May 25, 2024 • 38 mins
Ever wondered how a single piece of geek memorabilia can unlock a floodgate of memories? That's exactly where we land in this nostalgic episode, unearthing the treasures that line the shelves of our lives. From my Little Mermaid keepsakes to Hanna's Funko Pop fortress, and not to overlook Stacey's impressive D&D dice collection, we take you on a tour of our most cherished collectibles. And yes, I'll even let you in on how a galaxy far, far away found its way into my wedding vows!
Step into the vibrant world of collecting where each item tells a tale richer than the next. Halloween costume plans morph into heartfelt discussions about the friendships that shaped us, leading us down a path lined with carousel horses, Barbies, and eventually, to the prized Star Wars memorabilia that holds a grandmother's love. Discover how the joy of finding sleek A-Wings at the store intertwines with the emotional wealth that these collections bring to our hearts. It's about much more than just the collectibles—it's about the shared experiences they signify, connecting us to one another and to the moments we treasure most.
Hold on to your autograph books as we whisk you away to the bustling floors of comic cons, reliving the thrills of snagging signatures and the unexpected delights of mingling with the likes of Sean Astin. I'll share the story behind my prized autographed Stan Lee Funko Pop, and we'll explore the sentimental journey behind each item we've gathered over the years. From tips on convention survival to musings on the intricate details of "The Last of Us" figures, this episode is an invitation to celebrate the stories behind our geeky passions. Join us, and you might just be inspired to dust off your own collection and bask in the nostalgia.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up guys?
Welcome to Three Geeks Chatting.
I'm Nicholas, I'm Stacey.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm Hannah.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
And we have a new topic for you.
Let's get into it.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Kind of scary there.
So today's topic is what do youcollect?
What was your first collectionand do you still have it?
And I just made this a reallylong sentence thing, my god it's
a really big one.
No, comments or nothing.
So basically like what was yourfirst collection?
(00:37):
Do you still have anything fromit and what is your favorite
collectible?
And you can't have more thanone because you know there's no
limit on having favorites butyou know, over there were like
five oh, yeah, you do.
Yeah, five things are there.
I, I have a whole house fullbut four.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, my whole room's my favorite, but I couldn't
pack it up she tried she had theyou already but we were running
out of time yeah, geek culture.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You know it's a given .
We'll automatically end up withmerch, and so we.
Since we've talked so muchabout what we like and how we
began this journey, I thoughtwhy not show off our favorite
collectibles?
Um, so we're going to scribethem for the people just
watching on the podcast,obviously because we don't want
to leave you guys out, although,if you want to see the video,
(01:29):
go to 3GeeksChatting at YouTube.
See our pretty little faces.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
See our pretty faces.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Yeah.
So, as for me, I collectseveral things.
All three of us collect FunkoPops.
I also collect Do Pops.
I also collect D&D dice.
I have, I need to count them.
She's a dice goblin I am a dicegoblin my precious, my precious.
(01:58):
So I enjoy dice.
I actually have painted myfirst D20.
I bought it at the con and it'sa 3D printed one and it has a
Maratha sound on it because Iguess the supports broke off on
the inside, which I'm fine withthat little rattle.
But I painted it and I had alot of fun with that.
(02:20):
So this is my biggest D20.
It's like I'd say bigger than a.
It's about two baseball sizesor whatever.
It's a small dodgeball.
It's a small dodgeball, I guess.
Um, but like I collect a lot ofdice, I probably last time I
counted I have well over 20 setsof dice and I will have more
and I have.
(02:40):
No, I have not played with allof them and yes, I do need all
of them.
Uh, I didn't say nothing um, Ialso have like lots of Star Wars
things like uh, my husband gotme a very fancy Darth Revan uh
lightsaber that I really enjoyand I've wanted one for years.
(03:02):
The whole house is decorated inStar Wars.
Our wedding was a Star Warstheme.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Which we mentioned in the episode zero.
So if you didn't know that andyou want to learn more about us,
go listen to episode zero.
It's like 19 minutes long.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
So I'm also a cat lady, so like I've been doing
the whole bath, one of ourbathrooms, and cat stuff and
that's generally where our catthings are.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
We have a calico samurai scroll on the front of
the cat door.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah the door, so that's where we keep the litter
boxes and everything in there.
One of the first things I didcollect, like I mentioned in one
of the other things, was theLittle Mermaid things.
You know, I had the toothbrushset, the bed set, everything.
I had the Barbie doll, probablymy second thing I collected,
which was not very geeky,honestly.
Uh, I uh collected littlecarousel horses from like
(04:00):
Hallmark.
My grandma would buy me oneevery year.
I don't know why.
I don't think I even picked itout.
I'm not entirely sure.
I can't remember how long it ismy grandma.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm trying to, so yeah, a little carousel For one.
I just made a face by accidentbecause I think I knew that, but
it didn't register.
If you're wondering, what she'scurrently wearing's all black,
her hair is dyed, uh, her entirecloset's black and I'm
(04:31):
picturing her as a little girlwith like pink and flowers and
butterflies, and all of a suddenshe just becomes emo and goth.
I don't know how it changes,but I just can't.
Personally, as her husband, Idon't see it.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
When I was little, my walls in the bedroom were pink,
95% of my clothes were pink,and so were my bed sheets.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Now, all she has is black, and I'm the one that
wears the pink.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Yeah, he is, but I have.
Honestly, I don't even rememberwhy I got the carousels.
I think I only have like one ortwo left still, just cause I
was a child and played with themand they got broke,
unfortunately.
But, uh, my sister and cousinsgot the little uh year ornament
(05:21):
Barbie dolls.
That were collectors, butthat's one that's like.
My second thing is my grandmastarted buying those for me as a
collector's item for me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I would just like to apologize if you're watching the
video.
I keep accidentally makingfaces, um, as some of the things
, such as the little ornamentBarbie dolls.
Um, I don't know why.
I'm sorry if you're watchingthis.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I'm not judging.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
There's nothing wrong with collecting these things,
it's just they're not my typicalthing.
I have Barbie dolls, I love theBarbie movie and I sing the
Knuff song over and over in myhead all the time.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I'm not laughing at Stacey, I'm laughing at Nick's
face.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
I had Barbie dolls growing up.
I played with Barbies growingup.
I was not goth, you know.
I mean I'm not, I'm the gothestthing in our group.
But you know, I do own blacklipstick but I don't wear it
very often.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I said I'd come in a second.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
In a second.
You're just.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
You're the golden retriever, Nick.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
You have the most geeky stuff because all you wear
is like Marvel shirts 95% ofthe time.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, there you go yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
So you got to see that shirt, didn't?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
you, yeah, but they're usually all black.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
I have a wide variety of what I wear.
I have a button-up with cats onit.
I have a blue button-up withbananas on it.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
You have a light blue with bananas on it.
Yeah, blue and bananas on it.
Light blue and dark blue,because I just got you one too.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I got the dark blue.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Do you wear that when you watch Curious George?
I don't watch Curious Georgebut, now I want to watch it,
just so I can wear the shirt.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I loved Curious George going out with my.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Is that what you collect?
Yeah, curious George, youcollect Curious George.
That was your first collectionof Curious George.
No, oh, this is just how ourbrains work at this point.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Oh, I'm a curious George fan, so leave a comment
and see Nick in the show.
The next time.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
If you want to see me dressed up as a monkey, leave a
comment.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
I don't want to see you dressed up as a monkey
Dressed up as curious George.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
she can be the owner who wears all yellow.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
I am not wearing yellow.
Hannah, you want to wear allyellow?
Yeah, I'm going to wear all theyellow.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Hannah, you want to wear all yellow?
Yeah, I'm going to wear all theyellow.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
I will be the girl in the corner going, oh my.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
God, that's what we'll do for Halloween.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, there we go.
There's our Halloween episode.
