I hope he plans to sell out soon, the bubble will burst in a few years.

If they're doing fandoms, there should be Furry Funkos, made like foxes, Huskies, wolves and others.

I wouldn't have these, too uniform and Humanistic, but I know people who love to make walls of items, all lined up perfectly, and they probably love this sort of thing.

Boom

Their marketing strength lies in their banality, designs easy to digest and unlikely to offend.

Like modern art.

Jeff Koons joke?

Anyway, you guys are wrong. Uncivilized and wrong. Funko Pops have a lot of artistic merit; they're the urban alternative/ underground art scene's foray into Kinkade's visionary creative model. Maybe you can't appreciate blank-eyed chibi superheroes, but the next generation - the generation unsullied by your Gen-X / Millennial cynicism - will embrace the artistry of Funko with open arms and hungry EMV cards.

Oh, wait, these were the guys who did those butt-ugly Pony dolls. Nevermind, fuck 'em.

I was thinking more Damien Hirst but whichever, it's all about developing a simple, consistent brand s you can pump out easily recognizable/appraisable pieces for the super rich to use as status signaling baubles and untraceable shadow currency. That is what the high-end modern art industry boils down to. "Art" hardly enters in to it.

I hear ya. My brother insists on getting me some sort of action figure(s) for any gift holiday. I guess it's too hard for him to think of something I might actually enjoy.

I maintain a five-year statute of limitations on any store-bought item I get as a gift. After that it's just another thing to be sold or kept as I please.