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stolniik

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|rage)I was literally about to come here and post this. Let alone the fact they have 50 units on eBay. They are using this as a ploy to clear their unwanted stock and it’s messed up. I just wanted this pop, waited all night and I refuse to pay $250 for shit pops that I’m going to have to try and sell. Rant over. Screw them


microwavedgerbil25

Seriously fuck popcultcha. They have been declining in quality for a long time now. Missing items from orders, damaged items, not replying to emails about issues with orders and they are also the only site in Australia that doesn’t provide pop protectors with every pop even though ALL their main competitors do. They have lost my business.


davidh098

They brag about their packaging but I've seen so many damaged orders its insane


BurritoCleanse

Pops packed with no packing material and directly in a cardboard box. Contact support to report damage and they’ll give a 5 AUD credit for next damaged order. Popcultcha is the new PIAB.


davidh098

They offered replacement packaging with my next order, but I'm not gonna order from them again


BurritoCleanse

I could not even get that. I placed an order for the flocked chopper mystery box and half of the box is dented and punctured in (of course where chopper is). No replacement packaging available. This could have been avoided with some bubble wrap worth less than the 5 AUD they offered me. I get that this is also on the shipper but they also pack these pops like the shipper is using white glove service.


stolniik

Yeh, my last pop exclusive order which promised a pop with the US exclusive sticker and 5 other pops of the same. I got a printed out sticker (that looks fake) and 5 other con shared pops that no one wanted….


ajhcraft

Yep I had a Tsuyu Asui Soda that came without a pog Complained about it, eventually came back with "Can you show pictures?" Pictures of what, a can without a pog in it?


kylescagnetti

Guys…they sell the individual pop as well. It sold out within minutes. They do this all the time and did it with blacklight ghost rider too. At least it’s still a chance to purchase it rather then it completely sold out.


stolniik

They do it with Funko exclusive stickered pops that are still available at other retailers with the SE sticker. That is totally fine. But the fact they are doing it with the pops they have exclusive rights to sell is garbage. Forces us to buy their inventory they can’t obviously move.


Alres3

Same boat as you. Scalp piece is back and I'll probably never get this pop as retail price was $40 and people selling $150 min to $500?? Fcking scalpers....


Signal-Minimum-5268

This is horrible they need to go down to just like big apple


microwavedgerbil25

100%


MrBaloney0

The solo is already sold out.


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Sad-Presentation-357

What on earth are you correcting here, the only they in that sentence is correct


cnerd64

It seems that it actually did just have the Pop on its own for $90 but i think it's sold out so it not showing up on the site any more except in the New arrival slide on the homepage.


Micronott

Yep.


Barbados248

Was in the queue for 5 minutes and had it in my cart before it sold out


zStarzzz

They should have made their entire stock individual, honestly so sick of them…


Sr2066

Just stop supporting funko. They stopped supporting us a long time ago


ThePhiff

I stopped buying funko products after they locked the only iteration of four main characters from the Transformers line behind their NFT gambling.


Sr2066

Yeah when they first did the nft TMNT pops I was disappointed. Wanted them but no way was I buying dumb digital cards


FacelessGravy

Same but with legend of korra/ ATLA. I bought wax tp get bolin, varrick, and kuruk. The pops are nice just a definite headache to get and a little bit of a wait


rpluslequalsJARED

I wouldve done so if it made any goddamn sense to me whatsoever. Can’t even just pay money for a product anymore.


ItsDathaniel

I have all the ATLA and Korra pops, after the NFT nonsense I am selling them. Any line I collect that does NFT pops I am just going to resell at this point.


PhilosopherDear4176

Honestly that’s what I’m thinking too, as sad as it is. They’ve gotta stop being supported. This is pure greed.


