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HARDEST kong to ESCAPE from This poll is closed. |
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| Donkey Kong |
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8 | 4.88% |
| Diddy Kong |
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3 | 1.83% |
| Dixie Kong |
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8 | 4.88% |
| Funky Kong |
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49 | 29.88% |
| Chunky Kong |
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8 | 4.88% |
| Bluster Kong |
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5 | 3.05% |
| Lanky Kong (demanded by Cheetah) |
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53 | 32.32% |
| Max Castillo |
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6 | 3.66% |
| Billy Mitchell |
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18 | 10.98% |
| Steve Wiebe |
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6 | 3.66% |
| Total: | 164 votes | ||
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From what I understand, Frontiers managed to introduce the most popular new character since Blaze back in 2005 so good on it.
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haveblue posted:Looks better than ready player one tbh Ready Player One was fun. Movie plot was pretty all over the place, because movies, but it was fine. Books not a bad read, and does some fun concepts, but I've heard the sequel is pretty terrible
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Apr 25, 2023 16:07
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I don't get why finko pop decided to make all of their toys hideous garbage no one ever wants to have to see. Surely they would've been more successful by making sculptures that looked good and cuts instead.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:07
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Khanstant posted:I don't get why finko pop decided to make all of their toys hideous garbage no one ever wants to have to see. Surely they would've been more successful by making sculptures that looked good and cuts instead. Because it's cheap and some fanbases are desperate for any kind of merch.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:10
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Maybe i'm the weird one but i have never and will never buy merch (my parents did buy me cool Sonic shorts and space jam t-shirts when i was a kid but that was beyond my control)
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Apr 25, 2023 16:12
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It's not any more expensive to have made a good base model for your entire line of products. Presumably they paid someone at some point to come up with the base design and they could've had that artist use that same time to make something less offensive instead. It's not an accident they look like that, the artist wanted to express a dark feeling towards all humanity.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:15
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Khanstant posted:I don't get why finko pop decided to make all of their toys hideous garbage no one ever wants to have to see. Surely they would've been more successful by making sculptures that looked good and cuts instead. the heavily stylized faces drastically cut down on both production and design costs (and i wouldn't be surprised if they also skirt around likeness reproduction rights to boot), as well as giving them a very uniquely identifiable "look" that is, for better or worse, instantly recognizable as a funko pop. it's the same principle as those bored ape yacht club NFTs where everything looks like poo poo, but the fact that it looks like poo poo is beneficial for the purposes of profit margins and brand recognition at the end of the day, you're not really buying funko pops or ape NFTs for their art, you're buying them for their symbolic value, either as a representation of true fandom or as a public display of wealth and tech savviness
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Apr 25, 2023 16:17
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they're not meant to be removed from the boxes so the box shaped heads have stylistic resonance with the corners of their container they're in
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Apr 25, 2023 16:19
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Jay Rust posted:Maybe i'm the weird one but i have never and will never buy merch (my parents did buy me cool Sonic shorts and space jam t-shirts when i was a kid but that was beyond my control) I will buy merch if hits that cross of good price and good quality, like those sitting pokemon plushes. Khanstant posted:It's not any more expensive to have made a good base model for your entire line of products. Presumably they paid someone at some point to come up with the base design and they could've had that artist use that same time to make something less offensive instead. It's not an accident they look like that, the artist wanted to express a dark feeling towards all humanity. They do capture the soulless corporate culture that probably inspired them.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:21
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Heavily stylized low effort faces that can be converted into myriad IP or variants doesn't mean it has to be fuckin ugly. Japan alone has produced a trillion chibi characters who look like freaky proportioned people like Funko's, but they are cute instead of hideous. I have to assume the ugliness is intentional, a way to grab attention that a nice looking sculpt wouldn't get. In the bored apes case I assume that artist or artists are just bad or cursed.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:22
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Khanstant posted:I don't get why finko pop decided to make all of their toys hideous garbage no one ever wants to have to see. Surely they would've been more successful by making sculptures that looked good and cuts instead. There was someone at my work who had I think over a hundred of them next to their desk (and I guess a lot more at home) but I've bought like 10 amiibos so who am I to judge
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Apr 25, 2023 16:23
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I simply purchase pokemon plushes
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Apr 25, 2023 16:25
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Apr 25, 2023 16:26
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i have a giant vinyl dash rendar doll on my bookshelf. bought FOR me but otherwuse yeah i dont go in for merch much
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Apr 25, 2023 16:26
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Jay Rust posted:Maybe i'm the weird one but i have never and will never buy merch (my parents did buy me cool Sonic shorts and space jam t-shirts when i was a kid but that was beyond my control) my walls are bare and plain (i would not be able to film Youtube video essays with such lack of decor, certainly)
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Apr 25, 2023 16:26
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i am a sucker for tie-in comics/novels/games though. Dead Space's comics were real good. illustrated by Ben Templesmith. i think i am the only person to read the Killzone 3 novelization tho
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Apr 25, 2023 16:28
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Barry Convex posted:kinda thought this might be cancelled after recent Funko layoffs, and it feels like something that should have been released a good 4-5 years ago, but I guess it does have The Thing content going for it at least same vibes as the lovely bored ape games
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Apr 25, 2023 16:28
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Barry Convex posted:kinda thought this might be cancelled after recent Funko layoffs, and it feels like something that should have been released a good 4-5 years ago, but I guess it does have The Thing content going for it at least they remade the thing's defibrillation scene with digital funko pops. god what a depressing sentence.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:35
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Hold up. I thought it was Fantastic Four Thing. You're telling me it's eighties horror classic The Thing? Absolute why? For what purpose was this made? Funko Pop is the most disgusting object of conspicuous consumption I've ever seen. Stop buying worthless plastic trash so you can signal to others your overvaluation of equally vapid psuedopopculture.
