Willy wonka 3 liters can make sense if they were to make the kids as funko soda’s. Then the 3 liters can be displayed with the kids and make it look a little more realistic as a height difference ( Willy being an adult compared to the kids). It would also make a whole new set or even cooler. The commons can be the regular kids as they look before entering the factory and the chase can be done to make them look like they are after their “accident “ in the factory!
@@jeremy.collects okay but whether its rewinds, gold, bitty pop, and even their new partnership with goliath games, they are not acting like a "lean" start up...they knlw what we want but they are too self destructive to do it
A lot of great points. Last year didn't help that 35% of the sodas released were the unnumbered sodas. Hopefully funko figures out what they are doing next, this year I wouldn't mind only have con and exclusive sodas. That would really spread them out through out the year and make it much easier to hunt for the older sodas. I think a soda I would like to see would be a Han Solo with the chase being Han Solo in stormtrooper outfit and do it as an con soda with Luke also have the stormtrooper outfit as a chase.
Totally agree on a lot of stuff. The only problem that I have on limiting the piece count of sodas to a very low number is it will be hard to find them here in Canada. I also don’t agree on having international sodas so they should have a count where everyone in the world should be able to enjoy them and have access to them.
There should definitely be only one count total per soda. Funko needs to figure out a way to ship to Canada so when they drop something on the website, more collectors have a shot at getting it
I worry about this. I don't really mind about the limited aspect, I enjoy the full sets that are released, but the retail exclusives just aren't arriving anymore... ie. Walmart Exclusives... which make them feel rare. The Walmart Rocksteady went online only on the funko store and then sold out whereas there are numbered cans still available to this day with piece counts of 20k+ Also: how would you feel about me making a response video specifically to yours? If you don't want me to, I can just be vague, but I feel enthusiastic about mentioning you and referencing this video.
Yes absolutely, please feel free to make a response video to this. I always look forward to hearing other content creators opinions on relevant topics such as this.
I’ve cut back on Funko products all together lately … Pops and soda. Well, except maybe Star Wars. My wants have been a little out of control lately with Star Wars. 😅. I did pick up the Tails soda. It’s so cute. It’ll be interesting to see where Funko heads this year. Great video!
Agree, 10000 is more than enough for a soda limit. I think Funko should make more low piece sodas, like 3000 piece sodas. Every soda should have chases. I would love it if Funko made flocked Ewok sodas with 2 or maybe 3 chases and the chases would be different Ewoks.🤩 Thanks for lots of good soda information. 👍🏼😃
Where do I find sodas in stores. Everywhere I go there all Opened or there’s none in stock. Only place that I find them is at FYE because they keep them behind the counter. I need help
If Funko were to make any more Sodas, I’d like to see them make more Sodas related to Disney’s “Gargoyles” - particularly of Elisa Maza, Demona, Angela, and David Xanatos.
@@Slapshotpops yeah! I know! This year, I want to catch up on collecting the POPs related to “Gargoyles” because Disney Plus is in the works of remaking it into a live-action series.
I just want a GhostFace soda, been wanting one for 2 years now and the common can be him with a knife and the chase him bloody holding a phone to his ear
I collected sodas mainly because of the limited piece count. My collection started to dwindle when Funko began mass producing sodas. Sold almost all of my collection with the exception of OG TMNT and Freddy chases. Hopefully, Funko will address all of the problems you’ve stated. Great informative video, btw. 🙂
I would love to them finish up some lines like Kiss. As much as I’m not a fan of the 3L sodas need a krang 3L and the chase could black light, glow, or even metallic. Also metal head regular soda with a metallic chase. Those would be ones I got to have! On some sodas I could see piece count up to 12,000 but not many.
I agree but I think you missed a point. Funko has 2 licenses that they have not touched in soda form. Dragonball Z & One Piece. That would bring collectors that aren’t buying soda’s.
That could possibly bring in more buyers for sure. But I think they need to fundamentally change things across the board for all themes of sodas too. Could definitely see some crazy hype for a One Piece Cooler
First off, loved this video! I love that Maui 3 liter I will definitely add the common to collection whenever it comes out. I totally agree with the 10,000 count sodas and I want them to make more Care Bears, maybe a hello kitty (one that hasn’t been made into pop form) and a Sanrio cooler because there’s quiet a few characters they could choose from. I would like to see an Anakin soda. Maybe him when he’s good and then him with his hood up and eyes glowing as the chase when he’s turning to the dark side.
In all honesty I am waiting for Funko to make a 3 liter DC Comics character like Soloman Grundy or Bane maybe a Clayface. I have been waiting for this and continue to get my sodas looking for the chases. Great video have a great week.
Fantastic 4 Cooler, Human Torch with Glow Chase, Invisible Woman with Translucent Chase, The Thing and his Chase is his human form, Mr. Fantastic with the Chase is him in lab attire or with some tech/weapon, Silver Surfer with a Metallic Chase, and maaaaybe an Alicia Masters soda or Herbie.
