When you think of Funko, you probably think of delicious and brightly colored cereal right? No? Well it might be time to change your mind on that one.
Starting “this summer”(vague wording considering summer is very much here already) Funko is releasing six new cereals to various stores nationwide. Their website explains:
Funko, purveyors of pop culture and all things awesome, is committed to helping you start the day off right by putting the fun back in breakfast with FunkO’s. And as we all know from Saturday morning commercials; every breakfast starts with a bowl of brightly colored cereal that comes out of a box with a really cool mascot on the front and a prize inside! Funko is kicking off this summer with six new FunkO’s cereals, each guaranteed to turn your milk a different amazing color. Funko has no shortage of beloved mascots that already feature largely in the Funkoverse as Pop! vinyl figures and other collectibles. Now these pop culture icons will join you for breakfast!
This announcement comes with a lot of implied nostalgia for days gone. A seemingly random set of “really cool mascots” are set to appear with each box of FunkO’s cereal.
We have two video game mascots, two horror icons, a random fantasy character, and one made up to represent the cereals overall. The announcement comes with the boast that each would be guaranteed to turn your milk a DIFFERENT amazing color- but I only see three different colors here. Blue and green, and then four boxes of red.
Perhaps they ran out of money for new colors since each box also comes with a mini Pop collectable. I have personally never understood the fascination with these toys, really seems like nothing more than a new form of beanie baby madness; if you are one of the people that just can’t get enough of these things, then this cereal is right up your alley.