Blind bags/boxes have never gone anywhere, you just grew up and stopped noticing/buying them. This isn’t a Glitch problem, it’s a “we don’t have good enough regulations about marketing to children” problem.
For me it’s a price problem. It’s a really greedy way to get people to buy stuff. Lego’s are ok because they are literally 5 bucks each. Also legos have a lot more characters, meaning your change to get a duplicate is a lot lower.
I think it’s the prices but people have to notice that TH-cam merch is just expensive in general due to it being an independent project and glitch has to pay there animators voice actors ect.
I kinda see the Dilemma You can't control what kids buy cause its not the kids it's their Parents. And looking on the view count and Kids content based off the Ip you can tell its mostly kids. And adults just want their kids happy so they buy it. the thing about blind bags were the fact they were cheap so you could buy 3 with the price of tadc. But I'd like to add that it would've been better just to sell the figs without the Gacha part. But at 120% of the blind bags
As a FNAF fan, Funko has been selling FNAF mystery minis for years. I really have no problem with the mystery boxes, I love collecting the figures, but the $15 is insane though for just 1 figure. Funko sells their minis for $7 or slightly more depending on the store. $96 for the full set is kinda crazy lol.
I didn't mention it in this short but the mystery kaufmo figure can "replace" one of the figures in the set. So you can pay $120 to get the full set, however pomni could be replaced by kaufmo. So you'd have to keep buying more boxes to finally complete the set. Very odd, i can understand why people are upset about this. Shipping also has to be factored in as well.
@@ayylmaotv Holy mother of god ok I get it now. The worst thing the FNAF Funko minis have ever done was make some of the figures a 1/72, and making some of them store exclusives. That's just insane.
@@gracethefoxx Most figure companies just suck. Funko's are super overpriced and I've heard horror stories of youtooz screwing over youtubers who signed with them with dodgy contracts that try to take their intellectual property.
@@ayylmaotv Maybe I'm wrong but I actually think funko's mini prices are reasonable. (From what I've seen) If that's true about youtooz that's a bummer because I collect their FNAF products too.
Even Goose herself said the show is definitely not for kids, especially starting in Episode 3. I am a Glitch-Inn member and I watched the interview. In the AMA Interview with Gooseworx, she mentioned that episode 3 will have lots of HORROR, and reminded everyone that the series is PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR, and didn’t advise kids watching episode 3. So kids are not what this show is supposed to be marketed towards in the first place, and is not the target audience. Blind boxes are common to this day. Yes the $15 price tag is rather high, but try running a huge indie series, or 3 different ones at that matter. Merch is sold to support the shows production, if you are really bothered by the merch prices, you could always support fan merch from artists and such, but they won’t support the show.
The "it wasn't intended for kids in the first place" is somethinh nobody can really do, because kids will always watch/play these things anyway There is no stopping it
Hi! Fun fact: I'm actually the artist whos art was stolen and used for the Bootleg / Knockoff digital circus blind bags you can see in the bottom left of the photo (orange bags) This was only recently brought to my attention and its still so surreal to see my art used on bootleg packaging lol
I personally don't mind blind bags in general, but honestly I greatly dislike how much they're being sold for. Like over $120 for the entire set? That's ridiculous! Blind bags usually go for around $8-$10 each in the market, so I feel this is a rip off. Funko sold cheaper priced FNAF mini blind bags and to collect all was cheaper than this. 🙄
That’s what I’m saying. I get if they need/want more funds for future episodes, but if they made them cheaper more people would probably buy them and therefore they’d get more cash.
@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq Agreed, although I don't think they're desperate; the shows first episode got 200 million views and it's maintaining views in the hundreds. I'd be surprised if they didn't have enough support. Maybe it's for future products' funding since indie animation is still hard to produce?
You can get them separately for $15. Also they are similar to the blind boxes in Popmart so they are gonna be a bit more expensive. Also the type of material used is a smoother acrylic/resin. $15 is actually pretty cheap for those type of blind boxes. I’ve seen some that are $30 per box.
You can get them separately for $15. Also they are similar to the blind boxes in Popmart so they are gonna be a bit more expensive. Also the type of material used is a smoother acrylic/resin. $15 is actually pretty cheap for those type of blind boxes. I’ve seen some that are $30 per box.
Every Fandom that has merchandise has blind boxes. If TADC had NO other merch, that would be a problem, but they have plushies, pins, and other things. So it seems reasonable that they have moved in to blind boxes. Nobody NEEDS to buy them, they're just something fun to do.
Yep, exactly. At that blind boxes are so so so common now of days, I have bought many for things that I don't even know, like cute bear hamster looking things, cute chibi figures, etc. again of things that don't even have series, just cute figures. At that like you said they've been selling normal merch, having one but if merch as a mystery box shouldn't be as big of an issue as people are making it. Heck there is a guy who goes around dedicating himself to buying Disney and similar themed blind boxes/bags and he does go and buys a bunch, trying to collect the whole set. Some people genuinely just enjoy collecting these in this way. I for instance participate in a pure gacha game, the whole thing is dressing up with what you get in gachas, never have to pay money for what I personally want either. Very generous with gacha rolls on the free spin to give coins for the item spins. It used to be called Tinierme but it indeed got shut down well over a decade ago for "gambling" which at that time they did full on have people spending tons of money for items, others wouldn't need to pay cause we would make art for items that others already paid for. So if you were on that site in beta mode and got beta items or were loaded, you could get whatever you wanted, but if you were an artist, you were basically promised whatever you wanted. There was an artist who traded for an item where only two people on the whole site got one from a contest (or my bad the artist won it themselves from the site and then got actual money from trading it or something) And then right after that event they shut down in a week, only a week warning. Luckily they came back as Cocoppa play or something like that, they do not do the gachas how they would with Tinierme, but it is basically still the same, just much better It's just good for making designs you want with actual good looking stuff since it is all hand drawn.
Also, TADC isn't a series for kids, so the whole, "gambling for kids" argument goes out the window, at least for this series. As far as I can see, the closest thing Glitch sells to kids would be XS shirts.
