A thought on Pony devaluation

[Thunderwing]

Time of year plays a role. You will notice around... end of November, prices will start to go back up. And come the new year - when collectors are getting their tax returns? Then it jumps back up. And drops during the summer. And goes back up just before Christmas... etc.

[Pony Adventures]

Since we are talking about pony devaluation, I had a thought on G4s. I know it is kind of unrelated to what you were saying about G3s but it is still related, in a sort.

I posit that once the Brony fandom dies out and MLP becomes just an internet fad (for some of those said Bronies) that the market for G4s will fall out, to an extent. Bronies will sell off their collections and won't buy any future releases, ponies will flood the market, and G4s will be worth even less than G3s.

Plus with more collectors than ever, keeping well maintained, mint to nearly mint merchandise, we will have piles of ponies who will be virtually worthless. We pay top dollar for FS AJ, Euro-only brushable releases, etc now but I think that in some time, these same small horses will be worth just a fraction of even their original retail prices.

But then, that is just my opinion.

[ThriftyPony]

G3s just aren't as scarce as G2s and G1's. The children who had G3s are coming to an age where they don't play with toys or are teenagers now (my sister is one of them) and thus, there is an influx of G3s on the market. If someone suddenly found an abandoned warehouse full of G1 Rapunzels and those were put on the market, they would no longer be selling for hundreds of dollars because there is a surplus.

It's like how lobster is pretty cheap (comparatively) in Maine right now, because fisherman caught an unusually high amount of them this summer. A surplus means people are more eager to move the product for a lower price then to hold out for a steeper one.