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Apr 25, 2023 16:40
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:they remade the thing's defibrillation scene with digital funko pops. 
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Apr 25, 2023 16:46
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The Thing rocks, i should rewatch it. Thank you funkopops for reminding me of a thing i like, you were worth it
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Apr 25, 2023 16:49
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agreed that these consumer objects of nostalgia bait and conspicuous consumption suck rear end. now to buy more pokemon plushes
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Apr 25, 2023 16:50
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Gaius Marius posted:Hold up. I thought it was Fantastic Four Thing. You're telling me it's eighties horror classic The Thing? Absolute why? For what purpose was this made? You need body horror funkos to go with your "literally Laura Palmer dead and in a plastic sheet from Twin Peaks" funko
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Apr 25, 2023 16:51
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Mr E posted:You need body horror funkos to go with your "literally Laura Palmer dead and in a plastic sheet from Twin Peaks" funko lmao is that real
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Apr 25, 2023 16:51
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I definitely didn't have a plastic robot model kit come in the mail yesterday myselfJay Rust posted:lmao is that real https://www.amazon.com/Funko-Television-Palmer-Plastic-Action/dp/B01N10MHOI 
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Apr 25, 2023 16:53
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"action" figures but not much action you can do with laura
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Apr 25, 2023 16:53
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Feels Villeneuve posted:agreed that these consumer objects of nostalgia bait and conspicuous consumption suck rear end. now to buy more magic cards
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Apr 25, 2023 16:55
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Are you guys just like, not able to resist the siren call of "thing i like, in pog form"? maybe i'm stronger than i thought
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Apr 25, 2023 16:56
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My dead uncle was a hoarder so I have an innate fear of having too much crap and seeing pictures people with hoards of funco fills me with both dread and pity
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Apr 25, 2023 16:58
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gently caress earth, I wasn't saying Funko's are bad because consumerism whatever they are just ugly as hell. If Darwin didn't want us to make plastic and vinyl toys then he wouldn't have evolved us all this sweet oil for us.
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Apr 25, 2023 17:00
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if they're meant to be kept in the boxes then why are the boxes ugly too
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Apr 25, 2023 17:00
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Remembering the "pop-tract"
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Apr 25, 2023 17:01
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Was reading that the AMD 7800x3D processors have an issue with their voltage that is making them burnout. How common is this issue actually though? How likely? I kinda already bought a new PC with this CPU. :P
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Apr 25, 2023 17:02
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Remembering the "pop-tract" Is that the funko pop divorce?
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Apr 25, 2023 17:03
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I said come in! posted:Was reading that the AMD 7800x3D processors have an issue with their voltage that is making them burnout. How common is this issue actually though? How likely? I kinda already bought a new PC with this CPU. :P I don't think anyone's figured out how common it is, but people seem to be blaming the motherboard rather than the cpu so far
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Apr 25, 2023 17:12
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imho anything you collect should have some sort of use, like erotic pillowcases
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Apr 25, 2023 17:13
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They're called dakimakura, and they're art.
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Apr 25, 2023 17:16
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Electric Phantasm posted:Is that the funko pop divorce? 
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Apr 25, 2023 17:20
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Fake Name posted:I don't think anyone's figured out how common it is, but people seem to be blaming the motherboard rather than the cpu so far Okay, so I won't have a freakout about it then. There's not enough information yet. I saw that at least MSI has released a bio's update as well to help with a bandaid solution until something more specific is released by AMD.
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Apr 25, 2023 17:27
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James Bouhuys, Addicted Popper
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