why are collectibles so expensive?
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Paperboy012305
Maining Male Villager since 2015
Well. Lets sum it up in a short sentence:
The rarer they are, the more expensive they get.
The rarer they are, the more expensive they get.
Halloqueen
Senior Member
Collectibles have variable rarity, each one ranks somewhere between very common to rare and discontinued. Most collectibles you see that are over 3K tend to be one-time only items, things you could only ever get at one point in time, never to be made available again (unless they are entered into the pool of collectibles users can earn in the occasional forum event like the Fair where you have a chance to win various collectibles from years past). Things like the Star/Flower/Heart Wands, the Pokeball, or the Weird Doll are good examples. So, to answer your question, yes, their rarity makes certain ones highly sought after.
Chicha
She’s like warm days, sunshine, honey & love.
Short answer: People spend what they want to spend.
Long Answer: About 2-3 years ago, there were way more members and more TBT to circulate around. People made ACNL shops, art shops, signature shops, or just resold collectibles. The chocolate cakes used to cost over 2k TBT around the time I first joined. The longer period we spend without there being a new main AC game, the more members would leave or be inactive. Many of those members had rarer collectibles like Pokeballs so nowadays, there's a much smaller amount of people who have them.
In order to get collectibles, the best way is to participate in forum events (there's an event every few months [the next major one will probably be the Fair]) and then resell. There's almost always a limited amount of most collectibles. Every now and then, the forum may do restocks which always attracts competition. Despite the competition, it's not denial-able that so many collectibles have actually gone down in value. The more a collectible is restocked, it generally goes down in value (i.e. chocolate cake, fruits, light blue house).
Most people get collectibles for either a) they look cool/cute/or bragging rights, b) to resell, or c) to gift them to others
Either way, it's fun to get these cute little pixels and make the forum a little more unique. Hope this info helps!
Long Answer: About 2-3 years ago, there were way more members and more TBT to circulate around. People made ACNL shops, art shops, signature shops, or just resold collectibles. The chocolate cakes used to cost over 2k TBT around the time I first joined. The longer period we spend without there being a new main AC game, the more members would leave or be inactive. Many of those members had rarer collectibles like Pokeballs so nowadays, there's a much smaller amount of people who have them.
In order to get collectibles, the best way is to participate in forum events (there's an event every few months [the next major one will probably be the Fair]) and then resell. There's almost always a limited amount of most collectibles. Every now and then, the forum may do restocks which always attracts competition. Despite the competition, it's not denial-able that so many collectibles have actually gone down in value. The more a collectible is restocked, it generally goes down in value (i.e. chocolate cake, fruits, light blue house).
Most people get collectibles for either a) they look cool/cute/or bragging rights, b) to resell, or c) to gift them to others
Either way, it's fun to get these cute little pixels and make the forum a little more unique. Hope this info helps!
That Marshal Fangirl
❄️New Year, New Delulu❄️
Simply put, people are willing to pay a lot of fake currency for pixelized images around here. I'm certainly guilty of that. Nice collectibles are something of a status symbol as well, so there's that.
Paperboy012305
Maining Male Villager since 2015
Well, we do need to find creative ways to get rid of TBT and let others have them for good reason.
Alolan_Apples
“Assorted” Collector
Since I'm on the supply side (or seller's side), and that I joined during a time the site was much more active, I feel that I have the opposite problem. Wanna know how much the blue candy costed back when I first joined? 4,000 TBT! For just one blue candy collectible. Now even a full set of candies (orange and purple included) is hardly worth 1,000 TBT (thank goodness for that). But what's more worrysome was that the white feather collectible once costed 50,000 TBT. And that was at the time there were only 26 in circulation. The next year, no collectible could get more expensive than 25,000 TBT. The year after that, it's gotten lower. On the year after, I had a hard time selling one Star Glow Wand for over 10,000 TBT, and ultimately sold one for 8,000 TBT. The year after, I couldn't even sell a Rad Feather for 5,000 TBT. I thought the demand for collectibles was deteriorating, but no, it's actually that there are fewer members. Pocket Camp, Welcome amiibo update, amiibo Festival, and Happy Home Designer had less impact on the community. And not once since 2013 did Nintendo launch a new main series Animal Crossing game. And as a game gets older, fewer people would play it. With no Animal Crossing game to play, there's no reason to be here. So the community shrinks, and everything they hold stays in their hands as they remain to be inactive for a long time. Hence why there's less TBT in circulation. Those who joined between June 9th 2013 and June 8th 2016 were used to seeing more expensive collectibles, and some (like me) couldn't adapt to change very easily. That's why some collectibles are so hard to get.