When you say it’s 3x old school blind bags take into consideration the fact that there’s inflation and that this is a small team and not a giant company such as Lego
yeah like, lego can afford this shit glitch is busy managing and funding alotta stuff rn like murder drones, digital circus and also i think i remember hearing rumours that they're making another show soon its kinda hard to stack merch on top of that too its not easy to pretty much be an investor for animators
Meanwhile the budgeting is also different Lego is only covering the cost for production of the product and their paychecks Meanwhile glitch is doing that plus getting budgets for multiple other shows. And although I can't confirm this but I do think the quality is gonna be a lil better compared to legos
@@MeanieMelatoninprobably not, lego is pretty solid. Also, if a relatively small team like glitch could match LEGO in quality and pricing there's no way Lego would still be in business
@@kyuutakitsune7163 I ain't saying glitch is gonna be matching Legos prices, I'm saying that the glitch merch will ALWAYS cost more because of where the money goes. Lego has to pay for ; production cost, marketing, shipping, designers and other employees involved in production Glitch merch has to pay for ; production cost, designers, other employees involved in production AND they need to pay for other shows (they also have marketing but seeing how they market I can't imagine it costing much). Now I can't find how much an actual animation show costs to make but it seems like you roughly pay 5-10k for a 10 minute episode at cheapest. What this just means is that they need to add extra costs to the merch to actually get their budgets worth.
To add on to the fact that mystery bags/bundles have been around for ages, I would also argue that it’s not gambling for kids. The show may be a cartoon, and it may technically not swear, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not directed at kids.
Even then, it still isn’t gambling, because you’re still getting a thing. It’s just sometimes it’s one you already have. You’d probably have a better chance getting a specific character from a mystery pack than winning from a slot machine. That being said, 15 dollars sounds excessive for small figurines. Just hope it’s good quality.
@AMagicalTortoise of course it's not meant for children, but none the less, it has a very large audience of children and young teenagers, and they know this fact. I'd say it's the majority of their audience. You don't choose who your show appeals to, and this show just happens to appeal to children. Usually this is whatever. I don't think they need to change their show just because kids are watching, that's their art, and I don't think they should have to compromise their art because kids are watching it. That being said, selling expensive things that are essentially gambling loot boxes is not a creative decision, and I think it's at the very least, a little irresponsible. Even if your show isn't made for kids, you know that's who you are selling to, so you should do your best (in my opinion) to not try to sell young impressionable children loot boxes. Logan Paul said his content wasn't for kids, and he defiantly does stuff that is more adult, but he still has an audience of children, so he shouldn't market gambling sites to them. This isn't any different to me. That being said I don't think there's anything wrong with blind bags in general. If they're cheap it's not a huge deal of you get a repeat. However these are going for 15 dollars a peice. The whole point of most blind bags that aren't trying to literally be gambling is that they are cheap so you can get a lot of chances at whatever you want. This is not the same simply because of the price, a kid can only try once or twice to get the figure if they want it. If you're going to sell expensive figures to kids. Don't put them in blind bags. If you want to make blind bags for an audience of children, make the figures less detailed and make the price make sense. That's just my opinion though
@RebelliousRobot this just isn't true. Something can definitely be considered gambling even if you receive a product. Loot boxes, things that that, are considered to be gambling because you tend to be looking for something high value with your money and are getting something not worth what you put in, or not what you generally want. I'd say this wouldn't be gambling at first because you're getting a high quality product no matter what! But with the edition of a super rare mystery figure, I'd say it fits, because people will be buying a bunch of these blind bags in order to get the special rare figure and not getting what they want. Gambling has many defitions, but just because you receive a product at the end doesn't mean you aren't gambling. Gambling is simply just putting money into a random system in hopes to get something of a certain value. I wouldn't care if the majority of their audience were adults, but most of them are children and these are very expensive figures, seems a little irresponsible to me
@@multiplefandomlover7179agreed, talc gets daaaarrrrkkkkk, there is existentialism, there is horrific character death and there is no way I would recommend this for any one under 16, but yeah 15 bucks is a bit much
Blind Boxes are in nearly every single store I walk into at the mall. Hot Topic, Box Lunch, Spencers, Game Stop, Tokyo Anime, 7 Imports, Claires - Booths at conventions - They're in the toy isles of stores like Target and Walmart - people buy blind boxes from Amazon full of random sendbacks and lost orders! Even Kinder Surprise Eggs are blind boxes, and those are STILL LEGAL here in America (at least in WA - I still see them on shelves at Target, Walmart & Safeway). People are CRAZY if they think blind boxes are gonna stop being a thing. There will always be enough curious cats to satiate their existence.
Honestly blind boxes/bags have always been a gamble. But in Glitch's defense animation is expensive and if I'm correct they use most of the money if not all of it to fund their projects such as Digital Circus and Murder drones. It also depends on the quality of the item as well. That and shipping too.
Exactly. People forget so easily that all of glitch’s shows are indie animations, and basically all of their money comes from merch and the glitch inn. The blind boxes might be pricey as hell, but so is animation, especially if you’re not some big company. If u want a certain character from the boxes u can always just buy one a month, or ask them for holidays - stuff like that. And soon people will be selling them anyways if they get duplicates
@@vinyl_jj Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one who shares the same point of view. Plus I'm a huge animation fan and hope to one day create a indie animation of my own. I've been inspired by so many amazing and talented creators.
One thing to mention though, not a slight against Glitch at all either, is that they likely get grants and sponsorships, I don't know what country Glitch is located in but many have loads of programs and funding to help off-set production costs. It won't cover everything of course but it is a thing, much like how Hollywood will film movies in certain countries or locations because they'll pay into or charge less for production costs and stuff. If I was a betting man the minis are charged as they are more for the quality of the figures, from what I've seen the paint application is pretty clean.
@@boanoah6362 Glitch is in Australia also you are right the quality of the figures are pretty good. Again I also understand the price as well since I said before they need funding for their animations and probably funding to ship out the products as well. Plus idk if the animations would be considered inde anymore if they got sponsors I could be wrong though.
