Funko Pop Cthulhu Master of R'Lyeh

I was in Dublin this weekend and found this little beauty in a local comic shop. I didn't expect to see this guy anytime soon - I knew he was coming out and I knew he was available in the US, but things often take a fair bit of time to get over the water.

I really like the Funko Pop vinyl figures, but I don't buy many because a lot of the time I prefer the look of them rather than wanting to own them. I do like the horror ones though because seeing Jason Voorhees in this style is great. I loved Big Hero 6 but I wouldn't buy the Pops... well maybe Fred...

But I really like Lovecraft and Cthulhu and the style of this guy is downright adorable. I love this guy!

The detail in this figure is really nice. He's all bumpy, he has little scaled sections, spikes on his arms, a really ripped and buff chest, and sucker type things on his head. And his wings are just brilliant.

The colour differences are nice too. Cthulhu's already a sickly pea green, with dark green in his head suckers, a dark green fur skirt section, and light greenish yellow paint apps on his nails and under his face tendrils.

Articulation wise, this is what we've come to expect from Funko Pop figures. Cthulhu's head turns - that's it. As usual though, it's more the look that these are bought for rather than the playability but I'd always recommend these guys for kids and adult collectors alike.

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Breaking Bad Funko Pop Gus Fring Number 167

Spoilers for Breaking Bad ahead - you have been warned!

I was lucky enough to be gifted a new Funko Pop for my collection by a friend for Christmas this year - a Pop from my favourite TV series no less! Gus Fring from Breaking Bad is such a great character and this version of Gus is after he'd been exploded, which gives this figure some great detail.

There are several other Breaking Bad Pop's available in this line - they're listed on the back of the packaging for Gus in fact, ain't that handy!

Gus is a great little figure. If you've ever picked up a Funko Pop in the past, you'll know what to expect: a super stylized figure which has limited articulation - kept to the neck letting the head swivel side to side.

Gus is wearing a sharp blue suit, which has been spoiled a little with blood stains (he wouldn't like that), and black shirt and tie and black shoes. The paint apps are kept to a minimum on the figure apart from on the face but the sculpting is really solid throughout, with buttons and pockets on the jacket and good details in his face.

Gus looks gruesome and bloodied after his "accident" in the retirement home and there's a nice few colours used to highlight the blood, muscle and burnt flesh in Gus' face.

I really like this figure, it's a fun representation of one of the coolest Breaking Bad characters (I'm not saying violence or cooking meth is cool, but Gus was so damn suave!) and I'm happy to have a Breaking Bad figure added to my collection.

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Funko Pop Movies Sam Trck 'r Treat

How could I refuse picking up Sam from one of my favourite horror movies (and joint favourite Halloween movie with 'Halloween') 'Trick 'r Treat', in the super stylized Funko Pop style?!

I love the Funko Pop range anyway, but the new horror figures that were released for this year - including Sam, Chucky, Captain Spaulding among others I'm sure - are excellent additions. At this point, Funko own a ton of licenses which is why the Pop range is so huge and varied. But when I saw that they were releasing Sam, how could I say no?

As is standard with the Funko Pop range, the articulation is minimal. Sam's head can turn, and that's it. But this is not a figure to be posed or played with really, just to be displayed.

The details in this little guy (and he is little - he's a little shorter than standard Pop figures. It doesn't put him in scale or anything, but it's a nice touch) are brilliant.

The stiches in his mask, his button eyes, the lollipop, the patches on his suit, and the little butt flap on the back are all present.

Very happy to have this toy added to my horror collection. I might, in the future, add more of the horror Funko Pop figures to my collection, but I'm happy with who I have at the moment, though if I had to pick one, it'd be Captain Spaulding.

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Funko Pop Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is my favourite movie of all time. To me, it's pretty much flawless. So when I heard that Funko were bringing out Pops of the team, I had to get on it! I was lucky enough to attend London Film and Comic Con earlier this summer, and it was a blast! Such cool stuff and many toys were bought. I even met Gozer the Gozerian herself and scored an autograph - a fantastic geek moment for me.

I also spotted a stand selling most of the Ghostbusters Pops, so I snapped them up instantly. I'm still on the look out for Winston in Ecto-1, I'm pretty sure he's coming at the end of the month. So at the con I grabbed Venkman, Stantz, Spengler and Slimer, then back home I was in Forbidden Planet and spotted the oversized Stay Puft Marshmallow Man so picked him up instantly.

First I want to look at Stay Puft. He's a great model, and is 6" so a bit bigger than the Ghostbusters themselves, but of course not in scale. Articulation is, to be expected on Funko Pops, minimal. But let's be honest, no one really buys these things for the articulation and the amount of poses you want to try getting out of them!

Now let's check out the 'Busters. These guys are just great. The team all have their individual looks, like Ray has his goggles, walkie talkie and trap

Egon has his glasses and his PKE Meter

And Venkman has his proton pack wand in a cool 2 handed pose

The detailing on these little figures is really what makes them. From the neatness of Ray's goggles to all the smaller details in the packs, they really do look brilliant.

But my favourite out of these guys has to be Slimer, it's a simple figure but I love that see through hard green plastic! The fact that he has that flying effect is just brilliant!

If you're a fan of Funko or Ghostbusters I'd absolutely recommend these.

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Fezbongo was good enough to take these funky Funko pictures for, go see his other work on his Tumblr here!