Funny enough, I started collecting a few Soda’s later in the year last year because I thought the ATSV Soda’s were cool! Sad to say though that they weren’t numbered/LE 😢. Really hope they continue making Soda’s, but at a significantly lower quantity, with each Soda having a a chance at a Chase variant. Also, they need to make a reason for people to want the Common mold, too!
My number one complaint is that the sodas crush the pop boxes in the special event boxes, like the Fright Night boxes. With as much as they charge for those boxes, they should learn how to protect the items in it a bit better. Yeah, taking away the piece counts will hurt them, especially with price increases. I'd love to see them give Satan from South Park a 3 Litre soda.
I’m very cautious in the soda future since I love them but the price hike has it hard. I bought 3 sodas in december & will be more selective for future purchases. Also, unnumbered sodas should stop
Hey Guys, great video. I definitely agree with you about always having a chase and also how you said bigger characters should be in the 3 liters. Like, I think Clifford would be awesome as a 3 liter and make the chase flocked with his owner (Emily) or a Kong, Godzilla and especially a Voltron.
i would be ok with a 12000 piece limit, since that would be 10k common and 2k chase price needs to drop back to 15 for cans 35 for 3L. i think 100 for a cooler is fair they do different mold of the freddys in the boxes anyway, just make 2 commons and the lower piece counts the chase id love to see a bigfoot 3L with a flocked chase and the marshmallow stick added
Oh man a 3 liter Big foot would be fantastic! And I agree, 12k is a good number. I hope they lower the price of sodas again too, it would def prevent them from having to do a lot of sales
I love Funko sodas , but sadly in Australia they are becoming unaffordable at $35 a piece.( new sodas are $35 , while the older, if you can still find some are $24 to $29 a piece ). 😭😭
I am a little bummed out by the Soda situation. I also think they are not going away though. I like that unnumbered seems to be ending and I like that international ones seem to be ending too. That always sore of messed up the count to me. If someone asked or saw a can and you would explain that there is actually more chases. I do like keeping some money in wallet and focusing on some others we missed. We just picked up the Freddy Vader Soda. Hope to get the flocked Snagglepuss this year too. I agree with you on all of this. Awesome video!
I would love to see a Loki Soda other than the What If one that dropped. His common/chase could be an easy with/without his helmet much like many of the other Marvel chases. Another one that missed the mark for me is Nick Fury from The Marvels. Really wish they did an OG Nick Fury in his black leather duster. His Chase could’ve been without the duster but still in his old combat gear, not a turtleneck.
I definitely hope that Funko is just taking a step back and reevaluating the Soda line! We love collecting them so much and Keeton especially loves going after those chases!! They 1000000% need to lower the counts and go back to all sodas having a piece count and they all need chases!! We just got 2 of the Tails sodas at our GameStop so fingers crossed we get that chase!!! Great video and loved hearing your insight!
Great video, nicely put and well thought out. Not a fan of sodas, but certainly understand their popularity. Totally agree re: limited numbers and need for chases. A 3L General Grievous (nicely detailed of course) would be cool. Limbs down for common and raised for chase. Thanks for sharing.
Love the sodas. I'm angry that they changed, that in the coolers, chases are no longer guaranteed. Thinking of selling pops that I may have a duplicate of, except if my duplicate was a prize.
You contradicted yourself. You said that the 3 liter Sodas should only be of characters that make sense, and I agree, but you're also anxiously waiting for the 3 liter Soda Freddy. The Sodas have quickly become my favorite Funko product. I'm buying about 20 Sodas for every 1 Pop and I might not have bought any Pops last year if it weren't for the new Power Rangers 30th Anniversary series. I agree with everything you said. Every Soda should have a Chase and if Funko doesn't make a Chase, the common should be very limited and look amazing, not the painted Freddy that came in the Box of Fun and Box of Fright. My only other suggestion is for Funko to do the Coolers differently. It makes it nearly impossible to get all 6 Chase options. I think the Coolers should be a base set of 6 commons with the incentive of getting the limited edition Lounge Fly bag and one of the Sodas exclusive to that set. Then Funko should sell the same 5 Sodas individually with a possible Chase.
Very true! I did contradict myself, but that’s only because I’m a massive Freddy Funko fan. Glad to hear that you’re enjoying collecting the sodas so much. Unfortunately I think if Funko sold the sodas individually alongside a corresponding cooler, there would be no incentive to buy the cooler. Everyone would just buy the individual characters. We see it with how quickly people ask to buy our extra sodas from coolers after we open them in videos.
