kamon
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Why Now?
Jan 26, 2019 2:18:29 GMT -5
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Post by kamon on Jan 26, 2019 2:18:29 GMT -5
Most of us on here have been collecting for many years and can sleep fairly well at night knowing we bought the majority of our collections when prices were fractions of where they are now. Like Ghezzi’s Morphing Jar post, my wife bought me my NM copy for $100 just a few years ago. Now I’d pay 7x-8x that to replace it.
Why has the marked moved so much within the past couple of years? Was there some kind of mass realization of how hard some of this shit is to find? Did the investors in games like MTG and Pokémon cause people to take a hard look at Yugioh?
It’d be ineresting to find out. I honestly don’t know the reason.
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Post by peacock on Jan 26, 2019 8:27:11 GMT -5
It all comes down to consumer income. A majority of collectors who grew up with the tcg and anime have only recently (past 3-5 years) had a significant amount disposable income that could be injected into the market. Some of it can be chalked up to investment mentality and crossover from other tcg's and collectibles but bottom line is speculative buying wouldn't even be feasible without the financial maturity of the hobby's core fan base.
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Ghezzi_TCG
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Post by Ghezzi_TCG on Jan 31, 2019 23:35:37 GMT -5
It all comes down to consumer income. A majority of collectors who grew up with the tcg and anime have only recently (past 3-5 years) had a significant amount disposable income that could be injected into the market. Some of it can be chalked up to investment mentality and crossover from other tcg's and collectibles but bottom line is speculative buying wouldn't even be feasible without the financial maturity of the hobby's core fan base.
I agree with this. 1. The #1 (not to be redundant) reason is disposable income. That might sound like a self-licking ice-cream cone but it's not as zero sum as you think it is. This is capitalism at its finest. Supply and demand. People coming back into the market and trying to make money on their passions. The market incentivizing learning and education in a small niche market that continues to self-stimulate. It's fantastic. 2. Once the first principle takes hold others see the success and remember as well. Collectors of MTG and PKMN are looking back to a collective experience and saying well there is just as much nostalgia for me there and it's a much more accessible market. Conquerors of the pokemon market are now turning to the yugioh market and not only testing it for investment but enjoying the collecting as well. It's not like they fight a different war - something a National Guardsman told me once. 3. Hype - I define this as the whirlpool sustaining itself. Others will flock to the success of yugioh. SO! There is a correction coming. The question (to the extent that it matters to those who truly collect) is when that is and how it will impact long term. Will collectors leave the game like they did 2005-2009? Is it 10% or 50%? I think that you can expect the market to continue to grow. For now at least.
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