This has been a thing for years. I would go to McDonalds an INSANE amount of times to get all of the toys in a collection, I would buy ten of The Nightmare Before Christmas boxes to get the full set at walmart, people are just TRYING to be mad at something
It's hilarious to me that people are acting like this is something new and bad because TDAC is involved lmao. Like no one's ever seen a funko mystery mini or bought a happy meal before
@@WhatDoIUseForHandle if you are trying to shame me for having that type of money i hope you know that i only had those things because my ma worked her ass off to get me those things as a kid. i’ve lived through bad situations too. i know what it’s like to be a kid knowing that your parents are struggling and doing anything and everything in your power to try and help. whether it be skipping meals because ‘you aren’t hungry’ or telling your parents that you are fine with them working extra hours even though you miss them. you don’t need these things and are trying to bully a company about pricing, i wanted those things and my ma bought them for me because she loved me. we are not the same so kindly shut the fuck up
people don’t realize that the reason indie merch is so expensive is because of the cost to produce it in the first place so you have to think if you’d rather have expensive merch or no merch at all again it’s an indie show with a smaller team not a huge production company regardless of how popular it is
1 digital circus is NOT for children so its not “ gambling for kids “ its the parents faults for allowing their children to watch they said themselves that it will not be for children after the next few episodes. But i do understand the pilot and episode 2 seemed very chilidish and fun but there was some things in there that arent for people who are under the age of 11. 2 all blind boxes are gambling its not just the digital circus ones. Thats pretty common sense 3 i agree with the fans. 15$ is extremly overpriced especially for how small they are , at the max maybe 8$ would be an okay price 4 i do belive they are just faunding off the digital circus fame and trying to get as much money as they can cause animating isnt cheap they have raised about 1-5 million dollars i belive from merch and clout if they are doing seassons its gonna be very very expensive and they might possibly run out cause of stuff like bug fixxing , animating , voice acting , song writing , smoothing ect
Big corporations get to do as many mystery boxes/ blind bags as they want, but when an indie animation studio does them, they're promoting gambling? Yeah, I'm not a fan of mystery boxes like that either, but go after the big corporations who are doing it and making it a market that smaller creators have to cover
Yeah those big companies are ALSO promoting gambling, people have been saying this for years, i collect monster high and fans have been begging mattel to stop making the skulltimate secrets boxes be plastic cause of how wasteful it is Its just more insulting to have an indie company do it because you expect them to know better, to know better then to sell blind boxes for $15 not even big companies lists their blind boxes for that much
You're right. Also I gave a little look at the merchandise available on the site and for a little less than 31 $ you can buy the figure of the character you like the most. (Only if it's Jax, Caine or Pomni)
As a major sanrio lover, every time I see sanrio blindboxes in miniso, I buy at least 1 of each. Blindboxes have never gone anywhere and it’s not gambling. The thing is when you’re younger you just tend to pick favorites and feel unlucky if you dont get that very specific character. The older/more mature you get the more you learn to accept all of them so you become happier with what you get. It’s about maturity, not gambling.
I never thought that I would see a screenshot of Hotdiggitydemon's "Nintendo employees when their joycons drift" be used in an amazing digital circus meme and then that meme appear in one of your shorts. I remember when that video came out and I reference it regularly, though not the moment in the meme.
Gambling denotes a chance that you can potentially lose the money you spent for nothing in return. This is $15 (which is too much and the only real issue I have with this) to get a figure, but you are guaranteed to get one of those figures. Also, trading is always an option if you get dupes. Just like any other blind box collectable for the last few decades.
@@LazyLoonz Legally, not really. Legally gambling is defined as betting something of value on a chance outcome with the understanding that you could either gain additional value or lose the original value that was risked. That's not what a blind box is. You give money, you are guaranteed 1 of these figures. You are guaranteed a return on your investment. Now if you don't particularly like the one you got you have options. You can resell it for the original price you paid for a net 0 gain or trade what you have for what you want. You can't sell or trade a losing lotto ticket for a winning one.
Personally I don't have a huge issue with the price or with them being blindboxes (I'd prefer them to be cheaper and not blindbox, but I don't mind it too much.) My issue is with the fact that, not only is there no guaranteed way to get the full set, but you are actually guaranteed NOT to get the full set because one random figure is replaced by the secret figure in every box. The only way to get them all is to buy 2 full boxes and hope you don't have the same figure replaced in both boxes, or buy a full box plus one extra individual blindbox and hope it happens to be the one you're missing (spoiler alert: it most likely won't be.) By putting a secret figure in every box and having it replace another instead of just having a 9 figure set, the secret actually becomes the MOST COMMON figure in the set as 8 secrets are produced for every 7 of each of the other characters. I'm used to buying blindbox figures and dolls that have secret figures, but the secret is usually waaaayyyyyyy rarer that the rest (we're talking like 1/100 odds) so it is actually more valuable than the others in the set and if you get lucky enough to pull it but don't want it you can at least sell it for a significant amount then buy the ones you actually do want. Having the secret actually be common AND replace another figure is so ridiculous! The secret figure also isn't something I particularly want, so no matter which figure it replaces, I'm going to be disappointed. I was really excited for this set because the figures are adorable, but I just don't think I can justify buying them knowing that I'm not going to be entirely happy no matter what, and there's a good chance I miss out on a figure I really like. If I'm paying £100 for a box of figures, why would anyone ever think it's a good idea to take away one of them at random and replace it with a far less desirable one with no value and give me no way to directly buy the figure I'm missing out on? I saw someone suggest a better way of doing a secret figure in a similar way which would be far better. Basically each character could have a variant (like costume versions such as minimum wage Jax, or just an alternate interesting pose/expression with an additional prop or something) and one figure from each box could be randomly replaced by their variant. That way you still get every character and you get a special variant of one of them. I do think this concept would be better executed later down the line when we have more episodes and therefore more costumes/props/iconic poses and expressions to reference, but it could still work at this point. Anyway that's my rant about these figures. For now I'm just not buying them and waiting to see what happens after they ship for everyone who did, particularly to see if there's a decent resale market for them here in the UK so I can individually buy specific figures from people who already got them and are selling off characters they don't want.
Definitely agree with the point, but I also don't blame Glitch for not catching that downside. Indie marketing is a PAIN. I do hope it gets fixed though.
@Stories_Untold Yeah, hopefully it's just an unfortunate oversight that gets fixed later because I'd be happy to pay for the full set if I knew I'd get them all. I hope they either release a second round with no "secret" figure so you're just guaranteed one of each of all the main characters if you buy a full box, or they add the option to just pick the characters you want and skip the blind box part entirely if you're not interested in the surprise element.
