Happy Valentine's Day! - my first custom Funko Pop

Happy Valentine's Day!!



A few weeks ago, in a Facebook group I lurk in, a guy named Eric posted a group of Funko Pop Groots that he had customized for Vday.

This is Eric's Groot

I loved the idea of a Groot Rose! But the price he was charging for these customs were too much for me. However, I did have an extra Dancing Groot. I began to wonder if I could make my own Groot Rose. So I gave it a try! This isn't a tutorial or anything, just showing ya what I did.

Funko Pop Update

It has been six months since I last shared any funko pops I picked up. I have not stopped picking up Funko Pops. In fact, I've almost doubled my collection. Heh.

Instead of sharing individual pics, I'll just share the two funko pops I got this past Saturday, and then I'll share a pic of my whole collection, and just list the new ones.


My new ones:



I wandered in to the Hot Topic hoping to pick up the Ninth Doctor and pink Harley, but I wasn't holding my breath for Harley. I figured she sold out pretty quick.

They have shelves that are stacked two high and three back with Pops, so I started from the bottom, and slowly started shifting Pops this way and that in search of Harley. The Ninth Doctor was super easy, they had a dozen of him. On the fourth shelf I check, in fact - that last shelf I can reach without asking for a ladder - at the very end, I find her. I find four of her. All hiding behind other pops, but there she was! So I happily grab my two new Pops and go to the register.

I place them on the counter. Both of the employees stare blankly at Harley.

"Where did you find that?! I've been telling people we sold out! I even tried looking for them!" The guy exclaims.

To which I reply, "They're kind of hidden, but there were four of them in a group on that shelf there. So there's three more..."

He then gets all scared that the people he turned away will notice this and get mad at him.

The moral of the story is you might not want to just ask to see if they have a pop, it might be safer to look for yourself. Because seriously this Hot Topic had four and the employees were telling people they were sold out. I don't blame the employees, obviously someone tried hiding them. But I wasn't going to give up until I couldn't reach the shelves, so I win. *shrug*



Moving on, here's an updated picture of my collection:

New Pops:
Zoe Washburne
Iron Throne
Petyr Baelish
Gus Gus in Slipper
Quidditch Harry Potter
April O'Neil
Buffy
  
Already mentioned:
Ninth Doctor with Banana
Pink Harley Quinn
    
Star Wars:
Rey
First Order Stormtrooper
Yoda (Spirit)
Wampa
BB-8
Poe Dameron
Captain Phasma
Boba Fett (Prototype)
Snowtrooper

Pocket Pops:
Rainbow Dash
Adipose
Captain America


There we go! All of my Pops so far. They were either purchased by me or my guy, a couple were bought on clearance, and a couple were gifts. I still have quite a few I want, and Funko is apparently going to be at C2E2 this year, plus I'm looking forward to the vendor Pops, so I'm wondering what other pops I'm going to end up with this year! ♥

More Funkos!

Like I mentioned, I have four more Funko Pops in addition to the two I shared the other day! I'll post them here in the order I got them.



1) Harry Potter:

This Harry has the Gryffindor sword. I ordered him while I was visiting family in Michigan, and he was available to pick up shortly after I returned. He's so cute. I need to get the other Harry Potter characters that I'm missing! GAH. So much money...






2) TARDIS:

I originally ordered this TARDIS online along with the next Funko Pop, but they told me the warehouse was sold out and issued a refund. So I went to the Hot Topic at the mall and they had like 8 of them. I bought one there instead.






3) Hagrid:

I had ordered Hagrid and TARDIS together because there was a 20% off sale online. So it was sad when I had to go and buy TARDIS for full price. But I did get Hagrid when he arrived!







4) C3PO:

I hadn't planned on purchasing this guy. He was a spur of the moment, OMG I want this one, decision. I had walked in to the Hot Topic to pick up Hagrid. (I selected free site to store shipping.) And then ended up buying this guy too. The normal C3PO isn't gold chrome and I wasn't interested in it, but this guy IS and he's beautiful. ♥

See my whole collection here.