@@Slapshotpops I was just joking about the Freddy 3 Liter Soda. I would want one too even though I haven't gotten into the 3 Liters yet. I didn't explain my cooler suggestion in full detail. Offer the coolers where all 6 Sodas are commons but one of the Sodas is exclusive to the cooler. The limited edition Loungefly bag with the $100 price point should still be enough incentive for collectors to be interested. I mean, even 6 Sodas alone for $100 is just over $16 a Soda - throw in the bag with free shipping and that's a great deal. But the bag and exclusive Soda would be limited to maybe 8000 pieces, but the other 5 base Sodas would maybe be 12,000 pieces to include singles you can buy separately. Or, make it where the same Soda in the cooler has the possibility of a Chase, so that you would only have to purchase 2 coolers to get both versions.
It definitely feels like sodas have slowing way down. It would be super disappointing if Funko just stops making them all together. I get what you’re saying about the sodas with no piece counts and no chases, but even most of those sodas are amazing. I would love to see any member of the bad batch get a soda, or even a whole six pack cooler.
Bad Batch Cooler would be legendary, especially with season 3 dropping next month. If they end the product line, which I doubt, thousands of collectors would be sad/upset which would just mean a lot of lost revenue for the company.
I miss collecting Funko, especially the sodas, but it just became overwhelming. I think they need to put more thought into the soda chases. How many times have we saw a chase and thought it was lazy? Not eliminate but cut back for sure.
We will see if they give up the production of Sodas. I suspected this some months back when they introduced the rewinds. Because the format is too similar to Sodas. They probably wanted to make a cheaper product to replace Sodas. For me I never felt Sodas were that big, but then again I’m in Europe. Back then when I brought this up I was told that this was very unlikely since in the US Sodas are popular. Time will tell!
If they replace sodas with rewinds they’re going to lose a lot of customers and business. Even if it costs more to produce the sodas compared to the rewinds, it would be a huge mistake for them to discontinue such a great product
International isn’t dead because of lack of demand. They upped the prices ridiculously pricing collectors out of the game. Some countries like Australia now charge upwards of $40/can. How is a retailer supposed to make money on that?
I love collecting sodas and I really do believe they will carry on if they follow the advice given by collectors I only buy numbered sodas, so I agree with the limited piece count you suggested. I would love to see a Bruce Lee soda. Maybe a yellow suit common with an Enter The Dragon with scratches Chase?
The Funko soda I would like to See is A Yugi Mouto soda where the Chase being YAMI-Yugi aka the Pharaoh’s Spirit also know as his Spirit in the Millennium Puzzle 🧩 & Have it Limited too between 7,000 to 10,000 Pieces
I never get that limited numbers are so important., Say they make tens of soda's that are limited to 1.000 or 2.000 pieces. I will have have a hard time collecting these and maybe will have to pay a lot of money for them. I just like the soda's and the easier I can get them the better. People who want to make money out of them will be disappointed I guess when there is no piece count. But that's not what collecting is about for me. There are two things that do annoy me when it comes to soda's: 1. Why make 25 Freddy Funko's at Halloween with 5 or 6 different molds. It's just too much... 2. There are so many interesting characters to choose from, why make 7 Jack Skellingtons? Just one soda for a character is enough.
I of course collect pops and sodas,but find myself more drawn torward sodas. Also i think, they have so many endless opportunities and possibilities! Especially when it comes to the Soda coolers. They really should take the 3 liters, and focus that line on bigger Chacters, So much more they can do with, sodas! I dont think they are going anywhere anytime soon.
Another great video. Love the breakdown and totally agree with the suggestions you had for Funko. Definitely the piece count. Cons should be 5k. Also chases needed for all and w different molds and variations from their common counterparts. I really wish they'd start the One Piece line, maybe start with Chopper and have the chase be a slightly modified mold that's flocked. I reorganize every weekend lol.
I think that instead of the no piece count sodas, going back to the limited piece counts. Funko needs to stop pumping out so many, and focus on the quality. Thats just my opinion, love sodas and the pops😊😊😊 fabulous video, thanks for the information
Awesome video!!! Recently I've become a big Soda fan. I absolutely agree with everything you suggested. Unlimited piece counts have got to go. Limited pieces only makes sense. I really hope Funko listens to these suggestions. Great information brother!!!!👊🏾👊🏾
Yep it’s definitely not dead arguable funkos 2nd most successful product. As you said for some it’s now there main collection. Not going anywhere, implement a few changes suggested and you have the excitement back the product initially around when the product first dropped
I'm not sure if there is a character I would as a soda other than maybe Rayman? - Right now I would love to get the upcoming avatar the last airbender Aang soda chase. It is the first soda that I actually like and since I'm not into funko soda's that's saying a lot. But for the price tag and finding the actual chase... I don't know, tough decision. The other option would be the secondary market. But I'm afraid that might still cost quite a bit. P.s. Talking about the cooler ofc
Ill be honest, Funko Soda really fell off for me when they started the non numbered piece count. I refuse to buy any soda that doesnt have a piece count regardless if its a character I like.
