Today's Pop, Tomorrow's Grail!

[MattyPHATty]

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

Totally agree, but let's hope that day is far, far away

[Ace+ 76]

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.

I have 4

We have two of them ourselves.

[Cccustomspop]

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.

I have 4

We have two of them ourselves.

I have one still waiting on a new paint job.

I'll get around to it someday.

[Joesandwich123]

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.

I still need me that materializing variant

[Md-1]

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.

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

[2017fanatic]

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.

I'm with everyone here! Especially with limited releases once during a short time frame each year. Plus it's Conan!who doesn't love Conan?!! Lol

[2017fanatic]

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.

im hoping to still meet him one day! It's tough to drop the $150+ he's asking for a confirmed autograph but it might be worth it for the sake of getting that opportunity

[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!

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.

I know right! If I didn't think the Storm Trooper Conan was so cool, I wouldn't budge The most I'd be willing to pay is $100 and it's only because I want it so bad!

[Ace+ 76]

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.

I still need me that materializing variant

Same here

[theraven00]

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.

I know right! If I didn't think the Storm Trooper Conan was so cool, I wouldn't budge The most I'd be willing to pay is $100 and it's only because I want it so bad!

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

[OffTheCHENG]

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.

I know right! If I didn't think the Storm Trooper Conan was so cool, I wouldn't budge The most I'd be willing to pay is $100 and it's only because I want it so bad!

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

DAMN!!! I wasn't too into the Conan pops until i saw the Storm Trooper one. My GF loves him so I'd figure we could compromise and get the storm trooper

[MattyPHATty]

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.

I'm with everyone here! Especially with limited releases once during a short time frame each year. Plus it's Conan!who doesn't love Conan?!! Lol

I can never get me enough CoCo

[MattyPHATty]

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.

I know right! If I didn't think the Storm Trooper Conan was so cool, I wouldn't budge The most I'd be willing to pay is $100 and it's only because I want it so bad!

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

Yeah they are steep prices for sure but great pieces to have,especially for any Conan fan

[Cephus]

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

[theraven00]

I know right! If I didn't think the Storm Trooper Conan was so cool, I wouldn't budge The most I'd be willing to pay is $100 and it's only because I want it so bad!

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

DAMN!!! I wasn't too into the Conan pops until i saw the Storm Trooper one. My GF loves him so I'd figure we could compromise and get the storm trooper

Yeah, I started off only wanting the Stormtrooper and Jedi ones to go with my Star Wars collection. Was really hoping to get Jedi while at his show this year, but wound up with Flash. Then was going to trade/sell it to get Jedi, but wound up getting it autographed by Conan and then got bit by the Conan bug.

[MattyPHATty]

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

DAMN!!! I wasn't too into the Conan pops until i saw the Storm Trooper one. My GF loves him so I'd figure we could compromise and get the storm trooper

Yeah, I started off only wanting the Stormtrooper and Jedi ones to go with my Star Wars collection. Was really hoping to get Jedi while at his show this year, but wound up with Flash. Then was going to trade/sell it to get Jedi, but wound up getting it autographed by Conan and then got bit by the Conan bug.

Happens to the best of us

[geekypeeples]

Gotta agree with you totally on Mr. Freeze pop. I'm so glad I got mine

[Md-1]

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

[Jalapenopete]

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.

his so iconic thats for sure lucky u have some of his best ones

[Jalapenopete]

DAMN!!! I wasn't too into the Conan pops until i saw the Storm Trooper one. My GF loves him so I'd figure we could compromise and get the storm trooper

Yeah, I started off only wanting the Stormtrooper and Jedi ones to go with my Star Wars collection. Was really hoping to get Jedi while at his show this year, but wound up with Flash. Then was going to trade/sell it to get Jedi, but wound up getting it autographed by Conan and then got bit by the Conan bug.

Happens to the best of us

conan pops best of both worlds its tied to mainstream genre on a movie and host thats well known and like u said u caught the bug and folks that dont collect and go to the show get introduced and folks will want them on the same page

[Jalapenopete]

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.

