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Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Boba_Fetish » Wed May 31, 2017 6:04 pm

For years now, Hasbro has been offering fans a chance to nominate and vote for their favorite characters to become action figures, and with the recent poll on the MCC blog, I wonder if Funko would ever implement annual fan's choice polls in similar fashion? It would be cool to get individual polls for some of Funko's larger licenses like Star Wars, Marvel, DC and Disney.

If Funko ever did this and you were only given one vote for each property, who would you vote for?

These would be my choices:

Disney: Ed (The Lion King)
Star Wars: Revan (KoToR)
Marvel: Medusa (The Inhumans)
DC: Larfleeze (Green Lantern)
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Classier » Wed May 31, 2017 6:34 pm

Disney: SOOS!
Star Wars: Flocked Metallic GITD Transparent Blood-spattered Unmasked Sith Lord Rainbow Jungle slime-covered Dino Force BB-8
Marvel: Bedtime Deadpool (interpret that however you want. I want a Deadpool in his X-Men Jammies holding a teddy bear)
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby ruxy_100 » Wed May 31, 2017 10:08 pm

I think it would be a great idea. It's also a good tool for them to gauge general interest in particular characters or lines. They do similar things with their facebook comps where they ask people things like "which Disney pop should we make next".

But a proper fan poll would be cool.

For the main lines that I collect I would probably pick:

Disney: New sculpt of Ariel with fork
Star Wars: Hondo Ohnaka (I only really collect pops from the Rebels, because I have a separate SH Figuarts action figure collection for the live action movies)
Marvel: Quicksilver (Age of Ulton) - I know that won't happen due to licensing, so my back-up would be a new Nick Fury or Maria Hill (MCU versions)
Animation: Peppermint Butler (Adventure Time)
Doctor Who: Missy or 8th Doctor (Night of the Doctor)
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby NightmareMermaid » Wed May 31, 2017 10:30 pm

Of those four line I only collect Disney, so my choice would have to be Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I would like a regular version as well as a GITD and crystal variant (if that's possible to combine both of those, if not then there could be two variants). I also really want Eric, but I assume he'll be made eventually.

ruxy_100 wrote:Disney: New sculpt of Ariel with fork

I want this too. I still can't believe that not one Ariel they have made in any line is holding a dinglehopper.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Strending625 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:16 am

Disney: Aladdin or Rajah
Star Wars: a 2-pack with BT-1 and Triple Zero or Doctor Aphra
Marvel: Rhino, Scorpion or Shocker all 90's animated series versions
DC: Animal Man or Atrocitus with Dex-Starr or a Zilius Zox pop because that would be amazingly awesome lol
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Ar7 » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:40 am

Disney: Geri (Geri's Game animated short, it's Pixar but Disney as well)
Star Wars: Young Ahsoka (Clone Wars)
Marvel: Young Loki (Young Avengers)
D.C.: Impulse (Bart Allen)

One old dude and three kids! A weird, non-trend.

Geri, c'mon. Such an awesome character and he makes an appearance in Toy Story 2.

Young Ahsoka, in Clone Wars, is the Ahsoka we watched grow and learn, from the only version of Anakin to like. That relationship was great to watch. So many growing pains and ups/downs.

The Young and mischievous Loki in the Young Avengers really made for a character to root for that you weren't sure to root for. This is the Kieron Gillen and Jamie McElvie run. I did love the original two stories before this but this Young Loki, too fun.

Impulse is purely a fun book I think only I enjoyed. Humberto Ramos' whimsical artwork added so much fun and young energy to the story.

Anywho, my thoughts on a fun post. Thanks for the brain teaser! It really got me thinking.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby opopssum » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:54 am

Disney: They have done or are doing some of my favorite characters but thomas o'malley and more of the aristocats, we are getting Marie so the other might not be too far

Star Wars: Revan

Marvel: Hellcat

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Disney: Gizmoduck
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Marvel: MAN-THING!!!!!
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Jezter » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:27 am

This is so tough for me, mostly because some lines I don't collect, or I want a thousand pops for other lines, but I'll give it a go.

Disney- Aladdin, I don't really collect Disney often, but this would be cool.
Star Wars- I don't collect SW, but if I did I'd want and upside Luke with Yoda balancing on his foot. :D
Marvel- So tough, I want a couple hundred, but the top one right now, Nightcrawler!!
DC- Black suit Superman, after his death, long hair, silver symbol.


A few others, because I can.
Star Trek TNG- Q
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Boba_Fetish » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:29 am

Classier wrote:


That BB-8 sounds more like a Batman variant to me lol. And forgive my ignorance, but what character is that sweet sketch of?

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Exactly. While I like that Funko gauges interest on Fb, what I'm proposing would require some actual commitment to making what the fans want. I hope someone at Funko sees this, or comes up with this idea on their own and runs it by the licensors. I get excited every year for Hasbro's polls, and many of the resulting Star Wars and Marvel figures have become my absolute favorites, and I'm pretty sure many of the runner-ups end up being made as well. I'm imagining the winners of these things getting specialty series or sub box releases, or maybe a new distribution form altogether. Hasbro usually just gives theirs regular releases.

