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Originally Posted by Frankierock
Unfortunately a lot of it is due to us as buyers. We Pre order half the stuff that comes out and just purchase stuff that we fear will sell out fast if we like it. We have no self control as collectors. (JMO and not everyone falls in this category) if we all banded together and stopped ordering for a while they would get the hint, but we have a better shot at hitting the lottery before that ever happens. So high prices it is.
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The self-control bit is something I'm learning. I haven't ordered an XM piece for years now - and have a grand total of one piece on PO, with Weta, which I won't even mind cancelling. If you want to collect them all, Pokemon style, with a company that has a dubious pricing strategy, I applaud you. The notion that XM somehow have more detail on their pieces, to justify the ridiculousness of their prices, isn't even always true. No XM piece at 1/6 has near the detail of Kotobukiya's Signature cable. I also take your point about fear of selling out but with so many companies, so many IPs and so many interpretations of new and old characters, is that even a thing? So what one sells out, wait a while - something else would catch your eye.
I just heard about this yesterday from someone I was chatting with on Facebook. They claimed the low ES was (part of) why the price was so high. Then they increased the ES by 300 units, and kept the price the same.
