SDCC Dorbz budgets/planning

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Wed May 25, 2016 5:32 am

Anyone else excited and a bit afraid for what SDCC has in store for us Dorbz collectors? I know I'm filled equally with both emotions. Excited to see exclusives (and hopefully Star Wars!!!!!) and also if there will be more Freddy Dorbz released. A bit afraid at the secondary market and it's insane markups for whatever Funko unleashes on us this year. I take care of my mum (cancer) so I cannot attend SDCC. Instead I've been putting away loot here and there building up a nice budget. Any of you been doing same? Mine is currently at $2650. Might seem a bit excessive but if there's like 5 Freddy Dorbz released for example and the only way to get those was at FunDays I'm 100% positive that the going rates for any of them will be in the couple hundred range right off the bat. Toss in any booth exclusives and the general insanity of the reseller market and it can add up. I wanted to extra sure I'll be able to get any Dorbz I want this year and hopefully have a budget leftover for NYCC and so on going into Winter. Curious if anyone else is planning ahead or am I nuts, haha!

Postby **allhermight** » Wed May 25, 2016 6:40 am

I probably don't have as much of a plan as you do until it gets a little bit closer, but my Dorbz wishlist also probably isn't as expansive as yours. I only really care about Marvel Dorbz so that will make it a little less crazy for me. But I should probably, at the very least, establish a budget and firmly stick to it! I think I'm more excited about the announcement part of it than the actual buying part though. It'll be fun.

Postby **PopGoestheJess** » Wed May 25, 2016 7:13 am

I'm planning ahead...to not get my hopes up. I'm not going and know that the prices on ebay will be way more than I'm willing to pay.

Postby **xmaldigolax** » Wed May 25, 2016 8:11 am

yeah I'm just going to keep my eyes on popcultcha. sadly. just like last year I will be in San diego, and still buying from online retailers lol

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Postby **groundhog7s** » Wed May 25, 2016 8:57 am

Yeah, I'm preparing by reminding myself I don't collect con exclusives. Maybe Popcultcha or Gemini.

Although, if I sell plasma every week between now and SDCC, maybe...

Postby **treswright** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:15 am

Blasphemic Nephilim wrote:Anyone else excited and a bit afraid for what SDCC has in store for us Dorbz collectors?

I really went deep on SDCC and NYCC purchases last year, there were only a few pieces I didn't want/ get. But man, the super-limited numbers at ECCC this year and correspondingly high secondary market prices really turned me off. The one and only ECCC item I picked up was the Dorbz chrome Batmobile, what I paid for it would have bought 4 or 5 SDCC or NYCC exclusives last year. Ugh. So I'm just hoping the production numbers for SDCC are like last year and not like this year's ECCC!

But yes, very excited about the prospect of SW Dorbz! Here's hoping!

Blasphemic Nephilim wrote: Mine is currently at $2650.

So sorry to hear about your mom, I hope she kicks cancer in the butt! Good of you to help her :-)

And congrats on setting money aside, well done!

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:28 am

Thanks Tres! I figured prepare for the worst (eBay) as Gemini has kind of been nightmares past couple years for Pop!s and PC & other online spots always crash or sellout before I can get stuff. My biggest concern is FunDays haha. What if they do a whole line of Freddy Dorbz?!?! Fingers crossed its not total madness like ECCC was.

Postby **Valde** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:33 am

I miss out on a lot of product because I don't often pay above retail out of principal. If I need to get a Superman figure I will go up up and away but that's it. However I have no plan or budget at the moment, I think I'm going to wait until some things are revealed before I make a list.

Postby **Oatmealman** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:38 am

I don't have a "budget" so to speak but I'm hoping to buddy up with someone who's going and not a huge fan of dorbz

that way I can hopefully get the pieces I want! It will always be more $$ than planned but it's an absolute blast! I hope there's not a ton of Freddy dorbz eeeeeek!

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:57 am

The way I rationalize the extra costs (to an extant, haha) is I factor in flight from Hawaii where I live, hotel, convention tickets, FunDays tickets, and of course time in line when considering what I'm willing to pay. A lot of folks get irked at flippers, understandably so for regular store like HT & GameStop who get raided regularly but SDCC and other conventions don't have franchise locations all over the place. That's the only event the exclusives are available (summer convention stickers aside of course). If for example I pay $200 for an SDCC exclusive and that's the only one I wanted, I literally saved thousands of dollars and time by acquiring it online through the secondary market. If I knew anyone that was going I'd love to partner up but I think Funko is going to more strict this year so that route could prove to be more problematic than anything. Plus I'm honestly okay with what I know will be mental prices for the exclusives I want because as shown in my original post I planned ahead for the madness. I do hope it's not SPARTA level madness though. No one wants that.

