Comments on: The Circle Is Now Complete!

By: Jonas Grumby

Jonas Grumby — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:32:24 +0000

I think that if I had to give up all my collections except one, I’d hang on to my ad icons. There’s something supremely pleasant about having them about me.

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:39:22 +0000

Love the kitschiness of it all! A buddy was over the other day and we spent like 10 minutes just staring at that pic of your display. SO much fun stuff there. Congrats on the Kangaroo!

By: Jim_Abell

Jim_Abell — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:19:20 +0000

Great blog, Jason. That reminds me, I stopped at a Big Boy a few weeks ago and bought a character bank on a lark. I was surprised to find the Funko markings on the bottom when I got home.

By: demoncat

demoncat — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:15:33 +0000

Cool post. and glad you got one of your holly grails for a steal. as for the wobblers not created given how sooner or later in the industry toy lines make a come back and experiance a new wave of being wanted. some day those things may see the light of day even the Dave thomas one for after all at first you do not suceed try try again.

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:12:06 +0000

Congrats on the awesome collection, btw! I’m checking out the links you provided for the various advertising mascots. Pizza Hut Pete had a lot of neat stuff produced during his heyday, even toys and a playhouse. Wow!

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:52:58 +0000

What a great story, Jason. I love advertising mascot and anything collectible that goes with ‘em, but I’m seriously interested in these Funko Wobblers now. My chances of heading out to the other side of the country are slim, so when I received a figure from an eBay dealer wrapped inside a Piggly Wiggly plastic bag, I kept the bag for the sheer novelty of it. (We don’t have those in Southern California.) And how cool would it be to have a series of Hostess Wobblers? King Ding Dong! Twinkie the Kid! Captain Cupcake! Fruit Pie the Magician! Happy Ho-Ho! Chauncey the Chocodile! Chief Big Wheel! (Does anyone remember these last two? They were regional!) And yeah, Dave Thomas would rock. I loved his commercials.