On March 1, 2023, the company behind Funko Pop released a press release that suggested a large number of collectible figures are to be thrown away. Two Reddit users suggest that inventory may indeed be destroyed and disposed of.
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Why are the Funkos to be disposed of? The company behind the collectible figures has too much inventory, as stated on the official website. Therefore, they will make write-offs of between 30 to 36 million dollars – presumably by disposing of numerous collectible figures.
Here you can find a detailed article about the press release from Funko:
Two Reddit users show what fate might await the figures
Reddit user u/edelwiess20 posted a video on February 28 showing Funko packaging at a landfill:
According to the user, the figures were found in a landfill in Washington. All the packages were unopened. They contained Funkoverse Game products from Nightmare before Christmas, Aggretsuko, Harry Potter, and Jurassic Park.
In an interview with Kotaku, the Reddit user, who was out with a friend, mentioned that he happened to be at the right place at the right time to capture the sad sight of the discarded stocks. When asked why he shared the video publicly, edelwiess20 said:
“Our main reason for releasing this video is to highlight the waste and greed of companies at the expense of consumers.”
Also, the reddit user u/Eldarthosx posted a photo showing a truck with a pallet of Funko packages and wrote: “Funko has been shredding and destroying Pops for weeks, in truckloads.”
According to Kotaku, he is a Funko employee, who told the gaming site: The figures will end up in huge shredders. What remains will either be recycled or thrown away.
There has been no official statement from Funko on this matter.
This seems to make it cheaper for the company to destroy the existing inventory rather than keep it in stock and sell it at discounted prices.
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