Over the past few years Funko collectors around the world have been asking a very strange question: do Funko Pops have brains?
The answer is no. There are no brains, special items, mini figures or hidden features of any kind inside your Funko’s head. In rare instances you may hear something rattling inside your Pop’s head, but this is likely a broken piece of plastic that snapped off during manufacturing.
In fact, if you do decide to open up your Funko’s head in search of brains or other hidden treasures, all you’re going to end up with is a damaged Pop. Don’t believe us? In a video with over 800,000 views, noted YouTube influencer Top Pops debunked the myth and found that there were indeed no brains inside.
How Did the Rumor of Funko Brains Start?
The rumor of Funko Pops having brains appears to have first started on TikTok in early 2021, with a number of collectors posting videos that supposedly showed them dissecting their Pops and revealing plastic brains inside. A series of additional videos posted around the same time also claimed to show Funkos containing small plastic Dragon Balls inside (as popularized from the popular Dragon Ball Z anime series). Still other videos posted on TikTok, Twitter and YouTube during this period purported to show smaller Funko figures found inside the heads. In all cases, however, these videos were complete hoaxes and quickly became a meme and inside joke among the Funko collector community, in turn perpetuating even more videos which further fuelled the urban legend.
Do Funko Pop Heads Come Off?
Funko Pop heads are *not* designed to come off and in fact doing so will damage your figure. The heads are also *not* interchangeable and are in fact sealed to the original Pop, forming a single figure. Funko Pop Heads are also not meant to move and are only supposed to face forward (unless specifically designed otherwise). Trying to twist or turn a Pop’s head may damage the figure.
That are, however, unique Funko Pop bobbleheads which do have a spring between the head and body, but these are also not detachable and not designed to be swapped with other figures.
What’s Inside a Funko Pop’s Head?
Inside a Funko Pop’s head there is absolutely nothing. That’s because Pops are made from vinyl using a manufacturing process that creates a hollowed out shell of semi-pliable material which helps provide extra weight and support for the character. There are some Funkos that do have added weight and features to their heads, but these are rare exceptions and these too are hollow. Adding anything else inside the vinyl shell would require a completely different manufacturing process than the one Funko is currently using.
Final Thoughts on Funko Brains
While it would be amazing if there were brains, rare figures and even the occasional Dragon Ball stored inside a Funko, sadly there really is nothing inside a Funko but air. The rumors otherwise are simply a classic case of wishful thinking, urban legend and social media hype. And while we’re often told that it’s what’s inside that counts most, Funko Pop collectors will simply have to enjoy these amazing figures for what they are on the outside.
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