Long time no see! Funko Pops too

I dropped the ball again. I don't know why, I think in my mind I thought I didn't have anything else to write about, but alas... I wandered back here, meaning to catch you up on my Funko Pop collection, and - lo and behold - I find two drafts that I never finished.

One was what I got from the mug swap (I already posted what I sent) and the other was what I sent as  Fictional Crush Swap Angel! I'll write those two up and post them soon.

For now, I'm showing you two funko pops that I got back in June... then I have another post with the rest of the pops I've gotten since. I think there's only three or four more from these.


First up, the Tenth Doctor!

I ordered him from the Hot Topic website because I assumed he'd be sold out by the time I got to the store. My dad thought he was so cute I ended up ordering two - one for him. lol.



Next: Discord!

I've wanted Discord for a while, but he's a larger 6" figure, and I could only find him at Hot Topic... and I wasn't willing to spend $20 there to get him... and then I found him at Walmart. His box was a little beaten up, but I was like, "whatever! I bet he's cheaper than he'd be at Hot Topic!" So - even though I'd already checked out when I saw him - I dragged my cart back through checkout and found a scanner machine to find out his price. He wouldn't scan! So I took him to a register. The lady at the register couldn't scan him either! So she called over her manager, and I explained that I found him beat up, alone, and without a price tag. So they sold him to me for $5! FIVE DOLLARS! I was super excited! Ha! ♥

New Funkos Alert, plus I'm STILL HERE!

Yes, you heard that right, I'm still here! I took a month off because... well, I'm not sure really. I didn't have much to talk about, or maybe I just didn't feel like talking about it. And then that 5 Fandom Friday skipped a week and I got anxious about what would be next, or if there would be a next.... aahhhh anxiety.

I am going to try getting back in to step. New 5 Fandom Friday topics are up and, while I am skipping this Friday's and substituting in one from May, I should be back on track here.


So anyhoo!!! Just a quick post today, sharing my two newest Funkos, which are actually over a month old now. lol. XD

Behold! Hodor and Khal Drogo!


I'm still fairly new to the Funko scene, having only given in to the addiction less than a year ago. I was not aware that either of these Pops existed. I found them both at C2E2. Hodor was found at a booth - where my dad finally gave in and started his own collection of Funko Pops. lol. I saw some Khals at a different booth earlier that day, but when I went back for him, he was gone.

The next day, Saturday, the Boyfriend joined us, and together we got a photo op with Jason Momoa. And I decided I needed a Khal Drogo Funko Pop. Boyfriend didn't want to stand in line to get our photo signed, so while I did that, he wandered around looking for a Khal for me. He was successful! BAH HAHAHAHA.  ♥

~my current collection photo~

March Tiny Birthday Swap Part 2 - What I got from my swap buddy

Today I share what I got from the Tiny Birthday Swap!

Isn't this wrapping paper adorable? I love it! So simple and cute!

Tada!!! A Funko Pop, some MLP Lip Gloss, an ADORABLE mod podged MLP picture frame, an MLP blind bag, a card, and some M&M's!

I closed the box of M&M's for this picture, but it was the first thing I opened, and then munched on the M&M's while opening the rest of the presents. lol.


Here's a couple of individual piccies of some of the things...


Look at the cute card!!

Cruella DeVille!! HECK YEAH. So awesome! ♥


Here's what I got in my My Little Pony Blind Bag:

Isn't it PERFECT?! I got Sweetie Blue, which has a CUPCAKE Cutie Mark!!! Perfect for birthday celebrations!!



And LOOK at my newest Funko Pop!!!

Squeeeeee!! It's the Hot Topic exclusive Dancing Groot!! SO CUTE!! I have already mentioned in a previous post that I have two normal Dancing Groots, so now I have three Dancing Groots! I'm definitely keeping one normal one and my new Hot Topic Exclusive one though. I'm fairly certain I'm giving away the extra Dancing Groot. HOW CUTE is the little "I am Groot" pot this little Dancing Groot is sitting in?! I LOVE IT!!



