I agree. I don't see the benefit for Disney to have LE Merchandise. Why only have 300 Iphone case when you could easily sell 3000. I would love that iphone case, but i'm not paying $80 to a person who bought 2. In the end you wind up paying for theirs too.
Keeps the collectors happy. The collectors buy the big ticket expensive items. Those $60 jumbo pins, $250 framed pin sets, Princess dolls, etc. LE items drive the market for most things like pins, vinyls, etc. Artificially limiting supply helps to create demand. Situations like this, Disney wants to give the fans onsite a change to buy some merchandise, while ensuring they aren't left with left overs.
It doesn't apply in this case, but often Disney uses LE merch as a way to sell tickets to an event. By offering LE merch, they are able to charge people $150 bucks to come to a 2 day pin event. Just to hear them talk about what pins will be sold over the next year. And to buy more pins. What other situations can you charge someone for the privilege to find out what they will spend more money on over the course of the upcoming year?
As much as the mark up sucks, the person who is selling it was there. Had to spend time being there, and money in some form. (Gas, AP, hotel, etc) If it truly is $80 for a $30 case, that is a bit much.
Steven Miller did admit that if the demand is there, the non LE items may be reproduced again at some point. And seeing demand in some LE items can often convince them to make a different non LE version. It's a great way for them to test demand for something.
It's something that the only time they want to acknowledge the past of EPCOT after they've systematically degraded the product, it's when there is merchandise, pricey merchandise to sell. For years it has been hush-hush about everything, but the mighty dollar rules supreme. It's funny how the same people who lament what they've done to the place is who they're selling merchandise to in droves today.
There's no chance in hell that they only made 300 each of the cases. Last year they sold a "limited" iPhone case with only 1971 being sold, or so they claim. They still had plenty in stock when I visited in April, 6 months later. Bull.
Nostalgia sells, no two ways around it. Everyone wants to relive the glory days.
Exact same. And they advertised them as a limited edition of 1971.Nostalgia sells, no two ways around it.
Was it the same exact identical case? No change to the side color, or a slight tweak to the design? And the other question, was it limited edition, or limited release? Those are two very different things in the world of WDW merchandise. LE means that they will only make a known number, and then stop. Limited release means that they won't make it forever, but don't have a predefined limit on the production run.
Exact same. And they advertised them as a limited edition of 1971.
The blue shirts have been around for a while. It's a great shirt though, so I'm glad they're keeping it around.Lots of stuff still available last night at Mouse Gear. Tons of blue shirts, limited number of marroon, lots of lanyards, pins and iPhone cases.
The blue shirts have been around for a while. It's a great shirt though, so I'm glad they're keeping it around.
It's something that the only time they want to acknowledge the past of EPCOT after they've systematically degraded the product, it's when there is merchandise, pricey merchandise to sell. For years it has been hush-hush about everything, but the mighty dollar rules supreme. It's funny how the same people who lament what they've done to the place is who they're selling merchandise to in droves today.
Just got back from another day at Epcot. Lots of 30th stuff still to be had including lanyards, pins, mystery pins, t-shirts, hats, iphone cases, and Mickey ears, including SSE overlay.
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