The Strange World of MLP Funko Pops...
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Funko Pops need no introduction at this point, so it's no surprise that My Little Pony ones exist. Which is cute on the surface, but the more layers you dig through, the more questions start to rise up...
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I want to say that the reason Applejack doesn't have her own Funko Pop is because she is the least popular of the main cast, but then they went and made Spit Fire who I doubt is more popular... Actually- hold on, I need to go make a poll.
What about Rarity?
they also did Celestia instead of Luna though so i think they just absolutely hate applejack
also omg hi!! love your videos man
THATS WHY YOU MADE THE POLL!???!?!?!
😂 yes Star Strike make a poll!!
update on the poll result?
i HATE how applejack and rarity aren’t marketable enough, even though they’re just as popular. my favorite as a kid was applejack because she was the most relatable one for me, so it makes no sense that she has less merch than all of them
I'm surprised rarity didn't get anything.
Yes! Agreed! AJ is my fave as well!
Both AJ and Rarity were my favorites as a kid (and still are, lol.) I can kind of understand how AJ isn't as marketable, but Rarity is literally a materialistic girly-girl... the show is marketed to girly-girls, and materialistic ones would want merch of their favorite show, so it makes zero sense why they don't have much merch for the ONE character those types of girls would relate to.
When I was a kid 70% of the toys I had of mlp were AJ, rarity and pinkie pie, the other figures I had were second hand collectibles or stuff my grandma brought me like a zecora eg doll
Be honest: Funko isn't going to see this video, nor are they going to care.
Don't hesitate to criticize the company as much as you want. Call them greedy, because that's what they are.
facts 💀💀💀
Bruh it was a joke I don't think he expected a cease and desist lol
True, but maybe the point of the video was to get others to see where he’s coming from and what he is stating. /nm
@@EffMinus also just like there is no applejack pop so there are fnaf pops and one of them you can get is toy Freddy but you cannot get toy bonnie or toy chica I mean WHAT'S THE POINT ON MAKING TOY FREDDY IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE TOY BONNIE OR TOY CHICA FOR GOODNESS SAKE FUNKO!!!!!
they are greedy asf - a fnaf fan
Brony made physical ponies are way better than what commercial puts out. The only reason Funko got popular is because they are of much more higher quality than those you see in regular toy stores plus they could produce it in larger quantities.
I don't get the Funko craze before, neither will I understand the current backlash either. All I know is that I wished they still made the vinyl versions. Those are peak commercial collectibles
Still have my complete set
First off, why in the world would anyone buy glitter pony…NOT TO MENTION THE GLITTER SEA PONY…
I also just found out that there’s like metallic versions of them too. If you got time, take a look at those hideous things.
Also excited for 150+ page worth video :) Keep up the good work 👍
go to sleep man
@@EffMinus i actually own a metallic twilight sparkle seapony that i got YEARS ago and loved it and it looks pretty sick, the glitter ones look pretty tacky though..
How much you wanna bet that even if AJ got a pop it wouldn't even come with her hat
A lot of her actual merch from Hasbro doesn't so I wouldn't be surprised
His sarcasm is bigger than funko’s entire total earnings😂😂
Here's something else: In the MLP Mystery Minis, they mainly sell the ponys in black. And we do get colored ones too, but here's one thing. We got black versions of each of the mains 6, and yet we had only 4 colored versions of the main 6. And those 2 that didn't get a colored versions are: You guessed it, AppleJack & Rarity.
It's a shame we didn't even get Starlight from season 5 in the HT line. I have every character, regular and variant. As a bonus, they're all signed except for those actors who didn't go to convention (Shining Armor, Spitfire, Trixie). I even have Cheese Sandwich signed. It makes my collection unique in the world
I'd love to have anything signed by weird al, not just my favorite pony (cheese sandwich).
havent you learned applejack isnt marketable enough
As an applejack enjoyer it still hurts man 😢
But raritttyyy 😢
Background pony I guess
AJ is also a bad marketer. *brings cake to a flying competition for the Pegasus
Applejack is one of my favs 😢 I would buy her 100%,
I have Celestia and I really want a Luna!