We'll all dress up them beingcompletely shocked that I have
grew up with carousel horses andBarbies based on my adult life.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
That's the only time that I've known you, though,
yeah, that's the only time whenI knew you like you.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I've known you since you.
I was like four or five.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, you're four or five.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I've known you since you're four or five probably
yeah, probably so I've known you99 of your life yeah, pretty
much.
Filling on you a little bit.
Yeah, I married you.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that was probably about what 10?
Something like that.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
While I was showing up Like 10 or 11.
What a loser.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
No, I'm kidding, what a nerd.
My second collection and thenit went into the Star Wars
collectibles because I have alot of action figures.
If you watch Nick's streamingthing with the most latest ones,
you'll probably see a lot of myStar Wars collection behind him
on the shelves.
So my grandma can be creditedwith starting that collection,
(08:58):
which I wish I do have more,just because I don't have my
grandma anymore.
But you know I remember herwith memories and not things.
These days I focus more on thedice and the Funko Pops.
I still add to my Star Warscollection.
When I find cool things Lately,it's just like art stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
We did buy two.
Were they TIE Fighters?
No, those were A-Wings.
We found two A-Wings.
They're old, they're a littlebusted, you know kind of, but
out of box.
I mean five bucks and they'repretty cool.
Oh yeah, they just got added tothe collection a couple about a
month ago.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
So, yeah, I have some a wings.
I used to.
I have a millennium falcon uh,that's like that.
I used to have a an X-Wing.
Those are A-Wings and I feellike I had a TIE Fighter at one
point, but I gave those awayjust because I literally had no
room and it was before I got myown house.
Getting to my absolute favoritecollectible is actually a Star
(10:00):
Wars item, and I want todescribe what this is.
You can probably Google it orjust watch our stuff on YouTube.
At this point, three geekschatting on YouTube.
So it is a film, original filmcell from the empire strikes
back with a certificate ofauthenticity and it has a film
(10:24):
cell in it from the actualcamera rolls that they used and
it has a picture of Han Solofrom when they are in the
medical ward with Luke, and sothis is probably one of the
coolest first things I everbought when I was young.
Um, we went to uh on a shoppingtrip with my aunt and my cousins
that's like my all-timefavorite thing, just because it
(10:47):
was actually in the camera whenthey were filming that movie and
everything.
And I know you can buy a bunchof them and they're not that
expensive.
I kind of like to get one foreach film, but with the newer
ones they of course are probablydigital now, so that's not
going to be more of a rare thinglater.
I feel like I probably paid $20or 30 dollars for that back
(11:11):
then, so it probably hasn't evenchanged the price very much.
But, uh, that was the one Iwanted out of all those.
Um, my second favorite thingbecause of the memory of getting
it, which I didn't pull it down, he might get up and get it.
It was the.
Funko Pop that we had signed byGreg Baldwin, who is the second
Uncle Iroh after Makounfortunately passed away.
(11:34):
That was his name, correct.
I believe, so and basically wegot to meet him and he is just
the— he was such a good guy.
He's so nice and everything.
He was such a nice guy, hetalked to nice and everything.
He was such a nice guy, hetalked to you, he interacted
with you.
It was just the interaction,and he is just so wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
So sweet.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I would go to any con to see him.
If you have a chance to meetGreg Baldwin, go do it.
It is amazing.
He is a very kind heartedperson.
He is the embodiment of UncleIroh.
I love it.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I also want to say that the guy who played Hercule
from Dragon Ball Z he was such afun guy too.
He is also he's so hilarious totalk to.
He was another fun one.
Sadly, I didn't get a HerculeFunko Pop sign, but I did get a
poster signed by him.
He's such a good guy too.
He was another fun voice actorwe met.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
My second favorite pop is I have an autographed
Stanley Funko Pop.
Unfortunately I never got tomeet Stanley.
I would have loved to have beenthere but it was just so cool
having his autograph and a partof that history.
Because we love the marvelmovies.
Obviously hannah loves them themost.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yeah, she always has on marvel, yes, she her, she.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
She has shown me her whole closet.
99.9 of it is barbel.
I don't think she has any threehour face time yeah, we were
sitting there face time and shejust showed me all her t-shirts
and stuff.
But that is just.
It's a wonderful piece ofhistory.
It's something that, as theyears go on, it's going to be
harder and harder to get, andthe fact that I just have
(13:18):
something signed from him justis absolutely wonderful, which
that was the first thing thatNick, whenever we were
discussing getting ready forthis podcast, nick thought
that's what I was going to pulldown, that's my absolute
favorite.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
That's not what I expected.
I think that's one of thebiggest collectibles that we
have Not necessarily ourfavorite, but it's one of the
biggest collectibles, speciallysigned, that we have.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Yeah, we're amassing quite a bit of a signed Funko
Pop collection as we're meetingpeople at cons, which is really
cool.
The only one we really couldn'tget a autograph from, just
because it was really hard toget to, was Sean Astin.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
We did get to meet him.
We got a picture with him.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Yeah, we got a picture with him.
He was really sweet.
He held up his arm.
He's like come here, you giantpeople.
He put his arm around us andtook the picture.
He's like it's nice to meet you.
I was like it's nice to meetyou too.
Whenever you take a picture andyou pay for that little quick
photo op with him, you have tokeep moving because there's like
several hundred people behindyou waiting for it.
(14:30):
So there's absolutely no way youcan have interaction like that,
which is understandablecompletely.
Um, but we had.
We did get to meet him and Iwas happy with just getting to
meet him and giving him apartial hug, I guess because I
put my arm around.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
He put his arm around me, I put my arm around him and
the reason we didn't get aphone call from him is they took
cash only and we andMs withinlike a mile block or a mile
radius were like all cashed outbecause of the con.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
It was rough.
Word of advice if you go to aRen Fair or a Comic Con, make
sure you have cash.
Lots of it, Lots of cash.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
At least cash for that.
You cannot leave the conwithout.
We had stuff paid for already,so we got that picture and stuff
.
But if we couldn't have leftwithout that, I probably would
have ended up having to go findan ATM.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
So, yeah, depending on I mean, I think most people
do take it, but he was the onlyone that did.
But it is fine, I got to meethim, I was happy with that.
So just make sure you have cash, especially because you know
stuff with atms, uh, justrunning out of money.
Basically everybody needed cash.
So just make sure you have itbefore you go to the con.
(15:39):
So but that's basically, uh, myfavorite, my favorite things,
you know, and we're canceled, soand we're canceled, but yeah,
that's basically my favoritethings and the things that have
gotten me into collecting.
And I still collect.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Gonna be hearing clinging at the moment.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
We got little clingies going on.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
So if you are watching the video, then this is
gonna be a surprise, not really.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
If you watch any of the videos, you're not gonna be
surprised If you watch any ofthem.
It's not.
If you watch any of the videos,you're not going to be
surprised If you watch any ofthem.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
It's this.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Let me lean over this way, so you can get it in the
frame.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
To you listeners.
What I am holding is a metaloriginal Keyblade from Kingdom
Hearts.
It is the original, first onethat you, he gets, sora gets.
It has the long chain with themickey emblem, which is a little
(16:37):
funny looking in this one, tobe honest.
But and then it has a foamhandle.
I mean it is beautiful.
Is it the best quality?
No, the handle spins.
You can hear it in the audio.
You can hear it in the audio,though when I spin it it's not
(16:59):
attached.
But that's probably my favoritething that I own.
I think it's so cool.
I own four Keyblades I have theoriginal, the regular Keyblade,
the Kingdom Hearts Keyblade, Ihave Oblivion.
I have Halloween Town.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Not Halloween, town Nightmare Before Christmas.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Nightmare Before Christmas.
It's called Halloween Town.
In the game, the world iscalled Halloween Town.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Oh, that's very confusing for people who watch
disney tv show movies halloweentown was a smash of a movie.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
That was a great trilogy.
