The art director behind the inspired new line tells starwars.com how a love of nostalgia led designers to reimagine Funko Pop! characters as hand-crafted snow sculptures.
Kristin Baver
The familiar wide eyes of the Funko Pop! line peer out from the latest incarnation of Jedi Master Yoda, but there’s something decidedly different about this version. For one thing, those big eyes appear to be lumps of coal. And his ears? Clearly just two carrots jutting out of an impishly carved snowball head.
starwars.com is delighted to share a closer look at the next wave of Funko Pop! bobbleheads, six Star Wars sculpts that will debut during Funko’s Festival of Fun today.To celebrate, we sat down with Funko art director Reis O’Brien to find out how a love of Star Wars and nostalgia led to the creation of the charming new figures, with twig-and-stone details topped off — at least in the case of a snowy Sith Lord — by Funko’s take on a discarded bath towel and an old belt….
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