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

I can echo that and we will be standing and picking up the good at a dirt cheap price man cant wait to get my grails at that point

[MattyPHATty]

Yeah, I started off only wanting the Stormtrooper and Jedi ones to go with my Star Wars collection. Was really hoping to get Jedi while at his show this year, but wound up with Flash. Then was going to trade/sell it to get Jedi, but wound up getting it autographed by Conan and then got bit by the Conan bug.

Happens to the best of us

conan pops best of both worlds its tied to mainstream genre on a movie and host thats well known and like u said u caught the bug and folks that dont collect and go to the show get introduced and folks will want them on the same page

All it takes is that first Pop! to get the collection started. If I didn't know about them and got one at his taping, I would definitely look into what I had and probably start collecting from there so it's a great way to introduce and advertise pops.

[Cephus]

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

I didn't say a thing about 2 years, you did. I just said that it will collapse because EVERYTHING collapses. Read what's written, not what you wish was written.

[x56735x]

even if it does collapse...that just gives me a reason to go OOB .

Also, in regards to POP's where the person portrayed ::unfortunately:: passes, doesn't really make it more valuable. Carrie Fisher Leia POPs went up a bit with the news but then really didn't push super high as there are plenty of SW POPs in her likeness.

[neilmc2001]

Thanks for the ET tip! Always meant to pick up that set- didn't realize it was vaulted

[Funko-Crazed]

I think that's a bit of a doomsday prophecy!

There are no signs of that happening and plenty of signs of an increase in popularity over the next 2 years.

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

I would use the beanie babies craze as an example. Too many people were investing for financial gain rather than personal satisfaction. As soon as a good majority of Pop! collectors are purchasing them to make a quick buck, then the whole house of cards will come falling down. Production rates will be higher to accommodate the mass purchasing of these investors, meaning that there is too much supply with too little demand. People will sell for cheap prices and investors, wanting to get what they can while they're still worth a bit, will begin to sell sell sell to jump off a sinking ship. This will drive prices down and will lead to Pops becoming essentially worthless.

[Gonzo206]

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

I've seen that happen with many of the Game of Thrones pop, especially tonight, I imagine that others in the line will increase as well.

[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

I've seen that happen with many of the Game of Thrones pop, especially tonight, I imagine that others in the line will increase as well.

Absolutely, the HT Drogon has been rising just as fast. It has darn near doubled over the last month or so.

[Cephus]

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

I would use the beanie babies craze as an example. Too many people were investing for financial gain rather than personal satisfaction. As soon as a good majority of Pop! collectors are purchasing them to make a quick buck then the whole house of cards will fome falling down. Production rates will be higher to accommodate the mass purchasing of these investors, meaning that there is too much supply with too little command. People will sell for cheap prices, and investors wanting to get what they can while they're still worth a bit will begin to sell sell sell to jump off a sinking ship. This will drive prices down and will lead to Pops becoming essentially worthless.

Very good point and excellent example.

[OffTheCHENG]

I had 0 Conans before SDCC this year and now have 9. Got Flash and White Walker at his show but had to pay for the other 7. Most were $80-110 except for Ghostbuster (less) and #1 Conan (more, but under PPG at least).

DAMN!!! I wasn't too into the Conan pops until i saw the Storm Trooper one. My GF loves him so I'd figure we could compromise and get the storm trooper

Yeah, I started off only wanting the Stormtrooper and Jedi ones to go with my Star Wars collection. Was really hoping to get Jedi while at his show this year, but wound up with Flash. Then was going to trade/sell it to get Jedi, but wound up getting it autographed by Conan and then got bit by the Conan bug.

That would've been my plan too! once you get a pop signed, it basically almost becomes one of those pops that you won't let go.

[post31]

Next year a social movement will begin spreading the idea that we all just have to chill. It will be named Olaf and they will use Olaf pops from Frozen to represent themselves. From then on you will never see Olafs on the shelf and those willing to sell their Olafs will only do so to people that join the movement at no less than $100 each.

