can somebody tell my why people buy these pointless piece of garbage "Pop!" figures?
they have to be the most redundant waste of injection mold plastic ever. what the heck are the appeal of these non-anatomical inaccurate little figures
i could write a book about how much i hate these things, why are the eyes black? what the hell started this trend? whats so great about having all of the heads square? why not a triangle? who the fuck thought of it? why is it minimalist in the face but then detailed when it comes to the outfits? i wouldn't want one if it were free, so how on gods green earth do they sell?
Gavin Watson
>Hurr why people buy these things?
Because they want to, the fuck do you care? It's their money.
Jacob Stewart
oh heres a luke skywalker one, oh wow, damn. fuckin nailed it. holy shit well done, great job. amazing job.
you wouldnt be able to tell it was luke skywalker without the green lightsaber and the fucking label on the box, take those away somebody would think its a fucking lord of the rings figure. it looks like a poorly designed middle school art project
Jackson Ortiz
Collectables*
Ethan Jackson
FOR CHR- WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING
IT DOESNT EVEN LOOK LIKE HAN SOLO!
IT STRAIGHT UP LOOKS LIKE TOM CRUISE THESE THINGS MAKE ME LIVID
Landon Clark
>stop-liking-what-I-don't-like, the thread
Do you not realize that there is nothing on this planet that isn't hated by someone? You don't like these things, nobody gives a shit. They don't owe an explanation to you.
But ye, they are shit
Ryder Price
if you were buying a toy/action figure
wouldn't you want it to represent the character its supposed to be portraying? why in the production of these things is it a requirement for each and every one to have this template of a square head and black eyes, taking away from the detail of the character its supposed to emulate, i cant be the only person who hates these things
Jonathan Brooks
Thats only in the human ones. Girlfriend has a groot one on her dashboard that is cute as fuck.
Jacob King
i know someone who collects these as some form of dealing with his anxiety
he is a super massive faggot though, like nth degree queer
Gabriel Morales
>wouldn't you want it to represent the character its supposed to be portraying?
I like different styles of the character it is portraying. Just how I like different artist drawing the same character I like. You're just autistic about nothing.
Agreed, their non-human characters are pretty nice.
wat
Colton Russell
Nendroids for nubs
Jace Lopez
The target audience of these monstrosities has a significantly lower IQ than you do, OP. They're aimed the the average consumer-of-popular-culture normie. Idiots exist to be taken advantage of by those who are more intelligent.
Jonathan Moore
~damaged~
well i'll tell ya what they sure look easy to produce
low cost with high sale rate? ya feel
Andrew Mitchell
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Jack Barnes
Don’t worry OP, I don’t get why people obsess over them either. Then again I don’t really understand collection behavior either, but these are the worst example of it that’s for sure.
Noah Anderson
guh, what the fuck is this thing
Grayson Perry
I don't understand not collecting things. Maybe we can swap questions.
Brandon Sullivan
well hot damn i thought i was the only one
Gavin Bell
I only buy the non-humanoid ones because they look kinda cool. The normal mouthless ones looks dumb as fuck though.
Joseph Barnes
I don't like em either, OP. They look horrendous
Alexander Clark
Agreed, most of mine are non-human. I love their aliens and monsters.
Ayden Powell
SQUARE
HEADS
Mason Diaz
Lol your a dumb ass
They are collectable figurines that are worth 20-200 bucks they aren’t supposed to actually look like the stars just dressed up as them
I buy them at 10 bucks a pop and sell them in the 100 range...
Adrian Wood
i could imagine these would trigger a star wars fan
Logan Reed
But that’s not collecting just because you enjoy collecting these things. What you’re talking about is investing in them to eventually sell them to people who DO enjoy them.
David Myers
thats how you know this dude has at least 500 of these on his desk
Asher Sanchez
They’re readily available in most stores and probably an impulse buy. Having similar base dimensions probably makes it cheaper to mass produce.
Robert Lewis
starts off his defense with an insult
Joseph Evans
It’s like collecting baseball cards except this is Hollywood movies or shows. I’ll also admit some of them are really cool Had abou that much sold most of them gained almost 1000 while I only spend about 200 bucks in total...
