Among the most desired gadgets of the moment, i Funko Pop! have achieved great popularity thanks to an attractive design and the ability to ride the waves of popularity of all the main phenomena of contemporary pop culture. But have you ever wondered when they were born? What was the first figurine to be produced?
Funko’s history has its roots in 1998, when collector Mike Becker founded the company in Everett, Washington state in the USA. The first figure to be produced was that of Big Boy Bobblehead, the mascot of the American restaurant chain of the same name, which was then followed by figures of characters such as Austin Powers, the Grinch, Tony the Tiger and the Cheerios mascot. If you’ve come this far, in any case, it’s because you want to know about Funko Pop!, the company’s most successful product line. Read on…
What was the first Funko Pop? How much is it worth?
The first Funko Pop! they were introduced at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010even if at the beginning they were not called that, but rather Funko Force 2.0. Furthermore, we talk about it in the plural since the line was inaugurated with four different figurines inspired by the DC Universe: two variations of Batman (one metallic and the other not), one Metallic Batgirl it’s a Fluorescent green lantern that glows in the dark. You can admire all four of them in this group photo that we found on FunkoFanatic.com.This first series was produced in extremely limited quantities (240 copies for each figurine) and sold exclusively at SDCC 2010, so as you can easily imagine these Funko Pop! (or, better said, these Funko Force 2.0) they are quite rare and worth a ton of money.
How much exactly? After an online search, we found several adverts and the prices are predictably skyrocketing. Here it is possible to find the first Batman of the series, branded “1 of 480”, on sale for 4,999 dollars, while on Ebay the same variant (presumably with another numbering) even for $9,750! But these prices are nothing compared to those of the fluorescent Green Lantern, which on Ebay can be found in two separate advertisements, one for 15,000 dollars and the other for $18,000! And Batgirl? A little cheaper, given that in other auctions it has been sold for 2,999 dollars, but we are still at very high values.
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