Hey /toy/, I've never been to your board before and didn't really plan on changing that, but I had a question. Because I feel like I totally missed something

What's the deal with these funko pop things?

I mean, I was vaguely aware of their existence before, but I'd always been under the assumption that they were just shitty filler for those loot crate monthly box things because they couldn't move stock. But I went to check out this 'retro game and comic' store in the next town over, and just. 90% of their store was devoted to displaying these figures. And I think there was some event they were hosting because there was a ton of outside tables full of nothing but funko pop things, the entire parking lot was full (had to park elsewhere and walk over) and people were just going nuts over 'em

Are they really that popular, or did I just happen upon some weird coincidence? Because I'll be honest with you /toy/, as someone who isn't too much into the finer points of model/toy collecting, these things look like ass. They're just the same extremely generic mold with different paint jobs/bits of plastic glued to 'em.