There we have my goodies from the Birthday Swap! I love it all!! ♥

More Funko Pops!

A couple more Funkos for me!!

I picked up my first, and possible only, Dean funko.

FBI agent Dean. Hehe. I love Dean, but for some reason, the original Dean funko pop just doesn't do it for me. This little agent Dean is adorable though. So yes. I doubt I'll be picking up any version of Sam, and I'm also not too interested in Charlie's pop, which makes me sad because I love Charlie.


Next is Mrs. Potts and Chip!!

This one's been on my wishlist for a while, and I found it at BAM (bookstore) at the mall! HECK YEAH. When I saw it, I had to prevent myself from hiding it so I could come back to get it another day. lol. No need though, because there were two when I got there to buy it on Thursday. Woot woot!!


And finally, a Pocket Pop:

Discord!! I didn't know Discord was made in to a Pocket Pop, but I was super happy when I found him at Hot Topic! I love Discord!! ♥ ♥ ♥

New Funko Pops!

I picked two Funko Pops up at Fan Fest Chicago this weekend. I was looking for more, but couldn't find them at a reasonable enough price. Ah well, two is good!!


Red eyed Crowley

I knooooow... I just bought Crowley. But this guy was only $14 and since Hot Topic sells their Funkos at $12.50, it was an acceptable price for me! Plus, it's Crowley.



Jayne

JAYNE!! My second Firefly Funko Pop, and certainly not my last. I had originally hoped to pick up Wash too, but he sold just before I got there. Ah well! Next time. Hee. I love Jayne. ♥

Another new Funko Pop!

Super short post today.

I already have Castiel, and he and Crowley are my favorite characters...


So naturally I needed Crowley.

Here he is! Hooray! Too cute. I loves it.

New Funko Pops Alert!!

Ha! Wouldn't you know it, I managed to maneuver myself in to a Hot Topic early on a Friday morning when it wasn't so busy! And they had a buy one get one 50% off sale, so I picked up TWO new Funko Pops! Both are on my want list, of course! :D


Scrump

I've seen the Lilo and Stitch Funkos, and I'm a huge fan of the movies, but for some reason, Funko Pop Lilo and the Stitches I've seen are... meh. And then I saw Scrump. And fell in love. I always identified with Lilo. Being the odd one out, an active imagination, not able to afford normal looking dolls. I used to make my own dolls from white socks, clothes that don't fit me anymore, and pulling tassles from pillows and blankets as hair. My dolls looked like the love child of Scrump and Raggedy Ann, so when Lilo pulled Scrump out, and then explained Scrump's big head head with a great story... oh, how my heart tugged. I had to have this Funko Pop.







Dirty Kaylee

KAYLEEEEEEEE! FIREFLY!!!! BROWNCOAT FOREVER!!! *cough* Ahem. Apologies. I wandered in to Hot Topic to look for this young lady especially. I knew they had the exclusive dirty Kaylee and decided it would be worth a look. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to find her. I just figured I'd get regular Kaylee at C2E2 or something. But I found her! And then I left her at the register for me while I went back to find Scrump for the 50% off sale. Haha. Love it. My Kaylee looks less dirty than ones I've seen online, but you know what? That's okay with me. I still love her. ♥

Full Funko Pop Collection

So this past Friday, I did a 5 Fandom post on my top 5 Funko Pops that I own. Those are the ones pictured above. And I have two Dancing Groots for the time being. Still thinking of having a giveaway.

I have a very small collection, because I only started last August. But since it's so small, I thought now would be a good time to share, because then I could blog whenever I get a new one in the future, and keep up that way.



