Could be. The TCG should already be gradable by CGC/PSA since it was WOTC printing it.
The books, book collecting is a whole other thing. The Harry Potter book collecting is a thing on it’s own and basically every limited printed/hard to find version is already in a collection somewhere.
Also, the Harry Potter thing been “tainted” due attempts to cancel JK Rowling due to her “anti” trans statements. So it will not be hot for a few years to come. At which you have to ask; will Harry Potter last like Star Wars? Or won’t there be a new (pre-)teen book series in 203X that will make Harry Potter obsolete? Harry Potter is a real late 90’s/early 00’s generation thing.
I remember torturing myself through the episodes just to see the battles, some of the championship battles were cool. I haven’t watched any of it since.
There is talk about a Harry Potter & The Cursed Child movie adaptation from the Broadway Play. There’s also talk about a Harry Potter universe HBO Max TV series. Lots of potential synergy to keep the franchise alive.
A lot of things going on to keep it alive, indeed. But there is a difference between being kept alive and about to re-boom. And currently, with the cancel movement going after Rowling currently it’s a hard thing to do a good relaunch that isn’t offending either fans or protest groups.
I don’t keep up with what Rowling has been saying lately, but the initial furore was a bunch of BS from terminally online people and if you did a bit of digging, would flip sides like I did. Granted, that was then, not sure what she’s said since.
But once the life described in Harry Potter becomes unachievable, then it will lose popularity. The same risk is present for many brands and I’d go further and say lifestyles and systems. Just yesterday I read that the emperor penguin may go extinct within 30 years - most of us will still be alive then. I see future generations growing more and more radical against the system.
Maybe Barbie? My mother has some sealed stuff that went 2-3x in the last ten years. Probably will never boom, but could gain traction with the recent movie.
I second harry potter, manga, figures, physical media (anime vhs, dvd,.), imho they’re already really popular and prices could go up.
Another idea would be sealed apple stuff or graded iphone/ipod/macbooks lol, I see some interest
I’m pretty speechless at this. I could understand something like, Steve Jobs personal iPhone or similar… This will be a museum piece most likely, bizarre haha
I think Harry Potter has a potential to resurge and have new life breathed in to it with new worlds for a new generation. But I don’t think anyone‘s going to care about the original movie cast or Jk Rowling again. They were big when we were kids but now they’re has-been’s who screwed themselves by jumping on the cancel wagon of Rowling. There’s some effect from that just not sure what it will be if Harry Potter remains relevant. None of it is good though.
Personally I think we should all go back to Neopets and RuneScape and never move from our computer chairs. We can flaunt our party hats and Halloween masks and scream in chat above our heads as we fail to input html code correctly to make it flash colors. Then the rest of the world will see this and realize it’s where everyone’s meant to be. Therein lies the next boom - one of happiness.
If they reached garbage bins years ago, that is only positive when it comes to the potential of a future price appreciation.
I don’t know much about the older Skylanders games but when I try to buy figures for Skylanders Imaginators for my son, I already have to pay $15 - $300 (Ro-Bow). It’s the favorite game of my 9 year old son and he doesn’t view it as an old/ancient game.
As for the amiibo: all the reprints certainly keep the prices down for now but Nintendo is still adding new amiibo every few months and they won’t be able to reprint all of them forever. Almost every amiibo who didn’t get a reprint went to $25 - $100. Given the strenght of the Nintendo brand and its IPs I think there will always be a demand for those amiibo.
HP is more of a millennial thing. I’m not sure how Harry Potter can get “pottermania” for a second time. The video game could bring it but it was kinda meh and most people hate JK Rowling. Most of millenials will be 40+ soon.
If there was a chance - it would do this already.
