Special: Top 10 Christmas-Themed Funko Products

10. Metallic Holiday Dancing Groot POP!

This guy was exclusive to Hot Topic and can still be had for about $10 US off eBay. Featuring a Metallic paint job for the snow and a festive bow around the pot. This is a must have for any POP Collector.

9. Holiday Jawa Wacky Wobbler

Here's one that's harder to find but when it does go up, it's not crazy expensive as one sold on eBay for $14.99 US just last month. I'm not sure how I'd feel if a Jawa showed up on my doorstop with a gift in hand but this is by far the best of the Star Wars Holiday Wacky Wobblers. The Wobblers line was never that popular but with Funko releasing a new line of Wobblers and using Star Wars as the springboard these guys will get snatched up quickly.

8. Heat Miser Plushie

From the classic TV Special The Year Without A Santa Claus we bring you Heat Miser! If you find this guy grab him. I scoured the Internet and couldn't find a single one for sale or that sold in the last little while which is depressing! Just look at the detail that went into this Plushie (which was widely considered one of Funko's laziest lines - No wonder it was so short lived) the only plushies released were the first few characters in the original POP lines (Television, Heroes, Holidays, etc.) before Funko pulled the plug.

7. Holiday Toothless POP!

Everyone's favourite dragon is back this time with a festive wreath! Okay so maybe I'm a little biased because Toothless was one of my most sought after POP's when I started collecting but I just think this guy looks so cool and I NEED to have him in my collection. Not easy to see in Canada but online he can be found in the $20 - $25 range so not overly prohibitive.

6. Snowman Jack Mystery Mini

The cheapest thing found on our list! This Mystery Mini from the first Nightmare Before Christmas Mini set can be had for only $2 off eBay. If you're a fan of Glow-in-the-dark variants this guy has one of those as well that was exclusive to Hot Topic but I went with the normal Snowman Jack only because the GITD one was very lazy (what snowman glows?). NBC Mini's had lots of Christmas options to choose from but Snowman Jack was the winner... Now if only we can get a POP of him! (Spoiler alert: It's coming)

5. Christmas Gizmo ReAction Figure

Tough choice between the two Gizmo Reactions but for the purpose of this list a Santa hat is just much more Christmassy than a Candy Cane. Not a big ReAction fan (don't like them much at all really) but the Gremlins set just feels so right... Maybe it's because of the 80's setting but I've been tempted to grab these myself on a few occasions.

4. Santa Jack Mega POP! Plush

There are so many great Santa Jack Funko products to choose from you'd think it be harder to find the one representative for this list but when it came down to it, it wasn't that tough. This Mega Plush stands out among it's POP, Dorbz, Reaction, Mystery Mini, Plush, Mopeez, etc. counterparts. He cost about $25 in stores so he won't be cheap but he's huge and awesome to look at.

3. Flocked Bunny Suit Ralphie

I'm really shocked this guy isn't higher as it's one of, if not my most sought after POP! currently but I just don't have the $$$ to throw down over $100 on him currently. The classic scene from A Christmas Story where Ralphie puts on his Bunny Suit is a great POP on it's own. But when Gemini Collectibles released an exclusive Flocked version the game changed! One day he'll be in my collection. Hopefully sooner rather then later.

2. Christmas Stitch Dorbz

This Stitch in a Santa suit is so cute! He was just released like 2 days ago on the Funko Shop but don't worry he's a 10,000 piece edition so he'll be up there for a while. But mine's already on it's way to me ;)

1. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer POP! Line

I realize this is a little bit of a cop out but how could I just pick one from this excellent line!? One day I'll finish this one off... I'm still short a Hermey and Misfit Elephant which are going for $80 & $185 respectively... Ooof. If you're fortunate enough to have them all just know I'm extremely jealous since these are some of the best products Funko ever produced, let alone Holiday ones.

Speical: Top 10 Least Valuable Funko POP!

Welcome kind readers, a while back I ran through the Top 10 Most Valuable Funko POP's (Here). Well time to flip the script and let you know the Top 10 LEAST valuable, that's right folks grab these from the bargain bins and nowhere else.

