The statistically BEST & WORST anime figures | aftermarket trends revealed

[@smgoku]

Miku carrying the figure market lol. All hail the queen

[@warxdrum]

the new jersey figure was also talked about because she has 4 black bases. 3 only for her hair xD

[@GoufinAround_]

I think the biggest issue with Demon Slayer is the gap in quality of figures. You have your ok quality low price figures and like b-tier mid price figures then the really high quality stuff was WAY too expensive

[@Samsapopin]

Kinda a shame in all honesty. I told a friend of mine to get me a 2020 SEGA Nezuko for Christmas that was on sale for $26, thinking that she was popular due to the show being the GOAT.

[@myon9431]

I'm not surprised that Rem gets more figures than Ram, but I am surprised that Asuka gets much more than Rei

[@roynobody]

she made like a spotify wrapped thing lol nice

[@thehnoskos]

The Albedo 1/4 B-style figure was also talked about a lot because TOM kept delaying the figure because it was being fulfilled in the US from their North American supplier, Ultra Tokyo Connection, rather than directly from Japan and that company apparently had a ton of issues with getting things shipped. It ended up getting delayed month after month for nearly a year. So that's something that sparks a lot of conversation on MFC. That and once it was found to be a surprise cast off, the price skyrocketed for her, especially on the aftermarket, which I'm guessing is why she got a weird re-release but with a black bunny suit instead of a white one like the newer Narberal and Shalltear figures. New Jersey's bunny figure also had that stupid base that was like 5 ugly and awkward discs for her hair. People were not happy about that.

[@sasamiadachi]

Data is so cool! 😎 Thank you for taking the time to dig through the data and sharing the results of your findings. There are definitely some surprises.

[@GoldenGoomyGoo]

This was such a cool video--thank you for spending the time to gather this data!!

[@ccc1990]

This was a really interesting video! Really liked it!!! One question that I have would be which are the 10 most popular (sold) female characters and same for males characters. Some of the answers may be already showing in the info in the video, but I just thought about it.

[@strayiggytv]

I never understood the bunny style craze in the first place. To be real most anime girl characters designs relie heavily on clothes to even differentiate them from each other. You put them in a bunny fit and they all start to look the same on the shelf to the point where ive seen people struggle to figure out who the characters even are lol

[@Poprockbb]

This is easily one of the coolest vids Ive seen in a while. Ive only been collecting for a year or two and have always wondered how popular my favs were. Absolutely awesome vid!!

[@SherrysTokens]

Was fun listening to you talk about it! I've noticed some patterns over the years, so it's about what I figured. I do admit that I own many that have tanked, but I think the most hurtful one was my Demon Slayer Akaza Aniplex figure (mainly because I bought him local at the time)... but his quality was pretty disappointing in his hair, unable to get him flush onto the base and having a small gap between his abs and pants. Sadly I only got some money back, return was not an option.

[@Dana_N_Collects]

Great video! I'd love to know which sculptors are the most popular, or have made the most successful figures! Or maybe which artists have gotten the most successful figures!

[@keiser2003]

Cool video! Its always interesting to look at data and come up with interesting points. One thing that could be interesting to look at are the stats for figure scale sizes and types (posable vs not, elaborate bases vs simple bases)

[@darianresendes7746]

Oh hell yeah, the figure stock market goes crazy! But honestly great, fun video. I’ve always kinda had some of these questions in mind but never did the research. Another good category if there’s a follow up to this would be; most popular/ profitable in aftermarket manufacturer product lines. For example Kotobukiya has the product line Artfx J that from my understanding trends towards high aftermarket value.

[@KrisKrisKrissy]

I'm interested in the best selling original characters, since it's such a huge market.

[@myon9431]

The cute mushroom girls gotta be up there

[@TheOmniBlade]

I think it's really interesting seeing this as I usually go for gaming figures... which includes the only gacha I play in Arknights and I find it interesting that neither it or Genshin Impact had any impact on this list. Azur Lane is clearly oversaturated but I did not realize just how addicted people were to getting Miku figures in this space.

[@TheOmniBlade]

All super fascinating and I'd love to see more stuff like this from you!

[@cottonycloud-]

What I noticed is that Mihoyo figures don't really go out of stock in Taobao in China. They also don't create a crazy amount of them and tend to have reasonable prices with good quality.

[@xKumajirou]

I'm kind of curious about the market of male figures. I feel like it hasn't been that long since more of them started being released. I only collect male nendoroids and I remember being so easy on my wallet because they released so few of them back then and after Aoba's nendo it got more often and now we got so many options.