Asher Green
((imagination is the essence of discovery))
Michael White
>looks like tom cruise
im dead
Michael Ortiz
I can understand that to some people they are simply appealing, like they put it in their room and it gives them pleasure like a painting or eases their mind like a potted plant. What I don’t really get is the obsession of “completing” the collection. It just seems so arbitrary sometimes. Like why stamps from the year 1957 and not coins from the 18th century. Why these box head dolls and not anime figurines? What makes one category better than the other and what is this need to “finish the set”? Compulsion? Obsession? Like I said, I don’t get it.
Blake Morales
People can multitask, not our fault you don't have that kind of capacity.
Carter Wilson
The collector ones are worth alot of money
Jacob Miller
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Brandon Smith
I bought this one for my wife. She likes to paint. The only one we have though.
Jason Russell
Because collecting a set is better then just having one figure. Like I said, you will spend about 30 bucks for the set and you can sell the set with in one year for 150. Some figures sell themselves about that much
Luis Miller
feeling targeted because original poster doesn't like little character toys
*responds in anger*
Juan Miller
this one resembles bob ross pretty decently
Jonathan Reyes
Atrocities come in many forms
Charles Young
you're*, dumbass
Carter Flores
is there a Pop! figure for Off-By-One Kenobi?
Ryan Johnson
what the crap is that thing
Bentley Davis
because they are cool and can be worth several thousand dollars to the right person
David Foster
>can somebody tell my why No. Nobody can. But they'll sure buy them!
Joshua Sullivan
for the love of
Aiden Kelly
How else am I going to show my normie friends how nerdy I am, I can't buy proper weeb statues or figurines as that would be too nerdy and might make my friends think im a weird pedo or something, I need something inoffensive and recognizable but still "nerdy" enough to look like something Sheldon would own, Luckily Gamestop has dedicated most of their store to these crappy looking plastic things that look vaguely like popular nerdy thingies. Just look at this loveley rendition of Hatsune Miku popular holographic superstar, doesn't it just scream "I'm such a geek"
Brody Stewart
While this example just oozes "pedo"
Cooper Parker
>all defensive arguments revolve around the resale value
Nathaniel Murphy
I think your a need that’s just pissed cause nobody is buying or trading actual figures of Star Wars like they used to
Parker Brown
>What I don’t really get is the obsession of “completing” the collection
Depends on what that means to the person. For example, I have no problem getting only a few characters I like from one franchise (Say a Street Fighter character I use the most) vs Ninja Turtles and despite my favorite is Donatello, I'd feel I'd need to get the other 3 because it's just fucking weird to me not to have the other 3.Then of course I'd want the villians to compliment the 4 turtles...and that's when things get a little complicated. Same thing with ghostbusters to me.Having one character in each thing just seems kinda dead to me.
>Like why stamps from the year 1957 and not coins from the 18th century.
Who says you have to have one but not the other? Or both? No one says you can only collect one thing.
>Why these box head dolls and not anime figurines?
1) pricing is completely different 2) MOST things I'm into is western and not a lot of things Japan makes reflects what I'm into. 3) They rarely do all the characters I actually like. 4) They only focus on the popular vs what I may actually be into 5) When Japan produces things, they do it in different waves and it gets really confusing. Like if I wanted the full One Piece Crew I'd have to make sure they are all from the same set because if not then my display would look fucking weird.
> What makes one category better than the other and what is this need to “finish the set”? Compulsion? Obsession? Like I said, I don’t get it.
That more or less falls into the realm of personal preferences. Just like how people want vinyl vs CD or blu ray over DVD or going to live concerts and seeing the movie at the theater.
Charles Martinez
Lol why else do people collect for.. coins,baseball cards, Pokémon cards...
Zachary Ross
burn them all
Liam Scott
Did poodiepie agree to this lmao
Gavin Edwards
they havn't grown out of the toy stage.
Kayden James
I just agree with OP that the POP figurines are ugly as fuck and has a tendency to attract some of the worst types of nerds. And I collect weeb figurines
Levi Cruz
What does that even mean? There's no such thing.
James Brown
If you're an adult, and are buying toys, you need to grow up.
Matthew Hall
well it makes collecting easier when you know you can get back a portion of the cost or make a profit if youre smart. kinda like getting into MTG
Jack Lee
see
Henry Gomez
I dont get it either
Joshua Reyes
You can just ignore things you don't like. That's what most normal people do.
