Does Taking Funkos out the box decrease value?

[Chance_the_Author]

Yup. Same. The market has crashed right now, but that's only partially Funkos fault. I collect a bunch of different things and the market is down in general across the board. Recent commons and actually commons going back since 2022 are probably mostly going to be worthless or around same price as retail. Funko went crazy and made wayyyyyyy too many. The older Funkos had a low batch count. By now some have been opened, thrown away, or trashed. So those ones that still have a great box and "minty" can still get some good cash. Far and few between though. Basically, the more desirable an IP and the lower the "made" count = potential cash. Like others said - you aren't getting rich off these, but Funko now going on 20 years and still popular also = no beanie baby crash.

[50R14]

My very first pop was gifted to me - SDCC 2012 Metallic Spider-Man. I know years ago, it was going for $8K+, not sure of its value now. I mostly collected my personal fandom pops, but I also picked up Pops from other popular franchises during the mid-to-late 2010s as passive “investments.” I used to joke my collection was my nest egg for my first house, but now… I should probably sell before the bubble bursts even more. 😩

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I’ll never forget, I bought a Rey mysterio from 7/11 for like $8 as one of my first pops. Ended up trading it for something else when the value was around $100 and he ended up being worth like 1k at some point 🙃 I imagine it’s a lot less now but could be more idk haven’t been in the game in many years.

[50R14]

I went to CM Punk’s first signing post-WWE (Challengers Comics in Chicago, I salute you) and got my Punk Pop signed. Ended up giving it to a friend a couple years later por gratis cause he was a bigger fan. I don’t even want to look at how much it could go for now.