Bluesky Post (this was also posted on twitter)

I was hoping to find a statement from the aggressor, but it seems to be too early.

  • @[email protected]
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    1523 months ago

    I’ve always hated funkopops, they’re ugly and the very epitome of the enshitification and commercialisation of geek culture. This does nothing to change my mind

    • @[email protected]
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      453 months ago

      Yes and they’re yet another collectible product that exploits the psychology of a subset of people who compulsively collect things. I put them in the same category as gambling and note that there’s a lot of crossover with these things (loot boxes and CCG booster packs being prime examples of a gambling and collectible combo).

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        Yeah, I hate those assholes too. I feel bad for anyone who falls for their business model.

        Glances at my Tyranid collection

        • @[email protected]
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          33 months ago

          Yes, Inquisitor. This one right here. They have been proclaiming something about the Star Children.

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          3 months ago

          At least you can play a game with 'Nid models. Also have you guys gotten any updated models yet? I know you guys were in the same boat as the Skaven for quite awhile.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            10th gave us a ton! New Gaunts, Hormagaunts, Lictors, Deathleapers, biovores, Screamer fex, and 4 new units!!

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              Fucken A dude, I know the Gaunts were getting crusty. Now if only Games Workshop would update some of the non-Cadian Guard models, I want some non-forgeworld Armageddon Steel Legion models.

    • @[email protected]
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      223 months ago

      The FOMO based businesses are preying on people with poor impulse control…which there are no shortage of in the nerd world.

    • Sheridan
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      83 months ago

      My partner has an entire bookcase of them, all still in box.

    • Edgarallenpwn
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      63 months ago

      My mom got me my first one in 2019 or 2020 because she thought it was cute (Guyfolye from Silicon Valley). A few months later she asked me if they were just Beanie Babies and I thought that was the end of it. Now every Christmas I get one even though she knows I don’t like them and we both snark on the super niche weird ones. She even got custom ones for me and my wife last year. It never ends, and I have 6 sets of beady little eyes staring at me when I’m watching TV in the basement.

      • @[email protected]
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        133 months ago

        I feel like you need to hear this: just because someone gifts you something doesn’t mean you need to keep it endlessly, or at all. Donate/giveaway/trash.

        • Edgarallenpwn
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          23 months ago

          I know, I’ve been trying to work on it. Moving furniture and throwing away things is pretty hard for me.

    • @[email protected]
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      63 months ago

      A true death of art.

      I remember going through the prices my buddy paid for his with actual sculptures on Etsy and him just getting more and more annoyed. He’s probably going to have a Funko themed wedding next year.

      • Flying Squid
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        13 months ago

        I wouldn’t say that show commercialized geek culture. It seemed to me it was more about how geek culture should be the butt of jokes. And ASD people as well.