Today's Pop, Tomorrow's Grail!

[TenTwoSix]

Part of what makes collecting fun is tracking the "value" of my collection and watching it go up, even if I don't plan to sell them. Speculating on Funko is anyone's guess, so let's have some fun with it! Pick a pop that's $50 or less on PPG and give a reason why you think it'll become a grail one day (or at least in the triple digits).

We can revisit this thread in a few years and laugh at our stupid guesses or shake our heads in regret that we didn't pick up some of the ones that funatics suggested at today's price when we had a chance

Pop: Pennywise Chase
PPG Value: $50
Reason: Prices skyrocketed yesterday when it was announced that the chase would not be produced anymore. There are collectors who love the horror chases and this one will have a very short production run if Funko stops making it now.

Pop: Mr. Freeze (Animated Series)
PPG Value: $45
Reason: This pop was in a Legion of Collector's box that actually sold out. The Batman the Animated Series line is incredibly popular and Funko has indicated that this line will have a lot of depth to it. So this line will continue for many more years and this pop will be one of the toughest ones to obtain in order to complete the set down the line. Plus the design of the animated Mr. Freeze pop is simply very cool (I love my proto)!

[Md-1]

E.t for sure will be triple digits.
Main character not long ago vaulted with tons of nostalgic value. $18 ppg now and rising.

Bruce lee funko pops will go in to triple figures without a doubt.

[Serlent]

Not Out yet but
Diamond Ursula
Price Retail
Because once it gets vaulted I see nothing but triple digits I'd say in 4 years though (can't say the same for belle)

[Jade-Rex]

I've only been collecting a few months so I have no idea. But I'll guess and say it's something gitd. Maybe the Maleficent chase? And for some reason I wanna say Masked Ochaco. MHA pops could be really popular the longer the anime and manga go on. And any Rick and Morty exclusive.

[Strending625]

Stan Lee pops will have a massive jump after he passes. I hate to bring it up but he's 94 and I'm trying to be realistic. I have 3 myself 2 red and 1 platinum, 1 red and the platinum are signed by the man himself. His pops will definitely jump quite a bit after he passes and stay high for quite a while.

[Nemesis989]

Conan pops, if he continues to release more each year and never easy to get they should be coveted collectibles, especially the early series

[cheekylyssa]

Much of collectibility in the collectible market is the nostalgia factor (I had that toy as a kid/watched that show as a kid/loved that as a kid), especially as folks ease into their late 20s and beyond. So any franchise where those kids are aging up. Thinking about my own kids...probably Harry Potter (on the broom or with the owl because my 18 year old was beyond stoked for those, which are quintessentially HP) or Spongebob Squarepants - many of those are already climbing, but the 12 and 18 year old will still happily belt out the song and talk about how they've seen all the episodes. It is to them what Transformers and MOTU were to my generation.

[BigEvilDad]

Some of them that shoot up make no sense though. Low numbers of production run, but things like Mr Toad?
or how certain holographic (GITD) pops take off.... weird..

[Ace+ 76]

The TARDIS from Doctor Who, because that series has spanned 5+ decades (54 years) as of now.

[jkcohen626]

The TARDIS from Doctor Who, because that series has spanned 5+ decades (54 years) as of now.

I cold never see them vaulting the Tardis because it applies to every single Doctor, but if they did, it would definitely skyrocket in value, because who doesn't want a Tardis to go with their Doctors.

[OffTheCHENG]

Conan pops, if he continues to release more each year and never easy to get they should be coveted collectibles, especially the early series

I agree with you on that. Also, people aren't even willing to sell theirs which makes it harder. I'm still on the hunt for a decent priced Stroomtrooper Conan!

[x56735x]

I want to say Voltron or its metallic version. I feel with the new Netflix series now going into its 3rd season, may get a bigger following. Plus it's a one off. No others in the line to collect.

I know/ want some of the Disney classics to go up and some are getting there like Scar, Rafiki, Thumper, etc. I'd like them to become grails in the future.

Also, some lesser known POP! like some of the Asia exclusives that never finished their line; However it might just stay where it is because it isn't very well known and there isn't a high demand for it.

[MattyPHATty]

Conan pops, if he continues to release more each year and never easy to get they should be coveted collectibles, especially the early series

I agree with you on that. Also, people aren't even willing to sell theirs which makes it harder. I'm still on the hunt for a decent priced Stroomtrooper Conan!

I hear that, I know it's the norm now but I'm having a hard time bringing myself to pay 100+ for Flash Conan even though I'll eventually have to in order to complete my Flash collection.

[TriFeckTa]

Might still be a spoiler for some

But my guess:

Spoiler: show

Tales of Suspense Mark 1 Iron Man from the MCC Box
Might be a common now now because it is still very accessible and they probably produced tens of thousands of copies of him, but one day he will be a three digit pop.

