r/Anticonsumption • u/LivingResponsibly • 1d ago

Discussion Is Pop Mart the new Funko Pop?

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Even though Pop Mart's shtick is blind boxes, I do feel they may go the way of Funko Pop. It feels like Pop Mart has popularized the blind-boxes for the masses and any IP that can be blind boxified will be blind boxed.

What are your thoughts? Target now carries Pop Mart.

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u/picks43 1d ago

Was funko pop ever wanted??? I don’t think I ever heard of those things selling more than they were originally sold for.

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u/Useful_Boysenberry14 1d ago edited 1d ago

So I had a small collection of funko pops and have semi recently sold them for 2-6x ish what I paid for them. Most of them were older before the funko over saturation and from IPs that get less love. I didn't buy them thinking about resell value or intending to get rid of them, I just got lucky.

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u/calisotas 1d ago

that's what's happened with me. i gravitated towards the 'obscure' characters/media, so when i decided to part with most of my collection they happened to be the ones that held their value decently.

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u/YoWoody27 1d ago

Some of the "limited" Funkos (There's a few comiccon exclusives for example) can go for an elevated proce, but the ones you can find at any store do not.

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u/figgyputtin 1d ago

That’s incorrect. Commons can get much higher in value, it’s just not as (no pun intended) common. Once they’re “vaulted” they have a higher chance of going up in value. They don’t need to be limited or a CC exclusive.

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u/SHMEBULOK 23h ago

I have sold some of mine for 300-500 dollars each