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Originally Posted by Kurona

I imagine that compounding that is the price increase -- years ago SHFs didn't cost that much; they were most commonly around the price of... well, the lower pricetag that main riders get these days. But as the line increased in quality the prices increased with it -- and that's why you see a lot less accessories, a lot less forms being released, a lot more things being Premium Bandai.

Like, for example; back in 2014, SHF TriceraRanger was 3780 Yen. 3780 Yen. And he was Premium Bandai. That's about half the price most SHF Riders on the site go for these days and he's got way more accessories; so if full teams of SHF Sentai were having a tough time selling back then, can you imagine how badly it'd go today when SHF prices are such that they'd at least be breaking 5000?

Part of me still can't believe how much more I am paying for SHF's nowadays. I first started back in like 2012 getting some Shinkenger and Gokaiger ones that were on sale from HLJ for like 1000-2000 yen (which translated to about $20-30CAD) and now I've come deep enough into the rabbit hole to accept that it's the norm to be paying $100+CAD for a regular or Premium Bandai SHF (though now I am mainly focused on MCU stuff which seems to be on the pricier side). lol. Obviously prices have gone up in the past decade but it's still something I think about every now and then. Haha.