Thank god they did tia though she’s my fav character
AppleJack was my favorite growing up and I would sometimes notice how she'd be missing from certain things, like in a McDonald's line (thankfully, i got her in a different line a few years later) but as a kid, it made me really sad :( and i can imagine how many kids felt too, it's an awful feeling ;_;
Applejack is my favorite of the main 6, but unfortunately not that marketable.
I know because same and it’s sad she doesn’t have more merch
It really sucks since she's such a great character
My guess is it's because she's not as marketable to little girls thanks to her tomboyish nature
As a Rarity fan, I feel your pain.
I'm guessing that G5 ones don't exist either. Doesn't surprise me, but you know, given the track record, I wouldn't be surprised if they made some, and Applejack was still missing from G4. And then even if they did make her, you know they'd spell her name Apple Jack. XD
my worst nightmare
They have G1 sets, so I would be surprised if no gen 5 sets ever come out
If they make g5 I bet you hitch will be missing
"…a company as greedy…"
Activision: *sweating nervously*
not to mention Disney, EA, literally any other big company under the sun..
@@EffMinus I'd argue EA is worse than Disney in this case, but I see what you mean.
Edit: I only mentioned Activision bc I've been playing CoD since 2010 so I bear witness to the company's downfall.
Nintendo:
It’s actually heartbreaking applejack is my fave of the main six but it seems like everyone hates her 😬
I know. It makes me so sad because she’s my fave as well.
AJ is my favorite too
Just let my girl AJ have a fricking Funko Pop figure. She's so unappreciated, it hurts
I know. Our poor AJ deserves justice. 100%.
With Applejack i don't think the show and the writers cared too much about her with how she's written at times in the show
Bro flexing his mlp shelf
Not to forget that they also did funko pops for G1 aswell. What’s everyone’s thoughts on those?
Edit: oh yeah! They also had the minis in the tins and keychains… although they were essentially all remakes… there was a twilight with wings… would that be considered a new character? 😅
It's not in the "mlp" tag for some reason
It might have something to do with the fact that Applejack was originally a G1 character. Maybe Funko only bought the rights to "new" characters.
Wouldn't that mean Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle shouldn't be released? Both Pinkie Pie and Rarity were from G3, originally Twilight (G1 name) existed before making the mother-daughter duo of Twilights Sparkle and Velvet
That wouldn’t track because pinkie and rarity are from G3 tho.
Wasn't there also a Pony named Rainbow Dash in one of the older Generations?
@Firestar-TV It's true. Actually most of the G4 ponies' names were first created for G3, but Applejack's name goes back to G1. Maybe her rights were "packaged" separately?
Good God, I'd always pick Applejack over Spitfire
Same
I have a few MLP, Adventure Time and Looney Tunes Funkos. I think those series' character designs translate well.
I really like the designs of the MLP Funko Pops. I really hate the weirdly haphazard way they're released and the fact that instead of releasing a new wave of figures they released a wave of NF-f%#ing-Ts instead. Screw NFTs. You're a company that exists solely to sell physical collectables. Just sell the damn collectables!
NFingTs
I’m so happy to have a new MLP UA-camr to watch, I’m also stuck in the 2010s 😭
Just binged all the videos so far I’m excited for more!
I really hope they keep making MLP pops (Just not NFT related). I need a Lyra, Bon-Bon and Octavia
I need the Midnight Sparkle one
@@starlightmoonstone1260there's a midnight sparkle one???
Funko legitimately believes the old "Applejack is a Background Character" meme.
2:01 Twilight Sparkle glitter is the only mlp Funko Pop I have. I couldn’t get my hands on the normal ones, because my country is very limited when it comes to stuff like this. I also can’t order stuff off of eBay because they don’t ship to my country
Mcdonalds also does this with their MLP toys, I would always buy them (back then) and everytime they release a MLP set, It's always: Fluttershy, Rainbow dash, Pinkie and Rarity. The last time i've ever seen Twilight was when she had an Equestria Girls toy and a Pony Toy and those were only once. While Applejack only had ONE toy i can recall...It was also equestria girls....And the only time i've ever seen a diffrent MLP pony have a McDonalds toy was Starlight.
