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>Halo, being such a large IP
It's a dead IP though. McFarlane ditched the license long ago and two companies ditched it since then, because no one really gives a shit about buying their toys at retail since 3 or 4. I mean, who even plays the game today, despite the new one being free?

But that's besides the point, because I was comparing two series that have been on a decline, except one's toyline (specifically McFarlanes, because i don't track Jazware's or Mattels) has prices going up despite almost no discussion anywhere and GI Joe's prices going down despite still having people giving a shit.

If i'm to compare GI Joe strickly to GI Joe, army builders within the line never really jump down in prices the way they did. Alley Vipers in 1:18 would basically never go down in price to MSRP once they're going from retail and have always enjoyed a premium as a rule on the secondary market. Whereas in 1:12, below MSRP even unopened.
Army builder backs never really lessened prices for army builders in 1:18 on the secondary market either.
... and this WAS true for 1:12 too. For a bit. Now demand has become slack, either because of stock dumping or disinterested fans.

>the bottom is sort of falling out of vintage
I think this applies to the GI Joe franchise as a whole. How old is everyone in this thread? I'm in my 40s. Anyone here under 20? Because the old GI Joe generals had a bunch of under 20 year olds, which surprised me, because we considered the series a dying franchsie back then too (bad movies, failing cartoons, etc).
And if we considered the GI Joe franchsie back as dying, despite constant reboots/retrys every couple of years.... what's it considered today when there's no cartoons/movies at all?
At least back in the 10s, people were loving Cobra's Civl War storyline. No one here even acknowledge's Image's comic existing.