Love the sodas video . I think you are spot on about soda. funko need to make low piece count . A soda funko should make is Kraots the common should be him with sword and the chase should be him with both swords on fire and glow in the dark.
Great video. Funko should listen up and just put Slapshotpops in charge of the company. John has laid down the soda roadmap, please Funko just follow it. 💙
I have decided to buy only the sodas I want to add to my small soda collection. I was very excited with the Trails soda. Knowing my luck I decided to buy the chase at the secondary market. I hope Funko doesn’t stop creating sodas. I would love to see the Toy Story characters, The Beauty and the Beast or the Disney Princesses in soda form. I only own 2 3Lt sodas the first one Iron Robot and Maleficent. Both are common still very cool. I would love to see Rex from Toy Story as a 3Lt soda with the chase him wearing the clear astronaut like helmet. If Funko do make 3Lt Freddy Funko is one I will go after. I know is going to be hard to get for his popularity.😁🌹🌹🌸💐
So good to hear you say things we've been saying for about a year. Your validation of only making sodas with chases and no unnumbered runs is music to our ears!!
@@Slapshotpops Hi .I should have been more clear .Sorry.I really enjoy collecting the sodas but the price keeps going up making them too expensive.Here in Australia it will cost $100 for 3 sodas.Its just too much.Not fun anymore.
soda is nice, i got collect some and also waiting few like Marty Mcfly. 1) Marty with guitar, that still in funko website and show notify me. 2) Marty with Funko Fair 2023 event, last time order from Sure Thing Toys and blue soda, until today, the soda still not yet arrived. Then i bought from Popcultcha and get orange soda with 1 common 1 chase.
Funko sodas look so weird to me but the cans are nice. I only have sonic and tails because they actually look like them unlike their pop versions lol its hilarious. But sodas are pricey compare to pops so i see the latter lasting longer. Im also content with the commons cause a chase would just itch me to sell and i love sonic too much lol
Let me know your thoughts on sodas down below!!
Willy wonka 3 liters can make sense if they were to make the kids as funko soda’s. Then the 3 liters can be displayed with the kids and make it look a little more realistic as a height difference ( Willy being an adult compared to the kids). It would also make a whole new set or even cooler. The commons can be the regular kids as they look before entering the factory and the chase can be done to make them look like they are after their “accident “ in the factory!
That’s a good point, definitely hadn’t thought of that!
"a LEAN start up" lol what a joke they still keep overproducing every new product they come out with
It’ll take easily a year or more to actually see the results of what they said they’re going to do. A company just can’t turn off production overnight
@@Slapshotpops brother they are dropping new products in various lines and pushing garbage rewinds, not slowing down is different than turning it off
@@shadowknight4738 I would disagree that they are pushing Rewinds. They've barely announced any Rewinds since like SDCC of 2023.
@@jeremy.collects okay but whether its rewinds, gold, bitty pop, and even their new partnership with goliath games, they are not acting like a "lean" start up...they knlw what we want but they are too self destructive to do it
So cool to see my display in this video! Thank you for showing it off. Love the ideas in this video and think they could make a big difference!
Absolutely! Thanks for submitting the pictures 🥳
A lot of great points. Last year didn't help that 35% of the sodas released were the unnumbered sodas. Hopefully funko figures out what they are doing next, this year I wouldn't mind only have con and exclusive sodas. That would really spread them out through out the year and make it much easier to hunt for the older sodas. I think a soda I would like to see would be a Han Solo with the chase being Han Solo in stormtrooper outfit and do it as an con soda with Luke also have the stormtrooper outfit as a chase.
Totally agree on a lot of stuff.
The only problem that I have on limiting the piece count of sodas to a very low number is it will be hard to find them here in Canada.
I also don’t agree on having international sodas so they should have a count where everyone in the world should be able to enjoy them and have access to them.
There should definitely be only one count total per soda. Funko needs to figure out a way to ship to Canada so when they drop something on the website, more collectors have a shot at getting it
I worry about this. I don't really mind about the limited aspect, I enjoy the full sets that are released, but the retail exclusives just aren't arriving anymore... ie. Walmart Exclusives... which make them feel rare. The Walmart Rocksteady went online only on the funko store and then sold out whereas there are numbered cans still available to this day with piece counts of 20k+ Also: how would you feel about me making a response video specifically to yours? If you don't want me to, I can just be vague, but I feel enthusiastic about mentioning you and referencing this video.
Yes absolutely, please feel free to make a response video to this. I always look forward to hearing other content creators opinions on relevant topics such as this.
I’ve cut back on Funko products all together lately … Pops and soda. Well, except maybe Star Wars. My wants have been a little out of control lately with Star Wars. 😅. I did pick up the Tails soda. It’s so cute. It’ll be interesting to see where Funko heads this year. Great video!
