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Flavor Flav’s support of the USA Water Polo Team will go down as one of the best moments of the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Funko is teaming up with the hip-hop legend to show his love for the sport.
Following a test on August 6, Funko officially announced the limited edition Flavor Flav Team USA Pop! collectible on Friday (August 9). The patriotic Pop! vinyl comes in red, white and blue and includes a basketball jersey, white pants and sneakers, blue sunglasses and a USA Water Polo swim cap.
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Team USA USAWP Flavo Flav Funko Pop!
The Flavor Flav Funko Pop! stands four inches tall and is available in a gift box for an additional $3.50. The retail price is $20.
As part of the limited edition collaboration, Funko will make a donation to the USA Water Polo Team.
Fans have just one week to pre-order the Team USA USAWP Flavor Flav collectible before it’s gone forever. The Pop! vinyl will be available for pre-order starting Friday, August 9 at 9:30 a.m. PT through Friday, August 16 at 9:30 a.m. PT.
The Flavor Flav Funko Pop has an estimated ship date of December 12th, but Funko has other music-related Pop! vinyls on the way, including the Ice Spice Funko, a Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” Funko, a BLACKPINK Born Pink World Tour Funko set, and a Snoop on the Stoop Holiday Pop! vinyl.
Flavor Flav has been in Paris for the past two weeks cheering on the U.S. women’s water polo team. Unfortunately, the team lost to Australia on Thursday, ending its bid for a fourth straight title. Flav responded with a post on X in which he admitted he wanted to cry but tried to hold back. “(I’m) so proud of this team,” he tweeted. “We’re still in it.”
Earlier this week, the 65-year-old rapper spoke to NPR about why he decided to sponsor the U.S. women’s water polo team.
“A young lady on the water polo team – her name is Maggie Steffens – posted a story and my manager read it and brought it to my attention,” he explained. “When the women aren’t in the water playing water polo, they’re at home working an active job – one, two, three jobs. These girls are here busting their butts to make the United States look good. When they’re here playing and training, it keeps them from doing their jobs. So I thought, why not step in and try to help these girls?”
Watch the 2024 Olympics live on NBC and Peacock. The games conclude on Sunday.
