Funko will launch a Polaroid-themed Pop! figurine at this 12 months’s New York Comedian Con, which takes place in October. The collectible determine will characteristic a design primarily based on the Polaroid Land Digital camera 1000 from the Nineteen Seventies.
Funko describes itself as a popular culture way of life model that produces a spread of toys, plush, attire, board video games, and maybe most famously vinyl figures and bobbleheads by means of its Pop! line. The corporate was based in 1998 and by 2011, Funko was promoting hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in licensed collectible figurines in what has develop into an iconic model which seems just like Japanese “chibi” designs.
Pop! figures have develop into extremely common and the designs cowl a spread from NFL gamers, Star Wars, and Recreation of Thrones characters, to anime and different pop-culture icons.
The Polaroid Pop! determine stands 3.02 inches tall and could be seen holding a tiny duplicate of a Polaroid prompt picture whereas its different hand offers a “thumbs up” gesture. The primary determine itself is a cartoonish, stylized tackle the Land Digital camera 1000 and is available in a field that options Polaroid’s iconic rainbow branding. Every field will include both a “2022 Fall Conference” or the “New York Comedian Con” sticker hooked up to the entrance. Figures are restricted to at least one per family.
The anthropomorphized determine includes a stylized tackle the Land Digital camera 1000 and whereas it doesn’t have a typical “face” like different Pop! collectible figurines, Funko did add legs and arms to the mannequin in order that it was a bit extra in step with what the corporate sometimes produces.
“Say cheese! A Pop! Polaroid Digital camera is right here to seize your favourite recollections in a brand-new means. This unique Pop! Polaroid Digital camera has a Polaroid in hand and is able to shake issues up,” Funko writes, describing the determine.
Of be aware, whereas Funko makes a reference to shaking prompt movie, it’s truly not a really helpful apply (although everybody nonetheless does it).
The Polaroid-Pop! partnership will kick off as a part of Funko’s “Frightmare on Fan Road,” what it describes as a fan-centric Halloween horror neighborhood expertise at its sales space at New York Comedian Con, which takes place October 6 by means of 9. It would characteristic what Funko says is an “immersive neighborhood expertise” on the Halloween-inspired sales space which will probably be stocked with convention-exclusive Pop! collectible figurines, which may even be obtainable to buy by means of the corporate’s web site and a few retailers.
The Polaroid-inspired Pop! is among the conference exclusives, however may even be bought at GameStop. In each circumstances, Funko will make it obtainable for $12. It’s not clear for the way lengthy the determine could be bought, as Funko recurrently cycles figures out of circulation which little question has an impact on their collectible nature.