(This was in the Philippines btw, So the toys were probably diffrent for you guys but yeah.)
I have two MLP Funko POPs at the moment, a Twilight Seapony one and a retro G1 Minty. I did also used to have Tempest Shadow, Seapony Fluttershy and a set of 3 Mini POPs, which consisted of Rainbow Dash, Derpy & Discord.
Aside from POPs, I have Lyra, Bon Bon & Octavia as large Funko Vinyls and numerous Mystery Minis ponies, as I feel that these two ranges were vastly superior and more show-accurate than the POPs.
What bugs me about Funko POPs generally most of all, on top of the fact that you can’t tell who most of them are supposed to be, is that there are hundreds of thousands of them for every tiny insignificant character from any pop-culture thing you could imagine, yet they’re so deformed and have no features, and still people have HOARDS of these things in displays exactly like you see them displayed in shops!
If you like Funko POPs, then you carry on liking them, and I’m glad to see people enjoy something that I don’t, the world would be very boring if that was the way of things. But yeah, Funko POPs are a real enigma!
I think they’re really only good for getting them as lazy gifts for people if you don’t know what else to get them
But rarity and applejack would be the only mlp funko pops id want because of rarijack….
i have a lot of nostalgia for these tbh, i remember receiving the original twilight funko for christmas and my sister got pinkie, and when getting ready to move out for college, i managed to find both of them along with buying a lot online that had the fluttershy and trixie pops as well as the pinkie and trixie vinyls. ik funko gets a lot of hate, but it filled me with joy when getting new mlp stuff with my own money, although secondhand and probably filled with grime and dirt
The AJ neglect hurts man. As if being jokingly called background pony wasn’t bad enough.
Yeah 😢😢😢
Better than the surprise box thing that had a unicorn twilight, alicorn twilight, Pinkie pie, Fluttershy. Rarity, and applejack but no rainbow dash.
My respect for you has skyrocketed now that I see your two biggest plushies are Rainbow Dash and SUNSET SHIMMER
I've never understood Funko Pops either, not just of MLP but all of them. If I want to buy a figurine, I want one that actually looks like who it's supposed to be instead of what looks like a cursed idol from a horror movie.
The only mlp funko pop I have was a gift, and it’s Tempest Shadow. I am still blown away how they never even made a rarity or aj pop seeing how many collectors will go ahead and buy the whole collection meaning more money in their pockets. It just seems like a dumb idea, same with the sea ponies, even from a marketing standpoint it’s ridiculous.
As a Texan, I really liked applejack and I’m kind of disappointed that applejack and rarity don’t get very much love
You should do one even on the Macdie's happy meal toys. Every time but ONCE, they would cut out applejack and have starlight glimmer instead lol (she is my favorite tho not complaining) but it's like why not ADD APPLEJACK TOO FOR GOODNESS SAKE!
The legend is back.
2:53 😂 ,,sadly yes"
Can understand the Reaction though because of how weird some of them are
I would flip out and trigger Funko and go as far to cuss saying the f-word and point my middle finger at them if they don't come up with a Rarity figure, since Rarity is my second favorite after Pinkie Pie.
the Eff Minus word
too far...
Good to have you back legend
6 rainbow dash figures but not a single AJ one, the mistreatment this poor girl gets
2:55
‘ do brownies still exist? ‘
‘ SADLY YES but they’re not as big as they were in the early 2010’s- ‘
When I figured out they locked chrysalis behind an nft paywall I wanted to run to funkos headquarters and burn it down
I am both MLP and Funko Pop collector, but I never liked ponies in Pop form. I only got Celestia, and only coz I found really good deal on local shopping app on her. The NFT Pops are a joke to me, worse sh than gambling.
