Took my 8-year-old nephew to his first comic shop last weekend, he was only interested in the Funko Pops.

I brought a stack of old X-Men issues to show him, but he just wanted to look at the vinyl figures. Has anyone else had this happen when trying to introduce someone new?

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dianam1920d ago

Honestly, is it that deep though? Kids like toys. Funkos are basically action figures for this generation. My little cousin has a whole shelf of them and it got him into the actual characters from the movies. Maybe start there instead of expecting an 8-year-old to get excited about floppy old comics they can't even play with.

finley_shah6420d ago

Nah, @dianam19, you're missing the point. Funkos just sit there. An old comic book is an actual story you can get lost in, not just a plastic thing to look at. My nephew found my old X-Men comics and now he's trying to draw them himself. That engagement beats just lining up a bunch of identical looking figures on a shelf. It sparks imagination instead of just collecting dust.

patricia_carter20d ago

My nephew's funkos just gather dust now, but he still pulls out the beat up Spider-Man comic I gave him. There's something about holding a story that a plastic figure just doesn't have.