Charles Lewis
Elaborate on that. Grow up and what?
Henry Rodriguez
They are the Beanie Babies of the 2000s. Buying them as an 'investment' is idiotic.
Easton Price
Put away childish things.
Luis Reed
I don't sell the ones I buy, but in this day and age anyone who sees profit outside nerd culture has become increasingly easy.
Brody Morris
Why? You haven't said anything to convince me yet.
Jayden Gomez
Listen to classic music and read books? or maybe play my 3ds in public?
Noah Walker
lol, look at this fag I found on their subreddit. He should be glad his mom is dead so she didnt have a chance to see the full extent of the failure that her son would become.
Brandon Bailey
I am not here to convince you.
David Barnes
Why would I play your 3DS in public?
Alexander Phillips
i got a dragonborn one and thats it
Gavin Price
Nope... for a short while it was the fidgetspinners, followed by those weird animal rubber band bracelets...
Jack James
I bought a spike spiegel one for like 7$ because I like cowboy bebop
Nathan Wright
Then why reply? I'm literally wiling to hear you out and all you can come up with is "g-g-grow up"
Austin Murphy
i like figurines as much as the next cringe weaboo otherkin demisexual normie hater
but these are just tragic
Noah Martinez
Should have left out the "my", sorry for the confusion.
Lucas Taylor
*michael jackson popcorn gif*
John Sanchez
clearly you are too young to remember the rise and fall of beanie baby
Elijah Rogers
This discussion is like saying why buy stock from the stock market or buy bitcoin, grow the fuck up and get a job... the fuck is this about
Tyler Kelly
>Breaks into home >Opens and empties every box >Only steal the boxes
Matthew Johnson
people didn't try to get one (or more) of every fidget spinner. there were hundreds of companies making them.
not the same, except for being popular.
animal bracelets, I can't speak for.
Easton Foster
Because I wanted to. Why are you so concerned with my opinion? Focus on your own.
Sebastian Parker
Not at all I was raised in the 90ds.. the exception here is that beanie baby’s were targeted for girls. While funko pop is targeted to all ages
Ryder Russell
Y-you wouldn't dare
Parker Thompson
But I already read books, listen to music. I don't play handheld games in public because I'm fully aware how easily I can lose it by accident or by getting mugged. I've seen people play their switch in pulic and I think they're incredibly naive or lucky a nigger doesnt see them.
Dominic Cook
>animal bracelets He is talking about those things that were out like 10 years ago. Silly Bandz
Mason Thomas
LOL SILLYBANDS
haha what the fuck even were those
Thomas Johnson
are you on about live strong bracelets?
i remember there being brawls over those things
Jeremiah Turner
Because I'm willing to accept your view but you don't seem to have much to say besides regurgitate what you've been told. I am always up for debate and I debate to expand my viewpoint and horizons.
Joshua Moore
No its not. The stock market (as a whole) has historically gained value since their creation, and massive business infrastructure has been built around them. They are part of a legit retirement / savings strategy.
Some pop culture kids dolls are not the same.
Gabriel Morgan
any idea why people drink this drug alcohol, with its adverse effects on the body and behavior, its the worst drug on the planet.
Sebastian Ross
You’ll be surprised how theirs a small market of sellers and traders of those spinners. They just aren’t as popular as they were a few months ago
Joshua Price
Hahaha nice edge surely you are a full grow adult to be able to make such a complicated and nuanced joke you sir have made me give quite a hearty chuckle!
Anthony Sullivan
>Han Solo >no Corellian Bloodstripe wtf
Connor Miller
underrated post
Wyatt Fisher
>i could write a book about how much i hate these things Because youre severely autistic
Connor Peterson
this image makes me very uncomfortable these people really exist, dont they...?
Juan Hernandez
Yea, I know of them, but I imagine it wasn't just one company making them, and people strived to collect all they made. They probably didn't go out searching for online weeks for a 'purple bunny' to add to their collection (for example). Or say, "all I need is this blue teddy bear bracelet !" and try to find out when stores are getting shipments.
Wyatt Peterson
But I also know a few hundred people who buy stocks just to have them, they have no intention of selling them. They just want to own them, just like these funko pops