New Funko Pop! Transformers Coming Soon

I've managed to avoid the entire craze until recently. My daughter found me the B&N Exclusive Ultraman, actually in store, and for normal retail, then I got the Classic Voltron. Would love to have Godzilla and Kong, but they are a little pricey, and there are so many fakes on eBay right now. I may get a Prime if its based on the original series, and not Movieverse.

Well, for those who like G1 and Funko Pops, this could make you happy. These new Transformers Pops were revealed as part on Instagram along with others, like the Monopoly man and Furby. The ones shown are Optimus Prime and Bumblebee but the deal here is that they are a combo of different G1 aspects. The heads come from the cartoon (Bumblebee has a mouth for instance) while the bodies are based on the G1 toys.

Check them out below and let us know if this mishmash interests you or if you were going to buy them regardless or not buy them no matter how they looked.

Hate these things

Love these things

I have never understood the appeal.

Not really my thing, but they are only $10 right? I'll probably get them since they're cheap. I'm guessing they'll do a limited version with toy heads.

Emerje

I have never understood the appeal of these things either, but for some reason my office staff and loved ones have gifted me a number of different ones over the years because I'm a fan boy. I was recently going through some collectibles to sell on Ebay and discovered a few of the ones I own are "vaulted" and selling for approximately $200. Again, I don't get it but neither did most adults in 1985 when Garbage Pail Kids came out. We as kids couldn't get enough of them though. All that being said, I plan on picking these up simply because they're Transformers and they only retail for $10. In this day and age of figures like MP-44 going for almost $500 and Haslab Unicron's approximately $600 price tag, I'll take a cheap Transformers item when I can get one.

these actually look pretty cool

These look awful. WHY does bumblebee have a mouth? After YEARS of not getting good transformers funkos THIS is what we're handed? This had better be the start of more cartoon accurate bobbles. If they keep up with this mouth thing I'm gonna lose it. We're not stupid, we can tell the difference between no mouth and a faceplate.

Covering Transformers Funko Pop news has been tougher than any other TF merchandising product due to their narrow distribution channels and near automatic sold out status of exclusive variants. But now we actually have a clear idea of how you can at least get one of these exclusives: Grimlock. He is part of a long list of Spring 2021 shared exclusives which will be available on the Funko website to member AND at another retailer depending the country. For instance, Grimlock, the only TF Funko Pop in this list, will be available at EB Games in Canada and Gamestop in the US. You might even be able to preorder them now by contacting your local store. The full list of which toy is available at which retailer in which country is looooooooooooooong and they broke it down on their site in a myriad of illustrated tables. So head here to check out your specific country.

dear lord, collecting Funko Pops looks like a huge nightmare for collectors. can't believe they even gave an exclusive to Barnes and Noble.

william-james88 wrote:dear lord, collecting Funko Pops looks like a huge nightmare for collectors

Absolutely. I'm so glad I am very limited. I own 2 as of today, (The Original Ultraman #764 which was a B&N Exclusive, and the Original Voltron #70). I would like to get the first Godzilla release (not any of its variants), but I am waiting to find one at a reasonable price.

I've seen the Target Exclusive Bumblebee a few times, but all I want is the standard Original Optimus Prime. Then I'll have my Mt Rushmore of 4 total.

There's also the issue of Chinese knockoffs which makes finding genuine older ones quite difficult when looking online.

william-james88 wrote:can't believe they even gave an exclusive to Barnes and Noble.

Doesn't surprise me, I don't know if they're different in Canada, but these days almost a third of B&N is toys and games.

On the other hand, what the heck is Box Lunch, never heard of that store? Looks to be a more colorful, upbeat Hot Topic. Also surprised to see Newbury Comics got exclusives since it's a regional chain here in New England. I had no idea FYE was still around, the only one in Maine closed a long time ago.

Emerje

I think I only know what 15 of the 500 exclusives are from. Basketball Chewbaccas a little bit odd -but since Disney who am I to judge...

I was tempted to sell the few Motu ones I have due to lack of being able to get hold of more of them, but having a Stinkor that stinks is something I couldn't be with out. Some funkos work well, others are abominations.

A few wrote in telling us of the new Gamestop exclusive Transformer Funko Pop figure. This is a 10 inch Soundwave where you can open up his chest and put different casettes in. This is available to preorder now for $40 and it will be available in Canada as well, exclusively at EB Games.