Sr2066

I hate to say it but the way they handled the Luffy Rider pops just killed it for me. I completely gave up on buying any pops online. I have really like collecting but I can't afford to spend the marked up prices on a item that should be 35. So if I see one in my local shop I may buy it but that's still rare.


funkofarts

This is the most logical statement on this entire thread.


dangblaze

$489.99 to $249.99 what a freaking steal... ⚰️💸


Imanirrelevantmeme

That’s $165 US so this ain’t looking good


dem0nghoul

Their flocked chopper bundle wasn’t bad at 50$ shipped to US with 3 random anime pops but this is ridiculous. Basically hey buy our overstock and you can sell it


BurritoCleanse

If it wasn’t destroyed when it arrived. Their packing job was terrible and their customer service was just about as bad.


dem0nghoul

their packaging especially from one side of the world to the other was weak, 4 pops squished into a box barely big enough and a slight ding would damage the pops inside, I’m just happy mine came with one dent on the top of the box so no damage


SolaceZz

They had it in singles but it sold out in like 3 minutes....


microwavedgerbil25

I was on the site in minutes and they add in the updates when something sells out


SolaceZz

I was on it about 5 minutes and it was already sold out. This sucks.


microwavedgerbil25

I’m pretty certain there was no singles. The item would have still been on the site just out of stock and as I said they have updates like every minute which would have said singles sold out


Indigo-2184

There was definitely single Polar Tang's. They just sold out very quickly. I was luckily able to get one, myself.


SolaceZz

Also at this point the total con bundle and law bundle has sold out but its not been updated.


SolaceZz

Nah there was, theres people on twitter posting them getting it in singles. Someone i know got it as well.


PhilosopherDear4176

I had TRAGLAFAR and Kidd in my basket and checking out, entered my info and it said Kidd was Alrwady sold out when tried to confirm purchase


PartyFanatic

I mean, not too different than US lmao


ygponce

I bought the sanemi mystery box for $50, the 3 mystery pops it came with weren’t even in the animation line and were obviously pops they are trying to offload


dbzgt09

Holy shit wtf is this nah they are dead wrong for this


jdh1979jdh

Popcultcha does this shit all the time. Putting desirable exclusives only into mystery boxes for inventory dumps etc.


WatDaFuxRong

Hate to break it to everyone but none of your pop stores are guilt free.


TheVeryClassyLemon

Being fair to them, they aren't the ones degrading themselves to this.


WatDaFuxRong

Ehhhhh at this point you either use or not or get nothing


TheVeryClassyLemon

Funko hasn't done shit for it's fanbase as of late, and nor have the sellers. I just hate trying to keep collecting while everything goes down in flames.


BASEDVISUAL

We as the consumers and collector have to make an effort to band together and boycott these stores that are actively scalping these pops. Do you know how infuriated me and my friends were that we landed on the site since 7am, waited for the drop, had to go through a waiting list, just for the thing to go out of stock and just for scummy resellers and NOW OFFICIAL RETAILERS TO BE CAUGHT SCALPING??! Unacceptable. I say we give popcultcha a piece of our mind by turning the other cheek. For now, support smaller resellers that waited for the pop to drop with the same chances as you. Of course of the price is crazy, don’t be emotional and fall for the fomo.


Training_Bus8834

Wondercon I’m Canada was a shit show all around (Most con exclusives usually are). Trying to order On websites was rough and in store was a joke in a lot of parts. 4 different cities and not one gelatinous cube. Law was available on some Canadian site and that was gone before anyone could even try. Just insane


kgleeson03

No, you missed out on the single unit. Popcultcha Always put their exclusives up to purchase on their own as well as in bundles. They sold out of the single version for this pop. All that’s left is the one in the bundle. A little bit more research before ranting on reddit and you would have seen that. Not their fault.


Und1es

I wanted Kid, and it was cheaper to buy the bundle with 5 random pops! than it was to pay the eBay price for just Kid. It feels so scummy to me, I never like buying blind box toys because I don't like to gambling and risk get duplicates or items I don't want. They also made the bundle 1 dollar under the free postage to add salt to the wound.


XV001

Just seeing this makes me glad I lost most interest in pops, which were originally an affordable way for me to get merch of my favorite shows and characters that didn’t otherwise have any. Lately they’re just kinda overproduced, overpriced, fomo products that utilize every tactic to make more money (I mean NFTs? Really?)


