Running out of room for Funko Pops?Funkohas great news for fans of the vinyl collectibles, with new bite-sized Bitty Pop figures. Collider can exclusively reveal new items from theirToy Storyline. The first is one of the three-eyedToy Storyaliens, complete with an arcade machine display base, and the second is a display shelf modeled after the iconic Pixar Ball; the latter comes with two exclusively Bitty Pop miniatures.
The alien set features one of the green-skinned, tri-eyed extraterrestrials from theToy Storyseries; the figure, which is less than an inch high, comes in a miniature Funko display box; it can be removed and placed in a larger case based on the Pizza Planet arcade claw machine seen in the firstToy Storyfilm. Plus, when you turn the lights out, the alien figure glows in the dark! The Pixar Ball display shelf is based on the stars-and-stripes ball that appeared in the company’s first short,Luxo Jr.The display has space for eighteen Bitty Pop figures, and comes with two exclusive Bitty Pops of its own, each sitting atop a Pixar Ball:Toy Story’s Woody and the titular lamp ofLuxo Jr.Each figure also comes in a miniature Funko display box, from which they can be removed. The alien and claw machine set will retail for USD $8, while the Pixar Ball display shelf will retail for $30; both can be ordered atFunko.com.
Who Is Luxo Jr.?
Luxo Jr. is a desk lamp that was featured in Pixar’s first-evercomputer-animated short, a two-minute film about a small desk lamp that plays with a distinctive-looking ball and accidentally deflates it. Written and directed byJohn Lasseter, the film premiered at a 1986 conference of computer animators, where the audience immediately recognized it as a breakthrough. Ever since, Luxo Jr. has been an icon of the studio, appearing in their vanity card logo as he accidentally squishes the “I” in “Pixar.” The lamp also appeared in a series of animated shorts Pixar made forSesame Street. The ball that gets deflated has also turned up as anEaster eggin a wide variety of Pixar features and shorts.
Pixar will next hit theaters this summer with the science fiction family filmElio. It centers around a young boy who gets abducted by aliens and accidentally becomes Earth’s ambassador. It features the voices ofYonas Kibreab,Zoe Saldaña,Remy Edgerly,Jameela Jamil,Brad Garrett,Shirley Henderson, andMatthias Schweighöfer, and will premiere on June 20.
The Bitty PopToy StoryAlien and Pixar Ball display shelf areavailable to order on Funko.com. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