Agree, 10000 is more than enough for a soda limit. I think Funko should make more low piece sodas, like 3000 piece sodas. Every soda should have chases. I would love it if Funko made flocked Ewok sodas with 2 or maybe 3 chases and the chases would be different Ewoks.🤩 Thanks for lots of good soda information. 👍🏼😃
Ewok sodas are a NEED! Funko has to make that happen in the next 2 years. I would buy a whole army of them 🥳
Where do I find sodas in stores. Everywhere I go there all
Opened or there’s none in stock. Only place that I find them is at FYE because they keep them behind the counter. I need help
They are tough to find in stores. You might have some luck at comic book stores or small mom and pop collector shops
If Funko were to make any more Sodas, I’d like to see them make more Sodas related to Disney’s “Gargoyles” - particularly of Elisa Maza, Demona, Angela, and David Xanatos.
I agree! The design they made for Goliath is phenomenal
@@Slapshotpops yeah! I know! This year, I want to catch up on collecting the POPs related to “Gargoyles” because Disney Plus is in the works of remaking it into a live-action series.
I just want a GhostFace soda, been wanting one for 2 years now and the common can be him with a knife and the chase him bloody holding a phone to his ear
Ghost face is very popular so it would sell well, especially around Halloween. Great idea
I collected sodas mainly because of the limited piece count. My collection started to dwindle when Funko began mass producing sodas. Sold almost all of my collection with the exception of OG TMNT and Freddy chases. Hopefully, Funko will address all of the problems you’ve stated. Great informative video, btw. 🙂
I would love to them finish up some lines like Kiss. As much as I’m not a fan of the 3L sodas need a krang 3L and the chase could black light, glow, or even metallic. Also metal head regular soda with a metallic chase. Those would be ones I got to have! On some sodas I could see piece count up to 12,000 but not many.
They need to finish the Kiss line for sure!
I agree but I think you missed a point. Funko has 2 licenses that they have not touched in soda form. Dragonball Z & One Piece. That would bring collectors that aren’t buying soda’s.
That could possibly bring in more buyers for sure. But I think they need to fundamentally change things across the board for all themes of sodas too. Could definitely see some crazy hype for a One Piece Cooler
do you think the mass production affected also the estimated number of release of the limited edition
What do you mean?
$25 a soda here in Canada. Wayy to expensive. Luckily my soda collection is super small! FPP!
That’s very expensive! So sorry to hear that 😢
First off, loved this video! I love that Maui 3 liter I will definitely add the common to collection whenever it comes out. I totally agree with the 10,000 count sodas and I want them to make more Care Bears, maybe a hello kitty (one that hasn’t been made into pop form) and a Sanrio cooler because there’s quiet a few characters they could choose from. I would like to see an Anakin soda. Maybe him when he’s good and then him with his hood up and eyes glowing as the chase when he’s turning to the dark side.
My local pop store said a month ago that Funko is discontinuing sodas and replacing them with the VHS tapes.
If they do end up doing that, it’ll be one of the worst decisions they could make as a company.
I like the scooby-doo sodas i would like funko to make a 3 littler soda and another cooler
More Scooby doo sodas would be fantastic!
@@Slapshotpops i seen people sharing post on scooby-doo items
i agree about not having limited soda's. but i also think funko pops are losing sales also, i like to collect soda's. over pops
True, but it’s the same train of thought with Pops. Make better quality Pops instead of quantity
Just starting collect soda , but only the can's. Love the artwork on the can's.
That’s interesting!
The figure is nice, chase or common, but i just love the artwork on the can's 🙃
3 L Godzilla!!!! The only 3l I have is Vader Chase. 1 bottle magic
Wow that’s amazing! I think I’ve opened like 12 with no luck yet 😂
In all honesty I am waiting for Funko to make a 3 liter DC Comics character like Soloman Grundy or Bane maybe a Clayface. I have been waiting for this and continue to get my sodas looking for the chases. Great video have a great week.
That would be very cool, and would make a lot of sense!
Great Vid as always! A Soda I would love to see is The Mandalorian and the Chase should be Din Djarin in his Beskar Armor holding his helmut.
Heck yes Dave! How have we not gotten a Mandalorian soda yet?!
Fantastic 4 Cooler, Human Torch with Glow Chase, Invisible Woman with Translucent Chase, The Thing and his Chase is his human form, Mr. Fantastic with the Chase is him in lab attire or with some tech/weapon, Silver Surfer with a Metallic Chase, and maaaaybe an Alicia Masters soda or Herbie.
Funny enough, I started collecting a few Soda’s later in the year last year because I thought the ATSV Soda’s were cool! Sad to say though that they weren’t numbered/LE 😢.
Really hope they continue making Soda’s, but at a significantly lower quantity, with each Soda having a a chance at a Chase variant. Also, they need to make a reason for people to want the Common mold, too!
