Funko Pop figures are available for almost every franchise imaginable, but what if your favourite character hasn’t been moulded into plastic yet, or you want to see them in a different outfit? A bookcase or a shelf is the perfect place for your collection and the figures can be stacked in rows up to two-high without damaging the display box - although if you own a lot of Funkos you might need to allocate a large space! Most third party artists will sign the figure on the foot or somewhere on the box to show that it isn’t an original Funko. But, of course, many people also collect these vinyl figures simply for their own private enjoyment, and it’s up to you whether you want to keep the figures boxed. Once you have purchased your first figure, look on the back of the box to find out which other characters are part of the same series.

Not all figures are available as chase variants and they are sometimes only released in very limited numbers, making them even rarer and therefore highly coveted by collectors. It's best to focus on what interests you the most and love these cool collectable figures for what they are. Funko has now expanded into more than 1,000 licensed properties from all over the entertainment universe covering everything from The Avengers to Dragon Ball Z. Pop figures have very large heads and small feet which means that it can be difficult to stop them falling over sometimes. At EMP, you’ll find the Game of Thrones characters that helped launch the Funko craze, plus the latest and greatest models from Funko Pop Harry Potter, Marvel, Rick and Morty, and Frozen.A Chase item (also known as a Chase Pop) is a rare variant of a Funko that is different in either very slight or moderate ways - like having a variant cover on a comic. The world was quick to catch up; Rolling Stone magazine published an article about the quirky figures later the same year, and the road to success for the collectables was assured. Funko Pop reimagined what fandoms would want, creating highly stylised, sleek, and quirky vinyl figures.

Books, media, tickets, Funko Pop, Rammstein, Böhse Onkelz, Broilers, Die Ärzte, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, Die Toten Hosen, vouchers, football merch (FC Arsenal, FC Chelsea, FC Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Westham United, Borussia Mönchengladbach, BVB, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, 1.Both of these methods are chemical free and highly effective at getting into tiny grooves and crevices. The serial number should also match the code on the bottom of the box and if it doesn’t, then again, it is probably not a genuine Pop.

If you use a wet cloth make sure that you dry your funko figure properly afterwards to prevent it attracting even more dust and dirt. You can change the cookie settings and revoke your permission at any time on the cookie policy page . Funko pops are sold in specially designed display boxes, which means that you can see the figures clearly without taking them out of their boxes. The number sticker might be part of the appeal for a collector and therefore should not be removed from the box if you plan to sell your Funko.

But even if you don’t plan to sell your Funkos and your collection is just for fun, it is still advisable to keep the packaging.

Genuine Funko Pops have a serial number on the foot, base, or under the head of the plastic figure and if you can’t find one then it’s almost certainly a fake.

But even if a stand is not available, most stability issues can be solved by placing a bit of blue tack under the foot of the figure. Once you Funko Pop, you just can’t stop – and you might not want to when you realise how valuable some figures can become. Over 1 million unique combinations of hair, eyebrows, clothing, and accessories are available for anyone that wants to style themselves as a digital Funko figure. For regular cleaning, canned air is good, or a block of melamine foam (a sponge-like cleaning material).