T-shirts at 150 euros and Funkos for over 400: Comic-Con triggers reselling on Wallapop and eBay

From the famous promotional backpack-bag given away with admission, to stickers, caps, notebooks, pens, funkos, and even brochures. Even before the closing of the San Diego Comic-Con Málaga 2025, second-hand portals began to flood with items for resale, despite many bearing the notice that their sale is prohibited: "Promotional item. Sale prohibited".

The craze for official funko pops, which were sold as a limited edition at 22 euros and appeared on platforms like Ebay or Wallapop for more than 200 euros just a few hours after their release, now extends to any item bearing the Comic-Con seal. Stickers for twelve euros, backpack-bags for twenty (yes, those that people even threw away), comic samples for thirty-five, or a notebook and pen for sixty euros. Everything that was free yesterday is now worth its weight in gold. Some items posted on Sunday night are no longer available, others already have a reserved sign, and many others have accumulated a bunch of people who have saved the item, showing their interest.

The platinum league

When it comes to selling free products, there are different leagues. There are the second-tier ones, those who realized that the forgotten sticker left in their trouser pocket could now be worth more than the garment itself, and then there are those who compete in the first division, who hoarded the freebies with premeditation to create merchandise lots with any pamphlet, sticker, or pen available.

Thus, we can see a merchandise lot composed of a pair of pins, a drawstring backpack, a cap, a sticker, and the cut event wristband priced at one hundred euros. There are more equipped lots, but also much more expensive. Another Wallapop user sells two backpack bags, an Apex Predator poster, a cap, a sticker, and again, a pair of wristbands, this time uncut (it is well known the trick of using soap or oil to remove the wristband without needing to cut it). The price? If you visited the event yesterday, you could have gotten everything for the modest sum of zero euros. Today, you'll have to dig a little deeper into your pocket: 200 euros.

In addition to the funko pops, other paid items available at the Comic-Con Málaga have skyrocketed in price after the event ended. On Ebay, we can see, among many items, a poster of the San Diego-Comic-Con Málaga 2025 by David Rubin priced at 400 euros or an official store t-shirt at 150 euros.

The Welcome Pack bag, the main attraction

If you have visited the San Diego Comic-Con Málaga 2025, you have seen the famous backpack bag that you could pick up for free at some stands. And if you haven't visited, you probably have seen it too, because for four days, they flooded the neighborhoods near the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos. A bag that has become the perfect symbol of the impact the event has had on the city, not only because of the enormous number of people you could find with one on their back, but also because of the prices they reach on the second-hand market: up to sixty euros for an item that, during the event, was free and some even forgot.