Nendoroid Red Rage

[Pizzalover94]

Venting Time!

So, Nendoroid Red, one of the best Nendoroids ever IMO, was limited only to Japanese Pokemon Center stores and Amazon Japan, had an extremely limited supply, and was limited to one per person, which I will admit cuts down on scalping. Why does GoodSmile hate us U.S. collectors? I am using hyperbole here, but seriously? This figure would still be selling like hotcakes if there was more supply. I know there are forwarding services, but Pokemon is popular all over the world, and this is the first action figure of Red ever that I know of.

I know that this figure has been out for a couple of months, but I did not know about it until a few weeks ago. If I would have known about it sooner, I could have gotten it for a much better price. The going rate seems to be about $130+ now, and I just can't really justify paying that much. Do you think the price will go up, down, or stay the same?

I just don't get what is up with these companies. They come out with figures that are all but guaranteed to sell well, limit the supply, and leave those who missed out due to lack of funds/not knowing about it to pay ridiculous after-market prices. I mean, I know a lot of these products are exclusives/limited as part of their draw, but come on. This is what happened with DBZ Figuarts. Vegeta, Trunks, and Gohan were exclusives, and now all go for crazy money. So crazy in fact, that bootlegs of Vegeta go for the regular Figuarts price. I just hope a decent bootleg of Red comes out. If people will pay for bootlegs, they will most certainly pay for the real deal. I understand why companies like exclusivity, but I think a good solution would be to reissue these items, but with slight modifications so that the original releases still stay exclusive.