My reasoning: Because i believe!

[NESSNODDER]

E.t for sure will be triple digits.
Main character not long ago vaulted with tons of nostalgic value. $18 ppg now and rising.

Bruce lee funko pops will go in to triple figures without a doubt.

I NEED TO PICK UP E.T.

[Indy Viper]

-The Dude from Big Lebowski
-All of Pulp Fiction
-BA Barakus from A-Team
-The Golden Girls
-Roger Rabbit
-All of Buffy & Firefly
-Supernatural exclusives
-The main family from Bob's Burgers (and the Burger Gene HT exclusive)
-Picard & Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation
-Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
-All of Scooby Doo (especially the exclusives)
-B:TAS Batman, Joker, & Harley
-Both regular & Chase Jack from The Shining


My reasoning for all of these is the same- they're all huge cult-favorites with large fan bases that have been supporting their respective property's various merch for as long as they've existed. Also, I don't see very many of these, if any, ever getting revisited in Pop form anytime soon (maybe Pulp Fiction).

[Grimmsley]

its really cool to see prices go up and down i can see my Scott Pilgrim 3 pack going higher maybe stopping at $300

[kevintheomanharris]

Wishverse Willow from Buffy is currently sitting right at $50. Give that one a few years and I can imagine it jumping.

Dr. Harleen is at $43 I can see that jumping as they make more Harley and Joker movies

The Rock is at $37. That'll jump up once he becomes POTUS.

[CaselxASD]

Some of them that shoot up make no sense though. Low numbers of production run, but things like Mr Toad?
or how certain holographic (GITD) pops take off.... weird..

Mr. Toad kinda goes with my picks for Tomorrow's grails... Disney Park Pops! I know you could argue that it's a movie reference first but there is also a ride! And the Disney Parks is one of my favorite lines!

I was going to pick the Abominable Snowman but he's at $60 on PPG now.. I think all of the Disney Park related pops will be up there over time. Disneyland and Disney World are so popular and well known and people of all ages carry memories and nostalgia with these places.

Every Disney Parks related Pop is a MUST HAVE for me and I'm sure that goes for a lot of other Disney Fans. Hopefully prices don't climb toooo fast as I don't have all of the pieces released so far yet

[MattyPHATty]

E.t for sure will be triple digits.
Main character not long ago vaulted with tons of nostalgic value. $18 ppg now and rising.

Bruce lee funko pops will go in to triple figures without a doubt.

I need to grab that ET set before it gets to valuable to obtain cheaply

[treswright]

Honestly I think Pops are due for a huge "market correction". The values on many of them are ridiculously overinflated. It used to be that people would gasp when they saw a Pop for sale in the three figures. Now four figure asking prices are not unusual, and there's even been some examples of Pops in the five figure range. The thing is, they are all ten dollar toys. You can look at Hot Wheels or collectible models and see cheap toys going for a few hundred bucks, but it took decades and extreme rarity for those toys to get to those levels. Pops did it in a couple of years. It is a classic bubble scenario, and the bubble WILL burst. Maybe people will run out of space and quit collecting, or maybe the next hot thing will come along and they will lose interest in Pops. But it is inevitable, and my guess is it will happen in the next couple of years.

So I'm not looking for any prices to spike up over the next couple of years, I think instead there will be a huge plunge in a lot of these prices. I think people will still collect them, but there just won't be as many people as there are now, because a lot of people that collect them now are doing so because they think it's some kind of retirement fund. Once the value drops a lot of those people will bail and will be selling their entire collections, and that will drive the falling prices even further down.

I think Funko knows this is going to happen which is why they are working so hard to expand their offerings into so many other directions. The loss in value and interest in Wobblers certainly didn't slow them down, and I doubt the demise of Pops will either.

[Mister Piggy Wiggy]

I agree. Sometimes a Pop that isn't worth much now will end up being valuable later on.

[cheekylyssa]

Honestly I think Pops are due for a huge "market correction". The values on many of them are ridiculously overinflated. It used to be that people would gasp when they saw a Pop for sale in the three figures. Now four figure asking prices are not unusual, and there's even been some examples of Pops in the five figure range. The thing is, they are all ten dollar toys. You can look at Hot Wheels or collectible models and see cheap toys going for a few hundred bucks, but it took decades and extreme rarity for those toys to get to those levels. Pops did it in a couple of years. It is a classic bubble scenario, and the bubble WILL burst. Maybe people will run out of space and quit collecting, or maybe the next hot thing will come along and they will lose interest in Pops. But it is inevitable, and my guess is it will happen in the next couple of years.