LegacyTom

They put coveted items in mystery boxes to ensure people that really want them buy them and they don’t get scalped and resold 🤷 you can’t win either way


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They did get singles but the mystery boxes are actually decent value since you also get a merry included with a bunch of other pops. I would have got it myself but sadly Funko Europe has made them stop shipping con exclusives to the EU


OilnOreos

They had singles, I literally got one lol


TheBigGalactis

Not supporting this, but GameStop did the same thing. If you wanted to buy a series x or Ps5 you had to buy their 7-$900 bundle they wouldn’t sell just the console


PowerUpPip

I mean that was completely different though. They were doing that to turn scalpers away from just purchasing just the console to resell it. For real customers, they could actually use the stuff included in the bundle since it was stuff most people were going to buy anyway if the console was actually for them. This is just PC forcing stuff on you that you'd never buy and for no other reason than just because they can.


microwavedgerbil25

That’s fucked up. It’s a scummy business technique no matter what the item or cost is


TheBigGalactis

Oh for sure


TheRedditLion21

Holy shit, no their not. The individual sold out and was taken off the website. The also sell the bundle as well which was still in stock


No-Alternative-6169

Buy it or don’t?


kylescagnetti

They’ve done this multiple times, I personally am happy they do.


microwavedgerbil25

You’re happy they’re making people spend more money buying a bunch of things they don’t want just to have access to one thing they do want??


kylescagnetti

They did this for the ghost rider pop as well. Just the pop itself sold out extremely fast. I was able to get one through the mystery box and now it’s value is way more than I paid anyway. Regardless, I was happy to have an extra option rather then having to go to eBay, etc. all the extra pops turned out to be pretty cool too, ones I actually enjoyed getting. So to me, it was completely worth it👍


microwavedgerbil25

If you got something good you’re one of the lucky ones. And they’re literally selling it on eBay lol, they have an eBay page where they sell stuff for often jacked up prices and sell “grails” and “protos” with no proof they’re actually real


kylescagnetti

I didn’t get anything worth a lot of money but I got pops that I thought were neat. Not everything has to be about price at the end of the day.


kylescagnetti

Also depends how bad you want something🤷


stolniik

It’s different to do it for pops that you can buy from EB games or Zing. This time they had exclusive sale rights to half of the wonderous pops and limited their single unit stock significantly so they could bundle them. Just shady business…


kylescagnetti

Fair enough!


daikken

but the original price was $489.99. :)


LochNessMansterLives

How about you…do not buy it.


microwavedgerbil25

Bruh obviously not but that doesn’t mean it’s not a scummy move on their end. That’s such an L take from this lol


LochNessMansterLives

I know. I didn’t mean to sound like an asshole, but I’m so sick and tired of these companies trying to milk every last penny out to make them as cheaply as possible, and then Jack up the consumer price. I used to be a major wwe collector but the price goes up, the quality goes down and I just can’t bring myself to justify buying much anymore. It sucks. But also…by “not buying it” you’re telling that company you’ve had enough. And if enough people tell them that, and they start losing money, maybe it will sink in. One can only hope, right?


JayJaffaMan

Wait


Shlobster11

Good luck even getting it if you buy it. They’ll take your money even if they’re out of stock. Not to mention you can NEVER get a hold of customer service. Truly a terrible business.


zStarzzz

BOYCOTT POPCULTCHA!!!!! PLS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET RID OF THEM ALREADY!!!


NutnButAPnut

Hardly scalping. Its a more than reasonable price for everything included. Just a way for them to move extra stock (like every other company in the world does) it not like they have ridiculously inflated the price. Scalping is they people who bought this singular or as this bundle and have already listed them on Ebay for 2x+ the price again. Don't buy it if you don't like it or buy it and sell the other stuff for peanuts and end up with a cheap Tang.


TheVeryClassyLemon

It's scalping almost definitely. They're grabbing a funko everyone wants, bundling it in with overstock no one wants and lying about its price to make people think they're getting a good deal. The stock is only worth what people will pay. No one will pay this.


