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Funko headquarters in Everett, Washington. Funko was founded in 1998 by toy collector Mike Becker at his home in Snohomish, Washington. [5] He started the business after failing to find an affordable coin bank of the Big Boy Restaurants mascot, instead licensing the rights to make his own coin banks from a Big Boy franchise in Michigan.
National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (mostly known by its acronym NECA) is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, video-games, sports, music, and television based in New Jersey.
On March 24 2023, Funko laid off Mondo co-founders Mitch Putnam and Rob Jones and announced changes to its poster printing division, [27] a decision that was met with such negative reception by the public and Mondo-affiliated artists [28] that Funko CEO Brian Mariotti released a statement on March 30, 2023 attempting to clarify Funko's plans ...
Hasbro, Inc. (/ ˈ h æ z b r oʊ /; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry, Hillel and Herman Hassenfeld and is incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. [6]
Funko Pop makes big-headed products for just about every pop culture franchise, including figurines from teen favorites like the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Marvel movies, TV's ...
Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
The list seen by Fortune reveals the Pershing Square Foundation owns a stake in X. If the name sounds familiar, that's because of its link to Pershing Square Holdings, founded by billionaire ...
On April 3, 2000, Funco rival Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. agreed to purchase them for $110 million, paying $17.50 in cash for each of Funco's shares. The news of the acquisition was not surprising to analysts, as rumors of an imminent sale had been circulating since the previous summer; according to Bob Evans of the Craig-Hallum Capital Group, "Funco's stock has been depressed for some ...