[@bbrv333]

also the way male figures skyrocket, like look at Towa 🗿 ofc I’ve ordered the latest figure of him cuz I just know first of all that I want it, and second of all, that it’ll skyrocket lmao

[@peofun1]

this kind of number-crunching data analysis is so interesting!! thank you for taking the time to do all this research and bring us the Facts™

[@Samsapopin]

That was a pretty fascinating video! I'm an Asuna figure collector & it surprises me that she's #3 in most popular character figure manufacture graph & in the middle (#8) in the MFC owners list. I thought Asuka or Rei had way more figures due to me seeing a whole section of them at my local figure store. However, I'm not surprised at all about Miku & Rem dominating the market since they're practically like Barbie & I just got my first prize figures of them for Christmas.

[@StrayScouter]

when you said you were going to show which series dropped most in price I immediately thought "Demon slayer". They tanked SO HARD. I remember when the nezuko nendoroid just came out and she was expensive af in the aftermarket, but then they rereleased her like 2 or three times. There was just too much and tbh the quality was "meh". Kanao's figure was really disappointing. The paintjob wasn't on the same level as the prototype and thats also why she tanked

[@Shunpon77]

I bought the Kanao figure after it dropped to 5,000 yen on Amiami. It looks great, but i wouldn't have bought it if not for the sale. Quality wise it was definitely worth >10,000 yen.

[@Tuna13]

28:37 - If you're building a dataset of figures and figure prices, one thing I'm interested in knowing is, how much more the upward trend of figure prices over last few years compares to the annual rate of inflation. Other variables to observe for correlation would be the cost of crude oil and labour costs in China, seeing as how most of these are manufactured there. I hear that figure prices have gone up dramatically since the pandemic while quality has remained the same. Very curious to know if this is due to manufacturers knowing the that market is willing to pay more (higher demand during the pandemic and possibly post-pandemic) or if an increase in the cost of production and inflation has actual played more of a role.

[@Artic_Salt]

I had so many figures that I PO tank just a few months after I had purchased them in 2023 that I stopped PO altogether. The ones that hurt the most were the Myethos G.A.D series and Falslander by Wing, most of them were available for 80-90 USD less than original retail within a few months after release

[@shachereliyahu1019]

Very interesting video idea! I would love to see these kinds of videos once in a while

[@m.i7211]

7:25 The figure on the bottom left of the right side of the screen is one of Natori Sana, an indie Japanese vtuber, and its funny how so many overseas people have figures of her despite not even knowing of her existence. If you don’t watch her, imagine how confused you would be when her figure comes with an eggplant and a shrimp.

[@richardchrzanowski5414]

I would Love more videos like this! Maybe dig and see what manu’s have lost the most in the aftermarket?

[@MarkoMotley]

The data is good, very informative vid!

[@princetheripper33]

This was a super fun and interesting video! Really looking forward to your 2024 wrapped lmao

[@brooksl445]

This is such a cool video, super well done! Would we be able to see the data or other data points you've collected?

[@FluffyKittenofMordor]

I want Evangelion and MLP aftermarket figs, but unfortunately, I would need to be living in the streets for a few months 😭 Thankfully, Koto is slowly reproducing the MLP lineup again. How the smackaroo did you compile all this data?! That's incredible!

[@crazyeyecarl]

My rule of thumb is to only preorder things I can't live without. Once something gets announced I follow it to the best of my ability. Luckily I'm not super into a lot of the more popular series outside of One Piece, and the Fate Series...not cause of the games, I really liked Unlimited Blade Works. I do get disappointed when I miss original figures though.

[@Mewtho9]

I would be interested in normalizing the data per number of figures. Example Miku average price per figure is x.

[@Maes.piece.]

I wish figures didn't go so high in price for niche series I will regret not pre ordering Lavi from D gram man for the rest of my life I HAD THE CHANCE

[@Elemeeental]

That's a very interesting video, thank you for your hard work 😊

[@fairybro]

this was such a fun video to watch 🤣sadly i own quite a few demon slayer figures, mostly rengoku. I think cos of the hype, they produced way too many figures from this series. curious to know, which of the demon slayer figures didnt decrease in value?

[@NewbInLife]

The 15th Anniversary Miku is talked about because: - Price is high 40k+ JPY on release. People were skeptical of the price until it was released. - Global Freaks bankruptcy or whatnot resulted in many people not getting their preorder. - The current After market price of it is now at least double around 100k JPY.