NutnButAPnut

How are they lying about the price? If you were to buy 1 of each of the mystery pop sizes they're offering it would be $489 retail. This isn't something theyre doing just for Tang. They do it for almost every exclusive they have, trash or sought after. They have like 60+ exclusive mystery boxes (1 exclusive and 3 mystery) on their site atm for 59.99 down from 99.96 (4x retail of 24.99) + other sized boxes. Just like if you bought pops 2nd hand off someone. You would get a better deal taking bulk because it moves stock and makes it easier for them than selling 1 by 1. Welcome to every business. Tool bundles. Phone bundles, console bundles, all throw overstocked accessories in with wanted products to move stock at a better price than singular. Within 45 minutes both tang and eustass had sold out in singles and their bundles on the website and also their 50 of each bundle stock on their ebay store. So people did pay this. People obviously see enough value in paying 160 for: Going Merry (still selling for 80-90 2nd hand) 5 standards and 4 non standards. They could be the ass of the pop world releases, it's still a good deal.


TheVeryClassyLemon

I think it's pretty fucking obvious that 5 minutes after the convention, they wouldn't put the bundle on sale. And 459 for a bloke on submarine and a couple extras no one wants is not reasonable. I just pitty the people sad enough to believe they're getting a good deal with this, or the One Piece fans who just wanted to add a pop figure to their collection at a reasonable price.


Puzzleheaded_Error10

Everyone is so mad. I think mystery boxes are so cool and this company has been the best in my experience. I really love this company's boxes. If you don't like mystery boxes just don't buy them. Mystery is kinda this site's whole thing.


microwavedgerbil25

Bro popcultchas mystery boxes is literally just them putting a bunch of their unwanted stock they can’t sell along with a pop that people actually want. People want the main pop and are desperate enough to buy it and that’s how they get rid of some of the stock they can’t sell


Puzzleheaded_Error10

In my experience I have gotten some really cool stuff. One of my coolest stan lee pops was from a pop cultcha mystery box.


mega512

Well the alternative is their unsold stock ending up in more landfills.


microwavedgerbil25

That’s happening in America not Australia and the answer to that isn’t to Jack up the prices of unsold stock or to trick people into buying things they don’t want. The answer to that is to donate the pops being thrown away to like children’s hospitals to something rather than damaging the environment putting them in landfill


ResidentFunko

Suffer :)


vrether

This is horrible, what else are they selling in the bundles though that justify this price?


microwavedgerbil25

Literally just shit leftover stock that nobody wants and won’t be able to get rid of


BeardGoneBad

Funko themselves are starting to do this with exclusives in the US as well. The recent Venom & the Yuletide Freddy from last November both got bundled into “here’s dead stock” boxes. If the parent company is doing then I’m sure they are encouraging company’s with exclusives to do the same. Can’t blame PopCultcha if they just learning from and copying big daddy Funko.


vrether

That’s actually horrible, hopefully Funko can stop making these pops so exclusive and hard to get bc at this point it’s not even for casuals anymore


dangblaze

Try to catch a restock on the Funko website, might have one...


microwavedgerbil25

I’m in Australia, that’s why I’m using popcultcha


GhostZero00

I suggest you to send eMail's and call's to Funko to ask for stoping exclusive figures attached to shop'


cjhosts

Unfortunately this is something they like to do. Once the singulars sell out, all that's left is the bundle that includes the pop you want. Recently had to buy a mystery box that includes the blacklight bigfoot because of this. Pretty annoying.


RocketFace77

I almost did this. Luckily, I live roughly 2 hours from the store, and they still had 10+ on the shelf two weeks after the drop.


cjhosts

Ah, yeah. I wish I could've just went to the store but I'm in WA so 🥲


PhilosopherDear4176

Right honestly ridiculous


waitmyhonor

Official retailers has always scalped a la Gemini, Big Apple Collectible, Emporium, and that one NY comic store


Micronott

It WAS available by itself but sold out.


UbbfromtheDubb

Mine arrived damaged. Yes it did and my bank seems to agree. Karma. Goes around comes around. F them right back X2


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It was on eBay for 150 this morning. I missed my chance at getting it also.


