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I used to work with the strangest guy. Worked in IT, loved Ready Player One, has a side of his desk and shelf filled with Funko Pops. And he was very social, good people skills, well groomed, well dressed, married, exercised a ton, went to a lot of music shows and social events. Basically two opposites of what you would expect from each side.
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metallicaeg posted:Have a horse-drawn carriage deliver vacuum-sealed 13 month old beef to the wedding that's being paid for by bitcoin that was sold at a loss after a second mortgage and a 401k loan was taken out for the initial bitcoin purchase. Don't forget the essential oil marinade on that beef, friend
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Elysium posted:I don't understand collecting stuff like this at all. Like once you've got a room full of a stack of boxes of Funko Pops... you've just got a room full of a stack of boxes. It doesn't even really matter what type or "rare limited release" they are, it's just a box in a stack of other boxes. Yeah I really don't understand the Funko Pops thing. It's like collecting consumerism itself. It's not that people are specifically obsessed with stamps or rare books or a particular show/anime or whatever but instead are obsessed with buying the entirety of pop culture condensed into plastic form.
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Enfys posted:Yeah I really don't understand the Funko Pops thing. It's like collecting consumerism itself. It's not that people are specifically obsessed with stamps or rare books or a particular show/anime or whatever but instead are obsessed with buying the entirety of pop culture condensed into plastic form. My girlfriend has a few. She doesn’t collect them, just buys a couple every now and hen of characters she likes. We make kitschy shelves out of converse boxes, it looks dumb but it makes her happy and it’s not an overwhelming amount. I think she averages about 4 Funko pops per year? Edit: lol true. Mezzanon fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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Mezzanon posted:My girlfriend has a few. She doesn’t collect them, just buys a couple every now and hen of characters she likes. We make kitschy shelves out of converse boxes, it looks dumb but it makes her happy and it’s not an overwhelming amount. Lol 
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I used to work with the strangest guy. Worked in IT, loved Ready Player One, has a side of his desk and shelf filled with Funko Pops. And he was very social, good people skills, well groomed, well dressed, married, exercised a ton, went to a lot of music shows and social events. Basically two opposites of what you would expect from each side. start read post "what's so strange about that, that's a neckb..." end read post "i agree with you in every way"
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Mezzanon posted:My girlfriend has a few. She doesn’t collect them, just buys a couple every now and hen of characters she likes. We make kitschy shelves out of converse boxes, it looks dumb but it makes her happy and it’s not an overwhelming amount. I don't think there's anything wrong with having a few. I mean, they're just little toys that are relatively cheap. My wife and I each have one (1). They're kind of cute little figures to put on your desk, and they have such a wide swath of popular culture that they produce toys that literally no one else is making. But the kinds of people that leave them in their box, or try to collect each one, probably have a problem with spending control. Or they are hoarders, or people that are such pop culture junkies that their entire lives, identities and personalities are completely dependent on watching TV and movies.
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Drunk Tomato posted:I don't think there's anything wrong with having a few. I mean, they're just little toys that are relatively cheap. My wife and I each have one (1). They're kind of cute little figures to put on your desk, and they have such a wide swath of popular culture that they produce toys that literally no one else is making. Same (1). I normally hate tacky nerd poo poo, but mine was a matter of "Oh hey someone actually made merch for an obscure character I like. That's neat; I guess he can sit on my desk for a while." I can't fathom, however, why anyone would want an expensive, presumably unsellable roomful of these little aesthetic nightmares.
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Jan 18, 2018 19:25
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Commissar Kayla posted:On the other hand, the article says they bought when it was under $10, so it's really only $1.2m "investment".
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Jan 18, 2018 19:31
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This is more suited for the Tales of Cheap People thread, but I definitely have the latent hoarder/extreme cheapskate personality in me. False economy, etc. I'm sick with something, and the comfort food right now is cereal. At the store, I picked out a couple boxes and continued shopping. When I got to their clearance display, there were tons of boxes of cereal marked $0.50 - $0.75. I put the other two back and got six boxes, but I'd be lying if I told you the idea of buying every single one didn't cross my mind. But that was like 25 - 30 boxes and I came to my senses. The expiration date is October 2018, so it's not like I'd have to eat everything right away. Giving yourself diabetes is BWM
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Moneyball posted:This is more suited for the Tales of Cheap People thread, but I definitely have the latent hoarder/extreme cheapskate personality in me. False economy, etc. WTH Moneyball, we're just doing this now?
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Moneyball posted:This is more suited for the Tales of Cheap People thread, but I definitely have the latent hoarder/extreme cheapskate personality in me. False economy, etc. nice humblebrag on being able to afford 25-30 boxes of cereal MODS?
