Geek Together

This week we were joined on our Youtube Live by Ryan Burns (ryesfunko / ryespops) to hangout and talk about Funko and collecting and a little bit of everything else. Our good friend Ben Feldman also dropped in to join in on the fun. Enjoy!

This week we record live with the one and only MRS_FUNKO_JUNKIE (Jana) and discuss her collecting journey, her husbands master plan, why CWO and Hot Wheels. We learned a lot about how important a positive and helping community can be and how CWO focuses on lifting up and helping its members. Also, there were no accidents in the formation and building the collection they have. Enjoy!

Join us for the second installment of our Funko Hall of Famer series. This episode we are joined by Nikko Lim. We discuss how he became a collector, his journey to Hall of Fame, what his collection consists of and how he built his community with the Funko Funatic Philippines group on Facebook. Enjoy!

Join us as we add a special guest to our crew (Ming Chen) to just geek out and have fun. We discuss his origin story, all things View Askew and the current state of comic cons. Plus learn about his podcast studio and how he Is taking It online.

This episode we are joined by Isabel Anderson who is a 3D sculptor at Funko. She has worked on many project over the years Including the Little Wayne Pop and Furiosa Rock Candy. On top of that full time job she is the creator of the Boudi Doll. We discuss her journey of becoming an artist, her creative process and what it's like to work at Funko. Enjoy!

If you like what you hear go check out her work on Instagram @iamibo and her amazing dolls over at boudidoll.com

Join us as our friend Brooklyn (NCDS on Friends of Comic Con) discusses all things SDCC and beyond. What do we think Is going to happen? What Is the timing? Do we have a chance at all? Stick around to hear our reactions to our viewing of the wonderful cinematic treasure, Velocipastor. 

Please also check us out on YouTube as we post our live recording sessions on Saturdays. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0arOZxHuHLwhtkOBd5_tw

In this interview Robby and Damien virtually sit down with Connor McConnell, owner of Abominable Toys, and Dustin Kamm, owner of Plastic Empire. We discuss the plans they had for 2020, what changes they have had to make in the middle of the pandemic and the process of the creator / retailer partnership in the toy business. Enjoy!

This week we are joined by Yoko, Product Manager at Figpin to discuss all of the ins and out of how things work. We are also joined by Josh Lopez from Secondary Heroes to discuss his experience on the collector and retail side. We learned a lot on the process and then we had to talk serious Disney business. So many great tips. Who knew logo pins were going to be the hottest collectible (hot take)?

This episode we are joined by Chris Metzner and we discuss his journey to becoming an artist and working for Funko. He shares some insights on the process to get a concept to production and how his passion drives his work. We learned a lot here and we hope you do too. Enjoy!

This week we kick off our celebration of our 50th episode. Join us as we discuss how we are coping on quarantine and how to podcast remote. Join our new accidental segment parent corner by Damien and Christina. We end with Robby sharing the most disgusting game he never won.