Ohhhhh! That's way too fucking expensive for minis. 5$ would be fine, 3 preferable but 15$ per box? Good lord, she needs to get regular merch before she blows up her bridge.
Fair but you do have to think Abt how these figures are practically paying for the show since many indie shows like this make most money off merchandise sales And also depending on the quality and ethics of production the price can vary, carging 5 euros feels like pricing that a fast fashion brand could pump out but not a smaller company and fast fashion is also extremely straining on resources and can often have toxic work environments for people in sweatshops
They can't just make the price whatever they want. They have to have it cost more than what it costed for them to make it or they don't make a profit. Inflation exists too. If they made it that low they would lose so much money.
@@Ocorydon-WCO I understand how the market works. They must also know a lot of folks aren't going to pay these kinds of prices. Had it been spread out with pins and shirts it could have been fine, maybe 18 per figure so people could buy what they want.
@@Luna_shadow Yeah well I can't say I'm gonna spend 15$ on a random figure I might end up with several copies of. If it was spread out with more merch no one would have cared.
@TheRealSparkplugTheFox there are definitely people who are gonna buy that stuff, people have bought way dumber for way more. Like supreme and apple products
I have more of a problem with the price then I do the « gambling problem ». Since when are mystery blind bags/boxes gambling for kids? 💀every lil girl in my generation would get those blind baskets for shopkins all the time and no one batted an eye. I also got lots of mystery figurine eggs and bags for shows I watched when I was young and none of that is gambling Besides,Digital Circus isn’t targeted for kids. It’s the content farms that are pushing the content to young eyes. The responsibility of making her franchise « kid-friendly » doesn’t go to Goose or Glitch when it wasn’t intended.
@@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq How can you not get the gambling aspect? It's literally a gamble. You put the money in, essentially pull the lever in which you grabbed, and hope the one you picked is something you actually like. Hell a lot of blindboxes legitimately list the odds of each figure, which is something gambling in video games have been made to do like with gachas. It's a big part WHY they are usually lower priced, to offset the fact that it's a gamble
Personally my only issue with the figurines was the release date, it happened on the 5 year anniversary of glitches first show, meta runner, and the only thing that they did for it was make circus merch, I think they should’ve made a commemorative video for meta runner then make the merch announcement the next day
They do merch or announcements on Fridays regardless of what's happening yea fair it was distasteful but they only really made a huge deal of a smg4 10th anniversary we don't know of that's the case for this too
Except for the fact that Digital Circus technically isn’t a kid’s oriented show… so I wouldn’t say the merch is supposed to target kids either. But that’s my own perspective here.
Well, this also helps glitch get some money because of what kind of animation they do for their shows so if you buy them, you’re pretty much helping them with their animation if I’m getting this right I’m pretty sure
Exactly! Even if the price is high, you're still supporting the show. Also if you don't like the newest merch, you can always buy some of the other amazing official merch they have and still be supporting the show : D
blind bags have always been a thing is kids toys ( I personally don't like them, but their pretty commonplace so that isn't the real problem) the thing is, they are usually much cheaper to offset the idea that you don't know what your getting, so the price is a bit high. I don't know what glitches financials are like, but I think they are a big enough studio to lower their prices a bit
I used to work in retail, at a 'higher brand' fan store that would sell 'higher brand' items for high prices. All the blindboxes we got ranged from 10-12$. 12$ was usually for FNAF and LOTR blind boxes because they were more popular. So 15$ to me is insane.
Even tho they cost quite a lot, there's a reason for big prices of Glitch's merch. Glitch made the FinalFinalProject which helps small indie series studios get popular and get funds for their animations, it costs a lot to fund their shop and other shops (lackadaisy's merchandise shop and Glitch's merchandise shop) Glitch productions uses the money from merch (and animations!) to fund these 2 shops and merch for them. Glitch also needs funds to pay off their crew (yk animators, voice actors and others) which also costs a lot. I think even tho the prices might be big, the money goes towards making the quality of animations and merch better. I hope I explained it well :)
I actually enjoy little blind boxes. I enjoy the randomness, though I see his collectors would get annoyed. The problem I see is the price is kinda insane for them, especially something so small where it promotes buying multiple.
As much as I hate blind bags/boxes, it's a good business strategy. They're fully able to be sold in physical stores, which further expands their reach. Also, they did say all funds go into producing their shows, so that's a plus.
This sounds like a skill issue? This isn't the company's fault just because u get repeats dosnt mean they can no longer make something other ppl will enjoy ngl this drama just seems selfish indie animation isn't cheap if u want more of the show well they need money some how money is the reason many indie shows stop going or continuing because either the network dosnt want to fund it anymore or its just to much money
Honestly, i think fans should make their own fan made merch. Theres so much more love and effort put into it, and our world is already getting cluttered up with all these plastic knick knacks. I love my knick knacks too, but its such a slow burn of a rush to work hard on something you're making yourself, for something you love, and then to see it finally paid off in the end! Even if it doesn't turn out all perfect, now you know what you can do, and now you have the chance to learn even more!
I agree with the fans except it’s NOT gambling “for kids” I’m not denying kids couldn’t Handle digital circus they can handle that stuff better than we give them credit for but at its core the digital circus was NOT designed FOR kids and it’s better to assume the buyers are the intended audience rather than kids
Yeah I’d have to agree with them. While I personally didn’t get many of them for the same reason FNAF had (or maybe still does have an equivalent with misery- I mean Mystery Minis. They followed a similar strategy even to the point that some of the animatronics minis would only be included in 1/4 box sets. Pretty crazy
When I saw this video, I instantly looked for the one that has the simpson scene where Homer tries to get the baby elf for Maggie by buying 10 gallons of gas.
Considering (ideally) the profits go towards helping make more digital circus episodes I see it kind of like commisions that are probably overpriced but it's to help keep the artist afloat so it's worth the extra cash. To use that for lootboxes essentially though... I mean it certainly works I guess but I'd also just sell specific ones at a bit higher of a price, like 15 for a random and 18 or 20 for a specific one, so it's not the only option to get a certain one if you can't shell out 90 dollars.
