10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive

Saturday, June 12th, 2021 9:58PM CDT

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A few wrote in telling us of the new Gamestop exclusive Transformer Funko Pop figure. This is a 10 inch Soundwave where you can open up his chest and put different casettes in. This is available to preorder now for $40 and it will be available in Canada as well, exclusively at EB Games.

Here is the item description

Only at GameStop! Transform your stylized vinyl figure collection in a big way with Pop! Jumbo 10-inch Transformers Soundwave with Tapes! Vinyl figure is approximately 10-inches tall and includes 4 interchangeable tapes. This Pop Transformers Soundwave figure is a GameStop Funko Exclusive.

FEATURES:
Funko Pop Transformers Soundwave figure
Made of vinyl
Figure is approximately 10-inches tall
includes 4 interchangeable tapes
GameStop Exclusive
Comes packaged in window display box

You can pre-order it now for $40 and shipping is free.
Expected Date: 08/04/2021

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Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2107341)
Posted by Brokebot on June 13th, 2021 @ 10:42am CDT

I never have understood the draw of those things.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2107344)
Posted by Overcracker on June 13th, 2021 @ 11:33am CDT

I only own 1 Funko Pop. A Joker. But I’m totally getting those Thundarr the Barbarian ones. That Ookla the Mok looks awesome.

Not really interested in the TFs though.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2116735)
Posted by SGMLordMirage on September 25th, 2021 @ 12:27pm CDT

I went by a local Game Stop today (Springfield, MO) and they two of these and i decided to pick up one. Ive never bought anything from this particular line but thought Soundwave was pretty cool looking.

From the photos, I took a picture of both sides of the cassettes and with at least one cassette in his chest.

He was listed at $34.99.

Enjoy,

SGM

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2127757)
Posted by william-james88 on February 19th, 2022 @ 1:18pm CST

Several Funko Pop! Transformers have been tough to find due to their exclusivity and they sell out fast. So here is a heads up if you are looking for Funko Pop! G1 Tracks. He is a Toy Tokyo exclusive for NYCC 2021 and you can get him for 19.99 on the Toy Tokyo website. They even have free shipping.

Here is the link: https://toytokyo.com/products/funko-pop ... 3c03&_ss=r

We thank xRotorstormx for letting us know.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2127768)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 19th, 2022 @ 4:44pm CST

I don't get Pops. I have the Amazon exclusive Optimus Prime and I just don't get the appeal. *Clicks complete on order.*

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2127824)
Posted by Zordon on February 20th, 2022 @ 2:07pm CST

Clicked on link, sold out :-(

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2127854)
Posted by daedalus25 on February 21st, 2022 @ 7:28am CST

Zordon wrote:Clicked on link, sold out

I just clicked on the link and ordered it.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2127877)
Posted by Zordon on February 21st, 2022 @ 4:38pm CST

daedalus25 wrote:
Zordon wrote:Clicked on link, sold out

I just clicked on the link and ordered it.

Seems they’re not shipping out to the uk. I’ll send them an email

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128651)
Posted by william-james88 on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:00pm CST

How's that for a headline? We had reported on a Hasbro exclusive being behind an NFT paywall, and the community was wondering how long it would take for the same to happen to a Transformers exclusive. Well, this is getting closer to there. The Funko Pop website is advertising an NFT drop of 360000 Transformers NFTs on March 15th. You have samples of the NFTs on the website. It is unclear if you can purchase them without a crypto wallet.

Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 9,596 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy. The exclusives are below. So, just to be clear, buying a set of these NFTs means you only get a chance at getting a physical Funko Pop toy, over 90% of purchases will result in just NFTs. This is like those sports cars packs where you have a chance at there being a special rare card (like on that is autographed or has a piece of a game worn jersey) inside. But at least with the card example, you still get cards regardless. Here, you have less than a 10% chance at owning something physical.

