Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20191009051904/@comment-30049823-20191009191831

Elliottw wrote: Who pays for this crap? I'm gonna speculate it's geek gamers with lots of disposable income.

A big chunk of the price might be licensing, but that seems outrageous even compared to the Star Wars blasters... and you know Lucasfilm Disney ain't particularly generous!

Elliottw wrote: I have a limited number of limited edition personally autographed Overwatch Soldier: 76 Nerf blasters available for $699 for a limited time. You're doing it wrong. Read this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2019/05/01/millennial-spending-habits-and-why-they-buy/#24a1d0e4740b

What you gotta do is mark them up to $999 retail and then offer a $300 discount to get the kids to break out their credit cards.

...which is probably what Hasbruh is doing.