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Is it just me or do the test paint pieces seem to be trending downward in price a bit (for the most part)?
Brimstone Rising Spectral Dragon Test Paint #1 by Gina
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Is it just me or do the test paint pieces seem to be trending downward in price a bit (for the most part)?
Yes, I did notice there were some low-selling ones. Although with the last three going for $2k (Brimstone griffin being resold, but I’m still counting it), $1.5k, and $1.3k, maybe they’re trending back up. Or it just depends on the piece.
I was really surprised to see the Seaglass SK only go for $2.2k and the Brimstone one for only $3.2k, though. I thought they would have been more.
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Is it just me or do the test paint pieces seem to be trending downward in price a bit (for the most part)?
Yes, I did notice there were some low-selling ones. Although with the last three going for $2k (Brimstone griffin being resold, but I’m still counting it), $1.5k, and $1.3k, maybe they’re trending back up. Or it just depends on the piece.
I was really surprised to see the Seaglass SK only go for $2.2k and the Brimstone one for only $3.2k, though. I thought they would have been more.
Whoahhh. MAN. It’s crazy what some years’ difference will make. I never tracked the dragons’ prices as much for test paints but these feel like dramatic increases from 2015/2016. Is there a particular reason why they’ve increased so much in price?
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The prices shot up dramatically a couple of years ago and have stuck around the 700-1000 range (or even higher for popular figures/colors as can still be seen). I doubt that things will go back to the 2016 era prices but it is nice to think that there’s a chance to get an affordable test paint.
The prices shot up dramatically a couple of years ago and have stuck around the 700-1000 range (or even higher for popular figures/colors as can still be seen). I doubt that things will go back to the 2016 era prices but it is nice to think that there’s a chance to get an affordable test paint.
Is it same for the other lines, like the ki-rin and unicorns, or is it just the dragons that have shot up like that?
The prices shot up dramatically a couple of years ago and have stuck around the 700-1000 range (or even higher for popular figures/colors as can still be seen). I doubt that things will go back to the 2016 era prices but it is nice to think that there’s a chance to get an affordable test paint.
Is it same for the other lines, like the ki-rin and unicorns, or is it just the dragons that have shot up like that?
Everything went up. It was normal for the baby ki-rins to go for 700+. The adult griffin sculpts tended to breach the 1k mark.
Some of the dragon Sculpts have had the most dramatic price increase out of all of them. Not really surprising considering the sheer number of variety of figures that are in the dragon line compared to everything else, plus dragons are super popular in general.Also, some sculpts have gone up because they are just not available as production items any more, such as flap cats and oriental dragons. But really, any time at least two people really want an item and are willing to spend a lot of money to get it, the price can go up dramatically. The pool of people to “really want” an item has probably expanded too, with people discovering Windstone on Facebook.
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Also, some sculpts have gone up because they are just not available as production items any more, such as flap cats and oriental dragons. But really, any time at least two people really want an item and are willing to spend a lot of money to get it, the price can go up dramatically. The pool of people to “really want” an item has probably expanded too, with people discovering Windstone on Facebook.
That’s true, the dueling nature of who-wants-it-more is a big contributing factor. I’m glad that Windstone I seeing that kind of success, being a small family business (although admittedly my wallet cries).
The prices shot up dramatically a couple of years ago and have stuck around the 700-1000 range (or even higher for popular figures/colors as can still be seen). I doubt that things will go back to the 2016 era prices but it is nice to think that there’s a chance to get an affordable test paint.
Is it same for the other lines, like the ki-rin and unicorns, or is it just the dragons that have shot up like that?
Everything went up. It was normal for the baby ki-rins to go for 700+. The adult griffin sculpts tended to breach the 1k mark.
Some of the dragon Sculpts have had the most dramatic price increase out of all of them. Not really surprising considering the sheer number of variety of figures that are in the dragon line compared to everything else, plus dragons are super popular in general.Have the oriental dragons been completely removed from normal production, or are they just sold out?
Guess I’m gonna have to get ready to really bust my buns for new pieces in the future. Or maybe I can find pieces I can part for people would be interested.
The old Orientals are hard to cast and clean. The sitting one was supposed to fix that issue but it hasn’t been in the store for quite some time. If I had to guess, the clean ones are becoming test paints because it’ll bring in the $$$.
I wish you luck hunting down an Oriental. They are not cheap but some do pop up in the Facebook group.
Stormscale Baby Dragon Test Paint #1 by Gina
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The old Orientals are hard to cast and clean. The sitting one was supposed to fix that issue but it hasn’t been in the store for quite some time. If I had to guess, the clean ones are becoming test paints because it’ll bring in the $$$.
I wish you luck hunting down an Oriental. They are not cheap but some do pop up in the Facebook group.
I did manage to get a sun oriental in ruby. I’m going to post an image of it with a thank you message on the Facebook group tomorrow. But I’m definitely still on the hunt for a moon oriental. I’m sure I’ll get one eventually, but it’ll probably take a while. I want to prioritize ki-rin anyway unless the absolute right oriental dragon comes along.
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