If you didn't see Ayylmao's comment, when buying the full set, one of the characters can get randomly replaced by the "hidden character", so you can buy the full set... and not receive the full set, and have to keep buying to hopefully complete it. I was a little bit "this is a bigger problem than Glitch, lots of companies do this, and that should be focused on" at first, but with that extra info? YTA, Glitch. That's a ridiculous amount of money to maybe not even get what you're paying for. If you want a specific figure, buy the full set to ensure you get it, and then it's replaced by the hidden character? $120 out and you didn't get the one figure you wanted? That's not okay.
they arent holding you at fucking gunpoint here, just dont buy it or wait for the cracked mfs who sell shiny pokemon cards to start selling the figures your looking for it really aint that serious man
Isn't that how it works in Funko and stuff too? I can't think of many where buying a full box means you get every single figure in the line. If anything I'm pretty sure the funko minis would also give you lots of dupes if you bought a full case and you weren't even guaranteed the mystery or exclusive variants.
@@makthemaniac1doesnt matter this is still not damn okay. This still needs to be called out. Stop defending scummy practices And digital circus is extremly popular, resellers will upcharge the cost EVEN MORE so no thats not an option
Blind boxes are like very normal- I currently have a blind box figurine on my windowsill But I get how blind boxes are not really in style anymore, but it’s OK to still have them and the reason why they cost so much because Indie animation cost a lot and it’s not really gambling because most of the time it’s adults buying it and digital circus is not really for kids it’s more towards teens to adults so I don’t really see the problem here and it doesn’t really matter if it’s boxes or not
I personally hate blind bags, unless I like ALL of the figures in the collection I might buy it if i don't mind duplicates. Paying 5 dollars for a slight chance of getting the one i want is a no go never mind 15.
Except that you can at least play with pokémon cards, get them from starter decks instead of packs or buy them second hand because they're cards so most of them are cheap (keyword:most. The rare ones are expensive but not that much. You can build a fully tournament-ready competitive deck for a shockingly low price)
@@Liliana_the_ghost_catdude I’ve been collecting Pokémon cards for years and I still do not understand how to play the card game version nor do I know how to build a deck. And it’s not lack of trying it’s just so god dam complicated to the point I’m 90% sure most kids who are collecting Pokémon are not using them to play the actual game it’s mostly adults playing the game.
I think it would be a good idea if they also have the mini figures to buy just on their own as well as the blind boxs like if people want a blind box to get as a gift or just for the fun of not knowing who they will get that’s cool but if people just want to collect them right away without the worry of getting duplicates then they can just get the mini figures on their own
Literally this was working like that from... always, the gashapons are literally that, this are "premiun gacha figures" and comes in boxes, but you could see those in Japan areound 15 years ago. I remember in my 1º travel there, 15 years ago buying boxes with the Scaflowne mechas.
Not only that, but they have to also ship it and deliver it as well since it’s online. I can’t imagine paying $15 plus shipping and waiting days or maybe even weeks or months only to get a figure you didn’t want.
15 dollars for a mini is crazy, funkos minis are normally around 7 dollars or less, and their normal sized ones can vary in price but a common range that I see a lot is 15 to 25 dollars and depending on where you live since their are very few funko warehouses ( one being in everet Washington and the other in Arizona ) you will have to pay a small shipping fee It just seems a bit wild that a full pack of these animiniz cost so much
I don’t know.. but I don’t think it’s a reason to get mad about the price. The prices are the prices, if it’s too much for you then just don’t buy it. But at the same time, I’m not a collector and I don’t tend to spend money on this type of stuff. So I don’t think I’d have the right judgment, and that’s why it just matters what you think. Your buying it for yourself right? So if it’s worth the money, get it. And if not, don’t. That’s what I think, No debate or hate needed at all :)
$15 for those small figurines are kinda pricy, and you should be able to get the one you want. And that "secret character" is so obviously abstracted Coufmo
I absolutely agree! If you are gonna do this idea, at least make them $5 or less...But if you are gonna charge anymore than that, just sell them as figures and not mystery boxes....
I don’t think blind boxes are rlly that bad, like i didn’t see anyone talking abt LOL dolls being messed up and those are still popular with younger kids 😭
My issue is its 120 if you dont want any duplicates except ... Except if you read the item description. You get the mystery figure BUT it replaces 1 of the normal. It comes with 8 of the 9 so even after shulling 120 dollars you DONT. GET ALL OF THEM. Meaning even after that lump sum you still have to play roulette for the last ine you didnt get.
Mystery boxes I feel like they’re still cool only because the thrill of like having a mini figure of a show that you watch and not knowing which mini figure that you get it’s always super fun to find out, but it’s too expensive so nobody’s gonna buy it
"With many arguing that's it's gambling for kids" yet these same fans/people are the same ppl how let their kids play robloc RNG based games spending their money to buy robux to spin for useless digital merchandise with the shittiest rates in the world. Yeah idt ima take em seriously😂
I loved this video! :) A ship I had in mind and that I have seen in the fandom is of Charlie and Moxxie. I would enjoy a video about it. Thank you for the videos!!
I can see where the fans are coming from. The random factor is more fun in products like trading card packs, in guessing games, or even the white elephant game at Christmas time. Miniature figurines on not so much. Especially one is only looking for certain characters.
I honestly never really thought of it as gambling. I guess it becomes that if you go in wanting a specific character. I personally just loved the surprise aspect of it, as an indecisive little shit myself
I think that Glitch Productions is a small company trying to make awesome animations and they’re selling merch to get the funding? It’s not a huge deal how much the merch costs or what ‘era’ its form is from. If you find it too expensive or outdated, don’t buy it? It’s that simple? Like? Hello? I am personally I huge fan of Glitch Productions and a year ago I got the Uzi plush for my birthday. I live in Australia, so it was $60. If I bought the Digital Circus Animiniz, it would cost me $30 so I think the Americans are just looking for something to throw a fit about. Glitch Productions makes really good quality merch, and again, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it! Have a good day and don’t waste your time hating!
