It’s Time to Bust Out the Cham-paggin! More Futurama Pops & Dorbz Coming Soon! (Update)
Funko have announced their second batch of Futurama Pops! Four new characters will be making their Pop! debut, including; Nibbler, Zapp Brannigan, Professor Farnsworth, oh, and why not Zoidberg? These are due out in February.
If that doesn't fill your Funko and Futurama fix, you can also look forward to some Dorbz! Fry, Leela, Bender and Dr. Zoidberg will be hitting shelves sometime in April.
UPDATE: Bender will have a gold chase variant. (One in six will be gold).
Kool, I'll pass on these Dorbz except Bender if I find him in store. I like the Nibbler Pop, looks cute.
Very happy to see Zoidberg. I was surprised he wasn't part of the first round, actually. I know there is much less thought that goes into what characters get made/variants/etc, than, what we collectors try to analyze…I DO wish they had just made Nibbler part of the the original Leela, leaving room for an Amy POP. I doubt there will be a third wave…but I wish they hadn't wasted a full size mold for Nibbler, or one for Robot Devil…as I know Futurama collectors would love to have a POP of Amy, Amy's Mom, and Hermes. Funko is usually pretty good about racial diversity, so I am somewhat surprised they didn't produce either of the major Asian characters or the one African American. I always feel bad for the actors who voice roles/play characters that never get POP treatment. American Horror Story is another example. Now that I have watched the full series…they did SUCH a good job on the POPS that were produced…but I can literally think of 25 other characters, from the five seasons, that would have been amazing in POP form. I have a feeling since Lady Gaga just won the Golden Globe, and she's, well, Lady Gaga, that there will be another wave. I just hope it's not five different variations of her character, instead of the plethora of characters that show has created.
I think they are all very cool. Another series I will have to grab!!
And to the poster above I really think you have too much time on your hands if your equating Pops cartoon character popularity and pulling a lack of racial diversity from it.
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