01st May2019

Nerd Buy: Michael J. Fox’s ‘Teen Wolf’ gets a Funko Pop!

by Phil Wheat

I’ve long since stopped buying Funko Pops – in fact I sold a lot of my collection quite recently. But even I, lapsed Pop! fan that I am, cannot resist this latest announcement from the purveyors of plastic, Funko. You see they just had to go and make a pop vinyl of one of my […]

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21st Jan2019

London Toy Fair 2019: Funko reveal new Batman Pops & more Primal Age!

by Phil Wheat

London Toy Fair kicks off tomorrow with press day, but getting a jump on all the news we can expect from the UK biggest toy show here’s a list of just SOME of the new products on the way from Funko… They’ve also announced The Incredibles AND Little Mermaid 5-Star figures ahead of tomorrow too! […]

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31st May2018

Nerd Buy: ‘Gargoyles’ Funko Pop! range

by Phil Wheat

Funko have announced a new range of Pops based on the beloved Disney animated series Gargoyles coming stores in August 2018. Goliath and Demona will also be available as Funko Pop Keychains too! Add the leader of the Wyvern Clan Goliath, the rookery brothers Lexington, Brooklyn and Broadway, the immortal gargoyle Demona, and the gargoyle […]

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09th May2018

Nerd Buy: “Bullet Club” Funko Pops!

by Phil Wheat

Funko have announced the latest addition to their ever-growing Pop! vinyl range – including a reveal that members of wrestling’s Bullet Club are coming to Pop! Yes, you read that right… the Bullet Club! Joining the Pop! line-up are Kenny Omega, Cody and The Young Bucks, who come in in a Pop! 2-pack! The Bullet […]

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27th Nov2017

Nerd Buy: Funko Pop! Contest of Champions vinyl figures

by Phil Wheat

The mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions is coming to Funko’s Pop! vinyl range. As you assemble your ultimate team of champions you can now have Pop! versions of some of your favorite characters… This series includes King Groot, the mystical Guillotine, Civil Warrior, and Venompool; rounding out the series comes a 15cm version […]

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16th Nov2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Tommy Boy’ Funko Pop! Vinyls

by Phil Wheat

“If at first you don’t succeed, lower your standards.” Originally released in 1995, the cult comedy film Tommy Boy, starring the late Chris Farley alongside David Spade, joins the Funko Pop! vinyl range early next year – with Pops of seven-year college graduate Tommy (Farley) and his dad’s sycophantic assistant Richard (Spade). Tommy Callahan Jr. […]

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14th Sep2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Crash Bandicoot’ Funko Pops

by Phil Wheat

Fresh off the success of the remastered N.Sane Trilogy, the hit platform video game Crash Bandicoot is now receiving the Pop! vinyl treatment! This series features the high-speed, energetic Crash Bandicoot, the short-tempered, and reckless boss Neo Cortex! Look for the black and white Crash Bandicoot – a chase item with a rarity of 1-in-6… […]

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23rd May2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Justice League’ Movie Pops!

by Phil Wheat

DC will finally bring their heroes together as the Justice League in the new movie which is due to hit screens mid to late November. Funko are supporting the movie release with a raft of new POP! vinyl releases with many familiar heroes in their movie outfits and a few less well know one, in […]

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03rd May2017

Nerd Buy: ‘War of the Planet of the Apes’ Funko Pop! vinyls

by Phil Wheat

The re-booted Planet of the Apes series really hits high gear with this third instalment, which will be crashing into the cinema in July. And to celebrate the release Funko have debuted the first series of POP! figures from the Apes franchise – and has more releases to come, once War of the Planet of […]

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27th Apr2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Alien Covenant’ Funko Pops!

by Phil Wheat

The new Alien film is due to hit cinema’s across Europe shortly, and expectation is high for Ridley Scott’s latest exploration of the roots of the Alien legend, begun with Prometheus. Add to that expectation that anything Alien, in POP! form, has always sold great, Funko have even admitted that they are some of the […]

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08th Mar2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Funko Pop! Vinyl Figures

by Phil Wheat

The live action, english language, movie version of Ghost In the Shell is due to open in cinema’s around the world from late March. Starring Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of ‘Major’, a field commander in the Cyborg counter-cyberterrorist unit it finally brings to the big screens one of the series that started the […]

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11th Jan2017

Nerd Buy: ‘Silicon Valley’ Funko Pop! Vinyl Figures

by Phil Wheat

Your favourite characters from the hit HBO dramas Game of Thrones and True Blood have already been immortalised as Pop! Vinyl figures – and now it’s time for the dedicated staff at Pied Piper to have their moment in the spotlight. Yes, you read that right, Silicon Valley Funko Pops are coming… and I want […]

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07th Apr2016

Nerd Buy: Funko POP! Ghostbusters (2016)

by Phil Wheat

Ghostbusters is one of the most beloved films of all time, so it’s maybe not that surprising to see it getting a remake – the twist is, that this time all the Ghostbusters are played by female cast members. Brought to you by the team who made the smash hit comedy Bridesmaids, the movie is […]

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16th Mar2016

Nerd Buy: Latest Marvel Funko POP! wave

by Phil Wheat

It’s been an absolute bonanza this last 12 months for Marvel comics fans in terms of their POP! collections – with Age of Ultron and Civil War figures being released; and now it just got even better. This new Marvel wave brings us a bundle of characters we might never have hoped to see – […]

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07th Jan2016

SPOILER ALERT: Funko Pop! figure offers ‘Civil War’ spoilers

by Phil Wheat

This past week you may have seen some images floating around the interwebs of the new Pop! and Dorbz figures Funko are releasing in the next couple of months for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. And whilst a number of sites (including Bleeding Cool) ran images of the Agent 13, Scarlet Witch, Crossbones and Black […]

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25th Nov2015

Nerd Buy: Funko’s new “POP Tees!” T-shirts

by Phil Wheat

Funko have unveiled a huge line up of high quality shirts (24 in total) which the bring the world of POP! characters to a series of collectible tees – from Star Wars to Disney Marvel to Baby Metal?! All of Funko’s POP! line is represented… Check them all out below – and look out for […]

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09th Nov2015

Nerd Buy: ‘The H8ful Eight’ Funko Pop line

by Phil Wheat

The H8ful Eight is the new eagerly-anticipated Quentin Tarantino film, hitting cinemas in early 2016. Like Django Unchained it is set in the years around the American civil war and sees Tarantino again playing with the conventions of the traditional western. We’re all looking forward to the movie and these new tie-in figures from Funko look […]

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11th Sep2015

Nerd Buy: Ltd Ed. ‘Syringe’ Freddy Krueger Funko POP!

by Phil Wheat

The Unmasked Freddie Krueger was one of the most desired of this years SDCC figures. Now here comes another Unmasked version and into the bargain he comes complete with Syringe fingers! A brilliant new version of one of our horror faves, this is the Freddy look that briefly appeared in Nightmare on Elm Street 3: […]

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11th Feb2014

Funko retire Pop! range items

by Phil Wheat

Funko have announced that they are to retire some of their Pop! range as well as a few of their Wacky Wobbler range. Whilst the items may still be in stock in stores or at online retailers, Funko are to cease production on the following: Star Wars Clone Trooper Pop! Vinyl Figure Elvis Presley 70’s […]

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