After news of layoffs at Funko and Mondo led many to believe that the Mondo poster business would be discontinued, Funko CEO Brian Mariotti posted a statement to the official Mondo Twitter account not only dispelling the rumor, but also confirming larger poster runs in the future to combat scalpers.
Mariotti states that these larger runs of Mondo’s limited-edition posters will help get the posters to those that want them, as opposed to flippers who buy them for “the sole purpose of flipping them” at a huge markup. “The posters are created by some of the most amazing artists working today,” Mariotti says. “Our goal is to make larger edition size runs (limited but not ultra limited) that allow more fans to participate.”
A note to Mondo fans from Brian Mariotti. pic.twitter.com/5yVTDrvcNi
— MONDO (@MondoNews) March 30, 2023
Mariotti called the fervor around the end of Mondo’s poster business “misinformation” in the statement, while also noting that “the majority of company-wide layoffs weren’t in Mondo.” He then continues by confirming that the Mondo poster business “will continue, period.”