It’s been over three weeks since the last unannounced Funko Marvel POP! Vinyls exclusive turned up in stores. There was a real possibility that we might end up going a full month without a new Marvel POP! Vinyl variant turning up (oh, the humanity), but that peril has been avoided! Out of the blue (no pun intended), a Hot Topic Exclusive Funko Metallic Electro POP! Vinyls figure from Amazing Spider-Man 2 has shockingly appeared! (Okay, that last pun was intentional…)

There’s been an itty-bit of confusion surrounding the release of the Funko Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro POP! Vinyls figure. As the glamour shots released didn’t say anything about the regular release having any special features, it was assumed that the mass-release Electro Funko figure would just be a plain Marvel POP! Vinyls release. That’s not quite true, as Funko has confirmed that all Electro POP Vinyls figures will glow-in-the-dark.

So even though it’s proudly emblazoned on the “Hot Topic exclusive” sticker on the Electro variant’s box, the fact that the Hot Topic Electro POP! Vinyl glows in the dark isn’t what makes it an exclusive–the fact that Electro’s suit is metallic blue does.

I don’t know that I necessarily needed a Metallic Electro POP! Vinyls bobble-head variant (especially since it comes in the same box as the standard Electro and shares the number “46” in the Marvel POP! Vinyl lineup, but at the same time, I do like the look of the metallic blue suit on Electro. I’m not going to go out of my way to get this figure more than I have to (walking into a Hot Topic even once or twice a month is uncomfortable enough), but I do prefer it to the plain Funko Electro vinyl figure.

There is no set edition size on the Funko Hot Topic exclusive Metallic Electro figure, but the Hot Topic exclusives do tend to sell out fairly quickly and increase in value a bit, so make sure to snatch a Metallic Electro from your local Hot Topic store soon if you want them. My local Hot Topic store told me they’re expecting their shipment in within the next week.

Anybody out there (besides me) geeky enough to care whether or not their Funko Electro vinyl bobble figure has a metallic suit or not and planning to pick this one up?