Funko Pop! Planning to Send $30 Million of Merch to the Dump

Toy brand, Funko Pop, announced this week that they will be dumping nearly thirty million dollars' worth of inventory into landfills this year. That’s right folks, these collectable dolls are finding their new home in the dump. Instead of giving them to kids in hospitals or children in poverty, Funko Pop decided to take the bold route on this one, and it’s a decision that has left fans of the figures very confused.  

The decision was made after Funko announced that there was a combination of waning demand for the toys and a surplus of inventory. The company had to rent a warehouse to fit the excess figures that weren’t being sold on shelves. At the end of 2022 alone, the company had an inventory worth nearly $264 million dollars stashed away. The company decided to dispose of the overloaded inventory, beginning with older figures that are lacking in value. 

Funko Pop started their journey in 1998 as an attempt to create nostalgic toys, beginning with a variety of bobble heads. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that the modern Funko Pop figures made their first appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con. The four figures displayed at the time included two Batman figures with one being metallic and the other nonmetallic, a Batgirl figure, along with a Green Lantern figure. The figures were an instant hit among collectors. The figures made their shelf debut in 2010, and quickly rose to fame.  

The collectable figures were featured in nearly every department store in the country and in the Philadelphia region. As of 2023, there are over 8,300 different designs of Funko Pop figures, from Superheroes to historical figures, the options are vast when it comes to picking your dream Funko Pop. There are rare Funko Pops that are worth tens of thousands of dollars, and then there are the average Funko Pops that are more easily found in stores and online.  

Hold on to your Pearl Jam, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Metallica, and RUSH dolls tight! Who knows the fate of those special little figures.

Collectors and spectators are all wondering the same thing; why throw them away? Give them to people who genuinely want them. Think about it, wouldn’t you rather give the figures to collectors rather than them rummaging through a landfill to find an Iron Man Funko Pop from 2013? That makes more sense to us, but then again, we don’t have nearly $270 million dollars' worth of Funko Pops in a warehouse. 

Here are 7 classic Adam Sandler Saturday Night Live skits that will make you laugh.

You may not agree, but that's okay. These skits and characters I automatically think of when someone says the name "Adam Sandler".

The Sandman, as his friends call him, started on Saturday Night Live in as a writer for his first year with a show, then became a featured cast member in 1991.

Some of the famous characters to come out of his time on the show include Opera Man and one of the Gap Girls with his fellow cast members David Spade and Chris Farley. He was also a musician, who wrote songs and performed them many times during the "Weekend Update" segment. The songs include the holiday classic, "Hanukah Song" and songs about Mother's Day, summer and a very special lunch lady.

After five years with Saturday Night Live, Sandler went on to make numerous successful movies. Some of the classic titles include Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and The Wedding Singer. According to parade.com, his Happy Madison Productions has had a partnership with the streaming platform Netflix in since 2014 and the first deal with Netflix was reportedly worth $250 million dollars.

Now The Sandman is touring! He kicked off his traveling show in October of 2022, and he continues it into 2023. Fans have been praising the show online.

This highlights Adam Sandler at his best, however Chris Farley steals the show. Oh, and you can never hear someone mention having a Sloppy Joe for dinner again without getting the song stuck in your head.

Taking something that happens in most fancy restaurants, and turning it on it's head brings us this classic skit. So many heavy hitters of comedy appear in this laugh-laugh filled seven minutes.

This is from the episode that Adam hosted in 2019. Sandler has a very distinctive delivery and many people like to imitate him. So there were a couple fun surprises in this skit.

I was listening to the David Spade and Dana Carvey podcast, Fly On The Wall during their Chris Farley tribute episode and they were talking about this skit. One of their guests mentioned Gap would actually send real store displays for these live shows.

Oh, and "Lay Off Man, I'm Starving" is one of my favorite lines ever.

The very classy looking Opera Man would make dramatic observations on pop culture. Full of passion and emotion, Adam Sandler as Opera Man sure has a way with words.

In this one as "Hank", Sandler nearly breaks when Farley as "Beverly" starts caressing his thing. Watching cast members hold back laughter and almost break character is one of my favorite things to see on the Saturday night skit show.

This again is from the 2019 episode he hosted. There wasn't a dry-eye in the house while he was signing this tribute to his friend Chris Farley. He ended up winning an Emmy for the episode, too.