You know I just realized that the reason why funky rarity doesn’t have eyelashes is probably because in the show her eyelashes are…fake .
Or maybe it’s because they forgot to add them.
Sorry I meant funko
I really enjoyed this video :D I love silly little trivia like this!!
They're actually cute I really want a Fluttershy one ❤
it’s like how they made genshin impact funko pops of the main characters, Aether and Lumine, and then their companion Paimon, then their second wave is Diluc, Keqing and a Hilicurl?? i don’t understand their character selections at all
Applejack actually got a NFT POP! & Daybreaker, King Sombra & Princess Twilight Sparkle
Ngl this reminds me when Funko didn't even do the wither animatronic plushies for Five Night's At Freddy's franchise. Missed opportunities for the Tempest Funko.
Your sarcasm is absolutely hilarious 😂
Glow in the dark and glitter is beautiful 🤩
you remind me of a cartoon character in the best way possible
Oh my god I got the rainbow dash pop when I was so young and it is so nostalgic for me
Personally I love the quality of Funko and how accurate they usually look to the real character design. Maybe the pops not so much because they are derpy and cheaper (and cute) but the proper figurines look great! (Imo)
Honestly people can probably figure out how to 3D print the rarity funko pop
I didn't know that this even existed
seahorse man!!!
I have pinky and fluttershy from the og funky pops of mlp 💗🎀 and celestia as her og keychain funko
I only have 3 funko pops. Rainbow dash and 2 Eeveelutions jolteon and leafeon. Also im so confused, i hear so many people talk about how Fluttershy is "the worst pony" yet she gets alot of toys made for her. So is this a fandom joke or it's what fans really feel. I like Fluttershy so I'm just confused.
nah, i just don't like fluttershy lol
Actually you missed one because there's a tempest Shadow Funko Pop too. And I have proof because I actually have it. Edit: I looked up My Little Pony Funko Pops and I realize there was also a Sunset Shimmer and Spike one
What does Funko have against Rarity and Applejack 😭(Great video btw!)
Very informative and funny video, not to brag but I only opened 1 digital NFT card pack and got my Grail Rarity Funko pop.
lucky
@@EffMinus yeah, I was pretty lucky since I was able to get what Funko NFT collectors call a master set. Which means I got the grail, legendaries and royalty, I was able to get 2 masters set.
@@Sizemore911absolutely nobody cares that you wasted money on a my little pony NFT of a funko pop. i literally can’t even imagine a more worthless thing to own.
Nice stuff 😎
THEY JUST MADE AN APPLEJACK ONE!!!
I liked the sea ponies part ( and i also have a sea pony toy ) and i think im not the only one that liked that part
3:48 no, at least it’s not merch of something that no one cares about made in a basement unofficially
There's an AJ Funko Pop now, but it's one of those where you have to redeem a card for the figure :\
They need to release a an affordable Rarity pop…. Even if they just add red glasses or something…. Fucking Give me my Wiafu God damnit
My fellow horse enthusiast, how did you skip the Tempest Funko pop? She’s the only pony with a standing body instead of the re-used sitting molds.
because the movie is stupid and doesn’t exist to me
"Horse enthusiast" just gave me the hardest reality check 🤣💀💀
3:44 *me looking at my pinkie pie on my shelf sobbing*
FUNKO MLP NFTs exist...
That pinkie pie mermaid thing is currently sitting outside my niece's room stabbed and pinned into the wall by its tail XD
Funkos are the weridest toy line ever.
They didn't even finish the glow in the dark or glitter variants. They didn't even do glow in the dark pinkie pie
WE GOT APPLE-JACK, AND SHE FINNALY GOT HER HAT
Breakings news,Finally Applejack Has her Funko in the new Series 2 Digital Pops.
I know applejack wasnt made bcuz shes less marketable, but, is she seriously less marketable than some backround charcters who had a funko pop??
It turns out there is an applejack funko pop that you can get from the nfts. It's just very rare to come across it, someone's selling one on Ebay for about £46 ($58 I think)
Edit: I'm sorry. I had no idea that this video was a year ago, I thought it was more recently, so I had no clue if it was updated in that time. Or if the applejack is fake.