So I'm not looking for any prices to spike up over the next couple of years, I think instead there will be a huge plunge in a lot of these prices. I think people will still collect them, but there just won't be as many people as there are now, because a lot of people that collect them now are doing so because they think it's some kind of retirement fund. Once the value drops a lot of those people will bail and will be selling their entire collections, and that will drive the falling prices even further down.

I think Funko knows this is going to happen which is why they are working so hard to expand their offerings into so many other directions. The loss in value and interest in Wobblers certainly didn't slow them down, and I doubt the demise of Pops will either.

This is actually a real good point. I'm also a Barbie collector (with the same rules - no boxes, collect only what you love) and I've seen that market roll up and down over the 25 years that I've been collecting. Frenzy, bubble, cooldown, changing customer tastes, new frenzy that's slightly cooler but I like these cooler years when the prospectors have dropped out of the market and the rest of us could get to back what we love.

[theraven00]

Honestly I think Pops are due for a huge "market correction". The values on many of them are ridiculously overinflated. It used to be that people would gasp when they saw a Pop for sale in the three figures. Now four figure asking prices are not unusual, and there's even been some examples of Pops in the five figure range. The thing is, they are all ten dollar toys. You can look at Hot Wheels or collectible models and see cheap toys going for a few hundred bucks, but it took decades and extreme rarity for those toys to get to those levels. Pops did it in a couple of years. It is a classic bubble scenario, and the bubble WILL burst. Maybe people will run out of space and quit collecting, or maybe the next hot thing will come along and they will lose interest in Pops. But it is inevitable, and my guess is it will happen in the next couple of years.

So I'm not looking for any prices to spike up over the next couple of years, I think instead there will be a huge plunge in a lot of these prices. I think people will still collect them, but there just won't be as many people as there are now, because a lot of people that collect them now are doing so because they think it's some kind of retirement fund. Once the value drops a lot of those people will bail and will be selling their entire collections, and that will drive the falling prices even further down.

I think Funko knows this is going to happen which is why they are working so hard to expand their offerings into so many other directions. The loss in value and interest in Wobblers certainly didn't slow them down, and I doubt the demise of Pops will either.

Well said, and my thoughts exactly..

[desertdogg]

Iam thinking the build a bear pop chase version. the first of its kind I don't think they made that many and it does look pretty cool.

[lavery01]

Maybe Laura Palmer from twin peaks or Vito Coreleone from The Godfather.

[MattyPHATty]

The one that has really shot up over the last few weeks is the Jon Snow Beyond the Wall Edition. A month or two ago it was at ppg $60 and it's now at $110 and climbing fast. I'd say that one has turned into a grail almost overnight

[MattyPHATty]

Maybe Laura Palmer from twin peaks or Vito Coreleone from The Godfather.

I could definitely see Vito going up fast once supply runs dry.

[SanDiegoSammy]

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[Classier]

I honestly don't know. Most grails are kinda random. I'll go with Disneyland exclusives though, because they're all classic characters that get more and more popular every single day.

[MattyPHATty]

I honestly don't know. Most grails are kinda random. I'll go with Disneyland exclusives though, because they're all classic characters that get more and more popular every single day.

And most of the time they are a royal pain to get

[Popsaysyee]

I'll say the Disney Parks exclusive Jolly Roger. It's the only Disney Parks exclusive that hasn't broke the $50 mark yet and as history shows, there normally isn't restocks on Disney Parks exclusives. And because everyone loves the Disney Parks, hence all the annual passholders these days considering the prices, any old and future Disney Parks exclusives release will become a grail at some point.

[h3wi3]

Conan pops, if he continues to release more each year and never easy to get they should be coveted collectibles, especially the early series

I agree with you on that. Also, people aren't even willing to sell theirs which makes it harder. I'm still on the hunt for a decent priced Stroomtrooper Conan!

I had to trade SW black series stuff just to get mine.

[Squird]

Honestly I think Pops are due for a huge "market correction". The values on many of them are ridiculously overinflated. It used to be that people would gasp when they saw a Pop for sale in the three figures. Now four figure asking prices are not unusual, and there's even been some examples of Pops in the five figure range. The thing is, they are all ten dollar toys. You can look at Hot Wheels or collectible models and see cheap toys going for a few hundred bucks, but it took decades and extreme rarity for those toys to get to those levels. Pops did it in a couple of years. It is a classic bubble scenario, and the bubble WILL burst. Maybe people will run out of space and quit collecting, or maybe the next hot thing will come along and they will lose interest in Pops. But it is inevitable, and my guess is it will happen in the next couple of years.

So I'm not looking for any prices to spike up over the next couple of years, I think instead there will be a huge plunge in a lot of these prices. I think people will still collect them, but there just won't be as many people as there are now, because a lot of people that collect them now are doing so because they think it's some kind of retirement fund. Once the value drops a lot of those people will bail and will be selling their entire collections, and that will drive the falling prices even further down.