Here is the item description

Only at GameStop! Transform your stylized vinyl figure collection in a big way with Pop! Jumbo 10-inch Transformers Soundwave with Tapes! Vinyl figure is approximately 10-inches tall and includes 4 interchangeable tapes. This Pop Transformers Soundwave figure is a GameStop Funko Exclusive.

FEATURES:
Funko Pop Transformers Soundwave figure
Made of vinyl
Figure is approximately 10-inches tall
includes 4 interchangeable tapes
GameStop Exclusive
Comes packaged in window display box

You can pre-order it now for $40 and shipping is free.
Expected Date: 08/04/2021

I never have understood the draw of those things.

I only own 1 Funko Pop. A Joker. But I’m totally getting those Thundarr the Barbarian ones. That Ookla the Mok looks awesome.

Not really interested in the TFs though.

I went by a local Game Stop today (Springfield, MO) and they two of these and i decided to pick up one. Ive never bought anything from this particular line but thought Soundwave was pretty cool looking.

From the photos, I took a picture of both sides of the cassettes and with at least one cassette in his chest.

He was listed at $34.99.

Enjoy,

SGM

Several Funko Pop! Transformers have been tough to find due to their exclusivity and they sell out fast. So here is a heads up if you are looking for Funko Pop! G1 Tracks. He is a Toy Tokyo exclusive for NYCC 2021 and you can get him for 19.99 on the Toy Tokyo website. They even have free shipping.

Here is the link: https://toytokyo.com/products/funko-pop ... 3c03&_ss=r

We thank xRotorstormx for letting us know.

I don't get Pops. I have the Amazon exclusive Optimus Prime and I just don't get the appeal. *Clicks complete on order.*

Clicked on link, sold out

Zordon wrote:Clicked on link, sold out

I just clicked on the link and ordered it.

daedalus25 wrote:

Zordon wrote:Clicked on link, sold out

I just clicked on the link and ordered it.

Seems they’re not shipping out to the uk. I’ll send them an email

How's that for a headline? We had reported on a Hasbro exclusive being behind an NFT paywall, and the community was wondering how long it would take for the same to happen to a Transformers exclusive. Well, this is getting closer to there. The Funko Pop website is advertising an NFT drop of 360000 Transformers NFTs on March 15th. You have samples of the NFTs on the website. It is unclear if you can purchase them without a crypto wallet.

Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 9,596 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy. The exclusives are below. So, just to be clear, buying a set of these NFTs means you only get a chance at getting a physical Funko Pop toy, over 90% of purchases will result in just NFTs. This is like those sports cars packs where you have a chance at there being a special rare card (like on that is autographed or has a piece of a game worn jersey) inside. But at least with the card example, you still get cards regardless. Here, you have less than a 10% chance at owning something physical.

And yes, I wrote the same thing twice in different ways, I just want it to be clear.

So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

This is literally so so SO stupid. On so many levels.

william-james88 wrote:Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 30000 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy.

This part confuses me. When I add up the number of each physical figure they only come to 9,596.

Grail Optimus Prime - 999 .28% chance
Legendary Devastator - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Hot Rod - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Rumble - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Sideswipe - 1,550 1.72% chance
Royalty Freddy Funko as Bumblebee - 2,397

So where are they getting 30K from?

Emerje

Traaaaaaaaash.

NFT's are a predatory scam, and forcing people to buy NFT's for a CHANCE at getting an actual item is a predatory scam on steroids. This crap can DIAF.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 30000 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy.

This part confuses me. When I add up the number of each physical figure they only come to 9,596.

Grail Optimus Prime - 999 .28% chance
Legendary Devastator - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Hot Rod - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Rumble - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Sideswipe - 1,550 1.72% chance
Royalty Freddy Funko as Bumblebee - 2,397

So where are they getting 30K from?

Emerje

It's my math error. I added up the percentages and then did cross multiplication with the total of single NFTs when instead I should have done it with the number of sets.

Spider5800 wrote:Traaaaaaaaash.

NFT's are a predatory scam, and forcing people to buy NFT's for a CHANCE at getting an actual item is a predatory scam on steroids. This crap can DIAF.

This right here, amongst other reasons NFTs are a total scam and trash

I don't get it

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

It's not their fault. They're just trying to capitalise on the latest "big thing".

Unfortunately, unlike fidget spinners, this won't be going away any time soon and we can expect more of this crap.

I implore everyone here to not waste money on this. Don't give them a cent.

