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Originally Posted by toxicatom5
Those cards are going to get ridiculously expensive to collect though. At 6 cards per pack (estimated at $5.00 right now), randomly assorted, with holos mixed in...ugh. They know what they are doing because games like MTG and Pokemon (an affiliate) have given them the perfect road map.
Did anyone happen to hear the Planet Money podcast about the Black Lotus card from MTG...it's actually a pretty good listen if you have a chance. But basically it talked about how Wizards of the Coast eventually figured out a smart way to print these card sets -- essentially by making some cards rare (but not so rare that the second hand price gets out of reach for most people). Pokemon are the exact same way, there are some rare cards, but most can be picked up second hand for about $25-$35. I see this as the future of Amiibo trading cards. They're already coming out in series, and I'm certain that they'll eventually have different sets for various IP. Get ready.
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Ha! Yeah I did hear that story a while back on the radio and sat there thinking the whole time how relevant it was to amiibos.
With amiibo cards coming out now it's more relevant than ever.
The gist of it as I remember is that the manufacturer became aware of how expensive this one special card had become on the secondhand market, and they realized right then and there that they had to make a decision between: doing nothing about it and allowing hype (and short term riches) to build around outrageous resale prices until their then-new game turned into a flash-in-the-pan fad; OR they could start printing more of the Black Lotus, keeping a close eye on the secondhand market until supply and demand naturally brought down the price to something like $25 instead of $1,000. They choose to do the latter, which was obviously the right choice in the long run since MTG has been around for a long time now and is still successful and popular today.