It’s the latest sensation. This generation’s Beanie Babies. Like last year’s Pokémon Go, collectors just “gotta catch ’em all.” And Funko, the toy company that makes them exclusively, has licensed seemingly any and every property on Earth for their POP! line of bobblehead dolls. Almost. Funko is always reaching for the next great franchise, the next cool character, the next thing for fanboys and fangirls to go nuts for.
Really. They’ve secured the licenses for nearly everything. Challenge us on that? How about Tupac Shakur? They made him into a vinyl POP! figure. Michael Jackson? Yep, in multiple outfits. Invisible Bilbo Baggins. The creature from Sharknado. Duck Dynasty? They made ’em. How about 1970s Elvis? Yep. Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, The Muppets, and Game of Thrones? Of course. The Golden Girls? Nah…. yep! They made those, too. Piglet from Winnie the Pooh and Butters from South Park. The Elf on the Shelf? The cast of Friends? They’re just toying with us now.
But it doesn’t stop there. There’s Bob’s Big Boy and Bob’s Burgers. Parks and Recreation. BBC’s Sherlock. The cast from Lost. Universal Monsters. My Little Pony. NFL football. The Gilmore Girls. The A-Team. Pewdiepie from YouTube??? Gremlins. The Walking Dead. Power Rangers. The Exorcist. It goes on and on…
Is there no end to the properties that the Funko toy company will rematerialize into bobbleheads? They’ve got Santa Claus, Homer Simpson, David Bowie in Labyrinth, Breaking Bad, and the kids from Twilight. And the band members from Metallica. Thankfully they don’t yet have The Twilight Zone or we’d have to witness a frightening POP! of Billy Mumy’s victim Dan as the jack-in-the-box from “It’s a Good Life.” [[shudder]]
But this week’s release tops them all. Truly there is now one Funko POP! to rule them all. The real Top POP! But who could it be? Who is the big surprise? Drumroll, please…. The One POP! to Rule Them All is…