10. Uncle Si (Duck Dynasty) (7-11 Exclusive) - Television Line - Value: $5

Now there was a bunch that were worth $5 to slot in at number #10 and #9. What makes this interesting is that it's an exclusive that is so widely owned it's actually worth less than the original POP!

9. Greedo (Vault Edition) - Star Wars Line - Value: $5

Now what makes Greedo interesting? The fact that it was also featured as one of the most expensive so of course Funko made more but with a different box "vault edition" if you will. I'm yet to add this to my collection but I'll be looking for it on the cheap side.

8. Maggie (Evolve) - Games Line - Value: $4

To break the ties at $4 I opted to go with the most owned would be ranked higher since there's more on the market it would stay devalued longer. Over at Pop Price Guide, Maggie is showed owned by only 102 people. Now if it's this lowly owned and low in value odds are Funko slams the brakes on production which means the people that don't have her will need to buy her from a party that does have her and there are less of those people... Simply put, supply and demand is more likely to run lesser owned POP's like Maggie up, then again the Evolve line clearly isn't that popular...

7. Markov (Evolve) - Games Line - Value: $4

Ouch... Back to back, Evolver's. Markov is owned by 124 people so there's a chance for a turnaround but I'm not betting on it... NEXT!

6. General Ursus (Planet Of The Apes) - Movies Line - Value: $4

This damn dirty ape is owned by 154 people. And yet worth so little, then again the Ape line never actually took off like Funko hopes, even the most popular Ape (Zaius) has a paltry $10 value... Popular Common POP's go for more than that!

5. Gideon Jura - Magic The Gathering Line - Value: $4

I don't know much about Magic cards... But I do know that despite having their own line outside the "Games" line the POP's aren't worth much. The Non-Exclusive high point is $13 USD for a 6" which those that bought a 6" POP know isn't very much. But congrats to the rest of the line still, since at least they aren't as lowly as Gideon and the 173 people that own him.

4. Long Duck Dong (Sixteen Candles) - Movies Line - Value: $4

Now the most owned of the $4 POP's! And I'm one of them... Sigh. Oh well, my girlfriend picked him out at the last convention we went to. So she's to blame. The Asian exchange student from the hit 80's movie is in 263 people's collection.

3. Amare Stoudemire - NBA Line - Value: $3

The good news? Amare is only owned by 32 people on PPG. The bad news? The sports line are by and far the least valuable lines. It's nearly impossible to strike gold outside of the WWE line so unless you really like Stoudemier, stay away.

2. Val (Evolve) - Games Line - Value: $3

Evolve... SMH.

1. Willie (Duck Dynasty) - Television Line - Value: $2

Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner! And he's dressed in camo. The Duck Dynasty POP's were a tough sell from the get go but people did buy them, unfortunetly they are the same people that will put them up for sale for pennies on the dollar. Coming to a flea market or garage sale near you... Duck Dynasty POP's!

Special: Top 10 Most Valuable Funko POP!

Those who know me know that I love me some Funko POP's. When I first saw them I thought they were cool but I've never been much of a toy collector so I couldn't justify the money... That all changed when I was in a liquidation store where I saw Hal Jordan sitting on the shelf priced at $5, so I had to buy it, FYI the value as of this writing of that $5 purchase is $24 American! He was my only POP for a couple months until I went to a Comic Con and decided I'd buy a 2nd one... That day Batman was added to my collection of two. A while later my girlfriend was in the states and picked me up a Deadpool and Donatello and she told me how much cheaper they were there and that's when things spiralled out of control and now here I am over the 80 Funko POP mark wondering where I would be had I started collecting right away, maybe I'd have some of the more valuable ones! Speaking of valuable ones, that's the topic of this post. I'm looking at the Top 10 most valuable Funko Pop's, ones that aren't exclusives, variants or limited, these are simply ones that at one time or another were found in any store at any time. Here's hoping I'm lottery bound so I can add some of these to my collection!

10. Misfit Elephant
Line: Holidays
Number: #6
Current Value: $110

I'm fortunate enough to have a few of the Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer POP's but this one unfortunately will elude me until I can come into some money. Since the new year 9 of these beauties were sold on eBay. The low end was $65 the high end was $220 in mid-April. Wanna add him to your collection? There's 2 up on eBay now, one at $220 the other at the steal of $149.95... Looks like this ones value will be increasing even more very soon.