And yes, I wrote the same thing twice in different ways, I just want it to be clear.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128653)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:32pm CST

So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

This is literally so so SO stupid. On so many levels.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128654)
Posted by Emerje on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:35pm CST

william-james88 wrote:Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 30000 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy.

This part confuses me. When I add up the number of each physical figure they only come to 9,596.

Grail Optimus Prime - 999 .28% chance
Legendary Devastator - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Hot Rod - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Rumble - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Sideswipe - 1,550 1.72% chance
Royalty Freddy Funko as Bumblebee - 2,397

So where are they getting 30K from?

Emerje

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128655)
Posted by Spider5800 on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:36pm CST

Traaaaaaaaash.

NFT's are a predatory scam, and forcing people to buy NFT's for a CHANCE at getting an actual item is a predatory scam on steroids. This crap can DIAF. :KREMZEEK:

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128656)
Posted by william-james88 on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:38pm CST

Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Now, among the 360000 NFTs, there are around 30000 which come with a token you can use to redeem an exclusive Funko Pop toy.

This part confuses me. When I add up the number of each physical figure they only come to 9,596.

Grail Optimus Prime - 999 .28% chance
Legendary Devastator - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Hot Rod - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Rumble - 1,550 1.72% chance
Legendary Sideswipe - 1,550 1.72% chance
Royalty Freddy Funko as Bumblebee - 2,397

So where are they getting 30K from?

Emerje

It's my math error. I added up the percentages and then did cross multiplication with the total of single NFTs when instead I should have done it with the number of sets.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128657)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2022 @ 8:58pm CST

Spider5800 wrote:Traaaaaaaaash.

NFT's are a predatory scam, and forcing people to buy NFT's for a CHANCE at getting an actual item is a predatory scam on steroids. This crap can DIAF.

This right here, amongst other reasons NFTs are a total scam and trash

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128658)
Posted by joevill on March 7th, 2022 @ 9:11pm CST

I don't get it

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128659)
Posted by Burn on March 7th, 2022 @ 9:51pm CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

It's not their fault. They're just trying to capitalise on the latest "big thing".

Unfortunately, unlike fidget spinners, this won't be going away any time soon and we can expect more of this crap.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128662)
Posted by ScottyP on March 7th, 2022 @ 10:12pm CST

I implore everyone here to not waste money on this. Don't give them a cent.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128664)
Posted by Seibertron on March 7th, 2022 @ 10:26pm CST

I was happy to get Funko Starscream and Shockwave to my collection this past week. A few weeks ago, I got the oversized Soundwave from Gamestop. I even got Tracks a couple of months ago from my favorite Toy Tokyo store in NYC.

Seeing this promotion with all of the crazy hoops you have to jump through and the idea of these Funko Pops being super insanely expensive on the aftermarket due to this unfortunate promotion makes me just want to sell all of my Funko Pop Transformers.

Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128668)
Posted by william-james88 on March 7th, 2022 @ 11:52pm CST

Seibertron wrote:I was happy to get Funko Starscream and Shockwave to my collection this past week. A few weeks ago, I got the oversized Soundwave from Gamestop. I even got Tracks a couple of months ago from my favorite Toy Tokyo store in NYC.

Seeing this promotion with all of the crazy hoops you have to jump through and the idea of these Funko Pops being super insanely expensive on the aftermarket due to this unfortunate promotion makes me just want to sell all of my Funko Pop Transformers.

Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

Yes, I think we will get some variation on these at retail. I wouldn't throw away the funkos just yet.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128671)
Posted by Big Grim on March 8th, 2022 @ 6:34am CST

NFTs are just a scam. A stupid, stupid scam that really needs to piss off and die now.

~ Grim

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128672)
Posted by ScottyP on March 8th, 2022 @ 6:42am CST

Seibertron wrote:Oddly, I feel a bit like a hypocrite saying that though since this reminds me of the BotCon 2007 ordeal. Most of the figures that created the uproar from that Botcon's exclusives eventually became available at retail or other attainable venues so maybe time will tell with these Funkos like Devastator, Sideswipe and Hot Rod.

