Star Wars Celebration LA 2027 Funko Hopes and Predictions

[mattytreks]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

[Bullseye112]

Two words: George Lucas. Put him in a scene, could be his office, and put all of the iconic characters around him. It would be an instant sellout. To take this one step further, have him sign a few and auction them off for charity. They would sell and it would just draw in folks to the folks.

But I'm just excited to see what's out there. If they have Ford, I'm going to have him and Mark H sign by ECCC Stormtroopers.

Yes! We need a George Lucas Director Pop! What a great idea!

I would love that! Imagine if he had a chase of him as his character in episode 3 hehehe

This would be really sweet!

[Alumencia]

Yes! We need a George Lucas Director Pop! What a great idea!

I would love that! Imagine if he had a chase of him as his character in episode 3 hehehe

This would be really sweet!

Agreed!

[Mayo]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

I'm a sucker for chrome sets. They'll absolutely get me with one of those.

[Justsonice25]

I hope they do some large format SW vehicles!

They had lando's Millenium Falcon at 2022 SWCC.
What they haven't done yet is anakin's pod racer. That would be amazing! Along with Sebulba's pod as well.

[Universalman]

How about a Death Star ride with Emperor, Vader and Tarkin riding that bad boy! Make it a 18" Pop Ride... awesome!

[Funkolotz1622]

How about a Death Star ride with Emperor, Vader and Tarkin riding that bad boy! Make it a 18" Pop Ride... awesome!

Make it a show exclusives too. Imagine a '18 inch pop ride numbered

[runtodere]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats on the first SWC!

[FunkoPDX]

How about a Death Star ride with Emperor, Vader and Tarkin riding that bad boy! Make it a 18" Pop Ride... awesome!

Make it a show exclusives too. Imagine a '18 inch pop ride numbered

Show exclusives with a limit for all to get some is the way

[mattytreks]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats on the first SWC!

Thanks! As someone who pretty much solely attends SDCC, this should be a really different experience.

[rexflexall]

How about a Death Star ride with Emperor, Vader and Tarkin riding that bad boy! Make it a 18" Pop Ride... awesome!

LOL I'd be in, except it won't be a carry on for the plane ride back home!

[xViperTd]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats! It’ll be my first one too; I’m hoping for more of the shadow lord mandolorian characters but I know that’d probably be pretty niche haha

Or maybe the lake lizard guy that helped Grogu save mando I. The most recent movie

[Justsonice25]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats! It’ll be my first one too; I’m hoping for more of the shadow lord mandolorian characters but I know that’d probably be pretty niche haha

Or maybe the lake lizard guy that helped Grogu save mando I. The most recent movie

Nothing wrong with that. If SDCC has shadow lord pops. Why not SWC?

[Alumencia]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats! It’ll be my first one too; I’m hoping for more of the shadow lord mandolorian characters but I know that’d probably be pretty niche haha

Or maybe the lake lizard guy that helped Grogu save mando I. The most recent movie

Nothing wrong with that. If SDCC has shadow lord pops. Why not SWC?

I’m hoping they will have some fun exclusives, but historically not as many as other conventions like SDCC, NYCC, etc.

Even if you take just the Star Wars pops into account at each convention, Star Wars Celebration pop exclusives always seems lacking to me comparatively.

Fingers crossed this upcoming Star Wars Celebration has more to offer though.

[mattytreks]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

[Alumencia]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

Last time I went was in Anaheim a few years ago, and they did not have a separate booth. Everything was in the Celebration store.

[ghost_yamasaki]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

Last time I went was in Anaheim a few years ago, and they did not have a separate booth. Everything was in the Celebration store.

Interesting! Good to know. How are the lines?

[Alumencia]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

Last time I went was in Anaheim a few years ago, and they did not have a separate booth. Everything was in the Celebration store.

Interesting! Good to know. How are the lines?

My wife and I got in after it had been picked through half of the day, and it was still at least a couple hour wait, that I can recall. Jedi passes get early access though, so it really depends what ticket type you got and how early you got in line. I imagine a lot of the people in line in the morning had to wait a good while, but I can only speculate on that.

I imagine the exclusives desirability (not just Funko) would partially dictate how bad the line is, but it would still probably be a fair wait just for the store without exclusives. They had it at a strict capacity in the room, but once you were in you could browse as long as you liked. There was even a secondary line inside the room for exclusive pins. Once people checked out and left though, more people were let into the room.

The way it was designed, the line just went slow to allow everyone to shop instead of streamlining the process for efficiency. I guess it’s possible this could change next time, but I’m expecting this same dynamic next year.

[Alumencia]

Last time I went was in Anaheim a few years ago, and they did not have a separate booth. Everything was in the Celebration store.

Interesting! Good to know. How are the lines?

My wife and I got in after it had been picked through half of the day, and it was still at least a couple hour wait, that I can recall. Jedi passes get early access though, so it really depends what ticket type you got and how early you got in line. I imagine a lot of the people in line in the morning had to wait a good while, but I can only speculate on that.

I imagine the exclusives desirability (not just Funko) would partially dictate how bad the line is, but it would still probably be a fair wait just for the store without exclusives. They had it at a strict capacity in the room, but once you were in you could browse as long as you liked. There was even a secondary line inside the room for exclusive pins. Once people checked out and left though, more people were let into the room.

The way it was designed, the line just went slow to allow everyone to shop instead of streamlining the process for efficiency. I guess it’s possible this could change next time, but I’m expecting this same dynamic next year.

This, of course, is assuming that any Funko products are still sold through the Celebration store. If they have their own booth and/or line, then this would just be for whatever else is still in the Celebration store.

[runtodere]

Next year will be my first Celebration. Needless to say, I'm so excited about what Funko might have in store for the big event! Hopefully some new and interesting takes on Star Wars' popular characters!!

Congrats on the first SWC!

Thanks! As someone who pretty much solely attends SDCC, this should be a really different experience.

It's very different but equally great. I'll see you there!

[rexflexall]

I finally get to attend a Star Wars Celebration, and for the 50th anniversary! Don't care if I only got a 1 day ticket, I'm game!

[Justsonice25]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

Last time I went was in Anaheim a few years ago, and they did not have a separate booth. Everything was in the Celebration store.

If you're talking about 2022 Anaheim.
They indeed had a funko booth & loungefly booth. That year they had a virtual lottery every morning. Once the lotto winners picked up their items they then proceeded to open it up for general. Same with loungefly, they had a general line forming and once they got through the lotto winners, then you could snag the Pop and bag diamond R2-D2 (If there were any left)
The only pop that was being sold at the celebration store was the 5k diamond grogu which was gone in an hour or less if you didn't rush over there once the con opened.

[Mayo]

Is the Funko booth at Celebration FCFS?

The only pop that was being sold at the celebration store was the 5k diamond grogu which was gone in an hour or less if you didn't rush over there once the con opened.

They also had the Glow in the Dark Obi-Wan from the cancelled 2020 SWC.

[Justsonice25]

The only pop that was being sold at the celebration store was the 5k diamond grogu which was gone in an hour or less if you didn't rush over there once the con opened.

They also had the Glow in the Dark Obi-Wan from the cancelled 2020 SWC.

Very limited supply. Only Jedi Master VIP badges were able to grab.