Another thing I wanted to say, they should create customer focus groups using actual collectors! (If they don’t do this already)
Thats a great points! Common figures should be good as well since that’s what most people will pull 🥳
They don’t, but they really should
My number one complaint is that the sodas crush the pop boxes in the special event boxes, like the Fright Night boxes. With as much as they charge for those boxes, they should learn how to protect the items in it a bit better. Yeah, taking away the piece counts will hurt them, especially with price increases. I'd love to see them give Satan from South Park a 3 Litre soda.
We need a Peter PEZ as a Funko Pop Soda (can). Blud hat common, red hat chase. Would get the PEZ community involved again.
That’s a great idea!
I’m very cautious in the soda future since I love them but the price hike has it hard. I bought 3 sodas in december & will be more selective for future purchases. Also, unnumbered sodas should stop
Hagrid as a 3liter, cake for chase
That would be amazing!
Hey Guys, great video. I definitely agree with you about always having a chase and also how you said bigger characters should be in the 3 liters. Like, I think Clifford would be awesome as a 3 liter and make the chase flocked with his owner (Emily) or a Kong, Godzilla and especially a Voltron.
i would be ok with a 12000 piece limit, since that would be 10k common and 2k chase
price needs to drop back to 15 for cans 35 for 3L. i think 100 for a cooler is fair
they do different mold of the freddys in the boxes anyway, just make 2 commons and the lower piece counts the chase
id love to see a bigfoot 3L with a flocked chase and the marshmallow stick added
Oh man a 3 liter Big foot would be fantastic! And I agree, 12k is a good number. I hope they lower the price of sodas again too, it would def prevent them from having to do a lot of sales
ive been commenting on their posts about a bigfoot 3L since they announced 3L so hopefully soon!! lol @@Slapshotpops
I love Funko sodas , but sadly in Australia they are becoming unaffordable at $35 a piece.( new sodas are $35 , while the older, if you can still find some are $24 to $29 a piece ). 😭😭
I’ve heard that. It’s freaking awful, those prices are ridiculous
But is that australian dollar or american? Since australian dollar is worth like 60% of the american it makes a little more sence.
@@fredrik357 it’s Australian dollars, but still makes them unaffordable, and frankly not worth $35 a soda. 🙂
I am a little bummed out by the Soda situation. I also think they are not going away though. I like that unnumbered seems to be ending and I like that international ones seem to be ending too. That always sore of messed up the count to me. If someone asked or saw a can and you would explain that there is actually more chases. I do like keeping some money in wallet and focusing on some others we missed. We just picked up the Freddy Vader Soda. Hope to get the flocked Snagglepuss this year too. I agree with you on all of this. Awesome video!
I would love to see a Loki Soda other than the What If one that dropped. His common/chase could be an easy with/without his helmet much like many of the other Marvel chases.
Another one that missed the mark for me is Nick Fury from The Marvels. Really wish they did an OG Nick Fury in his black leather duster. His Chase could’ve been without the duster but still in his old combat gear, not a turtleneck.
Man they had so many opportunities for Loki! Season 1 and Season 2! And yes Nick Fury would be amazing as well
A 3ltr Hulkbuster would be awesome! And the chase could be unmasked and have Bruce banner 🤣
That would be so awesome!
Great info as always. Sodas aren't dead just need to slow down on the quantity. Make better product decisions with really cool chases.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching Sheila 🙌🏻
I definitely hope that Funko is just taking a step back and reevaluating the Soda line! We love collecting them so much and Keeton especially loves going after those chases!! They 1000000% need to lower the counts and go back to all sodas having a piece count and they all need chases!! We just got 2 of the Tails sodas at our GameStop so fingers crossed we get that chase!!! Great video and loved hearing your insight!
Great video, nicely put and well thought out. Not a fan of sodas, but certainly understand their popularity. Totally agree re: limited numbers and need for chases. A 3L General Grievous (nicely detailed of course) would be cool. Limbs down for common and raised for chase. Thanks for sharing.
Oh man a General Grevious 3Liter Soda would be incredible! Hopefully one day
Well, you know what im gonna say lol....i want the rest of those Ghostbusters sodas
It NEEDS to happen
Love the sodas. I'm angry that they changed, that in the coolers, chases are no longer guaranteed. Thinking of selling pops that I may have a duplicate of, except if my duplicate was a prize.
You contradicted yourself. You said that the 3 liter Sodas should only be of characters that make sense, and I agree, but you're also anxiously waiting for the 3 liter Soda Freddy.
The Sodas have quickly become my favorite Funko product. I'm buying about 20 Sodas for every 1 Pop and I might not have bought any Pops last year if it weren't for the new Power Rangers 30th Anniversary series.
I agree with everything you said. Every Soda should have a Chase and if Funko doesn't make a Chase, the common should be very limited and look amazing, not the painted Freddy that came in the Box of Fun and Box of Fright. My only other suggestion is for Funko to do the Coolers differently. It makes it nearly impossible to get all 6 Chase options. I think the Coolers should be a base set of 6 commons with the incentive of getting the limited edition Lounge Fly bag and one of the Sodas exclusive to that set. Then Funko should sell the same 5 Sodas individually with a possible Chase.
