The Funko Pop They have fans all over the world. It is quite rare to meet someone who does not have one of these big-headed dolls at home. There are those who immediately take the Funko out of their boxes to put them as decoration - there are even children who play with them. However, there are other types of people who take care of them and pamper them with the hope that one day, their Funko Pop can be sold for more money than they cost. And it is that, although not too many people buy these dolls to speculate, one can be tempted to discover that he has a little jewel at home. And that's when the question may arise. How do I know what a Funko Pop is worth? Well, that is the question that we are going to solve for you today.
Do you have a little treasure inside a transparent box?
We don't think anyone in their right mind is actively investing in Funko Pops, as there are hundreds of them. more profitable and safer assets. However, it may happen that we have a doll on our shelf that is worth more than what we had in mind. We are not talking about becoming millionaires, but about a product with a value that could be enough to buy us a computer or a PlayStation 5, to give a few examples.
Most Funko Pop do not experience price changes. They are produced in massive runs, so there are thousands of identical dolls that you can have in your room. However, there are a few factors that can make a Funko popular on the second hand market. But, for that, the Funko Pop themselves would have to be cataloged first. And we already tell you that it is not easy.
Is there an official Funko Pop price database?
One of the key factors when pricing a product is the number of units in circulation. An iMac from the year 2009 has a ridiculous value today, since millions of units were manufactured and it is now an obsolete product. However, the Apple II of 1977 —a practically useless computer today— has a rather high price, since few units were manufactured and not too many have reached our days in good condition. This is repeated with any type of product. The higher the circulation, the less likely it is that its price will increase in the future. When there are reduced runs and the product is successful, the low supply and speculation will do the job of significantly increase the price.
Unfortunately, there is no official Funko Pop database. We do not have an official list in which the company specifies the total catalog of dolls that have been produced in history. We also do not know the total number of units that have been manufactured for each model, nor the number of products that make up a series.
And no, this is not an exercise in laziness on the part of Funko Pop. The company is interested in a certain part that we do not have technical knowledge about its collections, because that way they can launch dozens of doll variants of a specific character, simply by changing the accessory (we remember the Stacy Malibu thing, right?).
How to find out what a Funko Pop is worth
Some Funko Pop are listed on the market as regular assets. And there are a number of factors that directly influence the potential price that can reach one of these figures:
type and variant
There are 7 Types other than Funko Pop on the market:
- Regular: the normal plastic one that we usually see almost always.
- Chase: Identical to Regular, but performing some action.
- Glow in the Dark: is a Funko Regular that glows in the dark.
- flocked: its material is plush.
- Glitter: They usually have glitter or special shine.
- Metal: have a metallic paint finish.
- Chrome: Funko Chrome are finished in a single metallic color.
This fact is important to know, but it has some science. Just because a Funko is Chase doesn't mean it's better than the Regular. In fact, it can be worth the same or even less. Differentiating your Funko within this list serves solely to name to the doll, because, as we have seen in the previous paragraphs, there is no official database that we can use to keep track of the collectibles.
Exclusivity
Although we are not fully familiar with Funko Pop spins, there are five levels of exclusivity that apply to these dolls:
- event exclusives: like the ones at Comic-Con.
- store exclusives: limited to GameStop, Amazon, Wallmart…
- Standard: they do not have limited editions and the total number of units in circulation is not known.
- 'Exclusive' series: their runs are more limited.
- autograph series: signed by the actor who plays the character, the famous person represented…
This point is usually quite linked to the price of Funko itself. The more exclusive a figure is, the more likely it is that its price will end up increasing on resale. The exclusive store models have quite generous print runs, although they end up running out sooner or later. On the other hand, the models that come out of Comic-Con tend to be almost automatically resold in international markets.
Popularity
This parameter is totally subjective. An exclusive Funko is more likely to catch on than a standard model. But everything will depend on the sales levels, speculation and how he works market.
State of conservation
Luckily for many, Funko Pops are rarely taken out of the box. However, you should know that the prices that are usually seen on the Internet are for Funkos that are in good condition, even with the box without damage. If the box of your Funko is slightly damaged, or the figure has been hit by sunlight, rest assured that you will never be able to get as much money as they tell you on the net. With Funko it happens exactly the same as with Pokémon Cards, unused video games or comics. They can be worth a lot of money, but only if they are in perfect condition.
Vaulted
A Funko will automatically go up in price if it becomes a Vaulted (that is, if it is discontinued), and its listing price will drop precipitously if it is produced again. For this reason, it is not a good idea to invest in these dolls. This does not mean that you should not buy them, but that you should not get them with the purpose of making money in the future, because your success or failure can be a complete lottery.
As we said before, there is no official database that specifies which Funkos exist. However, the brand does announce when it stops manufacturing a specific doll. The 'Vault' tag does just that. Just because a Funko is in the Vault doesn't mean it won't happen again. In fact, there have been several cases in which this phenomenon has occurred. As a general rule, Funkos that acquire this label did not receive enough success in the market, but they do experience a new life in the second-hand market.
The online tool that tells you how much your Funkos are worth
As we said, there is no official database to verify information about Funko Pop. But this does not mean that people have stopped. Sometimes fans do miracles. That's what happens with the web Pop Price Guide, HobbyDB. It is neither more nor less than a collaborative website in which users from all over the world can participate by adding the information they know about different Funko Pop.
Thanks to this information, we will know at a stroke all the data associated with a specific figure. If you're into the cryptocurrency world and have ever gone on CoinMarketCap or CoinGeeko, Pop Price Guide is exactly the same, but with Funkos instead of cryptos.
The web scans the prices at which purchases and sales are made of different Funko Pop models that are made on their own platform, gives them assessment, orders the figures in ranking and shows you all the products associated with a character in question.
HobbyDBBetter than eBay?
Yes, completely. The value of a product is not the price that a person gives it, but rather the value of the last trades that have occurred for that something. The thrift pages are full of Funko Pop at absurdly high prices in case some clueless drop in and sneak a sale. But those prices are not representative absolutely. If you put a Funko for sale at those prices, we assure you that you will not sell it.
In Pop Price Guide you will find realistic prices, based on metrics and information collected by fans of these collectibles. Information from good hands of fans who love these collections, so it is a safer place to appraise a figure than any second-hand platform you see on the net.
Does this website encourage speculation?
Yes and no. The general idea of the Pop Price Guide is not to give information to speculators. But of course, the insights that they offer is available for everyone, so in a certain way, it is put on a silver platter to scalpers and other speculators.
The most interesting fact that this is number of units for sale and the number of people who have a particular Funko on their wish list. Because? Well, because this throws us a lot information about supply and demand What about a doll? For example, Stan Lee's Funko (Comikaze) has a total of 0 units for sale at the time of writing these lines. However, more than 500 users are chasing to have one, and the average sale price is approximately located at 145 dollars, which gives us a clue that this figure can reach a much higher price in the future. When a bidder appears on the market, he will be able to set a very high price for this figure if he has it in good condition.
Of course, let's not fool ourselves. This will only happen with very specific products. In this case, only a thousand Stan Lee figures were produced, the series was launched in 2013 and the figures were sold under the label Exclusive. If we add to this that good old Stan is no longer with us, then we have the perfect storm for his figure to begin to acquire value. Despite this, if you have one of these figures (or any other that the web considers to have a high price), you should know that it will have lost all its value if the doll or the box has suffered any type of scratch or superficial damage. Also, if you have this figure and by some chance, it occurs again, rest assured that you will be able to forget about selling it for a bit.