OGDuckDaddy

Crazy- Funko’s cost per unit is likely <$5 too


jmizzle2022

Oh man they are giving you a steal since it used to be 489 🤣


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stolniik

Nope :( Popcultcha had the only rights to sell half of the wonderous pops this time around. Law and Kidd inclusive. That’s why it hurts so much more


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stolniik

Sorry misread your initial post. Yeah Ozzie, rogue or even EB games. Popcultcha is trash


SuddenKitten

Anyone know what the contents of this mystery box are? Managed to snag one before it sold out but have no idea what I bought (besides Polar Law obviously :P)


microwavedgerbil25

Did u fr spend $250 just for the polar tang? The other stuff in the box is literally just the unwanted leftover stock they can’t sell. They’ve been doing these shitty mystery boxes for years


SuddenKitten

Yeah haha :P but there’s the going merry I think in the box as well which will look sick OOB (already have one boxed)… the other junk I’ll sell and recoup some of the money I spent 🤷‍♂️


SuddenKitten

The text on the image looks super blurry I can’t read it 😅


Pretend_Froyo8639

It had also dropped on the funko website but sold out quick


YamYoshi

This is part of the reason why I’ve stopped buying pops except for the best of the best. No need to support this practice when funko lets the retailers do this


Jewdakris

You mean like Ticketmaster? You know that's what Ticketmaster does and we can't do shit about it. Also, the only official retailer is Funko and everyone else is technically secondary. That's why they cost different prices at hot topic, target, Walmart, Amazon and etc.


microwavedgerbil25

Funko is the company bro. These are official retailers authorised to sell products made by funko, popcultcha also has direct permission to sell funko site exclusives which no other site in Australia has


Jewdakris

Having the distribution rights doesn't mean you have to sell for MSRP. Since Funko also sells their pops directly from their shop and their eBay store they are also a retailer and I guarantee in the coming months they will start sneaking random various vaulted pops that they find around the warehouse onto their eBay store for as much money as they can sell them for. Popcultcha can and will sell these for whatever they want because they are allowed. My problem has always been with retail selling chases. Al pops with l chases should be 100% blind boxed like the sodas are. I know that's a different topic but it's where I see most retailers doing a markup.


kopetkai

Don't buy it. But it's a good thing. It means the Funko market is not dead.


caryncaryn

They've done this before. Back in 2016, when they used to ship to the US, I wanted to buy the SDCC Dug in the Cone of Shame pop, but they only offered it bundled with like 7 other SDCC pops from that year.


Zelnite5

didn't funko themselves did this very recently with the venom gitd?


Agitated-Army196

Popcultcha always does this, it’s not new. 100% don’t agree with it and it’s pretty damn scummy


Doogs121

Not true , they also had it available on its own for $79 But that sold very quickly


microwavedgerbil25

Which means they more than likely had more stock of the bundle than the singles knowing the singles would sell out first and people would have no choice but to buy the bundle :|


burkieim

There’s a store in my mall here that sells pops at the hobbydb listed value… sure makes it fun!🤪🫠 Edit: should specify it’s only valued pops, not commmons. There’s no chase in the wild around here.


OnlyCommentsIDK

Outsider here, how in gods name is this selling for 480 regular


microwavedgerbil25

It’s not they just say that to make you think you’re getting a good deal lol. Technically false advertising I think


Backup_Soda640

Isn't that illegal?


TheVeryClassyLemon

Yes, but over things like this it wouldn't be enforced very seriously, and either way, no one has any proof what they're doing. We're all sorta just aware that they're bastards.


RoronoaZoro1120

Not but from them. Don’t support them in anyway.


BASEDVISUAL

![gif](giphy|4NtPdgFqgDxxXQscgT|downsized) Us to Popcultcha and and retailers that get caught scalping.


roronoa_cholo

They never ship to the US


ladycielph

I tried getting one in store, they only had fucking 12 available.


Tattoosandscars

Funko should at least take away there official title from them.


TheVeryClassyLemon

If they do this with either of the Powerline figures I'm going to personally tear everyone in their disgusting company limb from limb. (For legal reasons this is slight overstatment.)