They should keep it but you can buy the characters on their own so you can get the character you want without the mystery box but to get the secret one you need to buy the box and pray
Reminder this is an Indie studio that actively has stated the show is not meant for kids. blame the fake youtube stuff that lasted for about a year introducing kids to it. Any and all forms of merch for the digital circus is overpriced... however, keep in mind this is mostly a way to show your dedication to the show. Yes, they are trying to make a profit for a reason. but the merch is purely there as a support tool to help the digital circus continue it's purpose while being profitable. At the end of the day. you are the one choosing to pay for it. you are the one that makes the decision to get all of them. As for kids. again, show ain't directed towards them, so that argument is invalid. I mean, look at overwatch. that game was advertised to most ages and they had lootboxes of all things.
I don't think it's gambling, the fun of seeing who you get is nice to me. *HOWEVER* I think it's on the duty of glitch to encourage and possibly even set up spaces for trading. That's part of og fun for blind boxes especially if you want a specific character or are trying to acquire the full set without the larger price tag. I think people forget that you..are able to trade ngl
I agree that the prices are outrageous but at the same time it’s understandable. GLITCH basically relies on fan income in order to pay for this project and voice actors, without enough money neither would be possible and there’s only so much this small team can do. As for the existence of blind boxes I feel like the “it’s outdated” argument is a little silly, they still exist, they just go under the radar. And the scamming children thing is pretty dumb in my opinion as this series from the start was no way intended for nor targeted to children, the brain rotted “kids” channels are just slowly gaslighting us into thinking it is.
Im waiting for the gummigoo merch where as soon as theres snapping of fingers it just explodes not into confetti like a shrapnel grenade it just explodes and riddles you with holes
off topic, but now I know how Jax got the key Loolilalu gave to Ragatha. Right before Jax threw Pomni out the window, he took Ragatha’s key while she wasn’t looking.
Blind bags/boxes have never gone anywhere, you just grew up and stopped noticing/buying them.
This isn’t a Glitch problem, it’s a “we don’t have good enough regulations about marketing to children” problem.
For me it’s a price problem. It’s a really greedy way to get people to buy stuff. Lego’s are ok because they are literally 5 bucks each. Also legos have a lot more characters, meaning your change to get a duplicate is a lot lower.
I think it’s the prices but people have to notice that TH-cam merch is just expensive in general due to it being an independent project and glitch has to pay there animators voice actors ect.
@@CapHoarder On the contrary, your likelihood of getting the one you WANT is ALSO smaller. Depends how ya look at it, both are bad.
I kinda see the Dilemma
You can't control what kids buy cause its not the kids it's their Parents. And looking on the view count and Kids content based off the Ip you can tell its mostly kids. And adults just want their kids happy so they buy it.
the thing about blind bags were the fact they were cheap so you could buy 3 with the price of tadc. But I'd like to add that it would've been better just to sell the figs without the Gacha part.
But at 120% of the blind bags
The price is insane but to get some money if needed it's understandable
As a FNAF fan, Funko has been selling FNAF mystery minis for years. I really have no problem with the mystery boxes, I love collecting the figures, but the $15 is insane though for just 1 figure. Funko sells their minis for $7 or slightly more depending on the store. $96 for the full set is kinda crazy lol.
I didn't mention it in this short but the mystery kaufmo figure can "replace" one of the figures in the set. So you can pay $120 to get the full set, however pomni could be replaced by kaufmo. So you'd have to keep buying more boxes to finally complete the set. Very odd, i can understand why people are upset about this.
Shipping also has to be factored in as well.
@@ayylmaotv Holy mother of god ok I get it now. The worst thing the FNAF Funko minis have ever done was make some of the figures a 1/72, and making some of them store exclusives. That's just insane.
@@gracethefoxx Most figure companies just suck. Funko's are super overpriced and I've heard horror stories of youtooz screwing over youtubers who signed with them with dodgy contracts that try to take their intellectual property.
@@ayylmaotv Maybe I'm wrong but I actually think funko's mini prices are reasonable. (From what I've seen) If that's true about youtooz that's a bummer because I collect their FNAF products too.
@@ayylmaotv I have a question, have you own Mystery Boxes before? Like maybe Funko Mystery Minis or Figural Keyrings?
People are acting like we didn't buy those minecraft blind boxes with the golden creeper or some shi 💀
Yeah thats true, hell i enjoy blind boxes but anything more than 8 dollars is pushing it honestly
true
we all bought those
who is "we" exactly here? i do not care enough about Minecraft to buy merch from it.
I did the blind boxes with digimon figures/ small plushes
“‘we’? Who is ‘we’? There was never a ‘we’” -Heisenberg
Even Goose herself said the show is definitely not for kids, especially starting in Episode 3. I am a Glitch-Inn member and I watched the interview. In the AMA Interview with Gooseworx, she mentioned that episode 3 will have lots of HORROR, and reminded everyone that the series is PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR, and didn’t advise kids watching episode 3. So kids are not what this show is supposed to be marketed towards in the first place, and is not the target audience.
Blind boxes are common to this day. Yes the $15 price tag is rather high, but try running a huge indie series, or 3 different ones at that matter. Merch is sold to support the shows production, if you are really bothered by the merch prices, you could always support fan merch from artists and such, but they won’t support the show.
>paid for glitch
The "it wasn't intended for kids in the first place" is somethinh nobody can really do, because kids will always watch/play these things anyway
There is no stopping it
@@miguelcrafter2997 That doesn't mean everyone has to baby proof everything and make things fair though
How scary 😟
@@miguelcrafter2997 South Park made a whole episode about this.
Hi! Fun fact: I'm actually the artist whos art was stolen and used for the Bootleg / Knockoff digital circus blind bags you can see in the bottom left of the photo (orange bags) This was only recently brought to my attention and its still so surreal to see my art used on bootleg packaging lol
oh damn
I swear people can’t go a day without causing drama in any fandom. 🤦♀️
FR
I agree is very annoying 😒
This is a fact
True
Drama ruins everything
I personally don't mind blind bags in general, but honestly I greatly dislike how much they're being sold for. Like over $120 for the entire set? That's ridiculous! Blind bags usually go for around $8-$10 each in the market, so I feel this is a rip off. Funko sold cheaper priced FNAF mini blind bags and to collect all was cheaper than this. 🙄
That’s what I’m saying. I get if they need/want more funds for future episodes, but if they made them cheaper more people would probably buy them and therefore they’d get more cash.
@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq Agreed, although I don't think they're desperate; the shows first episode got 200 million views and it's maintaining views in the hundreds. I'd be surprised if they didn't have enough support. Maybe it's for future products' funding since indie animation is still hard to produce?
