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Why Jason Marsden Rejects AI Fan Mail, Funkos, and Some TTM Autograph Requests
Apr 11, 2026
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Jason Marsden opened up about the fan mail he receives and made one thing very clear: he can spot AI-generated letters almost immediately. In this video, he explains why generic letters do not work, why he will not sign Funko boxes or certain items through the mail, and what kind of fan mail actually stands out to him. He also shares what he appreciates most from real fans, including heartfelt personal letters, poetry, and fan art, while breaking down how he decides what he will sign on a case-by-case basis. If you collect autographs through the mail, this is worth hearing before you send anything.
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Just a little update with regards to
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fan mail. Um, thank you to everyone who
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sends me mail.
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I love it. I really do. I love reading
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all the the great uh messages and the
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correspondences
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and uh the touching words. Um, I love
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it. Um what is happening now it's been
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happening a lot lately is um this stack
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here
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is uh recognized as
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most likely chat GPT generated fan mail
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uh my uh my wife my new wife
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uh who's an English major bam uh sought
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it out with her with her knowledge
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>> master
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>> English master's degree so don't Don't
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be throwing this jet GPT
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up at us. We will see past that. Anyway,
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so I know I don't I don't respond to
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these. I don't. Um some people have also
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sent Funko uh boxes to be signed. I I
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cannot sign those either for a couple of
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reasons. Um, not just because I I'm
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challenging the legitimacy of of of the
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person that wants this, but also thanks
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to
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conventions. Come over here. Thanks to
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conventions and things, like signing
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Funkos is uh is a legitimate business
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now for actors and for conventions and
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stuff. And so, they're really putting
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pressure on actors to not sign them for
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for Gratus. Um, uh, there are ways that
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you can, uh, have your Funko mailed to,
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uh, sent through the mail and I can sign
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it. Uh, my my agency, Celeb Works, if
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you follow them at Celeb Works Works
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with an X WRX, you can send in items and
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we can sign them. It'll take a while. I
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promise you it'll be faster than when if
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you send it to me because I take
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forever. Um, but that way it's an
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integrity and we can send it back. But
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but from now on I will not be we could
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see we could see we can smell you chat
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GPT people or or I'm imagining just like
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a like there's a club of autograph
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collectors where they share the same uh
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form letter like we can see it we can
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tell and then people also send me uh
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pictures to autograph and they'll send
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me multiple and I will personally pick
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and choose which ones to sign.
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>> You can one signature
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>> and send us just do one. I I get I get
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yelled at by my agent and by and by
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convention promoters that I shouldn't do
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that, but I'm like, it's my mail. I can
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do what I want. And um if I, you know,
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we read them all and when they're
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touching and when they're from an
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authentic place, um I'm happy to give an
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autograph. But that's uh that's uh you
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know, we it's we we scrutinize over
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things. Um
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>> Abby Draws
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>> Abby draws the the winner of the poster
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contest. Can we send fan art?
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>> Yeah, I love fan art. Um fan art for me
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to keep or fan art for me to sign in
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return is the thing. I love receiving
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fan art. Um um fan art that you sign and
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give back. Again, just like this gray
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area, man. Um, and uh, I'm at the mercy
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of um, making my agents happy and and
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and being in invited to conventions
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because they they prefer I I sign
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fan art for for for fans there in
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person. Um, but the address is on my
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main profile. I think it it says fan
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mail and it has the address that you can
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send things to. Uh, just letting you all
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know. Do we like poetry from fans? We
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love poetry period. Definitely love
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poetry from fans. Um, and you know, it's
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like I read fan letters like we set
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aside ones that we read live. Um, and
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those are a lot of fun uh to read. So,
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think about that. If you send me a c a
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letter, it think about it as something
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that you know, it doesn't have to be
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read live. It could be private. Um, but
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uh
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>> if you don't want it read live, write on
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the top, please don't read live.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Simple as that. And um
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um but I'm but we are you're you're
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welcome to try to send things for me to
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sign. It will not be Funkos. It will not
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be um Loungefly things uh where we have
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to send them back. Um and uh you could
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try your luck with an autograph. Uh but
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it'll be on a you know
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>> case by case
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>> case by case basis. Any questions?