Very true! I did contradict myself, but that’s only because I’m a massive Freddy Funko fan. Glad to hear that you’re enjoying collecting the sodas so much.
Unfortunately I think if Funko sold the sodas individually alongside a corresponding cooler, there would be no incentive to buy the cooler. Everyone would just buy the individual characters. We see it with how quickly people ask to buy our extra sodas from coolers after we open them in videos.
@@Slapshotpops I was just joking about the Freddy 3 Liter Soda. I would want one too even though I haven't gotten into the 3 Liters yet.
I didn't explain my cooler suggestion in full detail. Offer the coolers where all 6 Sodas are commons but one of the Sodas is exclusive to the cooler. The limited edition Loungefly bag with the $100 price point should still be enough incentive for collectors to be interested. I mean, even 6 Sodas alone for $100 is just over $16 a Soda - throw in the bag with free shipping and that's a great deal. But the bag and exclusive Soda would be limited to maybe 8000 pieces, but the other 5 base Sodas would maybe be 12,000 pieces to include singles you can buy separately. Or, make it where the same Soda in the cooler has the possibility of a Chase, so that you would only have to purchase 2 coolers to get both versions.
It definitely feels like sodas have slowing way down. It would be super disappointing if Funko just stops making them all together. I get what you’re saying about the sodas with no piece counts and no chases, but even most of those sodas are amazing. I would love to see any member of the bad batch get a soda, or even a whole six pack cooler.
Bad Batch Cooler would be legendary, especially with season 3 dropping next month. If they end the product line, which I doubt, thousands of collectors would be sad/upset which would just mean a lot of lost revenue for the company.
I miss collecting Funko, especially the sodas, but it just became overwhelming. I think they need to put more thought into the soda chases. How many times have we saw a chase and thought it was lazy? Not eliminate but cut back for sure.
We will see if they give up the production of Sodas. I suspected this some months back when they introduced the rewinds. Because the format is too similar to Sodas. They probably wanted to make a cheaper product to replace Sodas. For me I never felt Sodas were that big, but then again I’m in Europe. Back then when I brought this up I was told that this was very unlikely since in the US Sodas are popular. Time will tell!
If they replace sodas with rewinds they’re going to lose a lot of customers and business. Even if it costs more to produce the sodas compared to the rewinds, it would be a huge mistake for them to discontinue such a great product
@@Slapshotpops Completely agree
I don't see Sodas going anywhere. I would almost bet that it is Funko's second best selling product. I personally love them!!
We love them as well 🥳
Short answer yes!! And what’s worse is the international is worse than dead, nobody wants to touch them at all vendors collectors nobody 😭
International isn’t dead because of lack of demand. They upped the prices ridiculously pricing collectors out of the game. Some countries like Australia now charge upwards of $40/can. How is a retailer supposed to make money on that?
I love collecting sodas and I really do believe they will carry on if they follow the advice given by collectors
I only buy numbered sodas, so I agree with the limited piece count you suggested.
I would love to see a Bruce Lee soda. Maybe a yellow suit common with an Enter The Dragon with scratches Chase?
That would very cool! Joana really wants the Bruce Lee Pop so a soda would be perfect too
@@Slapshotpops I would like to own a Bruce Lee Pop also, his movies were something my father and I enjoyed alot growing up.
The Funko soda I would like to See is A Yugi Mouto soda where the Chase being YAMI-Yugi aka the Pharaoh’s Spirit also know as his Spirit in the
Millennium Puzzle 🧩 & Have it Limited too
between 7,000 to 10,000 Pieces
That would be very cool!
I never get that limited numbers are so important., Say they make tens of soda's that are limited to 1.000 or 2.000 pieces. I will have have a hard time collecting these and maybe will have to pay a lot of money for them. I just like the soda's and the easier I can get them the better. People who want to make money out of them will be disappointed I guess when there is no piece count. But that's not what collecting is about for me. There are two things that do annoy me when it comes to soda's:
1. Why make 25 Freddy Funko's at Halloween with 5 or 6 different molds. It's just too much...
2. There are so many interesting characters to choose from, why make 7 Jack Skellingtons? Just one soda for a character is enough.
sodas are cool I only have 3(space ghost chase)! Mad Max(Mel Gibson) soda would be cool?
That would be cool for sure!
I of course collect pops and sodas,but find myself more drawn torward sodas. Also i think, they have so many endless opportunities and possibilities! Especially when it comes to the Soda coolers. They really should take the 3 liters, and focus that line on bigger Chacters, So much more they can do with, sodas! I dont think they are going anywhere anytime soon.
Another great video. Love the breakdown and totally agree with the suggestions you had for Funko. Definitely the piece count. Cons should be 5k. Also chases needed for all and w different molds and variations from their common counterparts. I really wish they'd start the One Piece line, maybe start with Chopper and have the chase be a slightly modified mold that's flocked. I reorganize every weekend lol.
