The first Funko Fundays

Postby **mikem** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:25 am

Since our annual Funday is around the corner I was wondering who on the board attended the first one at Sparkeys? I don't recall who was all there. Only 1 I remember was Nessnodder and legends who aren't on the board anymore. Were you there?

Postby **Reverend** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:27 am

Wow that a great question Mike, do you have pictures

Postby **funkystark** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:27 am

I wish, I think the zillas said they have some of the original events recorded.

Postby **mikem** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:31 am

No I don't have pictures. I really liked the irst one. It was simple and fun. We had cereal to eat. All different kinds of cereal to tie in with the cereal wobblers. Less than jake had breakfast with us. Very cool event.

Postby **yoohooal** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:46 pm

Missed it - I was at the second one in Vegas, and every one since.

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:55 pm

Fundays in Vegas sounds... Fun!

Postby **yoohooal** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:56 pm

It was a blast!

Postby **chester** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:08 pm

I wish they brian would do a Vegas funday instead of at comic con, but I understand that he is a busy man!!

Postby **cliffd64** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:50 pm

yoohooal wrote:Missed it - I was at the second one in Vegas, and every one since.

Me too...

Postby **cliffd64** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:52 pm

It's amazing to me just how far the Fundays have come... it is almost unimaginable that it could keep getting better but every year, Brian and his staff top themselves!!!

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:34 pm

My first was the Vegas too !

Postby **glowfunkofreak** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:12 pm

We was all Funatic Virgins ... :roflmao:

Postby **FFJim** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:28 pm

Nerds!

Postby **icemanfan44** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:02 pm

Ness has major hair!

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:06 pm

FunkoFanJim wrote:Nerds!

I LOL'ed

Postby **RDK** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:36 pm

Vegas was the first for me too! (And a bit of trivia: it was held the same night as Siegfried (or Roy) got eaten by his tiger.) I missed the first Fundays at Sparky's by "this" much. I work just down the hill from Sparky's, stopped in all the time, but didn't discover the first Funko board and hear about the event until just a few days after it occurred!

Postby **glowfunkofreak** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:17 pm

Ok .. I just noticed the Events page on JAFO is extremely lacking for the Vegas Fundays ..

New Project ..

Postby **Jango_Fresh** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:20 pm

Thanks for sharing pics Ron!

Postby **Reverend** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:33 pm

Wow great pics Ron, Cliff looked like a little kid

Postby **yoohooal** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:57 pm

Postby **dustman94** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:40 pm

funkystark wrote:I wish, I think the zillas said they have some of the original events recorded.

I WATCHED THE VIDEO WHEN I WAS UP THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. IT WAS FUNNY

Postby **kevinbuddha** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:29 am

Vegas was my first Funday event too. The Sparky's event was set up very quick and I could not get time off of work to go. It was not a work-friendly event ;-)

Postby **Alleycat** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:03 am

My first Funday was 2005. I think that was the year after Vegas #-o

Been to every one since.

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:04 am

That's when you got hit in the head with a freddy flyer, wasn't it ? :razz:

Postby **Alleycat** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:13 am

ShoMeNodder wrote:That's when you got hit in the head with a freddy flyer, wasn't it ?

Can't remember :blackeye:

Postby **glowfunkofreak** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:25 pm

Vegas was 2003.
The next Funday (3) was at SDCC 2005, no Funday party @ SDCC 2004.

Postby **icemanfan44** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:30 pm

Alleycat wrote:
ShoMeNodder wrote:That's when you got hit in the head with a freddy flyer, wasn't it ?

Can't remember

Since Craig could not pick these bad boys out of a line up they were charged but never convicted with assault. They are wanted on a "failure to appear" warrant so if you see them do not approach. Contact your local authorities and report the sighting.

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:31 pm

I better keep those boys in hiding then !

Postby **icemanfan44** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:33 pm

yoohooal wrote:

Elvis and Al! Is that a Freddy Cap?

Postby **icemanfan44** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:35 pm

ShoMeNodder wrote:I better keep those boys in hiding then !

a very cool and obscure piece of Funko history. Probably the most seldom seen of all the 1/48s that Funko has done.

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:38 pm

Plus the proto ho dna on them !

Postby **Jango_Fresh** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:45 pm

Those flyers are awesome! Wow! Was there a size run? Or all one size?

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:47 pm

I think a lot of them were size 8 for some reason.

Postby **icemanfan44** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:57 pm

The pair I had now reside in Bo's collection. They are size ten. Like Carol said , the majority I have seen were size 8 and 9.
Carol I just wish there was a photo of that somewhere. The story is so funny it has added much to the Freddy Flyer mystique.

Postby **ShoMeNodder** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:02 pm

That was the 2005 fundays...it was when i first met my best boy pal Craig at comic con and we sat together at fundays...they started tossing out protos & stuff across the room (don't recommend this practice) and when Mike Becker threw those freddy flyers, they hit Craig in the head, grazed me and whoever was sitting in back of me picked them up and handed them to me...think my glasses fell off ! It was also the year where Brian was introduced by Mike as the new funko owner...sad time for we Becker lovers...they showed a vhs tape of Mike's Funko experience...some of us got to buy (?) this tape, believe i have one. As much as i like Brian, i've always had a soft spot for Mike.

Postby **yoohooal** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:16 pm

icemanfan44 wrote:
yoohooal wrote:

Elvis and Al! Is that a Freddy Cap?

Yep, don't know what happened to it, though. That Elvis was really good. He sang some songs - there was one all about how great Funko was and how much Bosley sucked.

We had hot dogs for lunch. :eek:

Postby **Alleycat** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:07 pm

Good times!!!!!

Postby **Jennifer** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:15 pm

I don't even remember how I heard about it but I didn't know to sign up for it or anything so I just showed up at the sparky's store just in time for the unveiling of Mike Becker in the wobbler window. So technically I was there but I didn't get any exclusives nor was I involved in the breakfast they had. So I was like half there.

Postby **Reverend** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:18 pm

Jenn your hot!

Postby **Jennifer** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:21 pm

That was a hundred years ago and 60 pounds ago but thank you!

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