Another thing worth mentioning is that since February 2019, the price for the 6 pop subscription has increased from $51.44 to $57.93 (and it was $58.48 from May-July of 2020). It was certainly alarming the first few times it happened, but it always turned out ok for me. In nearly 2 years, I have always - eventually - gotten 6 pops a month, as is my subscription. Pop In A Box is a UK based company and sometimes they do send pops from their overseas warehouse instead of their US one.

Some other users have mentioned being subscribed to 3 pops and only receiving 1 pop. I have hundreds of pops already, I don't need pops that I don't even want taking up even more space. I am a stubbornly determined person so I have spent hours combing through their database to give my exact preferences. They do have a 'Pop! Tracker' feature, which lets you see the pops you've thumbs upped, the pops you've thumbs downed, the pops you've marked as 'in your collection' (they do not do this automatically, so even the pops they send you, you must manually add them to your collection), but you cannot see the pops you have not marked - they don't want to make this easy because this is how they unload overstock. Their entire inventory is over 7000 pops, so going through that many to mark your preferences is a very time-intensive process and they do not make it easy. They TRY to send you pops that you have marked as thumbs up ('I want this' in their terminology), but if they don't have enough of your thumbs upped Pops in stock, they will send you ones that you have not marked a preference for. You have to be extremely diligent about marking which pops you want, don't want, and already have. The biggest problem with Pop In A Box is that it is a very time-intensive process to collect this way. While I do love the service, I think it would be misleading to give it 5 stars. Basically, if the seller has to ship it from China, it’s a fake, no matter how good it looks.Īnother well known website that sells Chinese Fake Funkos is Wish – so avoid this place too.I have been subscribed to Pop In A Box, specifically the Monthly Pop in a Box - 6 Pops (the most general category so Pops can be any in their entire inventory) since February 2019. If it’s China – do not buy it. All the fake Pop’s are shipped from China, which is ironic, as the official ones are made there. Check out Should I buy Funko Pop Vinyls From eBay? I’ve written an article specifically on this topic. Now don’t get me wrong, eBay is brilliant for picking up real Pop Vinyls, just check where they are shipped from. Places to be wary of are auction sites, namely eBay. Other safe places to buy from are many Funko Pop Facebook groups – the community on these group chats are wonderful and people are keen to offer advice and help out on all Pop matters. (Edit – 99% of Amazon retailers are safe – look for where they ship from, if it is China, avoid like the plague). If you’re purchasing Pops from online stores such as Amazon, Forbidden Planet, Pop in a Box or Entertainment Earth ( Which I highly recommend by the way – click here to go to their sweet website! – they have over 2000 Pops to choose from), then you have nothing to worry about – they are trustworthy sites.

Knowing where you bought your Pop Vinyl from is a good indication of whether or not it’s a fake.

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