What is Funko Fusion and why will it make you never want to play video games again?

‘Funko Fusion’ is a blend of pop culture taken to the infinite, like an endless version of Pampling and La Tostadora’s t-shirts.

Putting pop culture in the spotlight was a mistake. Because from that spotlight came the Funkos. And from the Funkos, abominations like ‘Funko Fusion’, a game that tries to capture the spirit of LEGO games but using, instead of the beloved figurines, big-headed monsters with dead eyes. That being said, the crossover makes our teenage selves drool, bringing together so many franchises at the same time that it becomes an abominable amalgamation and a professional money grab.

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Fuuu-sion, now!

Have you ever wanted to play a video game that combines ‘The Mummy’, ‘Nope!’, ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Jaws’, and ‘Battlestar Galactica’? If your answer is, for some reason, “Yes”, you’re in luck, because ‘Funko Fusion’ is a mix of pop culture taken to the extreme, like an infinite version of Pampling and La Tostadora t-shirts.

Regarding the game itself, it will be a type of LEGO game: shooting, moving forward, picking up objects, those things. But of course, you can do it with details from ‘The Thing’ or ‘Xena, the warrior princess’. A few years ago, we would have been very excited about something like this, but now, accustomed to the endless mishmash of franchises colliding with their own franchises, it tastes like boredom and a tasteless mix with nothing else to offer. Terrifying. If this is the future of video games, why bother to continue.

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Collectible Obsession: Exploring the Vast Universe of Funko Pop Figures After 25 Years

If you think that there is a Funko for every character that has ever existed in pop culture, you are very wrong: there is more than one Funko for each character, many of which are repeated.

“Surely, more than once you have gifted a Funko in complete doubt of what to buy for that friend of yours whom you don’t know so well either. Does Jaime like Marvel? A Loki Funko. Does Marisa adore ‘BoJack Horseman’? Well, one of Mr. Peanutbutter. And off you go. If you believe that there is a Funko for every character that has ever existed in pop culture, you are very mistaken: there is more than one Funko for each character, and many are repeated.”

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Don’t get offended

Funko started in 1998 as a piggy bank factory. As you can imagine, a piggy bank factory in the late ’90s was not a guaranteed success, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy until it saw, thanks to the license to make bobblehead figurines of ‘Austin Powers,’ that the future lay in toy and doll collecting.

However, Austin Powers cannot be considered the first Funko Pop: in 1998, they made the mascot of the Big Boy restaurants. They only produced 450 units, and it is one of the most coveted by collectors. Then came the continuous successes and non-stop licenses, from animated films to DC, including Willy Wonka and product mascots. It has been 25 years since the nightmare began, and how many Funko Pops do you think you can buy?

The number of Funko Pops exceeds any figure you may have thought: 15,654, including metallic editions, XXL figures, keychains, and all the different lines by the company. Imagine trying to fit them all in your home. Just the basketball player figures amount to 123, and there are over 300 based solely on ‘Star Wars.’ Excluding Marvel and superheroes, the largest number of Funkos are centered around television: 1,260 figures, only one more than the ones based on movies. This is truly a collection for the most devoted fans.

Moreover, there are figurines of which there are only 10 copies, and they cost a fortune or have something special about them (for example, they glow in the dark). With so many versions available, even the most hardcore collectors have “only” managed to acquire 7,000 different figures. That’s less than half of the total! Just imagine entering a room filled with thousands of lifeless eyes staring back at you. Chilling, right? Or should I say, “escafunkíos.” The next time you receive one as a gift on your birthday, remember there are still 15,000 more out there. Don’t try to collect them all, for the sake of your wallet.

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From Pop Culture to Pop Price: Funko Collectible Sets Shocking $218,000 Price Tag

For the price of a decent apartment to reform in Madrid you have two figurines. Good buy.

I’m sure you know what Funkos are. What the hell, I’m sure you have one of them staring at you right now if you’re reading this from home. Those dolls with huge eyes, big head, small body and covering absolutely every nook and cranny of pop culture. They’re a perfect gift for that person you barely know, a way to show modernity without spending a bundle and a reminder that, in 2023, we’ll buy anything, no matter how ugly, if it’s from a franchise we like.

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How much is the maximum you would pay for a Funko? 15 euros? 25? 40, if it is one very special? In United States, a collector just pay 210,000 dollars for a pack of two Funkos ‘Charlie and chocolate factory‘. More concretely, Charlie and an oompa-loompa yellow-colored top down. For the price of a decent apartment to renovate in Madrid you get two figurines. A good buy.

Of course, these are not just any two Funkos: there are only ten such Funkos in the world, six of which were given during the 2016 Comic-Con at a party where they gave out chocolate bars to all attendees. Only six of them took a golden one, and thus the pack in question. In 2018, the first sale of it went for $10,000, but in just five years things have gone through the roof.

Although the Internet recommends paying no more than $165,000, Grail Game decided to pay a little more because of the crazy idea of its seller, which was to include it in a “mystery box” and give it to a stranger for only $15. You have to keep in mind that the exclusivity and the franchise they belong to do a lot to drive the price up. And no, you’re not crazy: it’s just two dolls painted yellow. It’s not even gold.

If you think the buyer wants the Funkos to decorate his living room, think again, “I’m 60% happy and 40% sorry. Besides the fact that I love the doll, I just think it will sell for a lot more someday.” Aw, man. The Funkos are the new NFT, by the looks of it. One can only hope for a better future for them, for their own sake.

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