I was like I don't rememberthat in the video games that was
, that was jack skellington so,uh, I got the jack skeleton
keyblade, uh, the oblivionionKeyblade the original and I have
Oathkeeper.
I have the Oathkeeper Keyblade.
(17:58):
Did not just Google that youdid not hear none of that.
Nothing like that was cut out.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
He Googled it, I Googled it.
That's the heaviest one too.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
The Oathkeeper is pretty heavy.
I have those four Keyblades.
I've never seen them make anymore out of metal.
Every con we've been to thoseare the only four I've ever seen
pure metal and it was actuallyinteresting.
I bought three of them on thesame con and it was interesting.
(18:29):
I bought the Oblivion Keyblade,went and put it in my car.
I'm hanging out.
I'm like, oh man, you know whatI'm going to get the other one.
So I went back and I think Ibought both of them at the same
time.
I bought the Oathkeeper and Ibought Halloween Town Keyblade
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all at the same time.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I think you got them on the last day.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yeah, on the last day the Oblivion Key was gone, when
I bought the Oathkeeper, theygave me one and it was the last
one they had back that they had.
And then the what is it?
The Halloween Town one was alsothe last one they had.
And then when I bought theoriginal one back a month or two
(19:16):
ago, I went, bought it and theycut it off the wall because
it's the last one they had.
And I actually heard someonebehind me go oh man, they
grabbed the one I was looking at.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
So we got very lucky at that one, because, uh, I also
got, uh, kratos's blaze ofchaos and I got the last one
there too, and people wereasking about that one as well
they were right behind us aboutthe one guy when they went and
plucked it off the wall.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
One guy went oh man, someone just got them.
And then another person, when Igot the keyblade, was like oh,
I was gonna look at that one.
So we got very lucky.
Uh, we had just hit them justat the right time.
As for the first thing I evercollected probably batman and
blues clues I don't rememberwhich one I started first uh,
(20:07):
probably blues clues probablyblues clues, but I had a batman
bedroom so it's it's prettyclose.
I remember having blues cluesstuff.
I had all the rubber bath toys.
I had like a batman lightswitch.
(20:30):
I had over like 150 to 200batman comics when I was a kid.
I mean I collected a wholebunch of batman comics and I
collected.
I had all this blues cluesstuff.
So it was, it was a toss-up onwhat I had first, but I do know
that the Batman comics I hadcollected the longest Because I
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kind of got out of Blue's Clueswhen Steve left, who's also a
phenomenal guy.
I had never been starstruck oneveryone I've ever met, but I
met the guy who played Steve,steve Burns, steve Burns Never.
I couldn't say a word to him.
I was so the guy who playedSteve, steve Burns, steve Burns
Never I couldn't say a word tohim.
I was so, so starstruck.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
I had to be the one that talked.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Yeah, she talked.
I was just like smiling like anidiot.
It's like, uh, I could not saya word.
I didn't know it was possible.
Never had that happen to me, uhI got a picture with him though
I did get a picture he held.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
He held stacy's lightsaber my darth revan
lightsaber, I was like you wantto hold it?
He's like, yeah, it's prettycool.
He's like somebody else isgonna take the picture.
So as soon as he held it up andhe did, he did kind of like the
force push hand thing and likeever and I just saw it out of
like my peripheral visionbecause I was smiling for the
camera, looking out I can seeeverybody just like hold their
cell phone up and start takingpictures.
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So there's no telling how manypictures we are on other
people's phones it was prettycool.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I was like ah, what about you, hannah?
Speaker 3 (22:04):
oh, here we go.
Well, you guys, hannah probablyhas almost a world record of
Funko Pops.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I wouldn't say world record, I would say for our area
she has the most Out ofeveryone in a 100-mile radius.
I would almost bet money on.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I have to go home and count.
I think last time I counted Ihad 260-something, yeah, and all
the Star home and count.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
I think last time I counted.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I had 260-something, yeah, and they're all just Star
Wars and Marvel 90%.
I have two Avatar like from themovie Avatar, and then I have a
couple video game ones, andthen I have Captain Jack Sparrow
.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
I didn't know you had Jack.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Yeah, I got him in December.
Over Christmas I should havebrought him.
I think the first thing that Iprobably started probably would
be Barbies.
Me and my sister started withthat.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Can't imagine you with Barbies either.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
I've grown Except animals, maybe before that or
around the same time I had alarge stuffed animal collection.
When I hit about 13, I was likeBarbie's gotta go.
Bye, Barbie, I'll beat it.
I played with them for a longtime with my sister.
Then I kind of got out of thatand then I think it's when I
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started collecting all the StarWars little figurines Yep,
action figures.
I have a whole like five-gallonbucket full of those and me and
my brother started that he kindof moved into the Star Wars
space with me for a little bit.
I collected those for quite afew years.
I had some gave to me.
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I have a big AT-AT walker.
I had some ships I don'tremember what they're called.
One of them was Jango Fett.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Oh Slave I.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Slave I.
And then the other one is likea republican war or something.
It wasn't, I can't remember,probably a clone warship, I
think it was.
Um, we, we played with thosefor quite a while and then I
kind of got out of that.
I can't remember exactly when Istarted collecting funko pops.
I can't remember how old it was.
I think I went from there.
I'd say I was probably good,maybe 14, 15 to 17, 18.
(24:34):
I didn't really collect a lotof anything.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
I feel like you started collecting Funkle Pops
when we did, because we would goout Funkle Pop hunting together
all the time.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
I can't remember I bought eight the first time I
got them.
I can't remember I bought eightthe first time I got them.
I can't remember which one.
My first was Because I brought.
I got a variety.
I think I had some Marvel andsome Star Wars.
I know I got BB-8 in thebeginning.
Well, I started collecting themback when Barnes Noble had them
.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Oh, Barnes Noble used to have a bunch of those.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
That was the place to go.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Oh man, now it's a game stop and target barnes and
noble, don't have anything oh,they got rid of a lot of them
and I'm honestly to the pointnow where I can't go in store.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I can't like regular series like the suckers that
came out and loki and all that.
But I'm getting to the pointfor, like movie wise, I need to
start ordering them because Icannot find them, because the
ones I do find I already have itwas I have 260 something yeah,
do you remember?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
do you ever look at a funko pop and think, do I have
that one?
Speaker 2 (25:44):
one time one time I was online I'm like, oh, this
one's on sale and I was like Ithink I have this one, but I'm
not sure.
So I went in my bedroom andlooked, but no, for the most
part I can look at a pop andtell you if I have it or if I
don't.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
See, I can't do that.
I don't even have near as manyas you, and I forget what pop I
have all the time.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
I can just be like oh , I have that one, I have that
one.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
You probably look at it and go oh yeah, nick has that
one Probably.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
I have to do that with dice.
I don't forget things.
My memory is still trapped.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Joke's on you.
I forget everything.
I know.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yeah, Like remember, and you're like no, If I could
have brought all 260-somethingpops, I would have Some of them.
I've gotten in Collector Corpsthat come through that they're
exclusive so you can't just goout and buy.
So I do like that I do haveevery film poster of Star Wars
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framed All nine and in betweenthat I have a shelf and it's
just nothing but Star Wars pops.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
She has a whole Star Wars Funko Pop show.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
I do.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I have more Marvel than I do Star Wars, but I have
more room for my Marvel than myStar Wars.
I could blend them together,but my OCD, I don't know if I
could deal with that.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Right At this point, they're all owned by Disney
anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
That's true, I have some DC on the very top.
That's my fewest one.
Besides, for my one Pokemon,which is Pikachu, you have
Pikachu, I have Pikachu Pikachu,and I have the Cheshire Cat.
I have the Cheshire Cat, thebig Cheshire Cat.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Oh, that's cool, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
At Walmart.