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Jan 18, 2018 19:48
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I mean if you'd like to go back to half cow chat, I understand.
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Trustworthy posted:Same (1). I normally hate tacky nerd poo poo, but mine was a matter of "Oh hey someone actually made merch for an obscure character I like. That's neat; I guess he can sit on my desk for a while." I can't fathom, however, why anyone would want an expensive, presumably unsellable roomful of these little aesthetic nightmares. I know someone who resells these. He says he’s made about $10k overall the last couple of years from selling them, I guess there’s a website to sell through but he also uses eBay. That being said, he has a wall filled floor to ceiling with them so even if he has made money, it still definitely looks like a hoarding situation in his house.
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Jan 18, 2018 21:46
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I feel like this is like a gambler telling you about how much they won. They “made money” selling kitch on the internet as long as you don’t think about their time, or in some cases their costs.
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Speaking of funkopops: https://twitter.com/JucheMane/status/954058032039768064
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Jan 18, 2018 23:26
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I love that they excluded all the conventions, subscription boxes, and expensive "limited edition" ones from his thirty per loving week limit. God drat, James. You loving idiot. Edit: "Emergency pop fund"  Edit #2: The comments on that tweet claim this is his collection: https://imgur.com/a/RdTiF
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Jan 18, 2018 23:35
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Ashcans posted:Speaking of funkopops: This was already posted, I don't know why the image was linked instead of having img tags but whatever.
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I bothered to check, and apparently those figures are commonly about $8, so he can basically buy 3-4 a week, or basically 15 a month, on his ''budget''. Without even accounting for all the exceptions carved out there as well. Or I guess he can really martyr himself and only get one of the more expensive ones a week, instead. The most amazing thing to me is that Amanda apparently spent all the time negotiating this agreement, drafting, it and signing it, and at no point (maybe around the point where they were arguing over whether he should get $30 every Friday or $120 on the first of each month) did she say 'I deserve better than this in my life', torch all his vinyl figurines, and walk out of there.
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Nocheez posted:This was already posted, I don't know why the image was linked instead of having img tags but whatever. Oh, I missed it earlier, not sure if it was edited in after I saw that, or if I was addled from the fumes of beef storage debate. 
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Ashcans posted:Speaking of funkopops: I enjoy the LENGTHY list of exceptions where the spending limit doesn’t apply, including stuff like cons where a hoarder of lovely pop culture merch is obviously going to go hog wild. It reminds me of the Blue Story thread. “Well, you see, we blew through 3x our monthly budget for Star Wars merch in the first six days of the month (again) because of XXXX which was a special circumstance so it doesn’t count” Edit: I just noticed that sales of “WWE figures” can be used to supplement the Funko Pop fund 
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Jan 18, 2018 23:44
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I spend way more than that on cigarettes.
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Jan 18, 2018 23:52
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Yes, but cigarettes only destroy your body, funko pops destroy your soul.
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Jan 18, 2018 23:53
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I forgot what my salary is.
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Tokyo Sex Whale posted:I spend way more than that on cigarettes.
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I can think of a lot of better things to collect than this, but also plenty of dumber ones too.
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My magic card collection is actually GWM
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Since it helps avoid the expenses associated with having kids, I agree.
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Sundae posted:I love that they excluded all the conventions, subscription boxes, and expensive "limited edition" ones from his thirty per loving week limit. Lol at the collection of Coke bottles in the background of one of those images. Also that's $1,620/year without all the exceptions. 
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bluestorybluestorybluestory the reincarnation of the glory but with real pics lol
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I love incredibly smug this threads denizens will get as soon as someone posts about something they don't approve of
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Barry posted:I love incredibly smug this threads denizens will get as soon as someone posts about something they don't approve of this is a smug appreciation zone sorry
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Jan 19, 2018 00:35
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Someone likes dumb plastic figurines? Not on my watch 
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Post your Funko Pop collection and tell us how much it cost, TIA.
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Jan 19, 2018 00:40
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Barry posted:I love incredibly smug this threads denizens will get as soon as someone posts about something they don't approve of We get it, dude, you Funko Pop.
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"Dorbz"
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https://www.reddit.com/r/funkopop/comments/4v4cgv/i_had_to_create_a_poptract_between_my_wife_and_i/ This is apparently the guy. He's a middle school guidance counselor. He claims to have spent $36,890 on Funko Pops.
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I don't understand collectibles, at all. Especially mass-produced crap that you can find at any Target. So you just buy them and then leave them in the box and do nothing with them? Wow, that sure sounds like fun!
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