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>> One more thing. If you feel like you
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need chatbt because you don't think
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you're that good of a writer, I promise
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if you write just from the heart, like
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whatever whatever a goofy movie or Hocus
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Pocus or Spirited Away means to you,
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>> uh it will be much better than whatever
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the computer cranks out, whatever Chad
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GBT cranks out. Yes. So
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>> my heart will be warmed if the letter is
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like goofy movie made my heart good.
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like that like that is that's poetry to
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me. Um uh so there you have it. Any
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questions?
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>> Okay, it's a story so I'm have to do
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this real quick. Here's a followup. Um
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how we know when fan mail is from chat
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GBT. Go ahead.
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>> Dear Mars and I'm writing to share how
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much the Goofy Movie has meant to my son
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Liam and to our family. Hello. I wanted
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to write and tell you how much The Goofy
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Movie has meant to my daughter
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Charlotte.
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I wanted to reach out and tell you how
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the goof how much The Goofy Movie has
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meant to my son Noah. I'm writing to
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tell you how much The Goofy Movie has
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meant to my son Ethan. I wanted to share
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how much The Goofy Movie has meant to my
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daughter Ava. I want to say thank you
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for your work in The Goofy Movie my
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daughter Sophia loves it. I wanted to
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take a moment to tell you how much The
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Goofy Movie has meant to my daughter
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Emily.
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I hope you're doing awesome. My son Jack
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and I wanted to tell you how much Goofy
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Movie means to us. I hope this letter
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finds you well. I wanted to write to you
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because your work at a Goofy Movie has
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meant so much to my son Ethan and me
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over the years. I hope this letter
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reaches you knowing just how much your
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work has touched people. My son Oliver
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has
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>> You get it?
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>> Okay. Another
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indication. These are all from different
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people. Different people with the same
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the same scissors cuz they keep cutting
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off the bottom here. Yeah. Interesting.
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It's like they they print them as like 8
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and 1 half by 11, but then like quickly
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got them down to 8 by10s.
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>> Still still adding more. Like
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>> they're still adding more. Wild. You're
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all just wasting paper. I don't know if
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you I I don't even know if I can use
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these.
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>> Look, uh at least the the postal service
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is getting some some extra. So, good job
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supporting the US Postal.
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>> Must support USPS.
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Yes.
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Okay. And there's one there's one more
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thing. Okay. Look at the envelopes.
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They're from different people, different
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states. Covered up the addresses, but I
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swear the penmanship is kind of the
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same. But look also where they place
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the stamps. And believe me, every time I
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go to the USPS, they're like, "This is
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not where you put stamps. They want them
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in the top right hand corner."
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This one was pretty close. Uh, yeah.
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It's uh I'm It's a Is this some weird
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club?
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I I don't know.
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>> I don't know either.
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>> It might be more than one person.
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>> It's wild.
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>> But to there's at least 12 of these.
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>> First off, it's flattering. But uh also
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>> like if y'all want a Funko signature
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that bad, just go to Celeb Works.
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>> Go to Celeb Works. Anybody else?
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>> Okay, I think I might have figured it
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out on my own because I've always wanted
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to be a detective, but I believe because
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I know they have these at conventions.
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They have people who walk around with
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trunks full of items that people send to
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them. There's like a point person whose
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job it is to go to conventions and
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collect autographs and then send them
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back to the people. Um, some of these
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guys I talked to said they do it for
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free. I doubt it. It's a lot of work.
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Um, but they probably get a percentage.
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So, I'm guessing the person, the same
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person who has filled out all of these
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are getting commissioned by real people
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to get autographs. Um, and what these
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real people I I hope they re I hope they
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understand they're they're being sent
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poor quality photos with images cut off
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and uh inauthentic me uh uh uh letters.
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So, uh, best place to do it online or in
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person.