Oh my gosh! That's my favorite Freddy from fundays...and we absolutely love Frankenstein Freddy and have been keeping him safe too! Great strategies....and congrats on 4,000!!
Im surprised you recommend mystery boxes. When you consider a "budget".. mystery boxes are a small chance for your "dream grails" for a significant price.
I recommend it because some grails nowadays are not on the market the way the way used to be in the past. Some limited pieces and rare pops only show up occassionally in mystery boxes. So that's your best shot at getting them and only paying a portion of the item's value, as opposed to buying straight from a collector who may charge way over market value. Thanks for watching Ian!
my biggest grail would be captain rex 🥲 but not happeing ever if they do not put out a new one hahaha but also captain america WWII! 🤩 the biggest grails of my collection are CA:TWS masked bucky and loki with tesserac 💜
Both Captain Rex and the WW2 Cap are amazing pops. You never know what you'll come across someday. But you already have some awesome grails in your collection. Thanks for watching Jessy 😀
I feel this is ironic this video came out the day after I commented about what my grail was on another video lol. I know it's not the reason this came out but I feel it's funny the timing lol 😂😂😂
I agree with ur steps. For me its tuff to get mystery boxes here, but i do make many friends on IG and thru my channel. That wolfman freddie is sick. i never stop shooting.till i score.
We're not made of money and everyone starts somewhere. Funko is great but I think budgeting and being smart about your collection is very important. Thanks for watching Ashley 😀
Thank you so much brother! And yes the 501st is a personal favorite of mine too. Bought that for my bday a few years back, took me months to save up for him
When I saw this post I had to do a double take because I thought it said “How to get girls” 🤦🏼♂️ Awesome advice John appreciate you putting this one together! CONGRATS ON 4K!!!!!
Good evening John hope you and Joana are having a great day today 🌞 That Wolfman Freddy is pretty sweet...Frankenstein Freddy ain't too shabby either. Thanks for your thoughts...you make some good points ✌🕉
That is tough. Best advice I can give is just start tracking down the people that have one, see if they’re willing to sell. Also join as many wobbler Facebook groups and pages. Get your name out there that you’re looking for that specific item. Not a guarantee that it will work, but it will definitely help 😁
I just got Funko fever last year so this is all new to me. I love the info. I just bought 2 of Prince's Pops. I hope I didn't over pay but may have but it's okay! That was a must have. I have a Dolly Parton Diamond and also Princess Diana Chase plus Steve Irwin Chase :D... I just bought all of the Golden Girls... This is a fun hobby and just so diverse and exciting!
@@Slapshotpops That's the thing. Most mystery boxes have stuff im not interested in. Then you have to flip pops. My collection is already getting too big.
This was super helpful info on trades and to understand what a grail means. Its very endearing to see you being humble about your 1st video on the same topic. I never saw that 1st video but I'm sure it was probably better than you give yourself credit for. My grail Pop is the Big Bang Theory cast decked out as DC superheroes for Halloween. Also I have a request for a future video since you're also a Star Wars fan...would love to get your thoughts on all the different versions of the Lego Star Wars Imperial Shuttle.
The Big Bang Theory pops are awesome. Hopefully you can get all of them someday. Thank you for your kind words, we’ve come a long way after a year of making videos and have learned a lot. We’re huge LEGO collectors and we want to make more LEGO videos in the future, especially Star Wars ones. Thank you for watching Vinny 😁
Great video and great advice. Awesome Freddys you traded for, and it's cool that they both were Monsters. Here's a little Movie Monster history trivia for you, the town I live in, Kamloops, BC, Canada, back in the late 1800s/ early 1900s had an Opera House that had plays performed for the Miners during the Gold Rush. Now one of the actors who actually got his start as an Understudy here in Kamloops was Boris Karloff, who of course made it big playing, Frankenstein's Monster. Have a great day.