[@johnnypollack3243]

Keep up the amazing work and videos

[@LunarClockLunaDial]

Pretty awesome investigation. Would be interesting to compare it to other second hard stores as well like amiami or mandarake. Manufacturer breakdown would be awesome to investigate too, but it's probably gonna be Alter and Mytheos topping the charts XD

[@thesquirozgx]

This was a fantastic video! Very excited to see the stats vid for 2024 this was the year I started collecting really so am pumped to see the results. We’ll be seated 🔥

[@miss_smaragd]

Currently training to work as a Data Analyst - and therefore of course loved this video! 🤓💕

[@lukeeberspeaker6904]

Hi 👋 I love you!! And thanks for all the videos you've made... they're all so great 👍

[@DiamondFlame45]

What an informative video! Miku carrying the the figure market on her cute little virtual shoulders 😂 You should do a video on the recent Nostalgia and Anime Core aftermarket prices for some figures!

[@GODzilla0121]

That was super interesting, thank you 🙂👍 I was just wondering if you could do the same but specifically on all the figures that you own and have paid for, it would be cool to see your reaction on what's the most popular figure and the least also which has gone up in value and which hasn't in your owned collection 🙂👍

[@pielopelotta]

I would say that Sakurajima Mai is pretty popular even without that white bunny skewing the data, but that could be because I have 6 figures of her in my closet with 2 still comming. In her case it's also worth noting that she pretty much exclusively recieves figures from her show with people begging for other characters. But then still ending up buying all the Mai figures.

[@GDIdoujinmediaworks]

Topnotch content and analysis! I haven't really "lost" in this market since I subsisted on bootlegs and only recently started collecting originals, and many of my favorites were from admittedly mediocre shows/games thus I was able to get most of them for almost half their MSRP. One thing to look out for when 2024 closes are 1.) Kitagawa Marin and 2.) Gundam Witch from Mercury. Did they go up in value? Or did they overproduced, thus tank?

[@taiyakichonks]

I loved this video! I'm really looking forward to the 2024 one. As a fan of Haikyuu, I'm interested to know how Haikyuu did in 2024 considering the Haikyuu movie got released this year and, by extension, the influx of Haikyuu figures this year alone.

[@TSignature]

I feel like original characters are the next to be oversaturated and tank. There`s just so many with the Chinese manufacturers and people are buying for the price, but at the end of the day they`re not particularly good designs and have no staying value.

[@ElisaDoesLife]

I'd be curious to know what companies made the most figures and how they fared against each other in terms of aftermarket growth or decline

[@Sizemore911]

Very informative and well researched video, I really enjoyed it. Not too surprising seeing Miku reign as the top most figure as she is so versatile and can have many different artist interoperate her in a variety of unique styles. With the other characters I feel like some of them could be said to be a flavor of the season/year such as Rem, Zero Two, Albedo and Sonico to name a few. I too think FOMO has a big part playing into collectors decisions to buy very popular figures. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't brought a few figures cause of FOMO, some examples are the 1/4 Bunny Albedo, Alter Jeanne d'Arc, and a few others I can't remember. As for franchises with the biggest aftermarket spikes I was not too shocked to see some of the most popular series out there with very sought after figures, but the one that surprised me the most was MLP. I watched MLP FIM a few years back and loved it ; I was so glad Kotobukiya started yo make figures for them. Over the few years they made each figure I got all of the original releases, I was genuinely surprised to see the whole MLP set was very expensive in the aftermarket. For franchises who's figures tanked in the aftermarket it wasn't too surprising seeing popular series drop as they have a flood of figures from many different companies in the market. I pretty sure these type of figures are ones you don't collect but I am curious to know how the aftermarket is towards NSFW figures. Do these figures tend to spike or tank in the aftermarket? An example of a figure that at one point skyrocketed in the after market was the original release of Caroline Yuri who was selling on the aftermarket for upwards of maybe $800-1k! ( I believe the possible reason for her insane aftermarket value as she was released during the height of COVID 19, and not many collectors could afford her at that point in time.) However with the recently released tanned version of Caroline Yuri, the original Caroline Yuri has dropped considerably to a more reasonable $250-$350 on some sites like Amiami preowned or Buyee. Two examples of figures who's aftermarkets have spiked are the 1/4 scale reverse bunny suit Sophia F. Shirring and the 1/5 scale Onazuki Kaede. Both of whom in the aftermarket have either doubled or tripled in their initial value upon release on some site such as Nin Nin Game, Amiami preowned and Buyee. For Sophia I can only assume (upon research) she is sought after because reverse bunnies don't get made that often. As for Onazuki Kaede she was illistrated by a famous artist Asanagi as well as having a partner figure Onazuki Kurumi in the works, which could explain her aftermarket value being so high.

[@chloechoi8239]

I'd be interested in this same analysis but for OC figures!

[@mossnose2414]

The queen is here 🎉

[@luisarriola6646]

Rem is my #1 not surprised on how many figures she has.

