>>7618238>labor in Japan is cheap than US>minimum wage lower than US>nerd products costing 2-5 more than US equivalents>has always been the same since collector products existed since the 90syeah, no.
I think the only explanation is how small their collector market is, but i don't even know how big the US collector market is.
pic of a Figuarts equivalent line by a US company that only cost $40 when Japanese companies were charging $50-80 back in 2016.
Understandably, a smaller company like Sentinel will charge more than a larger company like Bandai does, but Japan has always been expensive just because they can get away with it.