A Marvel Toy From 2011 Is Worth $4,500 In 2025
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Spider-Man is a beloved superhero that has some serious cash behind his name. Not only is the Marvel character featured in one of the most valuable comics ever sold, but his adventures have also led to movies, cartoons, and toy lines that have generated big bucks that would make anyone's spidey sense tingle, including a Funko Pop Metallic Spider-Man SDCC Exclusive. According to CBR, this rare and hard to find Spider-Man Funko was released at the 2011 Comic-Con in San Diego as part of Funko's Pop! Vinyl product line, with a limited 480 pieces put out into the world, making it worth $4,500 as of 2025.
While the same Funko Pop Metallic Spider-Man was given to retailers for sale, they are not as sought after or highly valued as this one from Comic Con, which has only risen in price on the collectibles market since its release. One seller on eBay is currently listing their Funko Pop Metallic Spider-Man SDCC Exclusive for $10,000. That's a lot of money for a toy, but it certainly isn't the most that someone has ever paid to get their hands on a Funko Pop! figure.
Just how valuable are Funko Pop! toys?
A fair number of your old childhood toys are probably worth a lot of money today, due to the limited availability, a rise in nostalgia culture, and the kids who played with them now being adults with money to spend on them. What's interesting about Funko Pop! figures with high dollar values is that most of them have only been around since 2010, with their popularity taking off roughly around 2015 as collectors started to buy and sell them. As more pop culture figures were released by the toy maker, more and more people started to want their favorite characters from beloved movies, television shows, and cartoons.
Wealth Gorilla noted that the Funko Pop! has acquired over 1,100 licenses for pop culture franchises and brands, making it the top global company to negotiate and secure such agreements. to release characters from Marvel, DC, Star Wars, as well as Hasbro, Mattel, and Lego with 25,000 one of a kind Pop figures released, leading to millions of sales all around the world. Typically, you can buy a Funko Pop! figure for around $15 each, but the limited edition versions, such as the metallic SDCC Spider-Man, tend to get big money at auctions. Downelink reported that in 2022, a buyer purchased the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket SDCC 2011 edition for $100,000 at auction.