[@petey_likey1309]

I’m a big unlicensed collector a couple licensed for sure. But it seems like a lot of unlicensed also hold value pretty dam well and or skyrocket. But it’s mainly resin statues too. So that’s probably why. And numerous freeing bunny’s too.

[@ateliernini]

Someone prob already said this, but the Gilgamesh figure went down specifically because of the brand. Pulchra used a material that is prone to breaking over time I think? Because I looked at that figure a few years back and passed so fast

[@shoua7]

I'm not loyal to any series; I just buy whatever I like. In fact, I really like original designs. I also don't buy for resale value, and I open all of my figures: they're all proudly displayed.

[@ReplicantAmi]

Great idea for a video! Will be curious to see the 2024 recap. I feel like the aftermarket hasn't been as scary recently (too many figures that I overpaid for by pre-ordering 😭). Also, for as many figures as Re:Zero gets, I wish we could get some variety on occasion. Rem is cute, but there are so many other great characters from that anime that I would love to have figures of. 🥲 I'm praying for Pop Up Parades at this point.

[@vhsmemories504]

Most expensive aive figure i bought was the freeing Mirko 1/4 scale. I think i spent $500 including shipping.

[@SuzdalPanic]

I got into both JJK and Fate pretty recently so seeing both Yuji and Gil at the end felt like a punch to the gut lmao

[@myon9431]

Based Ghost Trick pfp

[@mgphyothant]

There is one figure I really want, Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir - Gwendolyn - 1/8 - Leifdrasir Ver. (Alter), but It has a price around $370-400. Why this figure is very expensive?

[@GoufinAround_]

I've cut back on pre-ordering unless I MUST get something and it's a good price, for example the Nier Automata anime version of A2 from Good Smile. Otherwise I've not had anything maintain prices after it's released and there is still stock out there

[@saruki0132]

love the random GBA info being stolen, i know how it feels, mine got stolen at school and i can't report it cause i want suppose to bring it. also great info dump on the list!

[@Alejandra-cv7rj]

I love dark Angel Olivia i purchased her during my deployment.

[@katie4849]

Can you do a segment on OC figures?

[@Orangelasagnacat]

Seeing this after mfc got rid of the sort by popularity/ release/ addition date option for zero reason is tragic lmao 💔 gr8 vid doe

[@BerryBerryKPR1]

Heck yea more of this please

[@ayshinisenadeera3235]

I'd be interested in seeing the AM on NSFW figures and see how they increased and decreased.

[@jmeldo9477]

Not only no prizes, but also no Ichiban Kuji

[@ThomasVonHerzberg]

Scalpers...

[@Snogard45]

not surprised to see ryza, everytime they released a new one of her I wondered how long they were Actually going to commit to this for. my wife is a big atelier series fan and we tried ryza but even loving the series it wasn't that great of a game... I think her design is wonderful, but it doesn't really have a beloved source to keep the longevity the way figure manufacturers wanted it to.

[@timma_t]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@LieutoriSestina]

I have quite a lot of those Ryza figures but yeah, they made too many and there are only so many fans of the character so no wonder they bargain bin. Hoping that figure companies give some love to the other Atelier characters cause there is a gacha game for Atelier now and many of the character designs from the previous games deserve to get quality figures made.

[@senseikoudai6186]

Maybe look at the different OCs.

[@fighterzam6573]

and Chainsaw Man is just getting started, the second part of the anime is where shit gets real.

[@antoniomacias6004]

I love this video

[@bkirkpa1]

Every time my American ears heard her say Dada I did a double take.

[@Limbomber]

This was probably the highest effort anime figure content that's been uploaded.

[@RichtL0r]

I like the video, but I don't like all hate to the best girl Sakurajima Mai 😢

[@lukeeberspeaker6904]

If you can help me find a somewhat affordable Kadokawa Hatsune Miku Maneki 1/7... you can make my holy grail figure come true... please 🙏,😅😅😅

[@GuSaT0r3]

Nezuko cheap? Buzzmod sold for 180 dollars last stock xD

[@CincyRaz]

Daadaa....😅

[@aesotope1592]

Top 👍

[@mattmckay97]

Nope, you just lost me with your Mai bashing.

[@MechaFoxs]

Is it just me, or figures should never hit 200+ USD MSRP, even with shipping, taxes, and conversion? The only things that should be allowed to go over that price is like that Sailor Moon flower statue, or that Kusanagi Makoto statue (the one that has all those wires), or that chunli power lifting statue. But who knows, a lot might go into the manufacturing process for stuff to be so high. I could have sworn high quality figures used to be in the 50 to 75 usd range.

[@B4GETTINGTHIS]

you're so hot on chucky bishoujo 🔥