This one is likely more popular due to its limited number of pieces, as a convention release, in the first place. It isn’t quite rare or hard to find yet! This stands out in stark contrast to items which have been vaulted for longer, such as SDCC Exclusive Metallic Genie, which was released in 2013 and currently listed on Pop Price Guide for an average of USD$750! For example, The Walking Dead’s Prison Glenn Pop! Vinyl was recently vaulted, but it is still selling at retail. Vaulted items can range across every genre, and generally speaking the longer they have been vaulted, the higher in value they will be. Pop Price Guide is a good resource, and there are plenty of retailers out there who specialise in stocking these hard-to-find goods. It can be daunting as a new collector to know where to look and how to find a fair price. Their price can double, triple, or skyrocket overnight, with private sellers on Ebay and the likes pushing their vaulted finds as a treasure in rarity and exclusivity. Unlike other exclusives and ‘limited pieces’ Funko releases, vaulted items are done for good: this means that whatever number of them exists in the world currently, this amount will never increase. Like anything, Funko Pop! Vinyls go up in value when their availability becomes scant. But does this actually increase its value? If you managed to snag one of these before it left the shelves, you’re lucky. Different from just selling out, this means that they will never make it again, meaning it suddenly becomes very popular with collectors. It retires with all of its friends in the mystical Funko vault. Once an item has been taken from production for good, this is referred to as a ‘vaulted’ item. There are just so many darn Pop!s nowadays! If you’re not following the Funko blog it can be hard to tell the difference between new releases and what has recently been taken off the shelf for good. If you’re just starting out, you’re probably still just as overwhelmed as I was. ![]() The Funko vault is a thing of great hype and mystique in the collectables world. There’s nothing like a super rare Funko release of yesteryear for #ThrowbackThursday.
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