That's an awesome fun fact! Boris is also an amazing singer. He sings one of my favorite songs-you're a mean 1 Mr Grinch,you really are a heel.you're as cuddly as a cactus,you're as charming as an eel🎄 every holiday season I almost got the movie soundtrack on this awesome green vinyl n every year I tell myself I will not want to listen to it in a couple of weeks and put it off until next year (lol, one holiday season I will get it, lol). A couple of celebrities that are from my town are Sylvester Stallone, Ben Franklin and of course me, LMAO, LMAO😀 what is one of your favorite grails in your collection that you got at retail?1 of mine is Nikki Sixx. I got doubles of the Motley Crue pops when they were new(I used a Hot topic coupon so they were even cheaper than retail). Earlier this year I sold a set to a good friend who gave them to his girlfriend (who was also a good friend) for her birthday at a great price. I've basically charged him a little less than what Nikki Sixx goes for for all 4. She loved it, it was a great surprise for her, they are her favorite band. Hope you are doing great and having a fantastic Monday! Talk to you later my friend😀
@@poppinpatty2507 I love that song too! I love The Grinch, I keep hoping one year he won't save Christmas....but then every year he does it. The movie, First Blood(the First Rambo, of course) was filmed in Hope, BC, which is not too far from the town I live in. I guess my favorite Grail, that I got at retail was my Elvis Glow Chase that I got when it first came out...I found the Chase in the wild and had to scoop it up, my hubby is a HUGE Elvis fan and does a pretty darn good impersonation of him. He plays guitar as well as quite a few other instruments and he's a great singer too. We love the Pop Rocks line. Have a great day.
Velvet Platz Holy macaroni and cheese Velvet!! That's awesome and amazing! We also love the king and have tons of his records and a few of the newer pops.WOW, that is a super Duper heavy hitter mega grail! Obviously you have been collecting a lot longer than we have. Pop rocks is how we found out about Pops. We were looking for a Jimi Hendrix record online and his pop came up 1st,n down the rabbit hole we went and it's a really fun rabbit hole to be down🐇Tell Flint-he ain't nothing but a hound dog. See you around at the heartbreak Hotel Velvet👋
@@poppinpatty2507 It is an amazing Pop. Flynt has all of Elvis' original albums, his favorite uncle left them to him when he passed away. Flynt & I have been collecting Funko since before Funko made Pops. You're right about it being a really fun rabbit hole. Flynt knows he ain't nothin' but a hound dog.... but I don't dare step on his blue suede shoes, because if I do, I won't be his Teddy Bear.
Additionally to #3: play the market and buy a future grail - not to keep, but to sell later and use the profit to purchase your grail. Also with #2, sell (Whatnot is best) the Pops from your mystery box that you don want and use that money to buy more mystery boxes and/or your grail…
What a great formatted video. What I'm trying to do is get one of each marvel character I have 240 and I only need 100 more and I will definitely use this video to help me out I love doing trades there they best. The most expensive character I need is anti venom so I hope one day I can get that. But super close to getting to my goal
You'll definitely get there Rigo, just keep snagging them one by one. Anti-Venom is a great one and I have no doubt you'll get it some day. If we ever pull it in a mystery box, we will definitely work something out. Thanks for watching brother!
Great video John! Gotta love Freddy Funko, two dope Freddy added to the collection. did you already check Freddystien for the error glow? the 320 pc also glows in the dark like the even more limited version. Dont stop shooting until you score!
@@Slapshotpops check the Frankenstein Freddy you picked up, ive seen it also glows. Not only the GITD version. Error glow, hit it with the black light and check.
By the time I watched this video, you had hit 4k, so Congrats on that. 🥳 A lot of good tips today. Not always easy to keep a good budget living overseas because of the shipping and even more cause of the customs. But that’s just the way it is. Super cool Freddys. 🤩
I know collecting Funko and not being in the United States is really tough, hopefully shipping rates get better at some point soon. Thanks for watching Norway 😁
Great show today slapshot! Tons of valuable tips and advice for new and experienced collectors. Super cool of you to share your knowledge you have learned over the years you have been collecting.a grail in my collection that is worth more than I paid for is blue gamma duck dodgers. A pop in my collection that did not become a grail which is worth less than what I paid for is the snap crackle and pop 3pack, it's very disappointing especially because one of their names is Pop(LMAO).2 of the sentimental Grails in my collection are Wayne Simmons and the Labrador retriever pops. Some grails I would love to add to my collection are The sex pistols and the Beatles along with the blue meany, I already have a beetle in my collection so that set is 20% complete (LMAO). I think plenty of future grails have dropped this year so far, hope everybody has some of them in their collections. I always liked and appreciate your videos that help people to build their collections, keep up the great work! And keep up the great content! And keep popin🍾