I have her at Walmart.
I have a big Joker.
I have a big Joker.
It's a pretty cool pop.
Um, I have a big batman niceand then, um, I have a big he's
off star wars, I'm pretty sure,the rise of skywalker, that
little bitty guy that fixes thethings.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Oh, he's really cute.
I can't remember what his nameis.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, I know you're talkingabout the the boy.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
no, he's like take, he's working on CPPO's brain, oh
are you talking about.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
I know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I snagged him so I really liked him in the movie so
I just had to get him in thepop.
He's like 18.
Oh, no, not 18.
What's a bigger one?
What do I?
I don't remember.
I do have an 18-inch Groot, thebiggest pop I've ever bought.
He stands probably every bit ofthis tall in the flower pot and
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everything.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (28:30):
About.
Yeah, he stands pretty highBabu.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Yes, I have him in a giant pop, super great.
So I did bring two of my videogame pops that I like.
If you've listened to the lasttwo I'm sure you gonna guess I
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have got the last of us funkopops.
Um, I got all joel and elliehere um, do one more.
It took a while to come in butI got a little impatient.
They finally came um.
Joel is very detailed.
Um, I was pretty happy when Iseen this.
He.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
He looks really good.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Ellie, she's pretty good.
Which one do you want?
I'm going to look at Ellie.
She's not bad, but Joel is alittle bit more better.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
She looks like she's missing something.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Her tattoo is not as clean yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
What is that tattoo of?
Speaker 2 (29:24):
anyway A feather.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
A feather.
I thought it was a cat, I wasgetting excited.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
I was like oh, she's got a cat thing.
He's got the backpack, the maskand everything.
I'm pretty sure it's a halffeather.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
I was getting excited .
It kind of looked like a cat onthere to me.
I don't know why you couldsearch it.
That's where she got bit.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
She got bit by an infected there on her arm and it
looked like a chemical burn, soshe covered it up with a tattoo
.
She has Joel's watch on though.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
I was looking at that .
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Her backpack's pretty good.
She's not bad.
He tells to pair her with Joel.
He's better.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Yeah, joel looks really good.
I'm so happy Ellie doesn't have.
I don't know she looks likehave I don't know she looks like
she's missing something yeah Ijust can't pin what, but still
all the way to pop.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Um.
I didn't want to mess withsitting in her back.
I was happy with it um lookslike she needs a guitar so that
is that would be a good addition.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Addition giving her a guitar.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
That that would be a good addition.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Give her a guitar, that would, and then my second
one is my signed Colossus PopFrom the Deadpool movies.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Yes, I'm a big Deadpool fan, so when I had a
chance to get a signed Pop fromhim and a selfie, I did not pass
that opportunity up.
He's a really cool guy.
I enjoy meeting him.
I did not get a signed pop fromRed Skull from Infinity Wars,
but I did get a selfie with him.
(30:56):
I did, he did.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I got one.
I just now noticed it sayslanguage please on the side of
it.
Yep, I didn't know.
He signed that on the side.
Did he do that on yours?
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Oh, I didn't know that If I ever get a chance to
meet Ross again, I am getting asigned pop from his goal.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
He was super nice.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
So nice.
I gave him a friendshipbracelet.
I also gave Greg Baldwin afriendship bracelet.
You gave him all, yeah yeah, Igave all the people at that con
a friendship bracelet.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
I just like this one, because why would you not?
Speaker 1 (31:34):
It's the classic Colossus with the newest
Colossus on it.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
It's a nice one.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
I got this nice little protector case for it,
ASMR.
I eventually want to get somemore pop signs.
I just haven't got a chance tomake it to them that they have.
And then my last one I couldnot not bring this knowing is
(32:04):
Hunger Game Pin Set.
I am a huge Hunger Game fan.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
She loves this stuff, loves Hunger Games.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
I mean, I am in the process of reading the books.
I've watched the movie so manytimes I can like quote it to you
.
I can just hit restart everytime and I put them back on
Netflix.
I'm really excited about that.
Even though I have them all onDVD and all of them are on
Amazon Prime, I have like two orthree copies of them.
(32:32):
I put them back on Netflix.
I'm pretty happy.
So this one, you had a chance.
The first 400 that got boughthad the opportunity to get a
signed card for one of the casts.
I was really wanting JenniferLawrence, but I did not get her.
I was a little upset, but Iended up getting Glimmer instead
.
She's from District 1.
(32:53):
She's in the very first HungerGames.
She's only in there forprobably about an hour and a
half and then she doesn't makeit.
So I did get the Glimmer one,which is all right, it cool she
is.
She's also in gray's anatomy.
So that helps me out a littlebit, because I watched all
(33:13):
season 21 of gray's anatomy, asthey're airing right now.
I've seen every single season.
She's also in gray's anatomyand I'm not mistaken, I think
she's in one tree hill too aswell.
I've never watched it.
I've started it, but I've neverfully finished it.
She's okay, I'm happy with it,it's just not my preferred.
You can actually go buy thisright now, but they will not
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have a signed card.
I barely missed that.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Really.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, like the next day they took the signed cards
out.
So, that tells you how manypeople at least bought it 400.
This is probably.
I wasn't expecting the pins tobe this nice.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
They're really nice.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Every single pin.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
You can't see it too well, but they're pretty, they
feel like they're made out ofmetal.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
They're really in there too.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
So they're not heavy metal, let me try.
Oh, there you go.
They're cold, though, if youdon't know, so if you're not
watching this, the pins are the.
Mockingjays from each movie,even the Songbird.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Ballads of Snakes and Songbirds.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Yeah, it was in the middle.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
That's the newest one .
Speaker 1 (34:35):
And they're made out of metal.
They're kind of a.
I'm slightly colorblind.
They look like a goldish bronze.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Like pretty much what they do in the movie.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Yeah, they're kind of like my blonde hair, pretty
similar to color.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
No, they aren't.
That one I put in there is notvery good.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
They're in there.
I keep that on my desk closedall times, and then when I want
to show it off, I open it, but Ididn't want to risk anything
happening to them when I'm justin my room.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
I've already seen them, so this is maybe you can
get some kind of like glass case, but like a plastic thing about
that size, cut out and then youcan have it open and they won't
be oh yeah, that'd be good.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I could just stare at these all day and I just think
of each Hunger Game movie.
I think my all time favoritewould probably that'd be good.
Yeah, I could just stare atthese all day and I just think
of each Hunger Games movie.
I think my all time favoritewould probably be Catching Fire.
I really like that one that'sthe second one the Mockingjay
part one is, I thought.
First time I watched it Ithought it was kind of on the
boring side.
But the more I watch it thebetter it gets.
(35:44):
But you can't really skip it.
It's very vital for Walking J,part 2.
But all in all the Hunger Gamesmovies do not disappoint.
Even the new one.
It's still really good.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
I haven't watched the new one, but I got it on sale
for $10.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
So I got every single Hunger Games movie on DVD and I
actually got a Hunger Gamesnecklace pin hanging up in my
car.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
And I got with the collection.
So anything Hunger Games, I'mpretty much going to like it.
Speaker 3 (36:18):
They got me a Hunger Games box, like some kind of
gift box, the newest one.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I got a hat and then I got this book that came in
there.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
Which she used in the last episode.
Yes, with her notes in it.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
That's her note taker .
And then I got playing cardsand some stickers.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
I think the book's pretty neat.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Yeah, it really is.
It's not one of those thatdon't really want to open up
either.
It opens pretty good.
The hat I have hanging up on mywall above my desk.
I thought about wearing it, butthen I was like I don't know.
So if I want to, it's there, ifI don't, I don't.
But by far this comes to thetop three, maybe in my
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collection, just because of howbig of a fan of Hunger Games
that I am.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Yeah Well, guys, this has been another phenomenal
episode of Three Geeks Chatting.
