Mailbag: Mailbag: Custom Job

I loved that slow pan to the garbage can after the Funko Pop...visualizes all that we want to do with that thing.

Best Mailbag ever. I had that very same phone when I was a kid. I wanted a Snoopy phone, but had to settle for everyone’s favorite fat feline.

Are Funko Pops the new Miis? Can you make anyone? Will we see little Hitler Funko’s next?

Why does Jeff insist on wearing that shirt when he know's CBSi will just make them censor out the logo every time?

Funko = Take any random pop culture property and lazily give it a big head.

I just don't get it. Do people think they look good?

I love that tender loving care is playing in gbi in the background

@shagge said:

why is it doing the phone eyes. how did they know?!?!

Wow, this goes up there with one of the best mailbags ever. It could only be topped if someone sent them several boxes full of Garfield thingamadoos.

@mrpeabody: Note the Christlike pose he's striking, too. I think I may have stumbled across the one true religion, praise Satan Jim!

... Hold on.

Jim Davis - He who gifted us endless video games based on our favorite cat.

Ziff Davis - Has a history intertwined with various video game publications.

Ryan Davis - Co-founded Giant Bomb Dot Com, a website about video games.

Jonathan Davis - Gaming is a religion to him, and Haze is the shit.

Geena Davis - Probably played a video game once.

By god, I've cracked the code. Garfield isn't the one true religion, Garfield video games are! Also, Haze!

Man, that Garfield phone was on my Christmas list for like 6 years in a row. Never did get one. Got just a little tinge of jealousy when Jeff pulled that thing out of that box.

That video description made me expect something less revolting, like a severed head or human excrement. I was not prepared for the horrible truth.

We used to have that Garfield telephone... I remember a sticker or something on it with a toll free number you could dial and Garfield would pick up

I noticed that the disgusting "person" who created that monstrosity is too cowardly to take credit for it in the comments. On one hand, good, you should feel ashamed of yourself.

On the other, I'd sort of be interested in knowing the actual process behind the creation? You monster?

Jeff's number as 88 has been GB cannon for years.

Yes it is a Zelda reference and no, it isn't a right wing conspiracy. Even if Jeff appears to be wearing a Klan Hood in this image :0

I don't know how the GB crew can leave packages unopened for so long. Even if I knew they was a better than even chance that the box contained junk - the suspense would be unbearable.

That first box should have gone to a Goodwill. Just more crap for the guys to sort and never open/use.

GB's over. Shut it down.

When does the special edition blonde hair Jeff Gerstmann funko pop come out?

@shagge: i'll be damned if it doesn't add up. what hath god wrought....

@jasperkazaiYES:

I feel like I am partially responsible for the sequence of events that led to this.

I can't say that I'm sorry about it.

Dammit I can't tell if you're goofing?!

Well, it is the Internet so I can't blame you.

Instant GBI classic

What an excellent burn.

Other than Jeff's Sneak King collection (because he needs that), does anyone know what they do with dupes of games that they already have? I feel like they could have a good series of giveaways and charity auctions with that stuff.

I genuinely love Funko pops and would buy that Jeff one in a heartbeat if I could.

I can't help but watch a mailbag. That Pop Figure tho? :-P

hahaha. Well done to the person that sent that.

I used to make prank calls from that exact model Garfield phone when I was a kid. The ringer is sadly nothing special. The R2-D2 phone however...

I would love for the next Breakfest and Ben to be Viva Pinata.

@wikitoups: yes fucking god yes

Well, this is the scariest shit I've ever seen on the internet.

Is the ceiling covered in... batshit?

The Nickolodeon phone was where it's at. That thing was amazing.

My Dad had one of those Garfield phones. Good stuff.

OH MY GOD THEY GOT A GODFREY HO GARFIELD PHONE

THING OF LEGEND

Woah.

It's like somebody stole Jeff's soul and put it in that Funko POP.

To anyone wondering, as far as I can tell there is no way to create a custom Funko Pop on Funko's website. So someone literally designed all of that and created it just for this mailbag. I cannot yet explain how I feel about that.

Well @benpack your camera movements/vibrations could still use some work, but great job on taking the the feedback to heart and trying to improve! And i mean that sincerely.

I didn't realize there was such a thing as custom Pops, but apparently its big business. This custom Gerstmann is apparently built from a Nathan Drake Pop (thus the 88 & Pop Games). Can't say I care for the figure, but the box art is awesome. Expecially the Giant Bomb logo at the top.

Edit: Looking at it again, it's similar but not the same head. I'm actually more impressed with Pop! Gerstmann now.

@ajtsuki: Jesus, I read that three times before I realized it didn't say John Drake. Regardless of which Drake is mentioned, my stupid brain always defaults to John Drake leading to confusion because the other person invariably has no idea who he is.

Then I'm like, you know, the guy who sings "Barkerville?"

you look at it. you look away. you look back. now it's got a knife.

Is that the Garfield phone heavily featured in the hit film Ninja Terminator?

@jasperkazai: Blonde Jeff Gerstmann is a GameStop exclusive

I never realized Jeff was pretty much the same guy as Nathan Drake. All it takes is a different shirt huh?

this really is the dark timeline

@lentfilms said:

It is the phone from Ninja Terminator!

Deep cuts.

@r3beld0gg: A John Drake / Andrea Rene Pop! set would look good on a bookshelf.

@madmatt213: Can the exclusive be holding a chicken?