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xSuperMario64x
a very tired Bug 🪲💤
A lot of them are so expensive because they're really rare.
But like Apple said, a few years ago they were even more expensive, but their price has actually gone down since more and more people have become inactive.
That's why I like to hold onto some collectibles, like my arcade ones. I had to sell all my fruit to get them, but now that I have them and they're worth a lot more it's pretty cool to have them in my inventory
But like Apple said, a few years ago they were even more expensive, but their price has actually gone down since more and more people have become inactive.
That's why I like to hold onto some collectibles, like my arcade ones. I had to sell all my fruit to get them, but now that I have them and they're worth a lot more it's pretty cool to have them in my inventory
Hanzoisbae
one word; hummus
You guys over explain it. It's just because with a high price and low quantity people want it more. Sure the mods can make more and sell them for less because the technically have no use except as status symbol in the fourms but keeping it high in price and low stocked makes people want them more and stay in the fourms. So it's basically just a way to get more clicks on this site and ad revenue.
(Edit: or just what thatonemarshalfangirl said with extra details)
(Edit: or just what thatonemarshalfangirl said with extra details)
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you should've seen prices years back
I mean market prices in general are still 2expensive4me, but it was a whole other level of ridiculous back then
I mean market prices in general are still 2expensive4me, but it was a whole other level of ridiculous back then
Here are some reasons why some collectibles may be expensive.
• Their design is favorable and liked by many (ex; Galaxy Egg, Star Glow Wand, Black Feather.)
• They are rare due to few ever been released (ex; Eggs, Feathers, Wands.)
• The things one would have had to do to obtain them were either difficult or tedious to do (ex; Forum events, contests)
• They have collectible "relatives" in which they are somewhat similar but either slighty altered or recolored, making people want to have them all simultaneously(ex; Houses, Candies, Feathers, Ice Cream Swirl + Popsicle.)
There might be more reasons but these are ones I feel are well known.
Since not many seem to going onto TBT nowadays, their prices will probably plummet more and more, but a collectible could always see a heavy increase in price either way.
• Their design is favorable and liked by many (ex; Galaxy Egg, Star Glow Wand, Black Feather.)
• They are rare due to few ever been released (ex; Eggs, Feathers, Wands.)
• The things one would have had to do to obtain them were either difficult or tedious to do (ex; Forum events, contests)
• They have collectible "relatives" in which they are somewhat similar but either slighty altered or recolored, making people want to have them all simultaneously(ex; Houses, Candies, Feathers, Ice Cream Swirl + Popsicle.)
There might be more reasons but these are ones I feel are well known.
Since not many seem to going onto TBT nowadays, their prices will probably plummet more and more, but a collectible could always see a heavy increase in price either way.
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kiwi-strawberry
Senior Member
I wish I knew. I personally don't get the appeal of collectibles. Do they actually do anything other than sit under your info? I think they're just little icons, right? I totally get how some may look pretty, but there is no way that I would shell out thousands of tbt just to get a little icon. No offense to the people who like collectibles, I'm really sorry if I offended you ;; it's just what I personally think!
I agree like that’s why I asked why they’re so expensive lmaoo it’s literally a pixel icon, no way I’m gonna give away so much tbt I worked hard for a small icon
kiwi-strawberry
Senior Member
Exactly!! I can see saving up to expand your icon or make it animated, it gives it a more personal touch. But little tiny, still images under your info?? I mean tbt is pretty hard to make, you'd have to save up for so long just to get one collectible? oof
