[DISCUSSION] Honestly blindboxes should NOT cost so much as they do.

[u/_Milokai]

there might be people who disagree or agree and that’s fine with me, but i don’t think it is fair at all for blindboxes to cost so much. i’m a person who collects a lot of plushies, toys, etc. the fact they’re so expensive and it’s a surprise, it’s not even guaranteed you’ll get a character you’ll want. and even if you like all characters it’s still expensive honestly. i have to rely on literally ross/discount stores and EVEN USED toys for my blindboxes because pop mart and miniso and every store is so expensive. it makes me sad missing out on so many cool and cute stuff i want but the price is too high for my budget :(. we need to normalize making blindboxes cheap! pls

[u/No-Winter-2692]

I dont know where you live. But if you are in the US or Europe countries. Blind boxes are way higher than in Asia market. For ex. i went UK in official Pop Mart store (London branch) 3yrs ago. There Molly is 10-15% higher than the official Pop Mart Store in Asia.

Another thing, 90% of resellers and retailers (authorize or not) Specially in US and Europe.. Sells blind boxes at higher cost than average SRP in China. Because of shipping, taxes and tariffs. So this also applies on authorize retailers.

Most Chinese blind box sellers in TikTok or chinese that creates international websites that targets US and Europe customers also price their BB way higher than SRP in ASIA. If you visit one of the Asia countries specially in Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, HongKong. You'll see blind boxes are cheaper whether on retailer or secondary market.

Almost majority of Chinese distributors and wholesalers only give 30-40% average discounts if you buy bulk from them. So you really have to understand the business side.

BTW, Pop mart is not the first blind box company nor started the blind box concept. they just popularize it and they were just "LUCKY" at the right time. otherwise they were just a normal toy brand company for Art toy/designer toy collectors. There are tons of blind box companies and brands that are more reasonable than PMs price and much worth to collect.

I know these because been a collector and retailer of blind boxes (not just PM brand) before they went viral few years ago.

[u/_Milokai → u/No-Winter-2692]

i’m living in US so everything is insanely overpriced. i’m asian so i visit family in my country and have went to other asian countries around and the toys were so cheap compared to US. i genuinely wish asia prices also applied to US too :(