Funko Announces Its Very First Pokémon Pop! But You Won't Find It In Canada
By Thomas Kenzaki
July 16, 2018If you're a collector of Funko Pop!'s, you'll be excited to know that they've just announced their very first Pokémon Pop! figure. On July 29th you'll be able to bring home your very own Pikachu Pop!. There's a catch though. It will only be available in the US.
That's right, the very first partnership between Funko and Pokémon won't be available in Canada. The Pikachu Pop! will be a Target exclusive (RIP Target Canada) and only be sold at Target stores in the US.
There's no word on whether or not Pikachu will make its way to Canada but we can only hope that Funko inks a deal to bring it to a Canadian store such as EB Games or Toys R Us. Canadian collectors who want the very first Pokémon Pop! will either need to make a trip down to the US or order it online. Whichever way you go it will definitely cost you more than the typical $10-15 price tag when buying locally.
Funko hasn't announced any plans for other Pokémon Pop!s but did ask the question in a recent Twitter chat on what Pokémon characters they'd like to see come out. This could be a very good partnership given the large amount of Pokémon characters to potentially release as Pop!s and opens the door for iconic Nintendo characters as well (Mario and Luigi Pop!s anyone?).
We've reached out to Funko to see if the Pikachu Pop! will make it's way Canada and will update the article when we hear back.
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