You can get them separately for $15. Also they are similar to the blind boxes in Popmart so they are gonna be a bit more expensive. Also the type of material used is a smoother acrylic/resin. $15 is actually pretty cheap for those type of blind boxes. I’ve seen some that are $30 per box.
You can get them separately for $15. Also they are similar to the blind boxes in Popmart so they are gonna be a bit more expensive. Also the type of material used is a smoother acrylic/resin. $15 is actually pretty cheap for those type of blind boxes. I’ve seen some that are $30 per box.
See. Thats a valid complaint
Every Fandom that has merchandise has blind boxes. If TADC had NO other merch, that would be a problem, but they have plushies, pins, and other things. So it seems reasonable that they have moved in to blind boxes. Nobody NEEDS to buy them, they're just something fun to do.
FR!! Say it louder for the people in the back!!
Understandable, the prices are outrageous but as you said, no one has to buy them
Yeah, I love blind boxes:P
Yep, exactly.
At that blind boxes are so so so common now of days, I have bought many for things that I don't even know, like cute bear hamster looking things, cute chibi figures, etc. again of things that don't even have series, just cute figures.
At that like you said they've been selling normal merch, having one but if merch as a mystery box shouldn't be as big of an issue as people are making it.
Heck there is a guy who goes around dedicating himself to buying Disney and similar themed blind boxes/bags and he does go and buys a bunch, trying to collect the whole set.
Some people genuinely just enjoy collecting these in this way.
I for instance participate in a pure gacha game, the whole thing is dressing up with what you get in gachas, never have to pay money for what I personally want either.
Very generous with gacha rolls on the free spin to give coins for the item spins.
It used to be called Tinierme but it indeed got shut down well over a decade ago for "gambling" which at that time they did full on have people spending tons of money for items, others wouldn't need to pay cause we would make art for items that others already paid for.
So if you were on that site in beta mode and got beta items or were loaded, you could get whatever you wanted, but if you were an artist, you were basically promised whatever you wanted.
There was an artist who traded for an item where only two people on the whole site got one from a contest (or my bad the artist won it themselves from the site and then got actual money from trading it or something)
And then right after that event they shut down in a week, only a week warning.
Luckily they came back as Cocoppa play or something like that, they do not do the gachas how they would with Tinierme, but it is basically still the same, just much better
It's just good for making designs you want with actual good looking stuff since it is all hand drawn.
Yeah but we still on the right to call bullshit prices. Aint no way that shit has more worth than 5 bucks
"this is gambling for kids and predatory"
Crane machines, Capsule toys, and Happy Meals: 😶
U can request which toy you want with Happy Meals 😅
Also, TADC isn't a series for kids, so the whole, "gambling for kids" argument goes out the window, at least for this series.
As far as I can see, the closest thing Glitch sells to kids would be XS shirts.
When you say it’s 3x old school blind bags take into consideration the fact that there’s inflation and that this is a small team and not a giant company such as Lego
yeah like, lego can afford this shit
glitch is busy managing and funding alotta stuff rn
like murder drones, digital circus and also i think i remember hearing rumours that they're making another show soon
its kinda hard to stack merch on top of that too
its not easy to pretty much be an investor for animators
Meanwhile the budgeting is also different
Lego is only covering the cost for production of the product and their paychecks
Meanwhile glitch is doing that plus getting budgets for multiple other shows.
And although I can't confirm this but I do think the quality is gonna be a lil better compared to legos
@@MeanieMelatoninprobably not, lego is pretty solid. Also, if a relatively small team like glitch could match LEGO in quality and pricing there's no way Lego would still be in business
@@kyuutakitsune7163 I ain't saying glitch is gonna be matching Legos prices, I'm saying that the glitch merch will ALWAYS cost more because of where the money goes.
Lego has to pay for ; production cost, marketing, shipping, designers and other employees involved in production
Glitch merch has to pay for ; production cost, designers, other employees involved in production AND they need to pay for other shows (they also have marketing but seeing how they market I can't imagine it costing much).
Now I can't find how much an actual animation show costs to make but it seems like you roughly pay 5-10k for a 10 minute episode at cheapest.
What this just means is that they need to add extra costs to the merch to actually get their budgets worth.
To add on to the fact that mystery bags/bundles have been around for ages, I would also argue that it’s not gambling for kids. The show may be a cartoon, and it may technically not swear, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not directed at kids.
Even then, it still isn’t gambling, because you’re still getting a thing. It’s just sometimes it’s one you already have. You’d probably have a better chance getting a specific character from a mystery pack than winning from a slot machine.
That being said, 15 dollars sounds excessive for small figurines. Just hope it’s good quality.
@AMagicalTortoise of course it's not meant for children, but none the less, it has a very large audience of children and young teenagers, and they know this fact. I'd say it's the majority of their audience. You don't choose who your show appeals to, and this show just happens to appeal to children. Usually this is whatever. I don't think they need to change their show just because kids are watching, that's their art, and I don't think they should have to compromise their art because kids are watching it. That being said, selling expensive things that are essentially gambling loot boxes is not a creative decision, and I think it's at the very least, a little irresponsible. Even if your show isn't made for kids, you know that's who you are selling to, so you should do your best (in my opinion) to not try to sell young impressionable children loot boxes. Logan Paul said his content wasn't for kids, and he defiantly does stuff that is more adult, but he still has an audience of children, so he shouldn't market gambling sites to them. This isn't any different to me.
That being said I don't think there's anything wrong with blind bags in general. If they're cheap it's not a huge deal of you get a repeat. However these are going for 15 dollars a peice. The whole point of most blind bags that aren't trying to literally be gambling is that they are cheap so you can get a lot of chances at whatever you want. This is not the same simply because of the price, a kid can only try once or twice to get the figure if they want it.
If you're going to sell expensive figures to kids. Don't put them in blind bags. If you want to make blind bags for an audience of children, make the figures less detailed and make the price make sense. That's just my opinion though
@RebelliousRobot this just isn't true. Something can definitely be considered gambling even if you receive a product. Loot boxes, things that that, are considered to be gambling because you tend to be looking for something high value with your money and are getting something not worth what you put in, or not what you generally want. I'd say this wouldn't be gambling at first because you're getting a high quality product no matter what! But with the edition of a super rare mystery figure, I'd say it fits, because people will be buying a bunch of these blind bags in order to get the special rare figure and not getting what they want.
