The Funko Guardians of the Galaxy POP! Vinyls lineup was wildly successful beyond Funko’s expectations, and that’s why Funko is expanding the line in 2015 with a quintet of villainous Guardians of the Galaxy Funko POP Vinyls to combat the team! Coming in March 2015: Funko Yondu, Nebula, Ronan, the Collector–and a super-sized 6″ Funko Thanos POP! Vinyl figure are now up for order!

Earlier in the fall, Funko’s fearless leader, Brian, let it slip that the Funko Guardians of the Galaxy figures line was a bit hit, and that we’d be seeing a Funko Guardians of the Galaxy Series 2 arrive in 2015. I’m “all-in” for Guardians of the Galaxy, so I’ve been anxiously awaiting official images of the five villains being added to the lineup. And after months of waiting, all of the major villains (and anti-hero Yondu) have now been revealed! I had been holding out hope that we might see a Funko Cosmo the Russian Space Dog turn up (despite never being announced for the line), but it appears that those hopes were in vain. Oh well–there’s always next year, right? (And I guess in this case, I mean “2016” for next year.) This series will include the very first mass-market figures of movie Thanos and the Collector from the Guardians of the Galaxy film. Yondu will appear as part of the Disney Infinity line, and was previously included in the Guardians of the Galaxy Minimates series.

Meanwhile, Nebula had her own LEGO minifigure and Ronan has had several figures produced (though no high-quality Marvel Legends or Hot Toys Ronan).

Funko is really doing right by collectors with this wave–how incredible would we all think it was if Hasbro surprised us with this group of characters for a Marvel Legends 2015 Guardians of the Galaxy 6″ figures series at New York Toy Fair 2015 (not gonna happen, sorry)?

Funko POP! Vinyls Ronan Figure (March 2015)

I am thrilled (and I mean thrilled) that Funko has now confirmed that the Funko Guardians of the Galaxy POP Vinyls Series 2 figures will be available at mass retail stores, and that I won’t have to set foot into a Walgreens to try to hunt them down. I’m still a little bit shaken by the craziness of the Spider-Man Funko Venom POP Vinyls wave being Walgreens exclusive, and I really didn’t want to have to go hunting at Walgreens again in the spring to track down this wave of Guardians of the Galaxy villains. The Funko POP Vinyls Guardians of the Galaxy Series 2 figures are now up for order, and are scheduled to be released in March 2015. The four regular-sized 3.75″ figures will carry the usual Funko POP! Vinyl price-tag of MSRP $9.99, while the 6″ Thanos Funko POP! Vinyl figure will be priced at $14.99. What do you think of this expansion of the Funko POP Vinyls Guardians of the Galaxy series, Marvel collectors? Will any of these adorable no-good doers be on your shelf this spring?