How come Nendoroids are becoming so cheap?
In the past they all used to be 80+ now you have the new JJK Gojo and Geto coming out at $38
Is there a reason they're so much cheaper now??
Posted Jul 26, 2023, 12:11 AM UTC
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Yen is very low. It's more then nendos you can get a good price now for USD
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The Yen is in an insane pit right now. Really unfortunate for the economy of an entire nation but it has the side effect of import goods being really cheap right now.
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Yeah when I first got into collecting 2+ years ago, I always preordered my Nendos because every Nendo I wanted when I first started collecting was super expensive on the after market. Nowadays it seems like preordering is almost a mistake, especially directly from GoodSmile US. So many Nendos for popular series will still be in stock for months on third party sites like Crunchyroll and get discounted
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I noticed this too and was in the exact same boat. Ordered Kenshin and he dropped to like $45 on sale with shipping including being a blind box possibility. Hiei will likely be my final pre order from GSC US. The resale value also took a hit. Some Nendoroids I’d like to sell were going for $80 just the other year but now I have to accept the reality that they’re only worth $40 at most now.
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I even see Kenshin sometimes at $20 in the aftermarket in my country. Crazy times
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Maybe I have to stop pre-ordering
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Yeah I noticed that too, I’m getting everything after they get discounted
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Japan’s economy is in the toilet lol. When I started collecting, $35-$40 was the norm.
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Figure prices increased due to COVID. They made less figures because the cost of materials, shipping, fuel, manufacturing, etc was through the roof. So nendoroids are going back to their original prices now that things have become more normalized. You can also see that nendoroids in general are getting a bit simpler, with less extra customized pieces as a trend. Yes, the yen helps too.
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Seems like a lot of stuff have come together to put it in it's current state
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must be great living in the US while SEA is suffering 😭
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I mean for Nendos prices are good for cost of living, yikes.
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As long as the model quality isn't taking a dip. I won't be complaining about the price decrease.
Though the fact that they're decreasing the accessories to cut costs is kinda sad. I really hope that the upcoming Ranni Nendo won't be a more akin to a statue since the base model alone already has 2 faces for 1 face plate to match the game model. I will probably expect another face plate where she's sleeping and a lower half part for sitting and that's it for the accessories.
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I got the 2 Vladilena Nendos and 1 comes with an amazing back drop and the other is basically just the Nendo.
Hopefully like you said quality stays the same
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In the US: A lot of them have not been selling well and are bargain binning. Retailers are just trying to recoup any cost they can by lowering the cost which even with the weak yen is making many of the independent smaller retailers take loses on Nendoroids in order to have the capitol to keep moving forward their businesses forward. The economy has drastically diminished anime figure merch and figure sales in the US. Bigger companies may be getting discounts from Good Smile Company smaller retailers are not and are taking losses at the moment so if you see something you like snatch it in order to help the seller as everybody is overstocked and just trying to move inventory.
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You’re going off of Ami Ami prices right?
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Nah I was using Crunchyroll and BBST
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Are you using USD? Look at the change in exchange rate
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Yeah I am, I used to work at GameStop they were always 60-80 there and Denji and Power were around 80-100 when I bought them a few months after COVID. Now they're 40 each
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Just my two cents, nendos pandemic times became a hype... now that ppl are going back before pandemic the demand isn't that much anymore. Maybe over supply too.
Ps. I actually got my Bokuto nendoroid for 20$ (re-issue, lol I remember how rare bokuto's nendo before). The seller just wants to out all old nendo stocks.
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Probably doesn’t help that they do rereleases? The risk of missing a popular nendoroid are so low.
I remember sasuke selling for north of $300 online and then they rereleased it. $60.
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Do people really care about 1st releases for Nendos? I know that for Funko pops first releases are more valuable to specific collectors.
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I don’t think reruns were as common in the past. Now it seems like every popular nendoroid gets a rerun.
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Makes sense I remember missing the aot first wave and looking everywhere very expensive resell for all of them
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Only for us dollar. The rest of us are crying
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Why not order from here and ship to wherever you are
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Means? Ship from us? The shipping from us is exp. I'm considering though because goodsmile has a flat rate of 20 compared to amiami
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Eh, I think the prices largely stayed the same. Nendoroids are about $40ish and DX/Special edition are about $65. The aftermarket is a different story entirely
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Nah they've definitely been 80+ for awhile
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because the Yen has fallen so dramatically. it used to be a nearly 100yen to $1USD conversion rate, but now those 5600yen prices convert to $39USD. GoodsmileUS had to adjust their pricing because everyone was just ordering through Goodsmile Global because the conversion rate was so much better.
because the majority of Nendoroids now come with practically nothing in terms of accessories compared to older figures. some of them don't even come with three total faceplates. they're cutting costs wherever they can (which also allows GSC to keep up with the insane constant supply of new figures they've created for themselves), for better or worse.
So will the price be going down for other Japanese figures (brands other than goodsmile) too?
i imagine that will only happen if they also have a distribution/warehouse/etc selling in the US. GoodsmileUS is technically a branch of the Goodsmile company, and they were forced to adjust pricing to keep the US branch alive against the main company. if other brands only sell out of Japan, no, they will not change their pricing, and just continue to sell in Yen only.
no they would have already gone down gsc just scaled their prices on their store oddly for a while.
Only older figures that have an announced price and reruns. New releases with have inflated retail price to make up for the lesser yen value basically.