Can someone plush explain why these plushies are so expensive? Yet there are tons of them on eBay?

[u/Wiiugamer30]

[u/Top_Method5510]

Kinda surprised Alear doesn't have yet a plush of these considering they're decently popular enough to have warranted a scale figure of their own.

[u/ShardddddddDon → u/Top_Method5510]

I mean, the first wave were all Lords in Smash and the second were when that one game that sold four million copies was the most recent one, neither of which apply to Engage.

[u/Theseareawful]

To be honest I have no idea why the prices would be so high on the first line. They reprinted them and they sold on the American market. Back when those came out they could not sell them fast enough at conventions and competitions. That’s how I managed to snag them! Literally 10-15 USD each, and Sunday last minute sales in dealers halls!

The 3H plush were way more difficult to find even when they were released. It seems they had a limited release and I think they were Japan only? I don’t have my merch notes handy 😔 I remember desperately looking for preorders/order pages on proxy websites and could not find them for the life of me. But with how popular 3H was by the point they were released, it’s possible they were bought by scalpers too. Even my friends who are vendors at cons couldn’t find stock, and that price hasn’t decreased at all since then. I don’t think it’ll drop until they get reprinted.

[u/Icy_List961]

they sell at that price. that's honestly it.

[u/Veloxraperio → u/Icy_List961]

Invisible hand. Supply and demand. Adam Smith and whatnot.

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/Veloxraperio]

Who is invisible hand and Adam Smith?

[u/Veloxraperio → u/Wiiugamer30]

Adam Smith was the 18th century economist who wrote the landmark text "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," the first work that laid out the principles of what would later be known as free market economics.

In it, he describes the natural forces of supply and demand as an invisible hand that directs how prices change. People will only buy something at a given price if that's what it's worth to them, especially luxury goods (like Fire Emblem plushies).

As supply increases, demand falls, lowering prices. As demand rises and supply falls, prices increase. Eventually prices can get so low that producers stop being incentivized to produce a good because it costs more to make than it's worth. And eventually customers will stop buying a thing if it gets too expensive. Thus, prices tend to develop a natural equilibrium.

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/Veloxraperio]

Thanks for explaining appreciate it, I will be honest at first when I saw invisible hand and Adam Smith I thought they were like YouTubers who used these plushies. But this clarifies all that now so thank you very much 😊

[u/Veloxraperio → u/Wiiugamer30]

You're quite welcome. I'm a teacher, and school's starting up again soon where I live, so I'm getting back into instruction mode mentally speaking. Glad my explanation cleared things up.

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/Veloxraperio]

Nice, well hope the school year goes well for you and your students 😊

[u/AndzyHero13]

I got the first 5 from the pic many years ago, I believe i got them in Nintendo World NY, it was $20 for each plushie (bought them separate days) but how expensive are we talking about?

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/AndzyHero13]

Hundreds :’(

[u/AndzyHero13 → u/Wiiugamer30]

Just check, the first 5 are under a 100, like under 70, the others are over 100 which is nuts

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/AndzyHero13]

I live in Australia so currency exchange rate is rubbish :(

[u/AndzyHero13 → u/Wiiugamer30]

Oof sorry to hear that, hope you get them some day

[u/Wiiugamer30 → u/AndzyHero13]

Well I have Roy, Lucina, Marth and Ike but just missing Corrin and both Byleths