CptWhizbang wrote:why in god's name would you make Ms. Marvel an Walgreens exclusive of all things?? You're putting out one of the first toys for a character with a big, very young, and very devoted fanbase and you literally make it next to impossible for that fanbase to buy? How does that make any sort of business sense? Did no one at Funko pay any attention to the mistakes Hasbro made following the first Avengers movie? Parents - who would quite happily pick up Ms. Marvel POPs for their daughters at Walmart and Target for regular price - are not going to buy it for the prices flippers are going to be selling them for on ebay, just like they didn't buy Black Widow action figures selling for 3-4 times the retail price. Instead what happened was a lot of complaints and a lot of bad press.
(and before anyone mentions that there are lots of Marvel superheroine POPs available, yes I know that, I own most of them. But no one, not Carol or Gwen or Jen's popularity matches Kamala's popularity with girls under 16. I'm just saying, there's going to be a lot of disgruntled parents and a lot of disappointed 12 year old girls if Walgreens handles this like they do every other exclusive.)
Honestly, I'm usually the first one to defend Walgreen's exclusives. Spidey is one of my favorite fictional characters period, and I've always been able to find the exclusive Pops that I want because I'm actively looking for them. I understand that Pops are collectors items, and if you want to find the ones you want, you usually have to go hunting.
On this topic, however, I
have to agree with you. Kamala's fanbase isn't typical Pop collectors, nor is it prominently adult. The current Ms. Marvel is, at its simplest, a comic for teens/pre-teens. She should be available to find
anywhere specifically because of her fanbase. Restricting her to Walgreens, a place where so few teens OR parents go to look for toys in the first place, is a rare (and insane) tone-deaf move on Funko's part. Even
if Funko provides Walgreens with a TON of these Pops, no parent is going to check the toy aisle of a drug store for Christmas gifts.
Yeah...unfortunately, I have to agree. This was an irresponsible move on their part.