Postby **Chase4Mase** » Wed May 25, 2016 11:22 am

Ooooo i hope there is another freddy dorbz....at least 1...iso more freddy dorbz.

Postby **PinkeyPikaPika90** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:34 pm

Sorry to hear about your mother I really hope she is able to over come her illness. Though as of yet I have no plans for sdcc dorbz I have some cash set aside but I have to see it to be excited because like I mentioned before I have collectors ADHD... So it's hard for me to focus on it all

but I try.

Postby **Battastic** » Thu May 26, 2016 7:22 am

I'm with everyone else. No hopes of landing the ones I will truly want and not willing to pay the price. I lucked up last year getting one item and I even felt then that it was too much.
I think I may save my money this year and stock up on Hi-C Ecto Cooler and Crystal Pepsi. At least when the apocalypse comes...I will have the best drinks lol

Postby **Jezter** » Thu May 26, 2016 3:57 pm

If they are the kinds that show up in stores like B&N and Hot Topic, then cool, but if they are online I usually fail at getting what I want regardless of what it is, so I won't have much hope there. Same as last year, haha.

Postby **valorandvellum** » Thu May 26, 2016 4:13 pm

I'll be at SDCC and since I'm single with no kids, I don't really have a budget lol

I'm just buying whatever speaks to me. This year Mattel and maybe LEGO won't be speaking as loudly to me so I can plan on putting most of my attention and effort towards getting in that Funko line. Sure, there is the option of buying the exclusives after the Con, but I enjoy the thrill of the hunt!

Postby **absyrd** » Thu May 26, 2016 4:25 pm

I'm trying to scrape together pennies to grab something from last year still...

Damnit.

Slow down.

I'll most likely have to live vicariously through you ladies and gents.

Postby **valorandvellum** » Thu May 26, 2016 4:37 pm

absyrd wrote:I'm trying to scrape together pennies to grab something from last year still...

Damnit.

Slow down.

I'll most likely have to live vicariously through you ladies and gents.

I was gonna do a little giveaway for the Ultron Pop from last year. Was thinking of doing that next week so keep an eye out for that ;-)

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Thu May 26, 2016 5:40 pm

valorandvellum wrote:I'll be at SDCC and since I'm single with no kids, I don't really have a budget I'm just buying whatever speaks to me. This year Mattel and maybe LEGO won't be speaking as loudly to me so I can plan on putting most of my attention and effort towards getting in that Funko line. Sure, there is the option of buying the exclusives after the Con, but I enjoy the thrill of the hunt!

if getting in line and grabbing me extra Dorbz speaks to you I'll be your huckleberry, hahaha $\:D/$

Postby **CaseyJones14** » Thu May 26, 2016 5:44 pm

Blasphemic Nephilim wrote:
valorandvellum wrote:I'll be at SDCC and since I'm single with no kids, I don't really have a budget I'm just buying whatever speaks to me. This year Mattel and maybe LEGO won't be speaking as loudly to me so I can plan on putting most of my attention and effort towards getting in that Funko line. Sure, there is the option of buying the exclusives after the Con, but I enjoy the thrill of the hunt!
if getting in line and grabbing me extra Dorbz speaks to you I'll be your huckleberry, hahaha $\:D/$

Give us a shout closer to the convention and we'll see what we can do. There are a couple of people in our group who aren't collectors so we could possibly snag you some. I don't think we'll be buying you $2650 worth though lol

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Thu May 26, 2016 5:50 pm

That would be absolutely amazing!!!

Postby **valorandvellum** » Thu May 26, 2016 5:55 pm

CaseyJones14 wrote:
Blasphemic Nephilim wrote:
valorandvellum wrote:I'll be at SDCC and since I'm single with no kids, I don't really have a budget I'm just buying whatever speaks to me. This year Mattel and maybe LEGO won't be speaking as loudly to me so I can plan on putting most of my attention and effort towards getting in that Funko line. Sure, there is the option of buying the exclusives after the Con, but I enjoy the thrill of the hunt!
if getting in line and grabbing me extra Dorbz speaks to you I'll be your huckleberry, hahaha $\:D/$

Give us a shout closer to the convention and we'll see what we can do. There are a couple of people in our group who aren't collectors so we could possibly snag you some. I don't think we'll be buying you $2650 worth though

The problem with this is that the non-Funko people will be getting in line for LEGO in the morning everyday. Unless we plan on trying to get into the Funko line multiple days? Assuming you and I can even get in line, we might only be able to get people the stuff that's not on our own Want Lists.

