Selling Funko!: 12/08/17

Friday, December 8, 2017

The Weekly Static s01e17: Sad King, Missing Thrones, No Easter, and More!

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I’m only twenty-three for another hour, give or take, but I’m a fan of yours and I need a good mistake. I’m not a sinner or preacher, all I have is slight of hand. I do magic tricks for… The Weekly Static! Whether it’s “welcome” or “welcome back,” it’s great to have you join us as we assume squatters’ rights on this patch of pop culture property.

But before we get to that that — and not to freak you out or anything — but I think you’ve got a…

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…crawling on your shoulder. Hold on! Think I got it!

The Weekly Static is my righteously desperate-yet-endearing attempt at finding the lighter side and an interesting perspective on the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets.

Our goal? Pretty simple:

● Offer a blunt, honest perspective on a handful of random TV news posts from the past week that also highlights your relentless team of news-thirsty Bleeding Cool writers and the quality work they do.

● Spotlight a news item we missed, but we’re pretty damn sure you’ll find it interesting.

● Feed my insatiable ego with humble offerings of praise, adulation, social media shares, pizza, Superman Funkos, and a plethora of Eisner Award nominations. And at least one write-in vote in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (and I wish I was joking about that one).

Hulkamania Triumphant as WrestleMania 3 Venue Survives Attempted Demolition

Neil Gaiman’s Present to Us All on Christmas Day – A BBC Adaptation of Anansi Boys

Steven Moffat: Doctor Who Is Not Just for Progressive Liberals; It’s for Brexit Voters, Too

American Gods Season 2: Will Easter Get a Passover?

WWE Legend Jerry “The King” Lawler Talks Sexual Assault, Women’s Equality in Sexist Rant

The Exorcist Showrunner Jeremy Slater Ain’t Got Time for Twitter Homophobes

CBS All Access Books Passage to Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone

Twelve Forever: Netflix Nabs Julia Vickerman Animated Series for 2019

Georges St-Pierre Forfeits UFC Middleweight Title, Future Up in the Air

HBO 2018 Promo: Westworld, Sharp Objects – But No Game of Thrones?

Barack Obama-Joe Biden Animated “Bromantic Comedy” In Works With Conan O’Brien Among EPs

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“An animated high-concept adventure series featuring Barack Obama and Joe Biden as time travelers in search of a better future has brought production company Titmouse and Conan O’Brien on board as executive producers.

‘Barry & Joe: The Animated Series’ is in development, described as a “bromantic comedy” by creator Adam Reid. The project was jump-started by more than $100,000 in pledges from liberal die-hards via Kickstarter since its August launch…”

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Ray Flook

Funko Roundup: Saga, Star Wars, Monster Hunter, Bendy, and More!

Funko never stops announcing things, being one of the most active toy manufacturers around. This week was no different, with a bunch of new products and licences coming. So, let’s take a look at some of the new stuff coming to our collections, shall we?

First up is Monster Hunters! The hugely popular game series gets four Pops to start with. I’m sure more will be coming with how popular these games are. I have never played any of them, so the cat Pop raises some questions for me, but they look cool nevertheless. Look for these in February.

Next up are more game-related Pops, as the fan-favorite puzzle game Bendy and the Ink Machine gets the Funko treatment. It’s another game that I want to play, just lack the time to do so. These look amazing, however. As an old-school animation fan, just the look of these makes me want all of them. When I first saw them I thought they were from a long-lost Disney film or something. These will be at Hot Topic first exclusively in January then everywhere in April.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes out in one week, so why not have even more Star Wars Funko in our lives? First up is some OT Mystery Mini plush keychains. These are pretty adorable, with the Jawa being the one I would want to get for myself. The C-3PO looks hysterical, however. He looks like he has a creepy baby head. We are also getting a Vice Admiral Holdo Pop. Played by Laura Dern in the film, not a ton is known about this character (that I have read, anyway; I’m on spoiler watch), so for now I will temper my excitement until after it opens. These will be in stores in January.

Finally, the latest in the Funko Specialty Series has been revealed, and it is a special version of Alana holding baby Hazel from the mega-hit comic Saga. Specialty Series releases are usually found only in places like comic shops and such, as a thank-you to smaller stores for carrying Funko products. This one might prove to be their most popular yet. Look for that one in stores sometime next spring.

Many of these products can also already be preordered at sites like this one.

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Jeremy Konrad

Funko #Marvel #CollectorCorps Hulk Box Order Window Closing Soon

The next Marvel Collector Corps box smashes it’s way onto the scene this December!

The Funko Marvel Collector’s Corps HULK box officially closes on December 15th, but just in case you hadn’t quite made up your mind about reserving this box, we’ve got something to help nudge you along.

Click here to see a spoiler of one of the items in the box.

via http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/funko-marvel-collectorcorps-hulk-box-order-window-closing-soon/
Daniel Pickett

The Free Comic Book Day 2018 Items That Aren’t Comics

Not everything offered for Free Comic Book Day is free. Well, I mean, the comics are (to the customers, at least, not the retailers) but there are some merchandise items for Free Comic Book Day that actually turn a profit.

That includes the Batgirl & Nightwing Comic Vinimate 2-Pack for $19.99

A fan-favorite dynamic duo – Nightwing and Batgirl – swing into action with this new comic-based DC Vinimates release that’s exclusive to Free Comic Book Day 2018! These 4″ tall vinyl figures are sculpted in the block-figure style, each striking an iconic pose straight from the comics. This Vinimate 2-pack comes packaged in a full-color box.

There’s the Funko POP! Saga: Bloody Lying Cat for $11.99

Inspired by the best-selling, award-winning Image Comics series Saga from Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Lying Cat joins Funko’s POP! Vinyl Figure line with this exclusive figure that will be available for Free Comic Book Day! Standing 3 3/4″ tall with the stylized design that has proven so popular with consumers, Lying Cat will call you out when you say you don’t want him! Window box packaging.

As well as the Marvel Gallery PVC Diorama at $45,

And items which could be given away by very generous retailers but might cost you a couple of bucks include the DC Comics Batman symbol metal pin and the Marvel Spider-Gwen metal pin which retailers can order big bags of.