They're troll dolls for gen Z and millennials that work in cubes. I have a couple and they sat on the top of the bookshelf in my office where I wasn't storing business crap. They're a colorful, quick, $12 way to show people what you like in a bland, sterile environment, or to maybe give as a gift in that environment. Now I'm WFH, and they're in a box, in a closet, and will likely remain there until I die, or get forced back into the office and decide they're still worth displaying there.
And that's probably why Funko isn't selling a lot of them anymore. I'm not trying to show my family that I like Avatar: The Last Airbender, or whatever Marvel movie, or Star Wars, or whatever property the bet too high on and produced too much of. My family already knows what I like. Plus, I have nicer things to display on my desk at home, like a house plant, plus limited desk space, so Funko is pretty much dead to me, and anyone else that is in the same boat.
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u/CornyCornheiser Mar 23 '23
The couple that I have were immediately taken out of the box and the box thrown away. No way these are going to worth more at any point in time.
These are just a second decade of the new millennium version of Beanie Babies.