I’m pretty sure that at this point, Funko is releasing enough new vinyl figures for every collector to buy one each day of the year (money willing). And while the majority of those releases are still general, mass-release items, there’s plenty of exclusives to go around! Though Amazon didn’t get their own exclusive for Avengers Age of Ultron, they did have exclusives for Guardians of the Galaxy and Big Hero 6. And now, the tradition continues with another sure-to-be fast-sellout: the exclusive Funko Glow in the Dark Yellowjacket POP Vinyls figure is now up for order!
Marvel Studios really did try their best to obscure the identity of the villain in the upcoming Ant-Man movie, but thanks to movie leaks (and then LEGO), we knew by early this year that Yellowjacket was going to be the big-bad (or is it “little-bad” in this case?) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s riskiest movie to-date.
Hasbro is apparently skipping doing an Ant-Man movie Yellowjacket figure in any scale at this time, but Yellowjacket will still be getting his due in the form of a Diamond Select Toys Minimates figure, a LEGO minifigure and a Funko POP Vinyls figure and Wacky Wobbler.
Other than the addition of glow-in-the-dark paint, this Yellowjacket vinyl figure is exactly the same as the mass release version of Yellowjacket. Same mold, same 3 3/4″ size, same POP! Marvel #86 number designation, same box–everything. But hey–who wants a plain old POP! Vinyls figure when you can have a way snazzier glowing version, right?
The Amazon exclusive Funko Glow-in-the-Dark Baymax POP Vinyl and Unmasked Star-Lord POP Vinyl figures from last year both sell for over double their original retail price now, so if you’re a Funko Marvel collector, you obviously want to get in on this exclusive before the original supply runs out and the aftermarket price for this figure explodes.
The Amazon Exclusive Glow in the Dark Yellowjacket Funko POP Vinyls figure is now up for order, and is expected to be released at the end of June 2015. With the current ridiculous popularity of Funko POP Vinyls as a whole and the exclusive nature of this figure, I’d be willing to bet that this figure pre-sells out way before it actually ships. If you think you’re going to want a GITD Yellowjacket POP!, then make sure to place an order early for it.
Will you be opting for the exclusive Glow-in-the-Dark Yellowjacket, the regular version, or no Yellowjacket POP! Vinyl at all, Marvel collectors?
I already liked the normal version of the figurine but this one looks even cooler, I’m definitely going to try and get my hands on this one !
Do you know if it will be available only on amazon.com or also in the other countries ?
It’s available through Popcultcha for Australian shoppers. Not sure about where else internationally, though.