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Title: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: PPatters on February 15, 2019, 11:52:08 AM
Per their Instagram Funko appears to be releasing Funko Pops of Pat and Vanna. Can be found at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6NvrJjc46/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14nsiir3owzr (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6NvrJjc46/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=14nsiir3owzr).
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: PPatters on February 15, 2019, 12:09:03 PM
And also Jeopardy! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6PgZIDq6E/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=la813v0ttdd7 (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6PgZIDq6E/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=la813v0ttdd7)
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: aaron sica on February 15, 2019, 12:14:29 PM
I want the Trebek with his moustache.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: clemon79 on February 15, 2019, 02:48:51 PM
I don't get the whole Funko thing.

That said, I *totally* want the Trebeks.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: Mike Tennant on February 16, 2019, 10:17:34 AM
The figurines are available for pre-order on Amazon now, but you can't be sure which Trebek you'll get ("styles may vary").
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: PPatters on February 16, 2019, 01:02:12 PM
The figurines are available for pre-order on Amazon now, but you can't be sure which Trebek you'll get ("styles may vary").

That’s how the “Chase” figurines work when you purchase online. You can’t just buy a Chase figurine (unless it’s for re-sale or in a physical store). They are just randomly what you may get if you purchase the regular figurine.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: oaklandfan2kx on February 16, 2019, 02:43:03 PM
What's Next?, Funkos for Drew Carey and Wayne Brady as well as Buzzr licensed Funkos for Gene Rayburn, Jim Perry, Richard Dawson & Ray Combs?
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: weaklink75 on February 16, 2019, 04:29:13 PM
I'm actually sort of shocked that they haven't made a PYL Whammy one yet- that would be perfect for something like this...
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: MikeK on April 19, 2019, 11:12:27 PM
Bumping because the Trebek Funkos are in stores, at the very least at GameStop.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: clemon79 on April 20, 2019, 06:38:30 PM
Bumping because the Trebek Funkos are in stores, at the very least at GameStop.
Thanks for the bump; non-chase Trebek obtained for addition to Teh Shrine.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: Joe Mello on April 20, 2019, 10:25:51 PM
Bumping because the Trebek Funkos are in stores, at the very least at GameStop.
The show has also been advertising them in their online shop
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: clemon79 on May 16, 2019, 01:17:05 PM
Bumping because the Trebek Funkos are in stores, at the very least at GameStop.
Thanks for the bump; non-chase Trebek obtained for addition to Teh Shrine.

Followup: because my girlfriend is incredible and totally Gets Me, I have the chase Trebek. :)

/she was more than a little relieved when I went to the Funko HQ store a week ago and they didn't have them
//holy crap is the Funko HQ store huge
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: TLEberle on May 16, 2019, 01:21:26 PM
What's the difference between chase and not-chase?
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: MikeK on May 16, 2019, 01:34:03 PM
What's the difference between chase and not-chase?
For every 5 non-chase (new school) Trebeks, there is 1 chase (old school) Trebek.  That's what a GameStop employee told me.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: clemon79 on May 17, 2019, 01:38:35 PM
What's the difference between chase and not-chase?
For every 5 non-chase (new school) Trebeks, there is 1 chase (old school) Trebek.  That's what a GameStop employee told me.

Cosmetically, the Chase version has the 'stache while the non-Chase one does not. Is it a big deal? No of course not. :) But if you're gonna have a Trebek action figure, might as well have the 'stache. :)

And yeah, 1:5 is the ratio they told me at Funko HQ as well.
Title: Re: Wheel of Fortune Funkos
Post by: BrandonFG on August 20, 2021, 09:48:25 PM
Bumping to say they're pretty cheap on Amazon. Including shipping, I got a Trebek one for about $12. Dunno what they normally go for, but I figured that had to be a steal.