Current Events > Why do you think collectibles are booming?

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Honestly, I don't get why COVID should effect this that much.

Some people have more money but some people have less.
The people who generally just hide in a house all day and collect figures, for them nothing really changed.

People are looking for alternate value stores

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collectables are booming?

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R1masher posted...

collectables are booming?

Booming is an understatement. Go to your local store and try to find some pokemon cards.

WingsOfGood posted...

Booming is an understatement. Go to your local store and try to find some pokemon cards.

hows the jelly jar glass niche doing?

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R1masher posted...

hows the jelly jar glass niche doing?

The what?

These are dark times for collectable items video games systems, and GPUs.

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WingsOfGood posted...

The what?

Never mind, whats going on with the little spoon community?

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Master_Bass posted...

These are dark times for collectable items video games systems, and GPUs.

Only dark if you waiting to buy.

If you bought, then it is good time.

R1masher posted...

collectables are booming?

Yep.
Marvel card sets from the early 90s are going up in price.

I almost want to sell all my sets but then I wouldn't have them.

Shit stains like Logan Paul trying to stay relevant by ruining hobbies with their YouTube personas and NFT's.

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SquirtleSkwad posted...

Shit stains like Logan Paul trying to stay relevant by ruining hobbies with their YouTube personas and NFT's.

Ot maybe he is rich and bored so he buys stuff?

I dont think its collectibles. Its nostalgia.

Bear with me; I'm going to be speaking more as a game/console collector, rather than figurines or cards or anything. But I feel the same principles will apply.

People have been locked up at home for over a year. In that time, events have been cancelled, social lives have been dampened, facilities have been closed, and people have fallen DEEP into entertainment media. Movies, TV, gaming, all popular before, but people have had little alternative but to fall into that sinkhole for a long while. Even now that things are reopening,, a year's worth of damage has been done.

At the same time, new media releases have slowed to a snail's pace. New shows/seasons were delayed, movies announced a year and a half ago are JUST starting to come out, and its not like last year was rife with new game releases. We got a good amount,, sure,, but it was still fairly slow. And with a lack of new media to engage with, in an uncertain and scary time/atmosphere... people are retreating to the familiarity of things they used to love.

So they dig out their old N64 from the attic. Or their Ps2. Their gameboy. and they dive back into these things from a combination of boredom and comfort-seeking.

Pokemon is a big one. Hugely popular, lots of childhood sentiment, plenty of media to go back to cards, games. The perfect media comfort food. What's more, people who were holding back due to the social stigma of being an adult pokemon fan... well, they don't need to anymore, as there is no social life to maintain an "image" for, anymore. And as more people flock back, the supply stream gets strained. Cards. Older generation games. The things people loved as kids. Those are what are skyrocketing in value.

Not that nostalgia is the only factor. Persona 5 Royal came out right when covid hit, and was massively popular. What happened almost immediately after? Every post-PS2 SMT game explodes in value and disappears from shelves.

FFVII:R comes out at the same time (itself a shameless nostalgia grab)? Classic JRPGs triple in value almost overnight.

The stimulus checks certainly haven't helped the situation.

Tl;dr - if you lock people up at home for a year, don't be surprised when they start digging around in the attic and rediscovering things they loved.

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