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EnergizedLib

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18. It reminds me of the baseball card hobby of the 1980s

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 09:00 PM

Jul 2023

Though born in the early '90s, I'm a big card enthusiast and have read about how people in the 1980s thought they'd be rich owning rookie cards of Jose Canseco and Gregg Jefferies, when cards were mass produced then and don't really go for much now.

The Pre-1980 cards can fetch some value, ironically, those cards a collector's mom once threw away. It's not often you'll find a Mickey Mantle Topps card for under $100.

Is Funko going to depreciate in value? I'm not an expert, but there are reasons to think it could. I'm not sure I've got the time or the energy to monetarily or emotionally invest in Funko when I'm emotionally invested in Sports Illustrateds and even a few different card sets.

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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