This and Botcon 07 are apples and oranges. Imagine if you paid Fun Pub for a lottery ticket that had a slim chance of being a winner, and only winners got one random toy out of the boxed set. That's more or less what you get here.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128676)
Posted by JazZeke on March 8th, 2022 @ 9:09am CST

It baffles my mind when I see people think their hideous Funko Pop collection has value for investment, as if they learned nothing from the Beanie Baby craze of the 90s.

Same with NFTs; they're an obvious pyramid scheme and their buyers reek of desperation. Add the environmental damage these things do and the art theft rampant within their markets and the whole thing is disgusting.

So this is just artificial value compounded on artificial value, and it's so, so gross.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128677)
Posted by Immortal Starscream on March 8th, 2022 @ 9:12am CST

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128678)
Posted by Evil Eye on March 8th, 2022 @ 9:27am CST

I don't like Funkos at the best of times. This, however, takes the biscuit. I suppose the Big Tech money launderers behind the NFT craze realized that you can't just right-click and save a Funko Pop, so they did this.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128679)
Posted by TulioDude on March 8th, 2022 @ 9:58am CST

Not my thing.

Day 798 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128682)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 8th, 2022 @ 11:08am CST

This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128701)
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on March 8th, 2022 @ 1:59pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

This is a terrifying possibility. I thought the days of extremely-hard-to-get figures were behind us, not about to get worse. Hopefully the universal negative reaction to this will give a hint to Hasbro

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128703)
Posted by SpaceEagle on March 8th, 2022 @ 2:24pm CST

I don't collect Funkos myself - just not my particular taste - I can imagine this stupid NFT fad thing being tacked onto some really crappy lotto for these figures is probably going to make them skyrocket in aftermarket price for the sensible people that don't wanna do this crypto crap.
I miss those gold-plated Lucky Draw figures of the past, at least those made a lot more sense to win in a lottery than having to go through NFT loops for the same thing.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128705)
Posted by william-james88 on March 8th, 2022 @ 3:22pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128706)
Posted by Glarryg on March 8th, 2022 @ 3:30pm CST

Burn wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So, is it time to burn the NFT section of Hasbro and Funko to the ground yet?

It's not their fault. They're just trying to capitalise on the latest "big thing".

Frankly, I don't agree with this notion. I think Hasbro has plenty of other avenues of revenue to explore, especially considering how there's been controversy surrounding NFTs for a while now. Personally, since the concept of the NFT puts a bad taste in my mouth, this has me thinking more skeptically about this company's priorities.

On the other hand, I'm not at all interested in collecting Funko figures, so this was never meant for me in the first place.

Glarryg

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128707)
Posted by DeathReviews on March 8th, 2022 @ 3:35pm CST

I admit having some Pop figures - heck, I even reviewed a couple. But my days of jumping through hoops to get 'exclusive' ones, whether from conventions or anywhere else, are over. I'm certainly not going to go through this weird odyssey NFT thing, that's for sure.

I have managed to get some good ROI (on some of them) through Ebay. But most of the time, you'll barely break even when selling (if you're lucky). Only a rare few wheelers and dealers manage to make flipping them a profitable venture.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128709)
Posted by MaximalNui on March 8th, 2022 @ 6:05pm CST

I was already neutral on Funko (not my thing, but I can see why someone might like them), and against NFT for their long list of massive problems (bad for the environment, no regulation which leads to no security or oversight, cases of selling someone else's intellectual property as your own NFT's, poor product quality in general...). This, however, drives both to utter hate for me. What a scam!

