It’s being called a “holy grail” for POP! collectors.
Back in April we told you that Funko had cancelled a planned POP! vinyl toy of Tom Cruise’s Nick Morton from The Mummy, which was to be released alongside toys of Ahmanet as both Princess and Mummy. You’ll currently find the latter two wherever POP! toys are sold, but tracking down the cancelled third toy will be a whole lot harder… and way more expensive.
Over on eBay this week, two of the cancelled toys have popped up in separate listings, and intense bidding wars have driven the prices up to (at the time of writing this article) a staggering $570 and $430, respectively. The former currently has 49 bids with just 5 hours left, while the latter has 14 bids and 2 days remaining.
The reason the toy was pulled? From what we gather, “licensing issues” were cited as the official reason, with most believing that it was Cruise himself who killed the toy. He’s known for not allowing his likeness to be used for merchandising, so it seems likely that it was he who objected to the release of the toy.
If you make bad financial decisions and need one, head over to eBay!