The Funko Co. reminds me of the decline of the McFarlane Figure Company.
I think McFarlane is still around, but they partnered with another company. I actually collected a lot of their figures back in the day.
@@Slapshotpops yea, I did too. I sold my whole collection recently.
I think that instead of the no piece count sodas, going back to the limited piece counts. Funko needs to stop pumping out so many, and focus on the quality. Thats just my opinion, love sodas and the pops😊😊😊 fabulous video, thanks for the information
AP sodas are nice too and they are very rare. Speaking of AP, I have like AP leonardo soda, do you think its rare, I have no idea!?
I would stay away from AP sodas. They are not rare. They’re being flooded onto the market left and right.
In England, we're still waiting for nasa soda to release.. I don't it will now tbh!
You never know, it still could!
Funko will be done this year .. There products end up at discounters, dollar stores and the dump.. stock price is tanking
Definitely appreciate your optimism lol
Bring back the Funko Hikari line 😢
That would be cool!
Awesome video!!! Recently I've become a big Soda fan. I absolutely agree with everything you suggested. Unlimited piece counts have got to go. Limited pieces only makes sense. I really hope Funko listens to these suggestions. Great information brother!!!!👊🏾👊🏾
Great video I’d like to see a coraline Funko soda with her doll coraline as her chase
That would be awesome!
Yep it’s definitely not dead arguable funkos 2nd most successful product. As you said for some it’s now there main collection. Not going anywhere, implement a few changes suggested and you have the excitement back the product initially around when the product first dropped
Absolutely, they can def get things back on track for sure
I'm not sure if there is a character I would as a soda other than maybe Rayman? - Right now I would love to get the upcoming avatar the last airbender Aang soda chase. It is the first soda that I actually like and since I'm not into funko soda's that's saying a lot. But for the price tag and finding the actual chase... I don't know, tough decision. The other option would be the secondary market. But I'm afraid that might still cost quite a bit.
P.s.
Talking about the cooler ofc
Ill be honest, Funko Soda really fell off for me when they started the non numbered piece count. I refuse to buy any soda that doesnt have a piece count regardless if its a character I like.
Nooooo Funko sodas are all i collect please tell me it’s not true love your videos ❤️🇨🇦
Thank you Micheal 🙌🏻
Sodas are their second best selling product
Very true!
Love the sodas video .
I think you are spot on about soda. funko need to make low piece count .
A soda funko should make is Kraots the common should be him with sword and the chase should be him with both swords on fire and glow in the dark.
Great video. Funko should listen up and just put Slapshotpops in charge of the company. John has laid down the soda roadmap, please Funko just follow it. 💙
That’s way too much responsibility 😂
@@Slapshotpops with great power comes great responsibility 😂
I have decided to buy only the sodas I want to add to my small soda collection. I was very excited with the Trails soda. Knowing my luck I decided to buy the chase at the secondary market. I hope Funko doesn’t stop creating sodas. I would love to see the Toy Story characters, The Beauty and the Beast or the Disney Princesses in soda form. I only own 2 3Lt sodas the first one Iron Robot and Maleficent. Both are common still very cool. I would love to see Rex from Toy Story as a 3Lt soda with the chase him wearing the clear astronaut like helmet. If Funko do make 3Lt Freddy Funko is one I will go after. I know is going to be hard to get for his popularity.😁🌹🌹🌸💐
So good to hear you say things we've been saying for about a year. Your validation of only making sodas with chases and no unnumbered runs is music to our ears!!
Appreciate that guys! It all needs to happen!
Sodas aren’t dead . I honestly think funko just needs to rethink how they market them
Absolutely I agree
Just too expensive,
Which part is too expensive?
@@Slapshotpops Hi .I should have been more clear .Sorry.I really enjoy collecting the sodas but the price keeps going up making them too expensive.Here in Australia it will cost $100 for 3 sodas.Its just too much.Not fun anymore.
SuperFantastic!!!!!!!!!! A1 family
Thank you Jonathan 🙌🏻
soda is nice, i got collect some and also waiting few like Marty Mcfly.
1) Marty with guitar, that still in funko website and show notify me.
2) Marty with Funko Fair 2023 event, last time order from Sure Thing Toys and blue soda, until today, the soda still not yet arrived. Then i bought from Popcultcha and get orange soda with 1 common 1 chase.
Funko sodas look so weird to me but the cans are nice. I only have sonic and tails because they actually look like them unlike their pop versions lol its hilarious. But sodas are pricey compare to pops so i see the latter lasting longer. Im also content with the commons cause a chase would just itch me to sell and i love sonic too much lol
Never cared for them.
Fair enough!
Awesome TH-cam video today on your TH-cam channel today #slapshotpops.
Thanks Peter!
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