[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Chasing

It doesn't depend on anything. Some of them take longer than others, but it always happens. I've never seen a Figuart that didn't hit a price below its MSRP at least once; not even the modern ones. When you're buying secondhand, people can throw on their own price tags, and sometimes people are desperate.

Mandarake is great but it isn't the gold standard for secondhand. I've seen plenty of good deals on AmiAmi, Okini, Ebay, and even Twitter. There are always outliers but their days will always come, too. The Dangerous Zombie I bought earlier this year was only 70 USD and it came from Ebay. Same guy was selling 3 of them.

Valkyrie is still very recent, so I definitely wouldn't hold my breath, but I'd still keep an eye out. I've seen multiple Rogues for less than 70 USD, which is still higher than the original MSRP, but not bad at all for such a prominent character. You'll definitely see more Rogue figures like that next year, since Prime Rogue has an updated head mold. The first batch of RabbitRabbit, if you can find it, is relatively cheap for similar reasons.

Retail releases are so cheap it's honestly hard for me to see them dipping below MSRP on the aftermarket, unless it's something that was kind of too expensive to begin with, like Shooting Wolf.

I'm talking about consistency too, though. Outliers will always exist - I got a pretty decent deal on Twitter a month back - but if I go on Mandarake or something right now, I can guarantee I'll see Den-O Liner or Lazer Turbo at a good price, and if they're not there, they probably will be within a week or two. This has never been the case with any Build figure aside from a small handful that aren't popular (Cross-Z Charge, Mad Rogue) and I won't be surprised if it's the same thing with Valkyrie and Horobi given how popular they got.