While I'm no Whovian, nor a fan of The Little Mermaid, I'll cosign all of your other picks. I've wanted Fury and Hill for a while now, as well as a complete pair of Maximoffs... though I'd rather a comic book Wanda than an MCU Pietro.

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I haven't read any of Marvel's Star Wars offerings, but all of your other picks get my official seal of approval; Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney flicks, I wont be happy until Spider-Man gets the Pop presence of Batman, and although I don't really collect DC pops, I would go all in for some of the Lantern Corps.


Ar7 wrote:


Thanks for your participation! I don't read too much DC, but as a "fan" of CW's Flash (It's a VERY guilty "pleasure" lol), and a big fan of Ramos' art, I may check out Impulse now.

opopssum wrote:


Love the Aristocats, I'd buy the whole cast! Can't wait for Marie! And good choice on Revan ;) I feel like he'd definitely win one of these polls without incident.

HowardTheDuck wrote:


HELL YES to Gizmoduck and Detective Chimp! They would make such unique and awesome looking Pops! I'm a Swamp Thing fan however, so I'm going to have to reject your Marvel pick :P
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Boba_Fetish » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:33 am

Jezter wrote:This is so tough for me, mostly because some lines I don't collect, or I want a thousand pops for other lines, but I'll give it a go.

Disney- Aladdin, I don't really collect Disney often, but this would be cool.
Star Wars- I don't collect SW, but if I did I'd want and upside Luke with Yoda balancing on his foot. :D
Marvel- So tough, I want a couple hundred, but the top one right now, Nightcrawler!!
DC- Black suit Superman, after his death, long hair, silver symbol.


A few others, because I can.
Star Trek TNG- Q
Horror- Poltergeist 2- Kane
Supernatural- Lucifer


Strong list. I'd especially love what you've chosen for Marvel and Star Wars, and am interested to see how they'd turn out. My dream Nightcrawler is mid-jump, like MCC Deadpool or Daredevil, with a purple BAMF! behind him, similar to HT Maleficent's flames.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Classier » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:15 am

Boba_Fetish wrote:
Classier wrote:


That BB-8 sounds more like a Batman variant to me lol. And forgive my ignorance, but what character is that sweet sketch of?


The BB stands for Bat Bot, obviously!

The sketch is one of the classic(ish) Batman Villains, Calendar Man. Back at that time, they had to make a new character every week, and it really showed. I'm probably the only one who'd buy a Calendar Man, but I'd still like to see a physical figure of him, one day!
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Boba_Fetish » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:32 am

Classier wrote:
Boba_Fetish wrote:
Classier wrote:


That BB-8 sounds more like a Batman variant to me lol. And forgive my ignorance, but what character is that sweet sketch of?


The BB stands for Bat Bot, obviously!

The sketch is one of the classic(ish) Batman Villains, Calendar Man. Back at that time, they had to make a new character every week, and it really showed. I'm probably the only one who'd buy a Calendar Man, but I'd still like to see a physical figure of him, one day!


Ah, gotcha. I remember the character from The Long Halloween, but I don't recall the costume. It would certainly make for an interesting Pop, and with everyone's fascination with Batman, who knows, you may actually get It one day lol
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby RoboFist » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:47 am

Disney: A lot of people are begging for Aladdin, and I can't help but think we will be seeing one day in the near future. So instead, my vote goes to Flynn Rider. The fact that we have two Rapunzels and a Maximus but no Flynn hurts me haha.

Star Wars: Lando in Disguise (Jabba's Palace). The fact that we somehow don't have this variant yet is baffling. I just want to complete my Jabba's Palace diorama!

Marvel: Silk. Funko just whet my appetite with the Mystery Mini, but I legitimately would love to have her wrap up the Spider-Verse collection they seem to be building towards. Plus, she's just a phenomenal character in general.

DC: I'm not the world's biggest DC fan, and I don't really have a lot of stake in their characters, but a Solomon Grundy or Alan Scott Pop would look pretty neat.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Libertyroxx » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:54 am

Disney: The Horned King from the Black Cauldron

Marvel: a new Red Skull/film version to go along with WWII Cap

Star Wars: too many, but Hondo Ohnaka, Clone Wars Anakin, CW Ahsoka, CW Rex, Endor Han, Skiff Guard Lando, General Lando, Bespin Leia, Revan, Mara Jade, Agent Kallus. Also, someone should come with a mouse droid.

DC: Vibe/Cisco , Killerforst/Kaitlin, Savitar, Diggle as Spartan.
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Postby Boba_Fetish » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:23 pm

RoboFist wrote:Disney: A lot of people are begging for Aladdin, and I can't help but think we will be seeing one day in the near future. So instead, my vote goes to Flynn Rider. The fact that we have two Rapunzels and a Maximus but no Flynn hurts me haha.

Star Wars: Lando in Disguise (Jabba's Palace). The fact that we somehow don't have this variant yet is baffling. I just want to complete my Jabba's Palace diorama!

