Funko is best known today for their Pop! Vinyl line of figures. These figures are easily recognizable for their large heads which account for half the height of the figures and their cute look. Most of the figures have other characteristics such as black eyes, small noses, and no mouths, although there are exceptions. The line was originally called Funko Force 2.0, named after an earlier line of vinyl figures known as Funko Force. Funko Force figures were larger and more detailed than Pop! Vinyl figures, but didn't have a distinct style that made the Pop! Vinyl line popular. The Pop! Vinyl figures span a wide range of pop culture icons including real people such as rock and sports stars to fictional characters from television, movies, cartoons, and comic books.
Two of the bigger licenses Funko has are for Marvel and Star Wars. Funko has partnered with Marvel to offer a subscription box called Marvel Collector Corps that includes a Pop! Vinyl figure. Marvel has also produced several variant comic covers featuring Pop! Vinyl figures. In recent months, Marvel published two Star Wars comic cover variants featuring figures from this toy line.
The Darth Maul #5 Funko variant cover shows the Darth Maul Funko figure which was released in 2011.
Star Wars: Darth Maul #5c - Marvel Comics, U.S. (July 2017) Funko variant
The Captain Phasma and Stormtrooper figures shown on the variant cover for Captain Phasma #1 are both from 2015, the same year The Force Awakens was released.
Star Wars: Captain Phasma #1e - Marvel Comics, U.S. (September 2017) Funko variant
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