Ugo

I can explain why the X in Weapon X is a Roman numeral. Nobody has ever asked me, but I can.

If I were…

a license: Cyberpunk 2077. A universe where everything has a code name, and every code name means something.

a character: Abraham Cornelius, the Weapon X scientist. He observes, he records, he says nothing for three acts. That's roughly my job.

a Funko line: Glow in the Dark. A finish that translates a property of the character, not a colorist's whim.

a line of dialogue: "Wake up, samurai." Three words to set up an entire world.

a collector's flaw: I shelve by franchise, then by in-universe chronology. Yes, in-universe.

What I collect

On my shelves: just under a hundred POPs, sorted by universe. Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel, Transformers, a Doctor Who shelf, and the handful of video games Funko has been willing to treat seriously.

My buying rule: if the variant translates a mechanic of the universe, I'm in. If it's another color for the sake of another color, I pass.

The one I'm still hunting: the glow chases from the video game waves, the ones that light up for an actual reason.

My favorites

• My favorite POP: David Martinez with HJKE-11 Yukimura #2581
• My favorite POP collection: Cyberpunk 2077
• My favorite POP feature: Glow in the Dark