Pop In A Box August 2016 Funko Subscription Box Review & Coupon

Pop In A Box is a monthly Funko POP! vinyl figure subscription. Every month you will receive the number of POP! figures you order (starting at $9.99 per POP!). SURPRISE! In all seriousness they have a totally awesome and exhaustive Pop tracker that you should sign in to use if you have any sort of Pop collection (we have quite a few). Shipping is always a flat $4.99 but you can get as many as 12 POP!s a month, which is ludicrous.  You can block Pops from being sent, rate pops in their tracker, and if you track your collection with their tracker you will not receive any dupes. They do give away figures randomly to subscribers. This subscription has been operating a while now – but exclusively in the UK. They’re now available in the US – hooray!

When you sign up you can add POP!s to your collection, thumbs up and down (never get a thumbs down, more likely to get a thumbs up) (thumbs up Wampa!). Everything that you Thumbs Down will be in the Pop Grave, and you can pull them back out if your tastes/fandoms change. Thumbs Up will place the Pops on your Wish List.

And block entire categories from being shipped! Find this screen in “Customise Plan.”

I find it fun and easy to do the thumbs up & down a couple times a week, and I suggest filling out your collection and blocking any POP!s you hate and marking any POP!s you really want before actually subscribing. FYI – the easiest way to thumbs up/down all at once is go to Manage Collection and check out the individual collections so you can do it all from one screen. Once you’re signed up you’ll get a new pops email whenever they add new pops to the shop – and then you’ll know it’s time to do thumbs up/down.

There’s not a lot of fanfare with this box – here’s my contents! I have found that the boxes are always in great condition but we take them out because our kids play with them. We are putting up special shelves for our collection after we paint.

The POP!s were from the Marvel and Disney Collection. I had these as a Yes, Please in my category list, and both as a thumbs up in my wishlist! Note – when you receive your Pops from PIAB they will not be added to your collection. They don’t track what you get, so when you get them, add them to your tracker so you don’t receive them again (and don’t forget to add all the other Pops you get to your tracker too).

Funko Dorbz Marvel Series One Iron Man Vinyl Figure ($7.40):  Dorbz are smaller than Pop! figurines, and they have bulbous bodies with the details painted on instead of moulded.  Our first one is the classic Iron Man.

This is the version with the round arc reactor in his chest and the red and yellow color scheme.  The head has some relief details, with the seam of the helmet, ear pads, and eyes/mouth being raised or sunk from the surface.  

Funko Dorbz Marvel Series One Captain America Vinyl Figure ($8.10):  The Captain America is also the version I remember from my youth. Except round and adorable.

The mask stands out from his face a little bit, and the wings on his head stick out.  Though the contouring on the bodies of the Dorbz is nil, they have wonderfully precise paint jobs — the figures are instantly recognizable and really capture the essence of the character, despite the intense cuteness.What’s this about a war?  They seem to be getting along just fine.

Funko Dorbz Disney Series One Ursula Vinyl Figure ($8.99):  One of my favorite Disney villains, Ursula the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid!

The Dorbz treatment suits her quite well, and she actually looks rather svelte as a Dorbz!

Most of her features are painted on, but her seashell earrings are moulded and stand out from her head.  Her hair is also pretty wicked. This one made it onto Brandy’s desk. She was pretty gleeful about it.

Funko Pop! Disney Descendants Mal Vinyl Figure ($7.99):  The Descendants series follows the interactions and adventures of the children of Disney’s most vile villains.  Mal is Maleficent’s daughter.

Like the entire POP! line, Mal’s body is rendered in great detail, with lots of contouring.

Even the studs on her jacket and the teeth of her zippers are individually raised! 

As she has a very slender body and a POP!-sized head, Mal includes a small stand to keep her upright. We tucked this one away for a back to school reward – we are entering tween years here and this is perfect for our daughter – she’s obsessed with female POPs! We just got a box in that Brandy sheepishly admitted she bought for another present and couldn’t help herself – the SDCC Vanellope Dorbz Rides figure (she said she spent $45 on eBay).

You will find that not all the POP!s you receive will be as cheap as on Amazon, so if you want something specific, you may do better checking out the Funko availability on Amazon. It’s definitely a fun way to collect! It’s easy to cancel and you can make out great if you get the big 12 Pop! box because the per-POP price goes down quite a bit. That may be a better idea (indulge big then skip a few months) than going for the 2 Pop box!

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