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  • - "Mystery box of fun."

  • [laughing]

  • - Yes, it is.

  • - So what's in the mystery box of fun?

  • - I'm a huge Batman fan and I found out that there was

  • a really important

  • limited-edition Batman and Joker

  • offered at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.

  • So I stood in line all night to find out it did come with

  • two of the pieces that I was chasing

  • and a special metallic Skeletor.

  • - Okay, uh... [laughing]

  • ♪ ♪

  • - I'm here today at the pawn shop

  • to sell my collection of Funko Pop vinyl toys.

  • I'm a lifelong Batman fan,

  • and so I got these at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.

  • I was hoping at $3,000 today for the collection.

  • If I'm able to walk out of here today with $3,000--

  • I'm a sushi chef so I was hoping to put

  • that money towards getting some new knives.

  • ♪ ♪

  • - Funko's a really incredible company.

  • They started coming out with them in the '90s,

  • and then Funko changed hands, I think, right around 2005

  • and a new guy took over and really marketed it,

  • and it just sort of blew up.

  • You wouldn't think it-- it's a vinyl toy.

  • You know what I mean? So we have Skeletor vinyl.

  • We all know who the Joker is.

  • I mean, you don't even have to put Joker on this thing.

  • Everyone--you just look at that and you know it's the Joker.

  • - Absolutely. - And, um,

  • Batman as a little kid, I guess.

  • These are pretty cool.

  • I know these things can go for a fortune.

  • There's people who collect just Funko toys.

  • - You know, I was happy with these being a part

  • of my collection, but then recently discovered

  • that they might be worth something.

  • - Okay, um, so how much are you looking to get out of these?

  • - 3,000.

  • - $3,000.

  • Okay, um, all right.

  • I know some of these go for crazy money.

  • I didn't know they go for that kind of crazy money.

  • Let me call someone who knows a lot more about this stuff

  • than I do because I just generally don't deal

  • in Funko Skeletors.

  • [laughing] - No problem.

  • First time in my life, I wish Chum was here.

  • [laughs]

  • [rock music]

  • We have the Joker and we have Batman.

  • - What this was was, um, in 2013--

  • and pretty much every year since, um--

  • Funko has produced what they call the Mystery Box of Fun.

  • You purchase it

  • and you don't know which ones you're gonna get.

  • The mascot for Funko is Freddy Funko.

  • - Okay. - And so your Joker

  • and the Batman here are Freddy Funko dressed as

  • the Joker and this Batman.

  • So when they do that, they limit the numbers on these.

  • - Okay. I know that these can go for money,

  • but he wants, like, crazy money for these things.

  • - The box condition and the actual paint application

  • on the vinyl, they are part of that value of the figure.

  • ♪ ♪

  • Let me see and just kind of

  • look at the condition here.

  • That looks pretty nice, overall.

  • You have a little bit of box damage up here

  • on the top corner, so it does effect, say,

  • his value a little bit.

  • The Joker--

  • uh, it seems like his box looks really nice.

  • Looks like this is a really nice example of one, um--

  • so he looks to be in near-mint condition.

  • So that's nice.

  • And Batman, um,

  • looks like this box is in pretty good condition too.

  • It does have--looks like one little box crease there.

  • Um, so they're nice overall though.

  • And this is a very desirable set of these figures.

  • - All right, so...

  • what are they worth?

  • - With the box and the set being in nice condition

  • and what they are, I think you'd have no problem getting

  • $2,800 for the set.

  • ♪ ♪

  • - Okay, um, learn something new every day.

  • - [chuckling] Thanks. Good luck.

  • - [sighing]

  • Would you take 1,500 bucks?

  • ♪ ♪

  • - I can't take any less than 2,000.

  • ♪ ♪

  • - Will you go 16?

  • ♪ ♪

  • - Can you do 1,950?

  • ♪ ♪

  • - I'll go 1,800.

  • ♪ ♪

  • I know they're really highly collectable

  • but, I mean,

  • just anything more than that just doesn't make sense to me.

  • - Okay, well I appreciate your time today.

  • - All right.

  • Um, if change your mind, come back and see me.

  • - These toys mean a lot to me

  • and I'm very close to these things,

  • so I couldn't see myself parting with them

  • for less than $2,000 today.

  • [rock music]

- "Mystery box of fun."

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