I think Funko knows this is going to happen which is why they are working so hard to expand their offerings into so many other directions. The loss in value and interest in Wobblers certainly didn't slow them down, and I doubt the demise of Pops will either.

Killjoy.

Not that I disagree with you at all.

[h3wi3]

Honestly I think Pops are due for a huge "market correction". The values on many of them are ridiculously overinflated. It used to be that people would gasp when they saw a Pop for sale in the three figures. Now four figure asking prices are not unusual, and there's even been some examples of Pops in the five figure range. The thing is, they are all ten dollar toys. You can look at Hot Wheels or collectible models and see cheap toys going for a few hundred bucks, but it took decades and extreme rarity for those toys to get to those levels. Pops did it in a couple of years. It is a classic bubble scenario, and the bubble WILL burst. Maybe people will run out of space and quit collecting, or maybe the next hot thing will come along and they will lose interest in Pops. But it is inevitable, and my guess is it will happen in the next couple of years.

So I'm not looking for any prices to spike up over the next couple of years, I think instead there will be a huge plunge in a lot of these prices. I think people will still collect them, but there just won't be as many people as there are now, because a lot of people that collect them now are doing so because they think it's some kind of retirement fund. Once the value drops a lot of those people will bail and will be selling their entire collections, and that will drive the falling prices even further down.

I think Funko knows this is going to happen which is why they are working so hard to expand their offerings into so many other directions. The loss in value and interest in Wobblers certainly didn't slow them down, and I doubt the demise of Pops will either.

Killjoy.

Not that I disagree with you at all.

Someone has to be the realist .

[h3wi3]

Some of them that shoot up make no sense though. Low numbers of production run, but things like Mr Toad?
or how certain holographic (GITD) pops take off.... weird..

Mr. Toad kinda goes with my picks for Tomorrow's grails... Disney Park Pops! I know you could argue that it's a movie reference first but there is also a ride! And the Disney Parks is one of my favorite lines!

I was going to pick the Abominable Snowman but he's at $60 on PPG now.. I think all of the Disney Park related pops will be up there over time. Disneyland and Disney World are so popular and well known and people of all ages carry memories and nostalgia with these places.

Every Disney Parks related Pop is a MUST HAVE for me and I'm sure that goes for a lot of other Disney Fans. Hopefully prices don't climb toooo fast as I don't have all of the pieces released so far yet

Disney will always have a strong following, they are in a class of their own. I used to joke with my wife that Disney could sell poop in a box and people would collect it because it was Disney.

[MattyPHATty]

Some of them that shoot up make no sense though. Low numbers of production run, but things like Mr Toad?
or how certain holographic (GITD) pops take off.... weird..

Mr. Toad kinda goes with my picks for Tomorrow's grails... Disney Park Pops! I know you could argue that it's a movie reference first but there is also a ride! And the Disney Parks is one of my favorite lines!

I was going to pick the Abominable Snowman but he's at $60 on PPG now.. I think all of the Disney Park related pops will be up there over time. Disneyland and Disney World are so popular and well known and people of all ages carry memories and nostalgia with these places.

Every Disney Parks related Pop is a MUST HAVE for me and I'm sure that goes for a lot of other Disney Fans. Hopefully prices don't climb toooo fast as I don't have all of the pieces released so far yet

Disney will always have a strong following, they are in a class of their own. I used to joke with my wife that Disney could sell poop in a box and people would collect it because it was Disney.

If they put it in a nice box and made it LE people would flock to it

[pauly20powers]

I think the Stan LEE pops will take a jump when he passes. I hope it's not anytime soon, but someday....

[genotype]

Some of them that shoot up make no sense though. Low numbers of production run, but things like Mr Toad?
or how certain holographic (GITD) pops take off.... weird..

Mr. Toad kinda goes with my picks for Tomorrow's grails... Disney Park Pops! I know you could argue that it's a movie reference first but there is also a ride! And the Disney Parks is one of my favorite lines!

I was going to pick the Abominable Snowman but he's at $60 on PPG now.. I think all of the Disney Park related pops will be up there over time. Disneyland and Disney World are so popular and well known and people of all ages carry memories and nostalgia with these places.

Every Disney Parks related Pop is a MUST HAVE for me and I'm sure that goes for a lot of other Disney Fans. Hopefully prices don't climb toooo fast as I don't have all of the pieces released so far yet

All parks pops will be hard to get and limited runs, so expect the value to increase steadily. However when they do a flocked version etc as a con exclusive or a new park exclusive, the old version will price stagger

[Cccustomspop]

The TARDIS from Doctor Who, because that series has spanned 5+ decades (54 years) as of now.

I cold never see them vaulting the Tardis because it applies to every single Doctor, but if they did, it would definitely skyrocket in value, because who doesn't want a Tardis to go with their Doctors.

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