It's real, but like you said this video was made when there was no AJ funko yet
Sunset Shimmer was what I wanted
I just found your channel and I already love it! ❤️
I’m subbing
thank youuu ❤️
I got my hands on the Derpy funko pop (sans box) at a flea market last year and to date the only MLP funko I have. IDK how to feel about that.
I have the fluttershy one 😭😭
i’m so excited i’m getting one shipping to me soon!!! 🐾
@@flutterpies that’s awesome!
@@fabulousfroggo_ thank you thank you :DDDDD
I got the Trixie at a flea market for $8
IS APPLEJACK REALLY THAT LAME?! She is country! Who doesn't want a country girl on their shelves!!
not proud owner of a derpy pop here 🥲👍
I want an AJ Funko pop so bad! 😭😭😭
SAME 😭
I want Big MacIntosh and the CMC
I used to have the Derpy and Dr. Hooves vinyl figures and Derpy's tail broke off like 3 weeks in💀
was it that cupcake head figure? I had the derpy cupcake head figure and the tail came off right away.
I bought RD pop version back in 2015 and i have never opened the box to this day. Idk why maybe because it will be value one day? By the time i lost interest, i just don't bother opening and i have no plans on selling it.
0:56 ofc they removed the lesbians.
They didn’t make applejack a Funko pop because her design doesn’t POP enough, haha foony
it’s because they were too busy reading Homestuck
I blame these things we didn't have Funko black box ponies for seasons 5+
if you were a shimmer, i wonder what you would be rated as
Those are the questions that keep me up at night
**epic looking Wizard turns on a Grammophone to play the Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Academy Theme**
,,The Collector shall never collect them all or our World, even the Fabric of Reality will be in great Danger"🧙🏻♂️
That's the Reason why there's no Applejack Figure🙃
Fanko be like:Who is Aj?
There also was a retro mlp line of funko pops
I have a sea pony twilight somewhere in this big black box I have that also has most of my old mlp dolls that I haven’t touched in a lil while
Eff Minus face reveal :o
(well maybe I'm late)
I still have my fluttershy funko pop from 2013 💀💀💀
awesome daring doo minifigure i peep that 😂
Here is the McDonald's My Little Pony Toy Sets for G4.
2014: Rainbow Power
1: Princess Twilight Sparkle
2: Pinkie Pie
3: Fluttershy
4: Princess Celestia
5: Princess Luna
6: Rarity
7: DJ Pon 3 AKA Vinyl Scratch
8: Rainbow Dash
No AppleJack.
2015: Equestria Girls
1: Pinkie Pie (Pony)
2: Pinkie Pie (Human)
3: Twilight Sparkle (Pony)
4: Twilight Sparkle (Human)
5: AppleJack (Pony)
6: AppleJack (Human)
7: Fluttershy (Pony)
8: Fluttershy (Human)
No Rarity and no Rainbow Dash.
2016: Fashion Week (Color Changing Tails)
1: Pinkie Pie
2: Rainbow Dash
3: Fluttershy
4: Suri Polomare (but for some reason they called her Button Belle)
5: Twilight Sparkle
6: Coco Pommel (but they called her Mrs Pommel for some reason)
7: Rarity
8: Starlight Glimmer
No AppleJack.
2017: My Little Pony The Movie
1: Pinkie Pie
2: Pinkie Pie Mask
3: Rainbow Dash
4: Rainbow Dash Mask
5: Rarity
6: Rarity Mask
7: Princess Twilight Sparkle
8: Princess Twilight Sparkle Mask
No AppleJack and No Fluttershy.
2018: Cutie Mark Crew
1: Pinkie Pie
2: Rarity
3: Fluttershy
4: Twilight Sparkle
5: Rainbow Dash
6: Spike the Dragon
7: AppleJack
8: Starlight Glimmer
This Toy Set includes All of the Mane 6 and includes Spike and Starlight Glimmer.