Would you guys like to plug anyof your content?
Speaker 2 (37:24):
I stream video games on Twitch and my name is
ThePurpleNerd21.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
I do D&D content on TikTok.
My name is TheAquacube1.
Eventually I will haveInstagram and YouTube set up.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
I am 2GeeksGaming on all social media.
You can find me everywhere,2geeksgaming and I stream on
Twitch irregularly.
And yeah, that's about it.
Thank you guys so much forlistening to this podcast.
(38:06):
You listen to podcasts at.
I hope you have a beautifulevening, night, day, morning
whenever you listen to podcasts,and we look forward to seeing
you guys in the next podcast.
Bye, bye.
What's up guys?
Welcome to Three Geeks Chatting.
I'm Nicholas, I'm Stacey.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm Hannah.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
And we have a new topic for you.
Let's get into it.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Kind of scary there.
So today's topic is what do youcollect?
What was your first collectionand do you still have it?
And I just made this a reallylong sentence thing, my god it's
a really big one.
No, comments or nothing.
So basically like what was yourfirst collection?
(00:37):
Do you still have anything fromit and what is your favorite
collectible?
And you can't have more thanone because you know there's no
limit on having favorites butyou know, over there were like
five oh, yeah, you do.
Yeah, five things are there.
I, I have a whole house fullbut four.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, my whole room's my favorite, but I couldn't
pack it up she tried she had theyou already but we were running
out of time yeah, geek culture.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You know it's a given .
We'll automatically end up withmerch, and so we.
Since we've talked so muchabout what we like and how we
began this journey, I thoughtwhy not show off our favorite
collectibles?
Um, so we're going to scribethem for the people just
watching on the podcast,obviously because we don't want
to leave you guys out, although,if you want to see the video,
(01:29):
go to 3GeeksChatting at YouTube.
See our pretty little faces.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
See our pretty faces.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Yeah.
So, as for me, I collectseveral things.
All three of us collect FunkoPops.
I also collect Do Pops.
I also collect D&D dice.
I have, I need to count them.
She's a dice goblin I am a dicegoblin my precious, my precious.
(01:58):
So I enjoy dice.
I actually have painted myfirst D20.
I bought it at the con and it'sa 3D printed one and it has a
Maratha sound on it because Iguess the supports broke off on
the inside, which I'm fine withthat little rattle.
But I painted it and I had alot of fun with that.
(02:20):
So this is my biggest D20.
It's like I'd say bigger than a.
It's about two baseball sizesor whatever.
It's a small dodgeball.
It's a small dodgeball, I guess.
Um, but like I collect a lot ofdice, I probably last time I
counted I have well over 20 setsof dice and I will have more
and I have.
(02:40):
No, I have not played with allof them and yes, I do need all
of them.
Uh, I didn't say nothing um, Ialso have like lots of Star Wars
things like uh, my husband gotme a very fancy Darth Revan uh
lightsaber that I really enjoyand I've wanted one for years.
(03:02):
The whole house is decorated inStar Wars.
Our wedding was a Star Warstheme.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Which we mentioned in the episode zero.
So if you didn't know that andyou want to learn more about us,
go listen to episode zero.
It's like 19 minutes long.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
So I'm also a cat lady, so like I've been doing
the whole bath, one of ourbathrooms, and cat stuff and
that's generally where our catthings are.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
We have a calico samurai scroll on the front of
the cat door.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah the door, so that's where we keep the litter
boxes and everything in there.
One of the first things I didcollect, like I mentioned in one
of the other things, was theLittle Mermaid things.
You know, I had the toothbrushset, the bed set, everything.
I had the Barbie doll, probablymy second thing I collected,
which was not very geeky,honestly.
Uh, I uh collected littlecarousel horses from like
(04:00):
Hallmark.
My grandma would buy me oneevery year.
I don't know why.
I don't think I even picked itout.
I'm not entirely sure.
I can't remember how long it ismy grandma.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm trying to, so yeah, a little carousel For one.
I just made a face by accidentbecause I think I knew that, but
it didn't register.
If you're wondering, what she'scurrently wearing's all black,
her hair is dyed, uh, her entirecloset's black and I'm
(04:31):
picturing her as a little girlwith like pink and flowers and
butterflies, and all of a suddenshe just becomes emo and goth.
I don't know how it changes,but I just can't.
Personally, as her husband, Idon't see it.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
When I was little, my walls in the bedroom were pink,
95% of my clothes were pink,and so were my bed sheets.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Now, all she has is black, and I'm the one that
wears the pink.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Yeah, he is, but I have.
Honestly, I don't even rememberwhy I got the carousels.
I think I only have like one ortwo left still, just cause I
was a child and played with themand they got broke,
unfortunately.
But, uh, my sister and cousinsgot the little uh year ornament
(05:21):
Barbie dolls.
That were collectors, butthat's one that's like.
My second thing is my grandmastarted buying those for me as a
collector's item for me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I would just like to apologize if you're watching the
video.
I keep accidentally makingfaces, um, as some of the things
, such as the little ornamentBarbie dolls.
Um, I don't know why.
I'm sorry if you're watchingthis.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I'm not judging.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
There's nothing wrong with collecting these things,
it's just they're not my typicalthing.
I have Barbie dolls, I love theBarbie movie and I sing the
Knuff song over and over in myhead all the time.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I'm not laughing at Stacey, I'm laughing at Nick's
face.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
I had Barbie dolls growing up.
I played with Barbies growingup.
I was not goth, you know.
I mean I'm not, I'm the gothestthing in our group.
But you know, I do own blacklipstick but I don't wear it
very often.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I said I'd come in a second.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
In a second.
You're just.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:25):
You're the golden retriever, Nick.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
What do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
You have the most geeky stuff because all you wear
is like Marvel shirts 95% ofthe time.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, there you go yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
So you got to see that shirt, didn't?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
you, yeah, but they're usually all black.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
I have a wide variety of what I wear.
I have a button-up with cats onit.
I have a blue button-up withbananas on it.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
You have a light blue with bananas on it.
Yeah, blue and bananas on it.
Light blue and dark blue,because I just got you one too.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I got the dark blue.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Do you wear that when you watch Curious George?
I don't watch Curious Georgebut, now I want to watch it,
just so I can wear the shirt.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I loved Curious George going out with my.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Is that what you collect?
Yeah, curious George, youcollect Curious George.
That was your first collectionof Curious George.
No, oh, this is just how ourbrains work at this point.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Oh, I'm a curious George fan, so leave a comment
and see Nick in the show.
The next time.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
If you want to see me dressed up as a monkey, leave a
comment.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
I don't want to see you dressed up as a monkey
Dressed up as curious George.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
she can be the owner who wears all yellow.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
I am not wearing yellow.
Hannah, you want to wear allyellow?
Yeah, I'm going to wear all theyellow.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Hannah, you want to wear all yellow?
Yeah, I'm going to wear all theyellow.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
I will be the girl in the corner going, oh my.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
God, that's what we'll do for Halloween.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, there we go.
There's our Halloween episode.
We'll all dress up them beingcompletely shocked that I have
grew up with carousel horses andBarbies based on my adult life.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
That's the only time that I've known you, though,
yeah, that's the only time whenI knew you like you.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
I've known you since you.
I was like four or five.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Yeah, you're four or five.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I've known you since you're four or five probably
yeah, probably so I've known you99 of your life yeah, pretty
much.
Filling on you a little bit.
Yeah, I married you.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that was probably about what 10?
Something like that.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
While I was showing up Like 10 or 11.
What a loser.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
No, I'm kidding, what a nerd.
My second collection and thenit went into the Star Wars
collectibles because I have alot of action figures.
If you watch Nick's streamingthing with the most latest ones,
you'll probably see a lot of myStar Wars collection behind him
on the shelves.
