Overwatch continues to grow and not just within the game but in the collectible circuit. When you have such an amazing cast of characters you of course have to show them off. This time Tracer is back and with a new Overwatch League exclusive Funko Pop. Tracer is shown wearing her own special gear in a spiffy new white and orange outfit. The packaging will feature two stickers for those in the box collectors. This is a simple and cool collectible for any Overwatch League fans n you can find yours here. Don't forget you can join Tracer and rep your favorite Overwatch League teams with new kick ass jerseys from your favorite team. We have included some of our favorites below and you can find them and more are located here.
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Tracer Overwatch League Funko Pop! – Fanatics Exclusive
Product ID: 3656729
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Brand: Funko
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This figurine is officially licensed by The Overwatch League.
Overwatch League 2020 Authentic Jersey
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Show off your dedication to your favorite Overwatch League squad with this Florida Mayhem Authentic 2020 Home Jersey. For this specially-designed kit, Overwatch League turned to Jeff Staple, Founder and Creative Director of Staple Design, to merge the worlds of gaming and streetwear. The first uniform truly designed for eSports athletes, Jeff and the Staple creative team worked closely with the league and players to ensure they not only visually redefined the eSports kit, but also functionally, by incorporating technology and innovative features to enable peak player performance. Perfect for a real gamer like yourself, this jersey features bold team graphics that are perfect for showing your allegiance
Hey there! By now, I hope you've seen my earlier article concerning an overview of Gamestop's experimental revitalization and rebranding project in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known there as "Gamestop 2.0". If not, this can be found here. I'd highly recommend you give it a look if you want an overview of what marvelous things await the gaming and game merchandise company, and through their unveiling, the consumers. Additionally, check out my latest article prior to this for detailed information about my trip to the larger Gamestop 2.0 store.
The "Co-op" couch of the second location. Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
On two occasions during my adventure to Tulsa, I visited a specific Gamestop 2.0 that wasn't on the itinerary. This second location was unique to the others in that it was mostly based in selling collectibles and prided itself, above other things, on Funko Pop! figurines. This article will give a look at this second location.
A panoramic shot of the back end of the second location. Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
This store has all of the typical Gamestop amenities like video games and helpful, knowledgable staff who can assist on any of the things you need to inquire about as a Gamestop customer, but as mentioned above, they are a Gamestop 2.0 store, and so they have a particular focus. In addition to the one Co-op Couch they have towards the front end of the store, this Gamestop 2.0 has:
A lot of Funko Pop! figurines
Collectibles that aren't necessarily Pop!-related
Trading cards
The store really mostly markets all of the above, just magnified beyond what a typical Gamestop already has. Zach Shor, Head of Innovation with Gamestop and one of the big-name team members on the Gamestop 2.0 project in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said that this store is the model that's likely to be reworked the most.
Now, you may be wondering what that little display doo-dad is doing there centrally in the panoramic shot above. This is another feature that Gamestop 2.0's all possess – it's basically their version of an online kiosk. Dubbed "The Endless Aisle", it is designed to help customers find what they need at a certain store. I tried it out at the Retro model, and I'll get more into my thoughts on it when I discuss that.
Here's the biggest problem with this location: Location itself is everything, and most malls have at least one-to-two of these three things:
Hot Topic
BoxLunch
ThinkGeek
This store in the Woodland Hills Mall is competing against allthree. And, when you factor exactly what kind of merchandise these stores sell, you're talking about Funko Pop!s, gaming apparel, and neat game-related merchandise besides. And that's true for all three of these locations. Being that this Gamestop 2.0 is the "Collectibles" store model, this doesn't bode very well, even considering how ThinkGeek is part of Gamestop now.
ThinkGeek's awning, also in the Woodland Hills Mall. Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
Ultimately, this store could be a thriving one, if it were located somewhere with less competition. I'd be inclined, if it were up to me, to switch the "Collectibles" store model with the "Retro" model that I keep talking about, but that's just my opinion.
At any rate, it was still a pretty cool location and was quite fun to marvel at. But what do you think of this store model? Is it a tough sell for you, or could you see yourself buying exclusive collectibles here? Let us know!