And Transformers Slag Podcast is right, some of the characters and scales they chose make no sense. Why is Devastator, a combiner known for its massive size, a regular Funko instead of Jumbo-sized? And who wants a Freddy Funko dressed as Bumblebee over actual Bumblebee or Goldbug?

william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

Hopefully not, given the general reaction to the announcement. Then again, vocal minority and all that.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128711)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 8th, 2022 @ 6:53pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:This is ridiculous...how long till Hasbro are doing this with proper transformers Exclusives

Depends on whether or not that exclusive NFT Megazord was a success.

It sold out fast, so I assume that means they think it's a great idea :HEADHURTS:

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128721)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 8th, 2022 @ 7:33pm CST

If there is one good thing to come out of this, it seems as though the Transformers fandom has finally fully united for something, and that is hating this. It's fantastic! Everyone hates this!

Hasbro and Funko, you had better be reading, this is terrible and EVERYONE thinks so

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128722)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 8th, 2022 @ 7:48pm CST

I have never felt comfortable with Crypto or NFTs, whenever I hear about them they're linked to some criminal enterprise.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128735)
Posted by JazZeke on March 9th, 2022 @ 12:39am CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:If there is one good thing to come out of this, it seems as though the Transformers fandom has finally fully united for something, and that is hating this. It's fantastic! Everyone hates this!

Hasbro and Funko, you had better be reading, this is terrible and EVERYONE thinks so

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128737)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 9th, 2022 @ 5:06am CST

They are really pushing this NFT cancer.
The only way for this to stop is for people to say NO and close their wallets. But we all know that there will be enough Funko fans that are also gamblers to make this profitable.
One more thing is that they will never be stuck with an "overstock" of NFT. So they can SCAM people out of their money with zero risks.

Truly a shame that this NFT scam... wasn't invented by me. [-(

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128740)
Posted by blackeyedprime on March 9th, 2022 @ 7:32am CST

Pretty sure digital trading cards are different to nfts but hey ho. Plus a physical funko is offered for those who obtain a set as well as through the rare chance tokens which might explain the higher number of funkos available through this scheme.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128741)
Posted by just_aCloud on March 9th, 2022 @ 8:18am CST

Good morning.
Just left TFW2005 forums to "pop" over here and say...this NFT crap is garbage. >:oP

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128759)
Posted by william-james88 on March 9th, 2022 @ 6:33pm CST

blackeyedprime wrote:Pretty sure digital trading cards are different to nfts but hey ho. Plus a physical funko is offered for those who obtain a set as well as through the rare chance tokens which might explain the higher number of funkos available through this scheme.

It's written "nft edition" on said boxes though.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128763)
Posted by Jumpstart1083 on March 9th, 2022 @ 10:11pm CST

Uuuuhhh.... No.

FUCK. THAT.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128764)
Posted by TheChrisGlass on March 10th, 2022 @ 1:45am CST

This is hot garbage and insulting. They found a way to make boatloads of cash off of unregulated gambling.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128768)
Posted by wowspremium on March 10th, 2022 @ 3:36am CST

Hi Sir :
This is good news of upcoming this New Funko Pop Transformers . I like this .

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128772)
Posted by DeathReviews on March 10th, 2022 @ 10:43am CST

Since crypto-currency and NFT stuff is all imaginary, I'll just imagine that I have this Devastator Pop and that will be sufficient!

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128783)
Posted by Emerje on March 10th, 2022 @ 8:32pm CST

william-james88 wrote:Yes, I think we will get some variation on these at retail. I wouldn't throw away the funkos just yet.

We can look at what they're offering and guess what retail versions will look like. A regular Matrix Prime, Devastator with red visor, cartoon Hot Rod, cartoon Rumble and Frenzy (red visor Rumble), and Sideswipe with jetpack.

blackeyedprime wrote:Pretty sure digital trading cards are different to nfts but hey ho. Plus a physical funko is offered for those who obtain a set as well as through the rare chance tokens which might explain the higher number of funkos available through this scheme.

