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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Freethinker65

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17. Remind me of Ty Beanie Babies, Longenberger baskets, collector plates, Hummels, Lladro...

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 01:56 PM

Jul 2023

Precious Moments, etc. Pretty much all can found at thrift stores (often entire collections) sitting on shelves getting dusty waiting for landfills.

Buy them if you like them, don't expect them to fund your retirement.

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I don't really get the Funko appeal [View all] EnergizedLib Jul 2023 OP

the backpacks are kinda cute... but these rooms full of funko pop squared headed things is a lot BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #1

I don't have the space for one, let alone 3,000 EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #2

I collect them because they are little Investments essentially vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #3

That sounds like a really cool thing EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #6

Oh I'm the same this was a gift I got vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #7

Do you see yourself selling off? EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #9

Nope I plan on just keeping them vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #13

I guess you really like Family Matters EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #14

Yeah I don't buy funko's unless I like the thing that they're tied to vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #16

Sell before the bottom falls out Fiendish Thingy Jul 2023 #11

I collect I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2023 #4

I'm not judging at all EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #8

I don't see the attraction with Pops. They are nothing special, static and boring to look Ziggysmom Jul 2023 #5

They are the beanie babies of the 21st century. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jul 2023 #10

I guess so EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #12

My sense is 90% of Funko collectors are in it for the money Fiendish Thingy Jul 2023 #15

Remind me of Ty Beanie Babies, Longenberger baskets, collector plates, Hummels, Lladro... Freethinker65 Jul 2023 #17

It reminds me of the baseball card hobby of the 1980s EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #18

Will Funko's hold long term value? The answer lies in an old Calvin & Hobbes cartoon... ZonkerHarris Jul 2023 #19