ToyFarce News: New Collector Fear Identified - The FOMOPO (Fear Of Missing Out a Pre-Order)!

This July, Toy collectors around the world are facing a brand new anxiety, and it's not related to shelf space or a delayed shipping notification. It's something far worse: Introducing the FOMOPO, or Fear Of Missing Out a Pre-Order. Experts say it's spreading faster than SDCC exclusives sell out! ToyFarce investigated...

With Target's Summer Geek-Out already in full swing, Walmart Collector Con just around the corner, and San Diego Comic-Con 2025 looming on the horizon, collectors are starting to spiral, and not from excitement, but from the sheer fear of forgetting to pre-order something. Anything. Everything!

"I woke up in a cold sweat last night because I thought I missed the NECA Turtle 4-pack drop" said Tom, 38, from Arizona. "It turned out I had already ordered it weeks ago, but I still set six alarms for the next day just in case..."

Experts (aka other collectors in Facebook groups) say that FOMOPO (pronounced either 'fomopo' or 'fomopee-oh', as in P.O. for pre-order) manifests through erratic behavior such as refreshing toy websites every 3 minutes, obsessively watching livestreams with 12 viewers, bookmarking 17 different pre-order calendars, and panicking when the "notify me" button turns into "pre-order now" without warning.

Dave from Ohio, a collector, confessed: "I added a pre-order for something I don't even collect. I just didn't want to be the only one who didn't have it pre-ordered."

One collector, aware of his condition, simply fantasized: "I just want to go one day without checking Target, Walmart, Hasbro Pulse, Mezco, the McFarlane Toys Store, the NECA Store, Mondo shop, Mattel Creations, Super7, BigBadToyStore, Entertainment Earth and several japanese webstores before breakfast..."

More news at 11:00... "You're definitely going to want to set an alarm for this one!" > Collective anxiety levels spike immediately.
*ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!