Non-bobble bobble-head maker Funko has just announced a robust new line of their popular Pop! Figures for the upcoming year. Basically, if you don't find some property you like, why are you even reading this site?
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The heavy hitters are all represented: there's a new Doctor Who line, there's a Shrek line (he's still popular, right?), additional Game of Thrones characters, various Disney heroes and villains and the ever popular Nightmare Before Christmas.
I understand all of these. But the list continues! Rocky Horror Picture Show, Monty Python (Black Knight, Tim, a Knight Who Says Ni), The Fifth Element...okay, those are geeky. But Talladega Nights? Peanuts? The original Karate Kid? American Horror Story?
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What is happening? And why do I want to buy all of them?
There is something undeniable about the Pop! Figure phenomenon. Perhaps it is the fact that human beings find "large heads" cute, or that the figures themselves sit perfectly at your desk. (Even if my Daenerys keeps falling over)
But it's gone supernova. A Rolling Stone interview from last November put the number of licensed properties parent company Funko holds at 180, with profits in excess $40 million, the majority of which came from the figures. Despite being only about 3.75" tall, these things are huge.
So, which ones do you want? And what do you want to see come from the company later? I hereby sign my name on the Babylon 5 and Farscape Pop! Figure petition. Plus, I demand that all John Hughes movies, especially those with the late, great John Candy, be made. The Breakfast Club is great, but Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of the truly great comedies of our time.
With enough time, Funko will have licensed every single property known. Casablanca! Ben Hur! 2001: A Space Odyssey! The Jazz Singer! All will be back, in Pop! Form.
