Current:Home > NewsPredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center:What's the newest Funko Pop figurine? It could be you -ValueCore
PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center:What's the newest Funko Pop figurine? It could be you
Fastexy Exchange View
Date:2025-04-07 10:02:54
Purchases you make through our links may earn us and PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Centerour publishing partners a commission.
NBA's Stephen Curry and musicians Selena, Mariah Carey and Snoop Dogg are just some of the countless stars immortalized with their own cute Funko Pop figurines. Now you can add yourself to the list.
Funko will let you design a Pop figure in your own image with the Pop! Yourself feature on Funko.com, which opens Tuesday. You use the site's millions of customization combinations to create a figurine that looks like you or anyone else you might want to perhaps gift a figure to.
Each figurine costs $30 and it will be shipped to you.
"You build your figure. There's a lot of choice," Dave Bere, vice president of Pop! Yourself, told USA TODAY. "You pick your skin tone, your hairstyle, your clothes and your accessories. If you have a pet, you can add a pet."
Taylor Swift:Those figurines of the performer for sale online aren't from Funko, but fans will pay $250 anyway
In 2019, Funko began letting customers use Pop! Yourself kiosks to make their own figurines at its stores in Everett, Washington, where it's headquartered, and in Hollywood – the company describes the creations as a "one-of-a-kind Pop!pleganger" of yourself. But this is the first time customers could customize and order figures online.
More options for Pop! Yourself creators planned soon
Turnaround time for online orders will be quick, Bere said. "This isn't something where you have got to wait a month to get. This is (like), 'Hey, I got a birthday party next week, I want to Pop my friend.' You can do that," he said.
Funko plans to continue adding options for Pop! Yourself creators, Bere said. The company already creates figurines with authentic sports logos, and film and TV character costumes. Fans of sports and cosplay could soon be able to create Funko figures of them outfitted in their favorite memorabilia or costumes.
"If those are your fandoms, your identity points, we want to be able to provide that for fans," Bere said. "So it's absolutely going to be in the pipeline and coming sooner than later."
Funko is looking to ramp up its direct-to-consumer sales as some retailers are stocking fewer of its products, interim CEO Michael Lunsford said earlier this month in a press release listing its 2023 second-quarter financials.The company instituted a cost reduction plan, which included cutting about 12% of its workforce or 180 positions and streamlining its product lines. That and the launch of Pop! Yourself is expected to help the company rebound in 2024, he said. Pop! Yourself has been the top seller in its stores, generating more than 20% of each store’s overall sales.
Also new: the Funko Fan Rewards loyalty program, which earns you discounts, prizes and access to exclusive merchandise and fan fan experiences, for interacting with the brand.
Funko Pops:Six of the best in 2023
Follow Mike Snider on X and Threads: @mikesnider &mikegsnider.
What's everyone talking about? Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day
veryGood! (494)
Related
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- 2024 NFL draft: Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. leads top 5 wide receiver prospect list
- Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch this season after major elbow surgery, but he can still hit. Here’s why
- Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday, his spokesperson says
- Hackers hit Rhode Island benefits system in major cyberattack. Personal data could be released soon
- US economy grew solid 3.2% in fourth quarter, a slight downgrade from government’s initial estimate
- Helicopter’s thermal imaging camera helps deputies find child in Florida swamp
- Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves bid
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- The Biden campaign is launching a nationwide effort to win the women’s vote, Jill Biden will lead it
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Toyota recalls 381,000 Tacoma pickup trucks to fix potential crash risk
- States promise to help disabled kids. Why do some families wait a decade or more?
- She wanted a space for her son, who has autism, to explore nature. So, she created a whimsical fairy forest.
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Horoscopes Today, February 27, 2024
- Supreme Court grapples with whether to uphold ban on bump stocks for firearms
- Sony to lay off 900 PlayStation employees, 8% of its global workforce
Recommendation
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
Dave Sims tips hat to MLB legend and Seattle greats as Mariners' play-by-play announcer
TIMED spacecraft and Russian satellite avoid collision early Wednesday, NASA confirms
Schumer describes intense White House meeting with Johnson under pressure over Ukraine aid
John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
AI chatbots are serving up wildly inaccurate election information, new study says
Sony to lay off 900 PlayStation employees, 8% of its global workforce
Thomas Kingston, son-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, dies at 45: 'A great shock'