Thread:Ragnarok6354/@comment-29270805-20151202124601/@comment-24187738-20160222175021

Sorry to interrupt but I feel that I should clarify the appreciation of value is only true for very few figures. Specifically figures that belong to series with long-running power, and that were produced in very limited quantities. Take for example the Saber Lily ~Distant Avalon~ figure from GSC: That's a figure that had a very small production run and is now worth more than 200% of its original value. There are many factors that play into value but it's mainly really just down to how popular a character still is, years on.

Nowadays it's quite hard for figures to appreciate so high in value because it's counter-productive to the companies: They don't want people to pay each other for figures, they want people to pay them for figures. A notable example is the GSC's [http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/2419/supercell+feat+Hatsune+Miku+World+is+Mine+Brown+Frame.html supercell feat. Miku Hatsune: World is Mine figure]. For three years it was worth close to 200% of what its release price was- until they announced a re-run of the figure in 2013. Everyone who had a 2009 original cried buckets when the news went up since its value just nose-dived from 200% to 80%. Even our very own LL Nendos were subjected to re-runs already, because now the companies are more receptive and listening to what the market is demanding.

Most likely what that collector told you is simply what most collectors are telling themselves, because it can be quite hard to accept the truth that they literally spent tons of money on pieces of plastic that lost value the moment they were sold to them, and continue to lose value with each day.

Summary: Figures almost never appreciate in value. If you want to get as much of your money back as possible, just sell them second-hand as soon as you can bear to let them go. But of course, if you appreciate looking at them stand on your shelf, that's definitely a kind of value on its own, just not monetary.