Comic-Con exclusive toys
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Comic Convention Limited Edition Toys
Each year, toy companies create exclusive collectors items for customers who attend the San Diego Comic-Con and other large comic book conventions.
Super Freddy Pop! #6
Within hours, the first of these highly desirable items are posted on Amazon and eBay. This is your chance to buy limited-edition toys before someone else adds them to their collection.
Funko Freddy is the mascot of FunKo, the makers of Wacky Wobbler bobble-heads and dozens of other collectable toys. He makes an appearance at every Comic-Con in San Diego, and other toy conventions, to spread the word about these fantastic vinyl toys from Funko. Freddie has a different costume every time that's similar to one of their new toys introduced at the Comic-Con.
Where to buy SDCC exclusive toys
Limited-edition Comic-Con exclusive toys show up on Amazon after the convention in July, but online auction sites and fan clubs are the best place to find these scarce collectors items.
Look for the round sticker in the bottom right corner of the box to see how many figures were produced, the year and convention where the toys premiered.
FunKo Freddy - Wacky Wobbler style
Funko Pop! Vinyl toys
If it ain't fun, it ain't Funko
Introduction to Funko Pop! toys based on characters fom comic books, Disney / Pixar movies, all the Star Wars characters, Rock 'n Roll musicians, and even the stop-action figures from the Norelco TV special during the Holidays, in a total of 10 different categories. It's easy to find one of these toy figures that anyone can enjoy as a gift.
Kid Robot figures
Kid Robot has been is business since 2002 making urban action figures with an attitude, featuring artists from around the world. They have also produced clothing and jewelry lines and collaborated on projects with major brands for limited edition sneakers and watches. Most everything they make turns into an instant collectors item.
There are countless editions of toys from KidRobot. The stores release a new figure every month, and special edition toys are released throughout the year from their cadre of artists.
Toy collecting glossary
List of designer toy terminology
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Chase: The chase is on to find these exclusive "Chase" figures. These are different from the standard toys that are produced in large batches of 10,000 units or more. Chase figures are made in small quantities and with different materials or colors. Learn about scarce collectors items with the toy collecting glossary.
- Crystal: Clear plastic resin is used instead of vinyl to produce a stationary toy figure. The transparent resin can be painted but the whole point is to see through crystal figures.
- Flocked: Originally used to describe fabric with a raised texture, flocking plastic creates the same kind of fuzzy carpet texture on the surface of the vinyl.
- GITD or Glow: Glow in the Dark
- Holographic: Type of material that creates a rainbow starburst effect in the light.
- "In the wild": This is where you will find Chase figures. Looking in small, neighborhood toy stores and novelty shops at the Mall.
- Metallic: Colored vinyl is used ithat looks like bronze or silver and gol
- Proto: Prototypes are made before a larger batch of toys goes into production. Protos are unpainted, most of the time and they might experiment with different colored vinyl material.
- Retired: They "broke the mold" after making a big batch of toys with no chance of doing another production run. Once a figure is retired, the supply is limited and the value goes up.
- TRU = Toy's 'R Us
Mattel SDCC exclusives
Medicom exclusives
Other SDCC toys
Super Freddy Funko exclusive
Super Freddy Funko Pop in Metropolis! photo: dotpattern
200 + Funko Pop! Toys
Now more than 200 Pop! Vinyl character collectables by FunKo
FunKo websites
Blogs and forums about collectable toys
- Funko
- Official Funko Website
- Funko Funatics
- Active forums about collecting Wacky Wobblers, Pop! Vinyl and every kind of Funko toy, prototype, chase figure (variants) and swap.
- Just Another Funko Observer
- Much more than Just Another Fumko Observer, this devoted fan has been a "Funatic" for years. At present he has more than 4000 pieces in his collection. THe latest news about toys, comic conventions and especially Funko toy figures.
- Funko Mania
- Funko Mania bulletin board is another popular forum all about Funko figures, trades, sales and information about collecting.
- The Blot Says...
- The very latest toy industry news, information leaks, promotions.
Action figures and toy news
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Comic-con exclusive action figure toys created on 12/13/2011 © dotpattern
Thanks for your comments
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jadehorseshoe
Dec 21, 2011 @ 1:25 pm | delete
- VERY nifty lens!
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Dec 21, 2011 @ 12:32 pm | delete
- Love Batman and the Simpson toys. Just saw some figures that look like these at Blockbuster. They are vintage figures of the Rudolph characters. Interesting topic. Nice job.
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goldenrulecomics
Dec 19, 2011 @ 9:54 pm | delete
- Kind of funny but a number of dealers at the New York Comic Con a few months later were touting the San Diego ''exclusive'' toys for sale! Nice lens!
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jimmyworldstar
Dec 19, 2011 @ 10:18 am | delete
- Comic books are a love of mine but I haven't been to a convention in awhile. I'd like to get some superhero figurines, is there a website which specializes in them?
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WriterJanis
Dec 17, 2011 @ 1:17 pm | delete
- This would be so fun to go to.
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