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...not wanted enough that'd chalk up a kidney for her. LOL. (Now, Punzie on the other hand...)She's fetching quite the price as of late and I'm holding my ground and hoping she'll go down soon.
Quote from: LightingElectricDream on August 26, 2015, 04:15:30 PMBut anyway..Makes me fear for the future..Like is every G1 ever made going to keep climbing the latterUntill no one can afford to collect anymore.Applejack $100 wave runner $60Bowtie $80 gusty $100 ?Nooooo!!!Peachy... $30!!!
But anyway..Makes me fear for the future..Like is every G1 ever made going to keep climbing the latterUntill no one can afford to collect anymore.Applejack $100 wave runner $60Bowtie $80 gusty $100 ?Nooooo!!!
As of lateI have been seeing Munchy on a huge high demand, as well as night glider.It's a shame that these prices are just out of controle compaired to how they use to be. I mean mimic is more popular but munchy is so sough afterThat her price went from a normal $30 plus to a jump of $80 to $130 For munchy.Mimmic use to be in the $70 to $150 now she is $200 plus.I personally under stand wanting to get the most from your own personal collection..how ever I just cringe at the price jumps and know I just can'tJustifie spending $130 and $200 ect for one my little pony..when I have other things in life I have to take care of.Its frustrating as a collector and it makes me feel like I'll neverBuild my chiledhood dream.But anyway..Makes me fear for the future..Like is every G1 ever made going to keep climbing the latterUntill no one can afford to collect anymore.Applejack $100 wave runner $60Bowtie $80 gusty $100 ?Nooooo!!!
i guess with the popularity of G4, the cartoon, the Brony phenomenon and everything, there are a lot more collectors than there were five or 6 years ago...Does anyone think the prices will eventually start to come back down to what they used to be?
I don't think the prices overall will go down on ponies like Mimic, who have had that aura for a long time. If anything, I suspect the pricing will become worse. Pony collectors have become inextricably obsessed with the monetary value of their ponies, as opposed to the genuine joy of collecting them. I don't think it's a problem to pay $500 for Mimic if she's something that has a special meaning for you as a collector...just as I think it's fine if someone won't pay more than $30 for her because she's an "ugly green". It bothers me a bit that there's a lot of emphasis on "did I get a good deal? Is she worth the amount I paid" rather than, "look at this awesome pony, I love her!". People should pay the prices they think are right, that's all. If people get goaded into paying more than something is worth TO THEM then they're just adding to the problem. MLP ought to be a toy collected because of interest and love, not because it's nice to show off something expensive and rare. Sometimes I think that line has been blurred.
Quote from: Taffeta on August 30, 2015, 05:56:04 AMI don't think the prices overall will go down on ponies like Mimic, who have had that aura for a long time. If anything, I suspect the pricing will become worse. Pony collectors have become inextricably obsessed with the monetary value of their ponies, as opposed to the genuine joy of collecting them. I don't think it's a problem to pay $500 for Mimic if she's something that has a special meaning for you as a collector...just as I think it's fine if someone won't pay more than $30 for her because she's an "ugly green". It bothers me a bit that there's a lot of emphasis on "did I get a good deal? Is she worth the amount I paid" rather than, "look at this awesome pony, I love her!". People should pay the prices they think are right, that's all. If people get goaded into paying more than something is worth TO THEM then they're just adding to the problem. MLP ought to be a toy collected because of interest and love, not because it's nice to show off something expensive and rare. Sometimes I think that line has been blurred.Where's the 'like' button? Feel like this was very well said.
At the end of the day, we as collectors do set the prices of ponies. If we were all unwilling to spend $100 on Mimic because we all thought she was more a $30 pony, then she probably would not sell for as much. But as much as there is no RRP for G1 ponies there is perceived values/pricing within the community
there are general community agreement on what something is typically "worth". There has to be or no one would be able to sell anything.