Geek Together

Seth, Damien and Robby sit down to discuss how we did with Funko Feast. Did we want anything? Did we get it?Then we take a moment to reflect on the year and where our collecting wants have gone since we have been quarantined. Will be head back to cons again when open? Which ones will we prioritize? Does Funko even need to be at an actual con ever again?We end things up playing a little game of "Would You Rather?". Enjoy!

We couldn't be more excited for Virtual Dcon 2020. Well we would be more excited if it were in person, but we will take what we can get. We spend this episode explaining everything we know about Dcon this year and learn some things along the way to share. What are you most excited for?

This week Klav hung out with us and discussed how he became a toy artist, the opening of his new galley Moyo (https://themoyogallery.com/), his most recent project for Smeye Con and his upcoming personal project.Follow him on IG @klav9 to learn more.

Mike from Saucedrops Toys joins us to discuss how he entered the designer toy business, his goals for the future, and the details of his Black Panther custom toy show for charity.

This week we were joined by Big C. Creates, the creator of Baby Fatts. We discuss his upcoming show of collaborations, his journey to becoming an artist and the story behind Baby Fatts. You can find out more about the upcoming show and Big C at https://www.facebook.com/BigC.artwork.

This week Ben and Gary joined us to take a walk back to the past and remember teh times when we were able to go to NYCC. We discuss our favorite parts of NYCC and what we feel make it very special. How do we feel it differs from the "other con" SDCC?

Join us as we beat this topic to death from all angles with all endings possible explored.

This week we are joined by Josh and Miranda from Clutter Toys. We discuss their journey from magazine to where they are now. They are a pioneer in the world of designer toys and the visionaries behind Five Points Festival, The Designer Toy Awards and more. Their most recent project, Canbot, just completed its Kickstarter campaign a massive success. If you are a collector or interested at all in designer toys, you need to know about Clutter.

We go through all of the exclusives being released and where they will be available. We share our likes and dislikes plus our strategy for getting all that we need. Who wants the most and who has the best strategy?

This week we go through how we each started collecting and how our collecting preferences have changed over the years. What are we most into now and where do we see each of us focusing in the future? It may surprise some of you on a few of our answers.

This week we discuss everything we have done so far with Deathly Cute Toys to bring Dahlia from idea to the first resin releases.As always we discuss what we got new this week and what is new in Robby's sack.

This week on twitch we were joined by Mario from Tiran Journey Toys. We went over their new toy and the Kickstarter they are running now. How did the design come to be? What is the journey part of the description? Why should you invest now?As usual we also discussed all of the new items we picked up this week and had a peek in Robby's sack to see what new toys coming out that we should care about.

This week we take some time to discuss what drives collectors to collect. Why does it seem that so many people buy things just to sell them all and then buy something new.Plus we continue our interview from the live show with Tiran Journey Toys on their Kickstarter for Tiran23

This weeks episode we start off remembering the impact of Chadwick Boseman and his life. Then we discuss how terrible it is that some "collectors" immediately look to made a profit off of it. We have some news on Dahlia including when to expect a new release and Clint shares his written interview with the artist CDaan.

If you missed the live catch up with us as we discuss what we got new this week, all new releases that passed and how they went, what is new in Robby's sack and upcoming releases you should care about.

We were joined by Ben and Gary to talk all things DC. DC Fandome took place on Saturday, August 22nd and covered everything and anything going on within the world of DC. What did we think of the new Batman, Snyder cut Justice League, Wonder Woman 84, Flash movie, Suicide Squad and more?

We were joined on our live episode by Resin Rookie. We discuss how he got started, some tips on process and how his art evolved and a preview of his next release slated to drop this week.To find out more about Resin Rookie go follow him on IG @resinrookieAs always we covered what we got that week and a whole new round of What's new in Robby's Sack.

The Geek Together crew look back on SDCC Virtual Con drama and discuss McDonalds getting into the Funko game. Robby's sack is back with a ton of new releases. We are particularly excited about the Canbot Kickstarter and go through all of those details.

This week we go over our massive SDCC mail calls, Robby shows off a ton of new toys in Robby's sack and we end while reviewing some salty collector tweets. Our advice? If you're going to get that upset, quit!

This week we are joined by Kelly, @kelly_is_aokay on Instagram to discuss Cuddle Monster (@_cuddlemonster) and the partnership with Deathly Cute Toys (@deathlycutetoys)! We couldn't be more excited. Plus, we discuss updates on Dahlia releases and new plans.