If you'd like to visit Gamestop 2.0 at the Woodland Hills Mall, the address is: 7021 S Memorial Dr, Tulsa, OK 74133
Gamestop has been a quintessential force in gaming retail. Famous for having a presence in almost every shopping mall and retail strip, and infamously joked about for providing heavily-diminished returns on trade-ins, people often say that Gamestop is on its last legs. However, despite anything that you may have heard, this could not be farther from the truth. This weekend, I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in that very town, with facilitation from the company itself, I came across Gamestop's plans for "Gamestop 2.0", a complete revitalization of the retail chain.
Woodland Hills Mall's Gamestop store, just one of my stops this weekend. Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
The first store I went to, out of a total of four stores visited in Tulsa and the surrounding towns (which itself is out of thirteen stores as a grand total in the area), was their largest space in the highly-experimental rebranding test. Therein, I saw a massive space with a whopping 36 gaming monitors, "co-op" couches in front of massive television screens, and concessions in the back. They even had a community table where people were playing Dungeons & Dragons!
The first location – larger Social model! Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
But what's more, I saw people of various ages playing together. This to me was never something I would ever have considered for the Gamestop brand, and it's wonderful to see. And what made this even cooler was that this was only the beginning.
At the second location, which was nestled in the Woodland Hills shopping mall conveniently nearby my hotel, the Gamestop there, also part of the experiment, had and sold video games like the first and also had a co-op couch and screen, but they also had a major focus: Funko Pop! figurines and other collectibles.
The second location – Collectibles model! Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
This was neat to me because despite its immediate proximity to places like ThinkGeek, Hot Topic, and BoxLunch, I could imagine anyone looking for non-exclusive (or – let's face it – exclusives in equal measure) Pop! figures going there first above any of the aforementioned stores. This upheaval in strategy is novel of Gamestop, and I'm here for it!
That was all of Friday's fun. How grand! I could not wait to see what more lay in store for me as well as the other people invited to experience this amazing experiment firsthand.
On Saturday, I visited a smaller model store with similar specs to the first store visited. This store was equipped with twelve monitors, as opposed to 36, but virtually every other Gamestop 2.0 amenity was there. To top that off, space equaled what one might see of a typical Gamestop store as it stands now. That means there's more than just mere hope for this experiment to expand!
The third location – smaller Social model! Source: Gamestop (photo credit: Josh Nelson)
Finally, I visited a "retro" location, which was roughly an hour outside of Tulsa. This store boasts games from every generation of console from the original Nintendo Entertainment System onwards and has four CRT-televisions to play any number of these games on, in addition to the standard amenities that Gamestop 2.0 seems to offer (including the co-op couches and collectibles).
This entire experiment has untold potential behind it, and I'm more than eager to see what becomes of this project. In the coming parts of this massive feature, I'll be going over all the wonders of what I saw across each day this past weekend, and also detailing the hurdles that Gamestop faces at each store (and how they propose to face said hurdles).
But what do you think of the new store model types that Gamestop is testing out in Tulsa, Oklahoma? Do any of these particular models appeal to you as a consumer? Let us know!
We finally get to take a look at all the recently announced Funko Pops! New York Toy Fair continues to impress us with a massive drop in upcoming figures. From Fight Club to Marvel Zombies, Funko is bringing the heat this time. We were able to get some photos from the booth this morning so today Bleeding Cool is your all-access pass to get up close and personal with some upcoming figures. We do get to see our first look at the recently announced Baby Yoda Funko Pop and he is just as adorable as ever. Other pictures like the recently unveiled Yu-Gi-Oh Funko Pops are beautiful! That Exodia figure is pretty freaking badass and will make any fan a happy collector. One of the most interesting pieces is the upcoming Pop Album that is honestly blowing my mind. Is it an album with a collectible Funko Pop? Or is it just a recreation of a music album with a massive box like a Pop Movie moment? Funko will defiantly have some explaining to do because if we can get vinyl albums with our vinyl Pops then the game has changed!! More will be coming out this weekend as we continue to give you coverage of all the news coming out of New York Toy Fair 2020. Pre-orders for a lot of the figures are already out too and you can find them all located in one place here.
