If you follow me on social media, you know that when my Funko Pop Civil War Hawkeye & Spider-Man arrived, I was pretty annoyed. I was really excited since I love Hawkeye. Then I opened the box, went to stand him up, and imagine that, he kept falling over. I checked the box for a stand but nothing. What’s really annoying is the fact that his Pop has a wide stance. There really isn’t any reason for him to topple over. I know others have had issues with Hawkeye as well. Sadly, I put him back in the box until I could figure something out. Then I was at Michael’s the other day for lights for my Hot Toys (that will be another post) when I started looking around to see if I could find something to use as a base. I came across the perfect little wooden circle. It wasn’t too big or thick. Plus it was only 29 cents. I was a little worried it wouldn’t be “heavy” enough but figured it wasn’t a huge loss if it failed. I threw some paint on it, got out my super glue (which I got all over my hands and almost glued Clint to me), and crossed my fingers.

It worked! I was super pleased since it’s such a quick, affordable, and easy fix. I might head back and pick up a few more to keep on hand for future Pop issues. I think we all have *those Pops* that just refuse to stand. I would have liked to have used something plastic/clear but couldn’t find anything that would have worked.

And an update on my SDCC Exclusives! I managed to get most of the Pops that I wanted! I was able to get the few I wanted from Hot Topic online, then a friend is still working on Doctor Strange. GameStop had an issue with the shipments.

What tricks do you use for your problematic Pops? Did you score any of the exclusives?

It’s Funko Friday! The theme for this week was Show & Tell but I wanted to change it up, again. The only new Pops I have are Agent Carter and Deadpool and I already did posts on them. Like most Pop collectors, I have them all over the place. I have them in my room (I live at home), in the living room, at work. I bet if I looked I could find one in my car. I don’t have never ending space though, and that was obvious on my desk at work. I had them all in a nice little line but was pretty much out of room for them. I have other goodies like framed art that take up space as well. I finally decided to do something about it and started poking around the internet to see what I could find. Basically, I knew I wanted something that had levels, that’s the only way I could “add” to the space I have. I had to go vertical! The main consensus was to use a spice rack. I’m picky though and wanted to make sure I bought one with the right amount of space for them to stand on. Some of them come with stands which means I needed something where the steps had some width. After doing tons of searching, I landed on the 3-Tier Acrylic Cabinet Organizer from The Container Store. One reason I picked this one over others was this review:

This item is a great riser for displaying Funko Pops on a bookshelf!

Yes, that is a legit review that was left! I couldn’t believe it. I actually laughed a little bit over it. Glad to see other collectors are out there helping their fellow Pop Fiends out. It was only $14.99 plus if you signed up for their email you got a 15% off coupon. Plus The Container Store is part of Ebates which means I earned some cash back! Shipping was a little high but if you have a store nearby, you can do a pick up option. And honestly, I’m sure you could find something similar at Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, or some other random store. Enough blabbering, onto the photo!

There you go! It does the job perfectly! It’s a little longer than I was expecting but I’m horrible with picturing stuff like that, even with measurements. I’m still playing around with placement. I already moved the Game Stop Widow down a step, in order to see the shield. I might end up using all the levels, in order to space everyone out nicely that way everyone is 100% visible.

How do you store your pops? In box? On a shelf? In a display cabinet? Everywhere? Let me know in the comments!