Random: Funko Is Confused About Whether Or Not It's Licenced To Make Earthbound Merch

"FunkoPop - Keep them in their boxes."

Over the years I've had various Funko's from various LootCrate/NerdBlock boxes, and I swear as soon as you take them out of their boxes, they all look exactly the bloomin' same.

My recent Doom-Guy one is the spits of Master Chief.

The other logos were all for parent companies rather than individual franchises or sub brands. For example,Sony or Netflix. If this was the case they’d presumably lead with a Nintendo logo.

That said I’d be happy to see Ness and Poo Funko POP figures

It would be odd if they got a licence to do Nintendo brand stuff (one of a small handfull they don't seem to have), that EarthBound would be where they chose to start. Either way Pop's are the lowest form of collectable in terms of design and quality so I'm not fussed.

Now if Nintendo are making Amiibo of all the characters or Good Smile are getting their EarthBound on for Nendoroids and Figma I need to know!

Where is the confusion?

Another note: They have 'Rebellion' the Swiss watch makers there which seems unlikely that they're now making Pop! figures of watches. More likely they have licensed 'Rebellion' the UK games/media company, especially as Judge Dredd is also there - a brand which that Rebellion own as part of 2000AD comics.

Never understood what people saw in these. Each to their own of course and if you like it that's cool. But the designs are generally terribly ugly and the heads look so stupid lol. If I wanted a Strider figure or a figure of any game character I was a fan of, I'd rather one that ya know, kinda looked like him/them. They're virtually all the same too.

Ness Pop! when?

If this is true, then please Nintendo, give Funko rights to make merch of Splatoon and ARMS. I need me some Pops! of all of them characters!

Kinda cool if this comes to fruition, but not nearly as cool as the Ness and Lucas amiibo.

These are what game stop turned into

I always wonder why haven't they started selling Nintendo pops. They would probably sell like pancakes.

@meowpheel it seems like Funko has the license to very few Japanese properties, as Japan has a company that makes similar products

According to this tweet, it seems to have been a mistake
https://twitter.com/originalfunko/status/965423946735767552

I can't wait for the lovable characters of Earthbound to be made into ugly soulless Funko Pop figures with giant dots for eyes spread far apart as possible

Also, at the bottom of the slide, it says it's only showing logos for products that were made in 2016. So definitely a mistake

I am surprised to see so many funko haters here

I did a little more digging into this situation and turns out it was in fact a mistake, there is a firm with the same name of the game called Earthbound, that handles licensing stuff for movies like Sharknado, etc. Sharknado has had Funko merch in the past, so when that poster was made with all the different companies, they accidentally threw in the Earthbound (SNES) logo rather than this firm that has the rights to Sharknado etc.

I don't know why so many people are upset with Funko and telling them creating a said character will ruin the franchise and it'll look ugly which is funny. I mean, it's not like you're forced to buy these figures. You got an option. I don't own Funko Pops and never will (Happy that I've got a bunch of Nenodroids and some figures) but I don't object them on making it. They've already made a TON of other characters already and it's pretty cheap if people actually do want to buy it.

Off topic, but 20th Century Fox is on that list twice.

I never liked how Funko looked, they may sell a lot and are cheap but it shows that it's cheap work. Nendoroids are way better and you can even customize em.

Definitely a mistake, there's another company called Earthbound and they used the wrong logo. https://twitter.com/King_Darian/status/965111184927019008

@Jayenkai Yeah I never really got the appeal of funko pop figures. They all look the same and have very little detail. I'd much rather get one of those nendroid figures. They look vastly superior to the funko pop figures.

I usually dislike Funko, but in this case it kinda fits perfectly.

I hate funko pops. They're creepy and ugly.

@MH4

Id rather Jakks Pacific have em.

@Tempestryke That's a more realistic idea, seeing as they have the World of Nintendo brand. I don't see Jakks making ARMS toys any time soon, though. 😕

Me personally, I like Pops!, I have 5 of them, but I can understand why people don't like them. They're of varying quality, some are great, some look like trash. And they're a tad creepy, but I think they look OK.

I honestly really just wanted the Pop! of Bob Ross. 😂

@MH4

To each their own.

I'm not a fan of the big head/small body style personally. And the beady eyes give me the creeps.

There was one of Bob Ross? Ha! I need to get that for my kid. She likes Bob Ross and is creeped out by funko pops. Stick it on her nightstand when she's asleep. Bwahahaha!

@Tempestryke That's horribly hilarious 😂 I wasn't expecting to find someone who knows of Bob Ross on NL, but hey, weirder things have happened!

I dunno why, but everything you said you don't like about them, I like. Q*Bert, Bob Ross, Dig Dug, Mega Man X, and Rocket Raccoon all look uniform. It's weird, but I find appeal in it. I also like that there's figures of lesser-known characters, like Q*Bert, old cartoons (Animaniacs comes to mind), etc. It gives me a way to have merch of those things. Plus I just love merchandise and collectibles.

@MH4

Hee hee. I know. I'm so mean. XD

I like Q-Bert too. There are these little blind boxes that are shaped like old-timey arcade cabinets and you can find Q-Bert figures there. Just in case your looking.