I was happy to get Funko Starscream and Shockwave to my collection this past week. A few weeks ago, I got the oversized Soundwave from Gamestop. I even got Tracks a couple of months ago from my favorite Toy Tokyo store in NYC.

Seeing this promotion with all of the crazy hoops you have to jump through and the idea of these Funko Pops being super insanely expensive on the aftermarket due to this unfortunate promotion makes me just want to sell all of my Funko Pop Transformers.

Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

Seibertron wrote:I was happy to get Funko Starscream and Shockwave to my collection this past week. A few weeks ago, I got the oversized Soundwave from Gamestop. I even got Tracks a couple of months ago from my favorite Toy Tokyo store in NYC.

Seeing this promotion with all of the crazy hoops you have to jump through and the idea of these Funko Pops being super insanely expensive on the aftermarket due to this unfortunate promotion makes me just want to sell all of my Funko Pop Transformers.

Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

Yes, I think we will get some variation on these at retail. I wouldn't throw away the funkos just yet.

NFTs are just a scam. A stupid, stupid scam that really needs to piss off and die now.

~ Grim

Seibertron wrote:Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

This and Botcon 07 are apples and oranges. Imagine if you paid Fun Pub for a lottery ticket that had a slim chance of being a winner, and only winners got one random toy out of the boxed set. That's more or less what you get here.

It baffles my mind when I see people think their hideous Funko Pop collection has value for investment, as if they learned nothing from the Beanie Baby craze of the 90s.

Same with NFTs; they're an obvious pyramid scheme and their buyers reek of desperation. Add the environmental damage these things do and the art theft rampant within their markets and the whole thing is disgusting.

So this is just artificial value compounded on artificial value, and it's so, so gross.

I don't like Funkos at the best of times. This, however, takes the biscuit. I suppose the Big Tech money launderers behind the NFT craze realized that you can't just right-click and save a Funko Pop, so they did this.

Not my thing.

Day 798 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

This is a terrifying possibility. I thought the days of extremely-hard-to-get figures were behind us, not about to get worse. Hopefully the universal negative reaction to this will give a hint to Hasbro

I don't collect Funkos myself - just not my particular taste - I can imagine this stupid NFT fad thing being tacked onto some really crappy lotto for these figures is probably going to make them skyrocket in aftermarket price for the sensible people that don't wanna do this crypto crap.
I miss those gold-plated Lucky Draw figures of the past, at least those made a lot more sense to win in a lottery than having to go through NFT loops for the same thing.

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

Burn wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

It's not their fault. They're just trying to capitalise on the latest "big thing".

Frankly, I don't agree with this notion. I think Hasbro has plenty of other avenues of revenue to explore, especially considering how there's been controversy surrounding NFTs for a while now. Personally, since the concept of the NFT puts a bad taste in my mouth, this has me thinking more skeptically about this company's priorities.

On the other hand, I'm not at all interested in collecting Funko figures, so this was never meant for me in the first place.

Glarryg

I admit having some Pop figures - heck, I even reviewed a couple. But my days of jumping through hoops to get 'exclusive' ones, whether from conventions or anywhere else, are over. I'm certainly not going to go through this weird odyssey NFT thing, that's for sure.

I have managed to get some good ROI (on some of them) through Ebay. But most of the time, you'll barely break even when selling (if you're lucky). Only a rare few wheelers and dealers manage to make flipping them a profitable venture.

I was already neutral on Funko (not my thing, but I can see why someone might like them), and against NFT for their long list of massive problems (bad for the environment, no regulation which leads to no security or oversight, cases of selling someone else's intellectual property as your own NFT's, poor product quality in general...). This, however, drives both to utter hate for me. What a scam!

And Transformers Slag Podcast is right, some of the characters and scales they chose make no sense. Why is Devastator, a combiner known for its massive size, a regular Funko instead of Jumbo-sized? And who wants a Freddy Funko dressed as Bumblebee over actual Bumblebee or Goldbug?

william-james88 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

Hopefully not, given the general reaction to the announcement. Then again, vocal minority and all that.

william-james88 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

It sold out fast, so I assume that means they think it's a great idea

If there is one good thing to come out of this, it seems as though the Transformers fandom has finally fully united for something, and that is hating this. It's fantastic! Everyone hates this!

Hasbro and Funko, you had better be reading, this is terrible and EVERYONE thinks so

I have never felt comfortable with Crypto or NFTs, whenever I hear about them they're linked to some criminal enterprise.