins at the time. For once, i actually won something. I wasn't too keen on paying $30 for it, but when i had it in my hands, it was much bigger and awesome than I expected.
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Postby sdcccrasher » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:51 pm

Thrillofthehunt wrote:
sdcccrasher wrote:Last year at SDCC the Shopkins (Moose Toys--Australia) had a variant limited to 2 or 3000 that went crazy. It was carried by UCC and they had you stand in line and draw a ball out of a bag ... if you got the right color ball, you could purchase one of the Limited Edition Shopkins dolls. The line was long and there was a big buzz. Given this news, it won't surprise me if there is a LE Shopkins Funko at the Funko booth for SDCC17.


I remember this! my daughter just got into shopkins at the time. For once, i actually won something. I wasn't too keen on paying $30 for it, but when i had it in my hands, it was much bigger and awesome than I expected.


Yea, I know it seems strange to win only the opportunity to purchase something, but we do the same thing for SDCC badges, hotels, parking and a lot of other things relating to SDCC (there may be a lottery to use the bathroom this year lol). All kidding aside, I am really looking forward to see if Shopkins has another exclusive available this year and perhaps a Shopkins Pop because of their new relationship with Funko.
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Postby PopDaddy » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:24 am

I buy them for my niece.

So far, she has three chases: Apple Blossom, D'Lish Donut, Kooky Kookie.
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