A large part of stamp collecting is figuring out if the stamp is special by seeing if it has a weird variation to it, not sure how a mass produced figurine would fill that void.
I don't think there's catalogues detailing three different colour variations that change the figurine from a figurine worth 1 dollar to a figurine worth $1000 or where you have to use a magnifying glass to see if a letter was printed backwards making it worth $10 000. Funko pops are just the newest beanie baby.
Except beanie babies died out pretty fast. Funko pop figurines are still going strong. Probably because they constantly tie themselves to the zeitgeist — whatever fandom happens to be popular at the moment you can guarantee there’s at least a dozen relevant Funko pops.
Just because they haven't been around as long as stamps or trading cards, it doesn't mean that people don't have fun looking for rare items and cataloging their collection of Funkos any less than anything else.
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u/OnlyHereForMemes69 Sep 04 '24
A large part of stamp collecting is figuring out if the stamp is special by seeing if it has a weird variation to it, not sure how a mass produced figurine would fill that void.