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While at Toy Fair, I was able to visit with MD and the team at MINDstyle over at the Toy Tokyo booth and take a look at some of what they are working on over at Pop! Asia. For those of you whole don’t know, Pop! Asia is a company run by MINDstyle over in Southeast Asia (based out of China), which works with Funko to produce products over there that will appeal to the Asian market. Their description: “Exclusive SE Asia Creative, Manufacturing, Sales & Distribution – A Strategic Alliance”. That being said, not all pieces will see the light of day here in the United States. If they do, they will be through the New York based company Toy Tokyo, who is the exclusive retailer of Pop! Asia products in the United States.

From what I can see, Pop! Asia has a lot of fun looking stuff coming out in the future. One hand were brands and properties that I recognized (Pope Francis, Astroboy, Monkey King), and others I find myself at a loss of what I am supposed to see. Obviously, these are created for the Asian market, so there’s that. Some of the designs are top notch. My favorites are the Astro Boy character Pop!s and the Pope Francis products (which I talked about earlier this week regarding their details).

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Pope Francis Collectibles, before they removed the Pop! Asia Pope from the floor.

 At the booth, they were giving out a few placards, three of which had some really great artwork on them.

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Pope Francis Collectibles

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Pop! Asia- Monkey King

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Pop! Asia- ??? (told you I didn’t know some)

I tried to take detailed pictures of all of the Pop! Asia stuff around. I was pretty successful. However, trying to tell you which figure belongs to which property…. trust me, it will come out wrong. Instead, I am going to just post thumbnails of all of the images. There are a lot, so have fun!

Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

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Are you looking forward to any of the Pop! Asia releases? What do you want most for your collection? Let us know!

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By Travis Denman

Living in the NYC area, Travis has grown up loving a multitude of things, from Disney to Broadway to the fine arts... and beyond. You can find him rambling on from time to time on PopVinyls.com, DisKingdom, and VinylmationKingdom.com as Feature Editor. He also runs the Vinylmation Kingdom Custom Swaps and is the Press Reporter for such events like the NY Toy Fair and New York Comic Con. Additionally, he is also an amateur puppeteer, avid movie goer, and carries his camera around wherever he goes.

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