In case you missed the twitch live stream of this session we were joined by Chris and Heather from the Gastlecast (https://www.youtube.com/user/diabolicalz28). We Hunt Together! We discussed the SDCC virtual con release from Funko. Has our shipping calculated yet? How did we do?

We are joined by Reis and Jason to discuss how Bearly Available joined the Bimtoy family.

This episode we were joined by Schl0 (Eric McHale) to discuss his journey into custom toys and learn that he is working on his own toy. Along the way we also discuss what we got new this week and take a look into Robby's sack for some awesome new toys.

This episode was taken directly from our live stream on the Fourth f July. We were joined by Larry from the STS Guys and Ryan (and Clint?) from the Four Dorksmen. Find out what we all got this week, what was new In Robby's sack and we play a fun game of Funko Facebook group bingo. If you are a collector and are in any of these groups you will definitely identify with this game. Enjoy!

This episode we are joined by Jorge from the Average Nerd Podcast. We discuss all of the releases of the week and our opinions on surprise drops, various memberships for gaining access and our opinion on which Is the best way. There was some back and forth on the Funko Shop Dwight non-release and... It's also close to SDCC season and we start lamenting about those reveals and the reality of no SDCC.

This episode we are joined by Eric and Chris from Vanser Toys. We discuss how they got started, lessons learned and what they are working on now. You'll want to listen to this one. So many tips for anyone that wants to get into making their own toys.

This episode we were joined by Johnathan Cranford from Smeye World (https://smeyeworld.com/) to discuss his journey from collector to retailer in the world of vinyl toys. This includes 30 minutes of bonus material we didn't cover in the live stream on his venture Into making his own toy.

This week we discuss all of the releases Funko had for Funkoween, our thoughts on the FigPin Awesomefest bundles and Bimtoys latest reveals for their minis series 3.

This week we were joined by Eddie Metcalfe, owner and operator of PopNBeards. We discuss how he got Into collecting and how he decided to turn it into a career and start his own retail company for collectibles.

This week we discuss the newly announced partnership between Bimtoy and Bearly Available. How will this Impact both sides? Will there be more partnerships like this In the future? We also discuss the current state of Funko with a reduced staff and reduced product plan. How will they emerge from this epidemic? How does this effect the amazing community they have spent so much time fostering?

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.

Join us as Clint hosts this episode where he relieves some of his FOMO by getting every detail from us on our trip to Virtual Con ECCC 2020. We visit HQ, Podcast on location, get zero sleep and was able to get in line stupid early to get Robby his Nessie. We also discuss the next virtual con with Wondercon and what Funko has planned as far as releases go. We may be the only people that travel for a virtual experience.

In this episode we truly make the most of a cancelled con. We are joined for the first time by Mike and Josh from the Talk'N Pops podcast and Sully from Funko. We had a room full of people, 8 microphones and a lot of drinks. Sorry in advance for all of he cross talk and derailings. If you listen close enough there was some good information in there.To listen to the Talk'N Pops Podcast go here: https://apple.co/2U4J5jd

Reis sits down with us to discuss the crazy upcoming 2020 for Bimtoy. So much happening and being worked on and we discuss it all.

We just found out we’re not going to ECCC next week. How did we take it? Ben and Gary join us to opine on what’s next. Learn what CoroNO and ReedPopped mean. Plus, Robby and Fernando bring us another dark corner segment and it’s darker than we thought it was going to be. We may start asking for copy in advance.

Join us as we discuss all of the lottery results to date. We share our tips on how we approach the con and where we will be all weekend.

This week we are joined by Gary and Dan as they tell us what it's Iike to be in a household where only one spouse collects. Gary Is an avid collector of many things Including comics, Funko, Figpin. Tiny Ghost and more. Dan deals with it and I must say deals with it well. Enjoy!

Join us as we discuss the NY Toy Fair reveals for Funko.

Fernando is back and shares a sampling of McDonalds creations and secret menu items. He also uses a very wrong word to describe our tasting. We go into the newly announced voice cast for the Masters of the Universe Animated series. We read mean tweets directed at Funko and try to understand how the world has hurt so many people. We end with an overview of the Funko ECCC reveals. Listen and enjoy!!

This week we discuss the emotional side of collecting and why we do what we do. Do we merely collect or do we obsess enough to just have to have all of the things? What are our thoughts?

This week we lament about the fact that we entered another lottery to lose, some Funko hunting and our thoughts on Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and meeting Kevin Smith. We also review the latest Bimtoy releases.Also we announce we are taking our talents to Texas.

Join us as we discuss all news updates regarding the 2020 con lineup. We also discuss what we missed from London Toy Fair last week. We get a rare treat of a Fernando participation even though it's weird.