9. Red Skull
Line: Marvel
Number: #7
Current Value: $125

It's surprising this one is valued so high. There appears to be a lot of sellers so clearly there is enough out there but for whatever reason it's consistently commanding over $100. For comparisons sake in April 2015 there were 11 sold on eBay. Still lots for sale though if you don't wanna wait for this one to come back to earth, there's even some around the $120 mark.

8. Purple Haze
Line: Rocks
Number: #1
Current Value: $135

#1's are worth a lot, just ask any comic collector. The surprising part about this Hendrix POP is that as late as January 2015 this was still going in the high double digits but since then it's had a couple big sales ($200 and $225) that cause it's value to shoot up. The good news? There's one up now that is for auction and the current bid is only $56... Get on that Hendrix fans.

7. Loki (Thor Movie)
Line: Marvel
Number: #2
Current Value: $140

This is the first in a couple ties that gets held down by it's low sale in the last 30 days ($93). Believe it or not there is a Loki more valuable than this one... The Avengers movie Loki (#16) is currently going for $640! Unfortunately it was a Comic Con exclusive limited to 480 pieces. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has done wonders for Loki, usually an afterthought in the comics Tom Hiddleston made Loki, and his merchandise, value's skyrocket.

6. Shazam!
Line: Heroes
Number #14
Current Value: $140

Since DC was one of the first to license their properties to Funko a lot of their early POP's are valuable especially those that have seen their stock go up since they've been retired and Shazam is the first of many you'll see. It's actually a tie in value but because there is a low sale of $102.50 in the last 30 days it gets the ow end of the tie.

5. Hawkman
Line: Heroes
Number #17
Current Value: $140

Finally the end of the $140 ties, Hawkman's low sale comes in at $115. It's actually been higher the last couple sales which could lead to Hawkman's value climbing, though if a lot of people decide to sell it could cause the opposite to happen since similar to Red Skull a lot of people own Hawkman so we'll have to see how his market plays out but right now it's sitting pretty in the top 5.

4. Greedo
Line: Star Wars
Number: #7
Current Value: $155

Want a valuable POP that you can probably find at your local comic book/toy shop? Greedo is the one for you! Funko has recently released a series of Star Wars POP's from the vault in anticipation of the new Star Wars movie later this year. These "vault editions" however carry different boxes than the original so although you can get a vault edition for $11 the original Greedo remains the holy grail of the Star Wars line though it's possible that with the vault edition Greedo's price can take a dive.

3. Martian Manhunter
Line: Heroes
Number: #18
Current Value: $185

Believe it or not this POP is on the rise... Manhunter's last 10 sales had 5 checking in between $150 and $185 and 4 between $200 and $240. A lot of people are starting to put Manhunter up on eBay but he's not that well owned so it's not likely that we see a market flood happen, it's definitely possible that this becomes the crown jewel of the Heroes line but until that happens the title belongs to...

2. Green Arrow
Line: Heroes
Number: #15
Current Value: $250

Surprisingly this one actually shot up $10 in value since I made this list a couple days ago. Green Arrow is the perfect storm of events. It was a popular enough character to warrant a POP in the early going, got retired because he wasn't THAT popular and then the TV show hit it's stride any everyone wanted the emerald archer... Recently his POP sold for an astonishing $389.95! Manhunter's gotta work!

1. A Clockwork Orange
Line: Classics
Number: #4
Current Value: $2,610

Okay so I cheated here but I wanted to point out the ridiculousness of this piece... Limited to 12 pieces this is far and away the most valuable POP in the world. The 2nd closest is another 12 piece edition, clone trooper Freddy Funko, unfortunately it's value is hard to ascertain since there has only been one sale in September 2014 for $2,025.00

September 11, 2013 Song of the day

September 11, 2013 Song of the day:

Take Me To The Pilot - Baby We're Gonna Be Rich

From the album "What Makes You" Out now

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/what-makes-you/id534411061

September 9, 2013 Song of the day

September 9, 2013 Song of the day:

Katy Perry - Roar

Off the album "Prism" out October 22, 2013

iTunes link:  https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/prism-deluxe-version/id690928033