“Stranger Things” are happening at Funko!

Funko is bringing the Netflix Original Series Stranger Things to collectors and fans in 2017! Coming in early next year, fans of this amazing show will be able to take home Pop! vinyl versions of their favorite characters, including Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, Barb, and, of course, the terrifying Demogorgon from the Upside Down!

In September, Funko posted two concept images of Eleven and Barb in an effort to gauge the interest of fans and customers. The images – which were shared on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram – resulted in a huge amount of interest from fans around the world with everyone saying one thing: “When can we get these?!”

“Bringing Stranger Things to Funko is symbolic of our connection to our customers as mutual fans of pop culture”, said Mark Robben, Funko’s Director of Marketing. “We feel grateful for the privilege to create our version of these wonderful characters, but we never forget it starts with the collectors. These figures would not have been possible without every single share, like, and comment from you. Friends don’t lie.”

The Stranger Things figures are available for pre-order now and should hit retail shelves in early 2017 with an MSRP of $9.99 USD. Pop! vinyl figures are sculpted vinyl collectibles, approximately 3-4” inches high and packaged in a windowed display box.

 

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Batman’s Foes Take Charge in Legion of Collectors Promo

“Batman’s” enemies are the stars of the animated teaser for Funko’s next DC Legion of Collectors mystery box, and, and boy are they out for revenge. Adorable revenge.

RELATED: “Batman: The Animated Series” is Coming to Funko’s Pop! Line

The vinyl Pop! villains have the caped crusader exactly where they want him in the 30-second short — hanging bound from a rope dangling over vats of mysterious green smoking liquid. But despite taunts from Joker and Catwoman, the Dark Knight avoids a dunking when a Two-Face drops his coin and pulls a lever to bring the Legion of Collectors Batman villains box crashing down instead.

While the exact contents of the box are, of course, a mystery, the Legion of Collectors website assures fans it contains DC Comics and Funko collectibles valued at $50. Previous boxes have included T-shirts, limited-edition DC comic books, pins, badges and, of course, exclusive Funko figures.

However, if you want to grab one, you will have to move fast: The deadline for the Batman Villains box expires at midnight PST on Nov. 1. That’s tomorrow, mind you.

Funko and DC partnered in January to launch the Legion of Collectors subscription box service, a year after the company teamed with Marvel Comics for Marvel Collector Corps.

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Stranger Things is Getting the Funko Pop! Treatment

Having a hard time waiting for the second season of “Stranger Things”? So is Funko, which is releasing an extensive series of vinyl figures based on the hit Netflix series as part of its Pop! line.

Typically, a television series will receive a few figures of the most popular characters, with maybe a variant or two. However, someone at Funko must really love “Stranger Things,” because it’s getting 10 figures.

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Entertainment Weekly has the first look at the toys, which include not one version of Eleven but three: There’s the Eggo-wielding, nose-bleeding version of course, and there’s also a blonde wig variant (also with Eggos but sans nose bleed), and then one featuring Hawkins’ favorite psychic in her diving helmet, ready to enter the traumatic sensory-deprivation chamber.

For fans desperate for #JusticeForBarb, Funko has you covered. The breakout favorite of the cast has huge glasses, and her vinyl freckles are somehow really cute.

All of the boys are getting figures, too: Mike with his walkie-talkie, Dustin with his signature hat and his compass, Lucas with his awesome bandanna and binoculars, and Will with his goofy ’80s haircut. If you prefer Will to be traumatized (or if you’re just a completist), there’s also an Upside Down variant of Will, looking practically zombified.

Finally, there’s the Demogoron. There are two photos of the Demogorgon — one in a monstrous repose, the other with its alien mouth wide open. The two pictures share a series number (428), so it’s unclear whether these are two variant figures, or if the monster’s mouth can somehow articulate.

If you were waiting for Joyce, Jonathan, Nancy, Chief Hopper or another one of your favorite “Stranger Things” character,s you’ll need to keep waiting for a second series of vinyl figures. In the meantime, these will all be available in early 2017.

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Marvel To Issue More X-Men Licenses For 2017

Panini have the license to republish Marvel Comics titles in Europe, both on newstand and collected in bookstores.

Marvel UK/Panini have a wide range of trade paperbacks for sale, sometimes differing from the US versions, but they have very few books with the word X-Men in the title. There’s a couple of monthly comics, but as for collections, they aren’t allowed to, though Deadpool, Wolverine and AVX  snuck through. Regular readers might have an inkling as to why.

Well, I hear at MCM London Comic Con, that next year that is changing. And Marvel UK/Panini will once again be able to publish X-Men collections of next year. Just in time for ResurrXion.

 

Along with these Funko Pop vinyls, it does seem to be a sign that restrictions that saw posters, statues, T-shirt and other licenses removed in the way of Marvel’s contre temps with Fox, are on the wane.

Marvel Comics are pushing an X-Men publishing relaunch in the spring of next year and have promoted Fox’s upcoming X-Men TV shows in a way they haven’t done for Fox’s X-Men movies – which they all but ignored.

This also comes at a time with the Marvel company is divided against itself, with the Marvel Studios film brand separated from the rest of Marvel, reporting directly to Disney instead.

It appears that the enemy if my enemy is, once again, your friend.

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