LOL @ Huckleberry. And LOL @ not buying $2650 worth. I don't think my car could fit that much.

Postby **Blasphemic Nephilim** » Thu May 26, 2016 6:10 pm

Makes me wish Dorbz weren't becoming so popular so there'd be no worries at all about getting of them haha. But that's not the case, they're too adorable lol

Postby **HowardTheDuck** » Thu May 26, 2016 6:14 pm

I know I've been saving for SDCC but that's mostly for Pops (and hopefully some Mopeez).

Postby **FunkoNewb** » Sun May 29, 2016 7:00 pm

im not planning any different than I would for pops or wobblers... but definitely excited to see what comes from SDCC. Im sure an SDCC freddy dorbz is guaranteed. I wonder how much longer Freddy's will be in pops form, and when they will be dorbz...

Website · Postby **kiptrip** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:17 pm

I'm really hoping they'll have some small Dorbz. I'm not into the XL ones (unless they make sense, like Giant Man).

Postby **beckysaurus** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:30 pm

I love how you're putting together your budget. And I am sending prayers to your mom! Keep fighting!!

I think this year will be different in a lot of ways, and it will be very exciting no matter what. Keep up some great relationships here and in the funko community and hopefully you won't have to blow your entire budget on the pieces you really love. I'm not very good at going in with a budget since so often I find surprising unexpected things while roaming the Con floor, and I do look for protos after Fundays as well and who knows what will show up. But that's the fun of it, and keep your chin up and it'll be a great time even for those who can't attend.

Postby **Jezter** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 4:26 pm

I never, ever get anything online when they are fast sales, I'm just not fast enough and have too many other things to worry about. That said, if anything shows up at B&N or Hot Topic, I'll swoop in and see what I can get. I only get very specific Dorbz though, so I'm not stressing over it. Yet.

Postby **Quazimoto** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:13 pm

I just hope there's not more than two that I feel I have to have. Recently caught DORBZ fever full force, but my budget is puny for stuff like that, so I'm praying it doesn't get destroyed too badly.

Postby **randig** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:09 pm

Teh good news is all the exclusive dorbz seem to top out at 50 bucks, well the ones that I have purchased and wanted.

Postby **TanyaTate** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:59 pm

I am "trying" to only stick to Disney. So, that may be good for me. But, I know when I see them I'll probably want all the exclusives LOL

Postby **groundhog7s** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:03 pm

I suppose my Dorbz plans depend on the quantities available. Hopefully it's not a repeat of ECCC and are much higher amounts available.

Postby **hikanteki** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:17 pm

groundhog7s wrote:I suppose my Dorbz plans depend on the quantities available. Hopefully it's not a repeat of ECCC and are much higher amounts available.

I agree completely. ECCC Funko exclusives were a major disappointment as the line was capped before we were even let into the hall! I am very interested in getting the Dorbz (but very few Pops), but I have my doubts on whether the Dorbz will even be accessible. If I miraculously end up making it into line, I’ll be happy to pick up some Pops & other products for Funatics.

Postby **valorandvellum** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:15 pm

I think last year, some of the dorbz were limited to 500. But they were still available each day. We were still able to get Groot and Deadpool (both limited to 500) on Sunday. I guess if dorbz are more popular now, who knows how long they will last :razz:

Postby **Stu** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:38 pm

If the rumor of the General Mills ad icons are true, those would be the only SDCC Dorbz exclusive I would be interested in getting...hoping that these would be a shared retailer exclusive, but they probably won't be, so I will probably have to go secondary market if I want them.

Postby **sushiguru** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:06 am

general mills has such a great following...its insane!

Postby **xmaldigolax** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 5:51 am

sushiguru wrote:general mills has such a great following...its insane!

frankenberry is my boy!

Postby **TigerLily1276** » Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:59 pm

I want all the DORBZ but will have to pick and choose which ones I can get.

Postby **0ShadowStories** » Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:19 am

Im very interested to see. I currently don't have dorbz except for Ultron but if I can afford these along with the pops then i might have to get some sdcc dorbz

Postby **sdcccrasher** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:46 am

Please release the first Star Wars Dorbz @ SDCC 2016!!!

Postby **Mr_Conejo** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:55 am

hopefully we will get to get in the funko line as last year, but it's going to be a struggle as it always gets capped off quickly. we are just excited to be able to attend for a second year in a row and Fundays as well. but definitely will be able to purchase a few exclusives, would love some star wars items

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