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mesonoftheral wrote:It's always a bad sign for Collector's and Specialty Retailers When a Companies Product starts showing up in Discount Stores like Target and Walmart.
besides the fact that funko always released cool retro characters from my era. i liked the fact that cof wanted to keep funko small and only sold to speciality shops and independant businesses. support the little men, i say! i would much rather buy my stuff from swell guys like brad, ron, chuck, & brett than going to target or walmart to get my wobbers, spastiks, etc.
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Funko during the Mike Becker era sold to Target, Walgreen's and other large retail stores.
We sell often to big distributors who once in a while will put an older product like Homer series #1, Stewie Series#1 etc. into a large store. These are currently in target now.
As a general rule it makes no sense to sell to a mass discounter with current products. I was also told by this distributor who placed our products in Target that the retail is $9.99.
Funko often releases a few products that make sense in more "mass" type stores. Simpsons, Family Guy and Peanuts are such licenses are such licenses. Other licenses like Mad Monster Party, Hanna Barbera, Count Chocula, Speed Racer etc. obviously do not translate well into "mass".
Funko will always strive to attain a balance of big licenses and small licenses such as Hawaiian Punch, Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy etc..
For FunKo to make it as a business, we must do a little of both..
How else could we make 12" El Kabong's!!!! And silly stuff like 7 foot Wally Gators..
Mike Becker did a wonderful job of striking this balance, I only hope to do the same...
We sell often to big distributors who once in a while will put an older product like Homer series #1, Stewie Series#1 etc. into a large store. These are currently in target now.
As a general rule it makes no sense to sell to a mass discounter with current products. I was also told by this distributor who placed our products in Target that the retail is $9.99.
Funko often releases a few products that make sense in more "mass" type stores. Simpsons, Family Guy and Peanuts are such licenses are such licenses. Other licenses like Mad Monster Party, Hanna Barbera, Count Chocula, Speed Racer etc. obviously do not translate well into "mass".
Funko will always strive to attain a balance of big licenses and small licenses such as Hawaiian Punch, Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy etc..
For FunKo to make it as a business, we must do a little of both..
How else could we make 12" El Kabong's!!!! And silly stuff like 7 foot Wally Gators..
Mike Becker did a wonderful job of striking this balance, I only hope to do the same...
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Brian ..
You and everyone at FunKo are doing an AWESOME job .. a great balance indeed ..!!
Just make me that Pete Puma already ..!! :lol:
You and everyone at FunKo are doing an AWESOME job .. a great balance indeed ..!!
Just make me that Pete Puma already ..!! :lol:
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NESSNODDER wrote:I SAW THOSE WOBBLERS AT TARGET YESTERDAY. IT WAS A LITTLE WIERD SEEING THEM THERE. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT STUPID RED STICKER ON THE FAMILY GUY WOBBLERS? IT WAS REFERING TO TRADING CARDS OR SOMETHING. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WOBBLERS.
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Re: Target?
Blues84 wrote:I went into Target today and in the Toy Section, They had Wobblers! Stewie, Quagmire, and Homer. I was amazed!
Anyone else seen them at Target?
I just went there and all i saw was pops and 10" pops no one wanted... i wish mine had wobblers!
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Re: Target?
Nis_chac wrote:Blues84 wrote:I went into Target today and in the Toy Section, They had Wobblers! Stewie, Quagmire, and Homer. I was amazed!
Anyone else seen them at Target?
I just went there and all i saw was pops and 10" pops no one wanted... i wish mine had wobblers!
There is wobblers in target?
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Re: Target?
Yeah thats one of the only places I've seen them.
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Joker3346 wrote:Yeah thats one of the only places I've seen them.
You’ve seen them at target recently?
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Re: Target?
cue-toys wrote:Joker3346 wrote:Yeah thats one of the only places I've seen them.
You’ve seen them at target recently?
definitely not recently. the last wobbler batches released to target in 2017, under completely different design and aesthetic as the original wobblers from the beginning of funko. they sold terribly and i would imagine were pulled from shelves rather than bought
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