>>50043390Exactly. Hell if you want more evidence, Pokemon was/is doing a line of scale figures partnered with Kotobukiya. Plenty of characters have gotten them like Red, May, Rosa, Dawn, etc
When released they retail for around 9k yen, which is like 80 US dollars I think? Second hand copies of an actual popular character like Dawn sell for at least 200 US dollars, if you're trying to get a sealed brand new one second hand you can sometimes even pay a good 400 dollars. Literally 5 times the original market price.
Meanwhile Leafs figure, second hand can sell for around 10k yen, barely a 10 dollar markup from original retail. Sometimes they'll sell for even less than original. Simple economic concept of supply and demand. There is 0 demand for Leaf merchandise, that anyone who wants to sell one isn't going to have buyers, or they'll have to sell it at a loss.
By these simple metrics you can come to the conclusion that Leaf is not popular and that if anything, people want to get rid of her.