Groot

BEHOLD! The very first Funko Pop I ever purchased. Bah haha. I had been avoiding purchasing Funko Pops for ages, but alas, Guardians of the Galaxy made me change my mind. I spent the first day of Chicago Comic Con finding all of the booths that sold Groot. I kept finding him for $40. After a quick text to a friend who's been collecting a while, I learned $40 was way to much to spend on a normal Funko Pop. So I kept searching. And finally, I found just one place that was selling him for $20. Another text to that friend informed me that $20 will probably be the cheapest I'll find him at the time, so I grabbed him. That day was the same day that friend ended up getting his Loot Crate, and his Groot looked so much cooler than mine, but I don't have Loot Crate, so I had to settle for this one. Haha.

5 Fandom Friday - Favorite Funko Pop Figures

This is a fun topic! I just wish I had more Funkos in my collection to choose from! Actually, I had planned on writing a post on all my Funkos, but then I saw this 5 Fandom Friday, and decided to wait it out. Expect that post later this week probably.




Favorite Funko Pop Figures



1: Baymax

Immediately after watching the movie, I wanted something Baymax. So I went to the Disney store. They didn't have anything. So I went online and ordered a Funko. Hee. He's a bit larger than the other Funko Pop Figures, and he might be pearlescent? Super cute. He shipped super fast too!! I ordered him December 16th, and he was at my door by the 18th. It was most welcome, because this Baymax is adorable. ♥ ♥ ♥






2: Castiel

Castiel and Crowley are my favorite characters on Supernatural. I wanted this one for a while, but he was a Hot Topic exclusive and I despise the Hot Topic nearest me. It's sooo small, and there's always so many people and... I have a fear of crowds and small spaces. I tend to want to wander HT, go in 1/4 of the way, then freak out and leave. At cons, he sells for $40+ because he's exclusive. So I kept looking at him online. And in December I found someone on Ebay selling him for $20 shipped. Which was an acceptable amount for me to pay, so I nabbed him. I love Cas. He's adorable. I also need the Crowley Funko. Someday.






3: Dancing Groot

This one! HEEEE! At... Chicago Comic Con, I was looking for regular Groot, (that same month was when Loot Crate had their exclusive version. Oh how I wish I could have that one!) and I found one finally for $20, which made me happy, but then I saw this version and HAD TO HAVE IT. So cute!! I placed a pre-order, and got it a month sooner than I thought I would! And then, last month, I was at Walgreens and happened to find one there. So I grabbed it! Am I keeping both? Maybe. Or maybe I'll give the extra one away! Haha.






4: Dr. Hooves

I picked this guy up at the Doctor Who convention last year, Chicago TARDIS. Of course I picked him up. I'm new to the My Little Pony Fandom, so he's my first pony Funko. And he's adorable. I loves him. I picked two Funkos up at that convention, but the second one didn't make this list, so you'll meet that one soon. Haha. (Or you can catch a glimpse to the right of this picture... lol)






5: Stone Cold Steve Austin

When I was... a baby? Haha. VERY YOUNG. Until I turned 13 or so, I loved... wrestling. It was a family love. Everyone loved wrestling. WWF and WCW. Old school stuff man. My favorites included Shawn Michaels, Brett Hart, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Al Snow. Then in the mid to late 90's and early 2000's, Stone Cold Steve Austin showed up. And I was hooked on him. I loved this guy. (Can you tell I was never really "girly" as a kid? lol) I couldn't get enough. Mom bought me a subscription to RAW Magazine, because between that and WWF Magazine, RAW was the more "inappropriate" one, and therefore had more Steve Austin in it. I bought everything Steve Austin. You know those foam fingers you see at sports arenas? Steve Austin had a black middle finger. And damned right I had one. I had a Stone Cold license plate. And an Austin 3:16 flag that is still around. And like I mentioned in my song 5 fandom, I had posters of this guy on my wall, right next to my BSB and NSYNC posters. So I HAD to get the Funko. He reminds me of my childhood. And he'll always be a part of that.




Phew! I wrote way more than I thought I would. lol.






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