So my grandma can be creditedwith starting that collection,
(08:58):
which I wish I do have more,just because I don't have my
grandma anymore.
But you know I remember herwith memories and not things.
These days I focus more on thedice and the Funko Pops.
I still add to my Star Warscollection.
When I find cool things Lately,it's just like art stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
We did buy two.
Were they TIE Fighters?
No, those were A-Wings.
We found two A-Wings.
They're old, they're a littlebusted, you know kind of, but
out of box.
I mean five bucks and they'repretty cool.
Oh yeah, they just got added tothe collection a couple about a
month ago.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
So, yeah, I have some a wings.
I used to.
I have a millennium falcon uh,that's like that.
I used to have a an X-Wing.
Those are A-Wings and I feellike I had a TIE Fighter at one
point, but I gave those awayjust because I literally had no
room and it was before I got myown house.
Getting to my absolute favoritecollectible is actually a Star
(10:00):
Wars item, and I want todescribe what this is.
You can probably Google it orjust watch our stuff on YouTube.
At this point, three geekschatting on YouTube.
So it is a film, original filmcell from the empire strikes
back with a certificate ofauthenticity and it has a film
(10:24):
cell in it from the actualcamera rolls that they used and
it has a picture of Han Solofrom when they are in the
medical ward with Luke, and sothis is probably one of the
coolest first things I everbought when I was young.
Um, we went to uh on a shoppingtrip with my aunt and my cousins
that's like my all-timefavorite thing, just because it
(10:47):
was actually in the camera whenthey were filming that movie and
everything.
And I know you can buy a bunchof them and they're not that
expensive.
I kind of like to get one foreach film, but with the newer
ones they of course are probablydigital now, so that's not
going to be more of a rare thinglater.
I feel like I probably paid $20or 30 dollars for that back
(11:11):
then, so it probably hasn't evenchanged the price very much.
But, uh, that was the one Iwanted out of all those.
Um, my second favorite thingbecause of the memory of getting
it, which I didn't pull it down, he might get up and get it.
It was the.
Funko Pop that we had signed byGreg Baldwin, who is the second
Uncle Iroh after Makounfortunately passed away.
(11:34):
That was his name, correct.
I believe, so and basically wegot to meet him and he is just
the— he was such a good guy.
He's so nice and everything.
He was such a nice guy, hetalked to nice and everything.
He was such a nice guy, hetalked to you, he interacted
with you.
It was just the interaction,and he is just so wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
So sweet.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
I would go to any con to see him.
If you have a chance to meetGreg Baldwin, go do it.
It is amazing.
He is a very kind heartedperson.
He is the embodiment of UncleIroh.
I love it.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
I also want to say that the guy who played Hercule
from Dragon Ball Z he was such afun guy too.
He is also he's so hilarious totalk to.
He was another fun one.
Sadly, I didn't get a HerculeFunko Pop sign, but I did get a
poster signed by him.
He's such a good guy too.
He was another fun voice actorwe met.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
My second favorite pop is I have an autographed
Stanley Funko Pop.
Unfortunately I never got tomeet Stanley.
I would have loved to have beenthere but it was just so cool
having his autograph and a partof that history.
Because we love the marvelmovies.
Obviously hannah loves them themost.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yeah, she always has on marvel, yes, she her, she.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
She has shown me her whole closet.
99.9 of it is barbel.
I don't think she has any threehour face time yeah, we were
sitting there face time and shejust showed me all her t-shirts
and stuff.
But that is just.
It's a wonderful piece ofhistory.
It's something that, as theyears go on, it's going to be
harder and harder to get, andthe fact that I just have
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something signed from him justis absolutely wonderful, which
that was the first thing thatNick, whenever we were
discussing getting ready forthis podcast, nick thought
that's what I was going to pulldown, that's my absolute
favorite.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
That's not what I expected.
I think that's one of thebiggest collectibles that we
have Not necessarily ourfavorite, but it's one of the
biggest collectibles, speciallysigned, that we have.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Yeah, we're amassing quite a bit of a signed Funko
Pop collection as we're meetingpeople at cons, which is really
cool.
The only one we really couldn'tget a autograph from, just
because it was really hard toget to, was Sean Astin.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
We did get to meet him.
We got a picture with him.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Yeah, we got a picture with him.
He was really sweet.
He held up his arm.
He's like come here, you giantpeople.
He put his arm around us andtook the picture.
He's like it's nice to meet you.
I was like it's nice to meetyou too.
Whenever you take a picture andyou pay for that little quick
photo op with him, you have tokeep moving because there's like
several hundred people behindyou waiting for it.
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So there's absolutely no way youcan have interaction like that,
which is understandablecompletely.
Um, but we had.
We did get to meet him and Iwas happy with just getting to
meet him and giving him apartial hug, I guess because I
put my arm around.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
He put his arm around me, I put my arm around him and
the reason we didn't get aphone call from him is they took
cash only and we andMs withinlike a mile block or a mile
radius were like all cashed outbecause of the con.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
It was rough.
Word of advice if you go to aRen Fair or a Comic Con, make
sure you have cash.
Lots of it, Lots of cash.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
At least cash for that.
You cannot leave the conwithout.
We had stuff paid for already,so we got that picture and stuff
.
But if we couldn't have leftwithout that, I probably would
have ended up having to go findan ATM.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
So, yeah, depending on I mean, I think most people
do take it, but he was the onlyone that did.
But it is fine, I got to meethim, I was happy with that.
So just make sure you have cash, especially because you know
stuff with atms, uh, justrunning out of money.
Basically everybody needed cash.
So just make sure you have itbefore you go to the con.
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So but that's basically, uh, myfavorite, my favorite things,
you know, and we're canceled, soand we're canceled, but yeah,
that's basically my favoritethings and the things that have
gotten me into collecting.
And I still collect.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Gonna be hearing clinging at the moment.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
We got little clingies going on.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
So if you are watching the video, then this is
gonna be a surprise, not really.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
If you watch any of the videos, you're not gonna be
surprised If you watch any ofthem.
It's not.
If you watch any of the videos,you're not going to be
surprised If you watch any ofthem.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
It's this.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Let me lean over this way, so you can get it in the
frame.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
To you listeners.
What I am holding is a metaloriginal Keyblade from Kingdom
Hearts.
It is the original, first onethat you, he gets, sora gets.
It has the long chain with themickey emblem, which is a little
(16:37):
funny looking in this one, tobe honest.
But and then it has a foamhandle.
I mean it is beautiful.
Is it the best quality?
No, the handle spins.
You can hear it in the audio.
You can hear it in the audio,though when I spin it it's not
(16:59):
attached.
But that's probably my favoritething that I own.
I think it's so cool.
I own four Keyblades I have theoriginal, the regular Keyblade,
the Kingdom Hearts Keyblade, Ihave Oblivion.
I have Halloween Town.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Not Halloween, town Nightmare Before Christmas.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Nightmare Before Christmas.
It's called Halloween Town.
In the game, the world iscalled Halloween Town.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Oh, that's very confusing for people who watch
disney tv show movies halloweentown was a smash of a movie.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
That was a great trilogy.
I was like I don't rememberthat in the video games that was
, that was jack skellington so,uh, I got the jack skeleton
keyblade, uh, the oblivionionKeyblade the original and I have
Oathkeeper.
I have the Oathkeeper Keyblade.
(17:58):
Did not just Google that youdid not hear none of that.
Nothing like that was cut out.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
He Googled it, I Googled it.
That's the heaviest one too.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
The Oathkeeper is pretty heavy.
I have those four Keyblades.
I've never seen them make anymore out of metal.
Every con we've been to thoseare the only four I've ever seen
pure metal and it was actuallyinteresting.
I bought three of them on thesame con and it was interesting.
(18:29):
I bought the Oblivion Keyblade,went and put it in my car.
I'm hanging out.
I'm like, oh man, you know whatI'm going to get the other one.