Marvel: Silk. Funko just whet my appetite with the Mystery Mini, but I legitimately would love to have her wrap up the Spider-Verse collection they seem to be building towards. Plus, she's just a phenomenal character in general.

DC: I'm not the world's biggest DC fan, and I don't really have a lot of stake in their characters, but a Solomon Grundy or Alan Scott Pop would look pretty neat.


That Lando is long overdue; Since I can't have the original, I need for it to be released. I have a feeling that regardless of how the MCC blog poll goes, that we'll be getting a Silk Pop in the near future. At least I hope so. I'm still trying to find her Marvel Legends figure at a decent price.


paxderomano wrote:Disney: The Horned King from the Black Cauldron

Marvel: a new Red Skull/film version to go along with WWII Cap

Star Wars: too many, but Hondo Ohnaka, Clone Wars Anakin, CW Ahsoka, CW Rex, Endor Han, Skiff Guard Lando, General Lando, Bespin Leia, Revan, Mara Jade, Agent Kallus. Also, someone should come with a mouse droid.

DC: Vibe/Cisco , Killerforst/Kaitlin, Savitar, Diggle as Spartan.


Solid picks. I had to look up the Black Cauldron, but I think it'd make an awesome Pop. Red Skull is a top want of mine as well; I feel every hero needs their villain, especially since I usually display my Pops in pairs (I get about 6 pairs to a Michael's bat case). Clone Wars and Legends characters are major Star Wars wants of mine, and I feel an official Fan's Choice poll is exactly what we need to see them made. And the Flash definitely needs more of the series regulars in its Pop ranks.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Libertyroxx » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:00 pm

paxderomano wrote:Disney: The Horned King from the Black Cauldron

Marvel: a new Red Skull/film version to go along with WWII Cap

Star Wars: too many, but Hondo Ohnaka, Clone Wars Anakin, CW Ahsoka, CW Rex, Endor Han, Skiff Guard Lando, General Lando, Bespin Leia, Revan, Mara Jade, Agent Kallus. Also, someone should come with a mouse droid.

DC: Vibe/Cisco , Killerforst/Kaitlin, Savitar, Diggle as Spartan.


Solid picks. I had to look up the Black Cauldron, but I think it'd make an awesome Pop. Red Skull is a top want of mine as well; I feel every hero needs their villain, especially since I usually display my Pops in pairs (I get about 6 pairs to a Michael's bat case). Clone Wars and Legends characters are major Star Wars wants of mine, and I feel an official Fan's Choice poll is exactly what we need to see them made. And the Flash definitely needs more of the series regulars in its Pop ranks.[/quote]

Re Star Wars, I got the idea from Hasbro since their fan pick poll led to us getting a Darth Revan Black Series figure! And given that the Shadowguard was made it's not unreasonable to think other Legends characters could too.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Mister Piggy Wiggy » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:03 pm

Personally, I feel like Funko should ask us, the Funatics, what Pop series we'll like to see. It's better than guessing and hoping for the best, you know?
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Mister Piggy Wiggy wrote:Personally, I feel like Funko should ask us, the Funatics, what Pop series we'll like to see. It's better than guessing and hoping for the best, you know?


That is a fantastic idea!

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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Mister Piggy Wiggy » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:40 pm

funkystark wrote:That is a fantastic idea!


I'm glad I'm not alone! :cheers:
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Postby Boba_Fetish » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:44 pm

paxderomano wrote:Re Star Wars, I got the idea from Hasbro since their fan pick poll led to us getting a Darth Revan Black Series figure! And given that the Shadowguard was made it's not unreasonable to think other Legends characters could too.


That's basically what gave me the idea for this entire thread! Sabine was also a result of the poll that gave us Revan, and now were getting a Jaina Solo figure from 2016's poll. With so many "more popular" or "more important" characters out there, polls like this are likely the only way certain characters would ever appear as figures, and because the licensors tend to be a major factor in what characters we see made for lines like Star Wars and Marvel, when we see them being made by other toy or collectible companies (like Lego, Gentle Giant, or Hasbro in the case of Revan or Kotobukiya in Jaina's case), I think it's safe to assume those characters are fair game to be made as Pops if Funko so wished. For example, with Sue Storm being one of the Latest Marvel Legends figures to hit shelves, I predict that at some point we'll finally get those Fantastic Four Pops a lot of us have been clamoring for.
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby limitbreak12 » Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:24 am

Disney - Hades with a Chase Variant that is red(When his mad)
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Re: Fan's Choice Polls?

Postby Mister Piggy Wiggy » Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:10 am

It would be great if Funko asked us what new Pop series we'd like to see. Personally, I'd love for Funko to create Pop Scenes/Scenez! Scenes will show well known, famous scenes from a wide range of media in Pop form! From the top of my head, I'm picturing a Mortal Kombat scene featuring Liu Kang about to finish off Shang Tsung with a flying kick. Thoughts, my fellow Funatics? :cheers:
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