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A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones Figures!
P-Siddy:
--- Quote from: JediJman on April 15, 2015, 06:55 AM ---$20 price point probably steers away a lot of interest as well.
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They're still at $20 at B&N and online stores. Targets have them at $9.99 now. Walgreens are $16 or $17, I believe.
I think the figures are cool, but I think the market was over-saturated by Wave 1, and the way it was done was poor, too. B&N was the only Brick and Mortar retailer that a person could buy the figures for months. The figures weren't HTF, either. Just before wave 2 is supposed to hit Walgreens got Wave 1 (along with an exclusive Tyrion) so the only figure of interest to most fans was likely Tyrion. Then Target got into the game with wave 1 (along with exclusive SDCC Tyrion) so there was only one figure to interest fans there and the rest of the wave 1 was left to peg warm.
Wave 2, I feel, had two bad character choices. Another Danerys, while cool, could have been better suited for later wave. I feel it's too soon to have another Dany in a new outfit when there are other characters out there to explore. Khal Drogo (again, cool) might have been better off for a later wave. They could characters that are more important like Cersei or Joffrey, Tywin, Hodor and Bran, Bronn... I'm just not sure how deep they can go into the characters at a $20 price point (I guess if people keep buying, they'll do it).
Nicklab:
Rumor has it that a third wave is in fact in the works. But I think Funko is waiting for more of wave 2 to sell through before presenting it to collectors. The retail presence has been okay, and there has been some stock at TRU as well. I'm just wondering what major characters they would go with for a third wave.
Jeff:
Just a heads up that Entertainment Earth's current Buy 3, Get the 4th FREE sale on select in-stock Funko items has now been expanded to include the GOT Legacy figures...
Nicklab:
Not that great of a deal when Target is clearing these out at $9.99 per figure. I've managed to pick up almost all of wave 2 at Target stores over the past few weeks AND inspect the paint apps in the process. Some of the paint jobs on these have been so spotty that you need to see the figures in person to avoid an outright disaster. I was able to pick up Brienne, Drogo, Danaerys and Robb Stark all at reduced prices thanks to a little bit of patience. The only wave 2 figure I paid full price for was Jaime Lannister. And now I only have to find Arya Stark to finish the 2nd wave.
P-Siddy:
With the way these aren't selling, I'm thinking we won't see a wave 3. Of course, wave 1 was overproduced. I'd love more, but I think Funko should refrain from one season characters (Ned Stark excluded... I could be missing a few others).
Along with paint (I've never had too many issues... maybe The Hand Tyrion with his palm and the pin), but with Brienne, I found a lot that had flashing issues where on the head where meets the neck.
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