[T-Diamond Stylus]

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.

I completely agree with you. And I've already seen it happening at the big brick and mortar stores like Walmart, Target and other chains like Gamestop, Hot Topic. There's a ton of pops and other Funko related items at these stores around my area all on clearance for dirt cheap. There's just too much for people to buy so none of the stuff sells. It sucks because I love Pops but I've had to resort to buying online because the stores I frequent don't even get new stock or I'm simply missing out on it because it gets bought up by buyers who purchase 'x amount' of the same character.

[Md-1]

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

I would use the beanie babies craze as an example. Too many people were investing for financial gain rather than personal satisfaction. As soon as a good majority of Pop! collectors are purchasing them to make a quick buck, then the whole house of cards will come falling down. Production rates will be higher to accommodate the mass purchasing of these investors, meaning that there is too much supply with too little demand. People will sell for cheap prices and investors, wanting to get what they can while they're still worth a bit, will begin to sell sell sell to jump off a sinking ship. This will drive prices down and will lead to Pops becoming essentially worthless.

Except that is a plush and Pops are a vinyl toy which has tapped into the art market. They're not just a toy they are a piece of artwork.
Pops won't become worthless until pop art becomes out of fashion ..and it's been loved for decades.
That's what make pops unique imo and incomparable to standard toys/plushes

[Md-1]

It's not a doomsday prophecy, it happens to every single fandom at some point. The market will collapse and people will go elsewhere once the "next bit thing" comes along.

How is it not when your making a statement with no evidence what so ever.
Why in 2 years will funko pop collecting collapse? What evidence have you got?

I didn't say a thing about 2 years, you did. I just said that it will collapse because EVERYTHING collapses. Read what's written, not what you wish was written.

Read what you was replying to.
My reply to another member who said in 2 years..... I said that's a doomsday prophecy and you replied to me that it's not
So take what u just said to me and tell it to yourself.

[repair-manmanmanman]

A while ago, I had a feeling General Klytus would gain value because I thought it was a cool pop despite not watching Flash Gordon at all.

I usually bring this up whenever this discussion arises, but I don't think any newer stuff has the same ability to gain value as older pops due to high manufacturing numbers. If anything will randomly gain value it'd have to be something more than 1-2 years old. I expect game of thrones pops to jump up in value as the deaths start to roll in next season, especially if the characters have any vaulted pops.

[kdmlvr]

I Agree i think prices will come down on many items

[keyese]

The Pennywise chase is way over $50 now. Hopefully it will settle in a bit as more people find them, but with the announcement that they won't make any more it might stay up there.

[pop-inandout-9]

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

Anything with the disney name is a beast!! Quality

[Funko-Crazed]

I believe that in the future Deathstroke [Unmasked] will be worth quite a bit. My reasoning for this is that it was originally an San Diego Comic Con exclusive with a limited run of 1,500 pieces. It then became widely released through Underground Toys, but it still had relatively low production numbers. Few people own it; according to Pop Price Guide 2,185 people own one (but this isn't completely accurate). It was recently vaulted and prices have been creeping up. Just a few months ago Pop Price Guide had it at approximately $20.00. Nowadays they're selling at around $44.00 (prices vary based on which sticker is on the box). With Deathstroke appearing on the Arrow television show, and with the show approaching its sixth season, I feel this pop is one to watch.

[alf_ie]

I think anything on clearance will be the valuable ones. Everyone is so concerned with CHASE and LIMITED pops that they forget about the commons. Like say the show DUCK DYNASTY, I've seen those as low as $1/per.

Who's to say in 10 years, there will be a big DUCK DYNASTY resurgence/renaissance and everyone will want everything DUCK DYNASTY. It would be like, who would have thought to collect some DD Pops?! But there will be that one person who bought up all those $1 DD Pops and sell em for $10 this week, $20 next week, and so-on.

Like every collector in the world will have the Game of Thrones and Avengers Pops. But in my opinion, those smaller lines will be the ones that hardcore collectors will have missed, and new fans will want, since they are harder to find.