It wouldn't be so bad if they were just digital trading cards, but they're saved as NFTs to blockchains which are constantly written to by PCs running complex calculations which consume a lot of energy hence the environmental complaints.

Despite the complaints and negative feedback, thanks to the likes of Meta / Facebook, companies like Hasbro and Funko are betting on NFTs becoming "normal" once people get over the growing pains.

Emerje

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128785)
Posted by william-james88 on March 10th, 2022 @ 10:02pm CST

Emerje wrote:
Despite the complaints and negative feedback, thanks to the likes of Meta / Facebook, companies like Hasbro and Funko are betting on NFTs becoming "normal" once people get over the growing pains.

Emerje

But to what end? What is the purpose of these becoming accepted in normal society?
I thought the goal of normalizing NFTs was merely to in turn normalize transactions involving Crypto currency. But the link ti Crypto currency isn't even made here.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128787)
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 11th, 2022 @ 2:32am CST

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Despite the complaints and negative feedback, thanks to the likes of Meta / Facebook, companies like Hasbro and Funko are betting on NFTs becoming "normal" once people get over the growing pains.

Emerje

But to what end? What is the purpose of these becoming accepted in normal society?
I thought the goal of normalizing NFTs was merely to in turn normalize transactions involving Crypto currency. But the link ti Crypto currency isn't even made here.

So that the rich get richer

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128807)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 11th, 2022 @ 3:49pm CST

People aren't going to get over the growing pains, or at least they shouldn't, because NFTs and crypto are hot garbage whose bad uses and costs outweigh any good they offer.

Whoever at Hasbro has the NFT infatuation deserves to be canned, and Funko deserves to burn if they don't stop associating with NFT crap.

Facebook is in some serious hot water over their business practices, hopefully it'll burn them enough to make said practices less attractive for the MBA smegheads at other companies to mimic.

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128827)
Posted by Emerje on March 12th, 2022 @ 9:20am CST

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Despite the complaints and negative feedback, thanks to the likes of Meta / Facebook, companies like Hasbro and Funko are betting on NFTs becoming "normal" once people get over the growing pains.

Emerje

But to what end? What is the purpose of these becoming accepted in normal society?
I thought the goal of normalizing NFTs was merely to in turn normalize transactions involving Crypto currency. But the link ti Crypto currency isn't even made here.

I'm hardly an expert, but from my understanding is that crypto (at least most of them) also use block chains and in some cases the same ones that are used by NFTs. It's also common from NFTs to be only purchasable through crypto.

As far as end goal goes, that's where Meta comes in. Meta is currently building their own metaverse, a virtual space that is supposed to be like a real world version of Oasis from Ready Player One. The idea is that you'll eventually be able to access NFTs inside Meta's metaverse. Go into your NFT house, hang your NFT art on walls and flip through your deck of Funko NFT cards. There are a lot of metaverses out there, but Meta didn't change its name to that for nothing (I mean aside from legal troubles), not to mention buying VR company Oculus, building new AI super computers and interest in quantum computing. They're betting on their metaverse to become the biggest one that all of the companies will want to be a part of. If NFTs do eventually become normal and more common then expect them to be even more obnoxious as companies try to figure out what people are going to want in their virtual space (NFT carpets, NFT socks, NFT pets). Right now its at an infant stage, we'll see if it takes off like color TV or crashes like 3D movies. I doubt we'll know until Meta can show a functional proof of concept and how all of this works together. Meta has a net worth of nearly $600B, they aren't going anywhere anytime soon and have the money to pump into whatever project or agenda they feel like pushing to completion, fail or succeed.

Emerje

Re: 10 Inch Funko Pop Soundwave Revealed as Gamestop Exclusive (2128828)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 12th, 2022 @ 9:32am CST

So, it's like Playstation Home on PS3, but more scammy.

I'm just looking forward on some server crash that will take all that virtual nothingness into the grave, making people who invested in physical goods like gold and titanium laugh.

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