Funko Funatics

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History of Funko

It all started with a group of collectors and an idea that began with a large company that created a community of collectors. It began with the founding founder of Funko, Mike Beaker, who became friends with Rob Schwartz, one of the founding artists of Funko. Rob introduced Mike to the world of collecting. The Pop-Cultural items grew interested with both Mike and Rob collecting all different types of unique items. It was a fun hobby for them, and out of that, the Pop-Cultural item collection grew. They would go to yard sales or exchange meetings. There they would meet many other people, and this is how they met the second Funko founding artist: Sean Wilkinson, the third important member. Their collecting of fun

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