So I went back and I think Ibought both of them at the same
time.
I bought the Oathkeeper and Ibought Halloween Town Keyblade
(18:52):
all at the same time.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I think you got them on the last day.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Yeah, on the last day the Oblivion Key was gone, when
I bought the Oathkeeper, theygave me one and it was the last
one they had back that they had.
And then the what is it?
The Halloween Town one was alsothe last one they had.
And then when I bought theoriginal one back a month or two
(19:16):
ago, I went, bought it and theycut it off the wall because
it's the last one they had.
And I actually heard someonebehind me go oh man, they
grabbed the one I was looking at.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
So we got very lucky at that one, because, uh, I also
got, uh, kratos's blaze ofchaos and I got the last one
there too, and people wereasking about that one as well
they were right behind us aboutthe one guy when they went and
plucked it off the wall.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
One guy went oh man, someone just got them.
And then another person, when Igot the keyblade, was like oh,
I was gonna look at that one.
So we got very lucky.
Uh, we had just hit them justat the right time.
As for the first thing I evercollected probably batman and
blues clues I don't rememberwhich one I started first uh,
(20:07):
probably blues clues probablyblues clues, but I had a batman
bedroom so it's it's prettyclose.
I remember having blues cluesstuff.
I had all the rubber bath toys.
I had like a batman lightswitch.
(20:30):
I had over like 150 to 200batman comics when I was a kid.
I mean I collected a wholebunch of batman comics and I
collected.
I had all this blues cluesstuff.
So it was, it was a toss-up onwhat I had first, but I do know
that the Batman comics I hadcollected the longest Because I
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kind of got out of Blue's Clueswhen Steve left, who's also a
phenomenal guy.
I had never been starstruck oneveryone I've ever met, but I
met the guy who played Steve,steve Burns, steve Burns Never.
I couldn't say a word to him.
I was so the guy who playedSteve, steve Burns, steve Burns
Never I couldn't say a word tohim.
I was so, so starstruck.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
I had to be the one that talked.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Yeah, she talked.
I was just like smiling like anidiot.
It's like, uh, I could not saya word.
I didn't know it was possible.
Never had that happen to me, uhI got a picture with him though
I did get a picture he held.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
He held stacy's lightsaber my darth revan
lightsaber, I was like you wantto hold it?
He's like, yeah, it's prettycool.
He's like somebody else isgonna take the picture.
So as soon as he held it up andhe did, he did kind of like the
force push hand thing and likeever and I just saw it out of
like my peripheral visionbecause I was smiling for the
camera, looking out I can seeeverybody just like hold their
cell phone up and start takingpictures.
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So there's no telling how manypictures we are on other
people's phones it was prettycool.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I was like ah, what about you, hannah?
Speaker 3 (22:04):
oh, here we go.
Well, you guys, hannah probablyhas almost a world record of
Funko Pops.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I wouldn't say world record, I would say for our area
she has the most Out ofeveryone in a 100-mile radius.
I would almost bet money on.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I have to go home and count.
I think last time I counted Ihad 260-something, yeah, and all
the Star home and count.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
I think last time I counted.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I had 260-something, yeah, and they're all just Star
Wars and Marvel 90%.
I have two Avatar like from themovie Avatar, and then I have a
couple video game ones, andthen I have Captain Jack Sparrow
.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
I didn't know you had Jack.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Yeah, I got him in December.
Over Christmas I should havebrought him.
I think the first thing that Iprobably started probably would
be Barbies.
Me and my sister started withthat.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
Can't imagine you with Barbies either.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
I've grown Except animals, maybe before that or
around the same time I had alarge stuffed animal collection.
When I hit about 13, I was likeBarbie's gotta go.
Bye, Barbie, I'll beat it.
I played with them for a longtime with my sister.
Then I kind of got out of thatand then I think it's when I
(23:35):
started collecting all the StarWars little figurines Yep,
action figures.
I have a whole like five-gallonbucket full of those and me and
my brother started that he kindof moved into the Star Wars
space with me for a little bit.
I collected those for quite afew years.
I had some gave to me.
(23:56):
I have a big AT-AT walker.
I had some ships I don'tremember what they're called.
One of them was Jango Fett.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
Oh Slave I.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Slave I.
And then the other one is likea republican war or something.
It wasn't, I can't remember,probably a clone warship, I
think it was.
Um, we, we played with thosefor quite a while and then I
kind of got out of that.
I can't remember exactly when Istarted collecting funko pops.
I can't remember how old it was.
I think I went from there.
I'd say I was probably good,maybe 14, 15 to 17, 18.
(24:34):
I didn't really collect a lotof anything.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
I feel like you started collecting Funkle Pops
when we did, because we would goout Funkle Pop hunting together
all the time.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
I can't remember I bought eight the first time I
got them.
I can't remember I bought eightthe first time I got them.
I can't remember which one.
My first was Because I brought.
I got a variety.
I think I had some Marvel andsome Star Wars.
I know I got BB-8 in thebeginning.
Well, I started collecting themback when Barnes Noble had them
.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Oh, Barnes Noble used to have a bunch of those.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
That was the place to go.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Oh man, now it's a game stop and target barnes and
noble, don't have anything oh,they got rid of a lot of them
and I'm honestly to the pointnow where I can't go in store.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I can't like regular series like the suckers that
came out and loki and all that.
But I'm getting to the pointfor, like movie wise, I need to
start ordering them because Icannot find them, because the
ones I do find I already have itwas I have 260 something yeah,
do you remember?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
do you ever look at a funko pop and think, do I have
that one?
Speaker 2 (25:44):
one time one time I was online I'm like, oh, this
one's on sale and I was like Ithink I have this one, but I'm
not sure.
So I went in my bedroom andlooked, but no, for the most
part I can look at a pop andtell you if I have it or if I
don't.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
See, I can't do that.
I don't even have near as manyas you, and I forget what pop I
have all the time.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
I can just be like oh , I have that one, I have that
one.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
You probably look at it and go oh yeah, nick has that
one Probably.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
I have to do that with dice.
I don't forget things.
My memory is still trapped.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Joke's on you.
I forget everything.
I know.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yeah, Like remember, and you're like no, If I could
have brought all 260-somethingpops, I would have Some of them.
I've gotten in Collector Corpsthat come through that they're
exclusive so you can't just goout and buy.
So I do like that I do haveevery film poster of Star Wars
(26:52):
framed All nine and in betweenthat I have a shelf and it's
just nothing but Star Wars pops.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
She has a whole Star Wars Funko Pop show.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
I do.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I have more Marvel than I do Star Wars, but I have
more room for my Marvel than myStar Wars.
I could blend them together,but my OCD, I don't know if I
could deal with that.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Right At this point, they're all owned by Disney
anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
That's true, I have some DC on the very top.
That's my fewest one.
Besides, for my one Pokemon,which is Pikachu, you have
Pikachu, I have Pikachu Pikachu,and I have the Cheshire Cat.
I have the Cheshire Cat, thebig Cheshire Cat.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Oh, that's cool, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
At Walmart.
I have her at Walmart.
I have a big Joker.
I have a big Joker.
It's a pretty cool pop.
Um, I have a big batman niceand then, um, I have a big he's
off star wars, I'm pretty sure,the rise of skywalker, that
little bitty guy that fixes thethings.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Oh, he's really cute.
I can't remember what his nameis.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, I know you're talkingabout the the boy.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
no, he's like take, he's working on CPPO's brain, oh
are you talking about.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
I know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I snagged him so I really liked him in the movie so
I just had to get him in thepop.
He's like 18.
Oh, no, not 18.
What's a bigger one?
What do I?
I don't remember.
I do have an 18-inch Groot, thebiggest pop I've ever bought.
He stands probably every bit ofthis tall in the flower pot and
(28:29):
everything.
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (28:30):
About.
