HEY FUNKO,
I went on my fair share of quests for my two kids…the hard
to find Rescue Hero, the newest and cutest Littlest Pet Shop critter. There was
adventure and suspense for this collector. Now that most of the toys have been
packed away, I sort of missed the thrill of the chase, a bit melancholy and
lonely without action figures and other miniatures to keep me company. Then –
POP! Who on earth were these funky friends?
It started simply enough when we caught a glimpse of
Miss Piggy sitting alone on some random shelf at a toy store. I could not leave
her there amongst none of her Muppet pals, so we brought her home and promised
to find her Kermie. My teenage son soon spotted some superheroes, and invited
Captain America and Iron Man to join his shelf of wonders. He had never really
been much for the world of these characters on the screen, but something about
their Pop Vinyl forms spoke to him. I believe the Elf came next, completely
brightening my day when I felt that whole crazy felt made guy was too childish
for my teens, the Pop Vinyl one took things to a much more hip level!
I had no idea of the world we were stumbling into…so
many, so funny. One innocent google search and we were in awe of the
possibilities. Duck Dynasty Phil was immediately ordered on Amazon. Sure,
clicking to order took away a little bit of the fun of searching, but who was I
to stop a boy with an Amazon gift card. The announcement made it official: “I
think I am going to collect Pop Vinyls.” Decisions, decisions. Would he pick
one theme and try to get everyone, or dabble a bit here and there, or buy a
large bookcase and shoot the moon?
The holidays were fast approaching so I ordered up a
Marty McFly and a MuscleMan. I hadn’t had time to seek out a large selection at
a store. I did not want my daughter to feel left out of the madness, so I ordered
her the Pooh and Tigger minis. A post-holiday trip to Barnes & Noble
revealed where a lot of Pop Vinyls like to hang out. Hooray! Domo Flash, and to
Miss Piggy’s relief, Kermie AND Fozzie went into the bag. Mary Poppins just
stared at me. She knew I was thinking back to all of those years ago when I
played her movie soundtrack on my record player, singing along loudly. My kids never got hooked on her, sadly,
and I couldn’t justify this one selfish purchase for my own self when so many
other boxes were calling out to my teenagers. I keep thinking about her sitting
there in her supercalifragilisticexpialidocious hat!
Thanks for all of the smiles and the next grand
collector phase for this family.
Fun & funky,
Andrea
So did they POP out a response? Nothing as of yet, but we have still managed to add Dory, Nemo, Skips, Benson, Mordecai, Rigby and Carl Fredrickson to the collection...AND the quest continues!
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| Some of the gang! |
Zero points, but plenty of fun!
Current total = 30 POINTS
These are weird. Only you. I'm still holding out that you'll get a response!
ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure what those are, even with the photo. Collecting them sounds like fun, though. The Hurricane still has some of her beanie babies. She and her boyfriend made some joke about an anteater, and he showed up at her door with the beanie baby anteater. She still had hers, so they made the two of them into a gay couple. She also has some lambs in varying attire. She changes their positions occasionally. Sometimes they put their arms around each other and sometimes they're back-to-back. You deserve a gift for that cool letter.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
OMG I NEED THE UP GUY.
ReplyDeleteI can't for the life of me think of....CARL!
YES!
I was given a Daryl Dixon last year. He sits on my desk along with a Lego Statue of Liberty that a certain caped crusader sent to make my day...
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of these....but cute...and ummmm...I can only identify about half of them. I'm in love with Iron Man tho...
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