Yeah, he stands pretty highBabu.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Yes, I have him in a giant pop, super great.
So I did bring two of my videogame pops that I like.
If you've listened to the lasttwo I'm sure you gonna guess I
(28:56):
have got the last of us funkopops.
Um, I got all joel and elliehere um, do one more.
It took a while to come in butI got a little impatient.
They finally came um.
Joel is very detailed.
Um, I was pretty happy when Iseen this.
He.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
He looks really good.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Ellie, she's pretty good.
Which one do you want?
I'm going to look at Ellie.
She's not bad, but Joel is alittle bit more better.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
She looks like she's missing something.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Her tattoo is not as clean yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
What is that tattoo of?
Speaker 2 (29:24):
anyway A feather.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
A feather.
I thought it was a cat, I wasgetting excited.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
I was like oh, she's got a cat thing.
He's got the backpack, the maskand everything.
I'm pretty sure it's a halffeather.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
I was getting excited .
It kind of looked like a cat onthere to me.
I don't know why you couldsearch it.
That's where she got bit.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
She got bit by an infected there on her arm and it
looked like a chemical burn, soshe covered it up with a tattoo
.
She has Joel's watch on though.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
I was looking at that .
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Her backpack's pretty good.
She's not bad.
He tells to pair her with Joel.
He's better.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
Yeah, joel looks really good.
I'm so happy Ellie doesn't have.
I don't know she looks likehave I don't know she looks like
she's missing something yeah Ijust can't pin what, but still
all the way to pop.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Um.
I didn't want to mess withsitting in her back.
I was happy with it um lookslike she needs a guitar so that
is that would be a good addition.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Addition giving her a guitar.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
That that would be a good addition.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Give her a guitar, that would, and then my second
one is my signed Colossus PopFrom the Deadpool movies.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Yes, I'm a big Deadpool fan, so when I had a
chance to get a signed Pop fromhim and a selfie, I did not pass
that opportunity up.
He's a really cool guy.
I enjoy meeting him.
I did not get a signed pop fromRed Skull from Infinity Wars,
but I did get a selfie with him.
(30:56):
I did, he did.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I got one.
I just now noticed it sayslanguage please on the side of
it.
Yep, I didn't know.
He signed that on the side.
Did he do that on yours?
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:07):
Oh, I didn't know that If I ever get a chance to
meet Ross again, I am getting asigned pop from his goal.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
He was super nice.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
So nice.
I gave him a friendshipbracelet.
I also gave Greg Baldwin afriendship bracelet.
You gave him all, yeah yeah, Igave all the people at that con
a friendship bracelet.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
I just like this one, because why would you not?
Speaker 1 (31:34):
It's the classic Colossus with the newest
Colossus on it.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
It's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
It's a nice one.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
I got this nice little protector case for it,
ASMR.
I eventually want to get somemore pop signs.
I just haven't got a chance tomake it to them that they have.
And then my last one I couldnot not bring this knowing is
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Hunger Game Pin Set.
I am a huge Hunger Game fan.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
She loves this stuff, loves Hunger Games.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
I mean, I am in the process of reading the books.
I've watched the movie so manytimes I can like quote it to you
.
I can just hit restart everytime and I put them back on
Netflix.
I'm really excited about that.
Even though I have them all onDVD and all of them are on
Amazon Prime, I have like two orthree copies of them.
(32:32):
I put them back on Netflix.
I'm pretty happy.
So this one, you had a chance.
The first 400 that got boughthad the opportunity to get a
signed card for one of the casts.
I was really wanting JenniferLawrence, but I did not get her.
I was a little upset, but Iended up getting Glimmer instead
.
She's from District 1.
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She's in the very first HungerGames.
She's only in there forprobably about an hour and a
half and then she doesn't makeit.
So I did get the Glimmer one,which is all right, it cool she
is.
She's also in gray's anatomy.
So that helps me out a littlebit, because I watched all
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season 21 of gray's anatomy, asthey're airing right now.
I've seen every single season.
She's also in gray's anatomyand I'm not mistaken, I think
she's in one tree hill too aswell.
I've never watched it.
I've started it, but I've neverfully finished it.
She's okay, I'm happy with it,it's just not my preferred.
You can actually go buy thisright now, but they will not
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have a signed card.
I barely missed that.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Really.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah, like the next day they took the signed cards
out.
So, that tells you how manypeople at least bought it 400.
This is probably.
I wasn't expecting the pins tobe this nice.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
They're really nice.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Every single pin.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
You can't see it too well, but they're pretty, they
feel like they're made out ofmetal.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
They're really in there too.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
So they're not heavy metal, let me try.
Oh, there you go.
They're cold, though, if youdon't know, so if you're not
watching this, the pins are the.
Mockingjays from each movie,even the Songbird.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
Ballads of Snakes and Songbirds.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Yeah, it was in the middle.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
That's the newest one .
Speaker 1 (34:35):
And they're made out of metal.
They're kind of a.
I'm slightly colorblind.
They look like a goldish bronze.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Like pretty much what they do in the movie.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Yeah, they're kind of like my blonde hair, pretty
similar to color.
Speaker 3 (34:51):
No, they aren't.
That one I put in there is notvery good.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
They're in there.
I keep that on my desk closedall times, and then when I want
to show it off, I open it, but Ididn't want to risk anything
happening to them when I'm justin my room.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
I've already seen them, so this is maybe you can
get some kind of like glass case, but like a plastic thing about
that size, cut out and then youcan have it open and they won't
be oh yeah, that'd be good.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I could just stare at these all day and I just think
of each Hunger Game movie.
I think my all time favoritewould probably that'd be good.
Yeah, I could just stare atthese all day and I just think
of each Hunger Games movie.
I think my all time favoritewould probably be Catching Fire.
I really like that one that'sthe second one the Mockingjay
part one is, I thought.
First time I watched it Ithought it was kind of on the
boring side.
But the more I watch it thebetter it gets.
(35:44):
But you can't really skip it.
It's very vital for Walking J,part 2.
But all in all the Hunger Gamesmovies do not disappoint.
Even the new one.
It's still really good.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
I haven't watched the new one, but I got it on sale
for $10.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
So I got every single Hunger Games movie on DVD and I
actually got a Hunger Gamesnecklace pin hanging up in my
car.
Speaker 1 (36:10):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
And I got with the collection.
So anything Hunger Games, I'mpretty much going to like it.
Speaker 3 (36:18):
They got me a Hunger Games box, like some kind of
gift box, the newest one.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I got a hat and then I got this book that came in
there.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
Which she used in the last episode.
Yes, with her notes in it.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
That's her note taker .
And then I got playing cardsand some stickers.
Speaker 1 (36:41):
I think the book's pretty neat.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Yeah, it really is.
It's not one of those thatdon't really want to open up
either.
It opens pretty good.
The hat I have hanging up on mywall above my desk.
I thought about wearing it, butthen I was like I don't know.
So if I want to, it's there, ifI don't, I don't.
But by far this comes to thetop three, maybe in my
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collection, just because of howbig of a fan of Hunger Games
that I am.
Speaker 1 (37:12):
Yeah Well, guys, this has been another phenomenal
episode of Three Geeks Chatting.
Would you guys like to plug anyof your content?
Speaker 2 (37:24):
I stream video games on Twitch and my name is
ThePurpleNerd21.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
I do D&D content on TikTok.
My name is TheAquacube1.
Eventually I will haveInstagram and YouTube set up.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
I am 2GeeksGaming on all social media.
You can find me everywhere,2geeksgaming and I stream on
Twitch irregularly.
And yeah, that's about it.
Thank you guys so much forlistening to this podcast.
(38:06):
You listen to podcasts at.
I hope you have a beautifulevening, night, day, morning
whenever you listen to podcasts,and we look forward to seeing
you guys in the next podcast.
Bye, bye.
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