Gambling has many defitions, but just because you receive a product at the end doesn't mean you aren't gambling. Gambling is simply just putting money into a random system in hopes to get something of a certain value.
I wouldn't care if the majority of their audience were adults, but most of them are children and these are very expensive figures, seems a little irresponsible to me
I would strongly argue against any parent who says that this show is directed at kids.
@@multiplefandomlover7179agreed, talc gets daaaarrrrkkkkk, there is existentialism, there is horrific character death and there is no way I would recommend this for any one under 16, but yeah 15 bucks is a bit much
Blind Boxes are in nearly every single store I walk into at the mall. Hot Topic, Box Lunch, Spencers, Game Stop, Tokyo Anime, 7 Imports, Claires - Booths at conventions - They're in the toy isles of stores like Target and Walmart - people buy blind boxes from Amazon full of random sendbacks and lost orders!
Even Kinder Surprise Eggs are blind boxes, and those are STILL LEGAL here in America (at least in WA - I still see them on shelves at Target, Walmart & Safeway).
People are CRAZY if they think blind boxes are gonna stop being a thing. There will always be enough curious cats to satiate their existence.
At least you're guaranteed getting chocolate when getting a Kinder, but yeah, they cost way too much too.
@@leonard8462 Well, you will get a figurine when buying those, that's for sure, you just don't know which one.
Honestly blind boxes/bags have always been a gamble. But in Glitch's defense animation is expensive and if I'm correct they use most of the money if not all of it to fund their projects such as Digital Circus and Murder drones. It also depends on the quality of the item as well. That and shipping too.
Exactly. People forget so easily that all of glitch’s shows are indie animations, and basically all of their money comes from merch and the glitch inn. The blind boxes might be pricey as hell, but so is animation, especially if you’re not some big company. If u want a certain character from the boxes u can always just buy one a month, or ask them for holidays - stuff like that. And soon people will be selling them anyways if they get duplicates
@@vinyl_jj Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one who shares the same point of view. Plus I'm a huge animation fan and hope to one day create a indie animation of my own. I've been inspired by so many amazing and talented creators.
Yeah they need money to make the animations so it’s not their fault
One thing to mention though, not a slight against Glitch at all either, is that they likely get grants and sponsorships, I don't know what country Glitch is located in but many have loads of programs and funding to help off-set production costs. It won't cover everything of course but it is a thing, much like how Hollywood will film movies in certain countries or locations because they'll pay into or charge less for production costs and stuff.
If I was a betting man the minis are charged as they are more for the quality of the figures, from what I've seen the paint application is pretty clean.
@@boanoah6362 Glitch is in Australia also you are right the quality of the figures are pretty good. Again I also understand the price as well since I said before they need funding for their animations and probably funding to ship out the products as well. Plus idk if the animations would be considered inde anymore if they got sponsors I could be wrong though.
This has been a thing for years. I would go to McDonalds an INSANE amount of times to get all of the toys in a collection, I would buy ten of The Nightmare Before Christmas boxes to get the full set at walmart, people are just TRYING to be mad at something
It's hilarious to me that people are acting like this is something new and bad because TDAC is involved lmao. Like no one's ever seen a funko mystery mini or bought a happy meal before
@@nickojira3205 exactly! I swear people just like to hate for no apparent reason??? Like get a grip 💀
Glad to know you could AFFORD THAT
@@WhatDoIUseForHandle if you are trying to shame me for having that type of money i hope you know that i only had those things because my ma worked her ass off to get me those things as a kid. i’ve lived through bad situations too. i know what it’s like to be a kid knowing that your parents are struggling and doing anything and everything in your power to try and help. whether it be skipping meals because ‘you aren’t hungry’ or telling your parents that you are fine with them working extra hours even though you miss them. you don’t need these things and are trying to bully a company about pricing, i wanted those things and my ma bought them for me because she loved me. we are not the same so kindly shut the fuck up
@@WhatDoIUseForHandleno money how sad
people don’t realize that the reason indie merch is so expensive is because of the cost to produce it in the first place so you have to think if you’d rather have expensive merch or no merch at all again it’s an indie show with a smaller team not a huge production company regardless of how popular it is
15 dollars is crazy 💀
Goo goo ga ga
They need lots of money for the show and it takes a bit to make vinyl figures.
@@GreenAppl3VRwe know that but 15 dollars 😭😭
@@Squidney56709it takes more than 15$ to even make them. You should be grateful they're cheaper than they should be
@@Squidney56709my mother thinks it’s a great deal …
1 digital circus is NOT for children so its not “ gambling for kids “ its the parents faults for allowing their children to watch they said themselves that it will not be for children after the next few episodes. But i do understand the pilot and episode 2 seemed very chilidish and fun but there was some things in there that arent for people who are under the age of 11. 2 all blind boxes are gambling its not just the digital circus ones. Thats pretty common sense 3 i agree with the fans. 15$ is extremly overpriced especially for how small they are , at the max maybe 8$ would be an okay price 4 i do belive they are just faunding off the digital circus fame and trying to get as much money as they can cause animating isnt cheap they have raised about 1-5 million dollars i belive from merch and clout if they are doing seassons its gonna be very very expensive and they might possibly run out cause of stuff like bug fixxing , animating , voice acting , song writing , smoothing ect
doesn't matter it's not for children, children still watch it and it's easier to make glitch productions do the child caring bull
Big corporations get to do as many mystery boxes/ blind bags as they want, but when an indie animation studio does them, they're promoting gambling?
Yeah, I'm not a fan of mystery boxes like that either, but go after the big corporations who are doing it and making it a market that smaller creators have to cover
Yeah those big companies are ALSO promoting gambling, people have been saying this for years, i collect monster high and fans have been begging mattel to stop making the skulltimate secrets boxes be plastic cause of how wasteful it is
Its just more insulting to have an indie company do it because you expect them to know better, to know better then to sell blind boxes for $15 not even big companies lists their blind boxes for that much
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You're right. Also I gave a little look at the merchandise available on the site and for a little less than 31 $ you can buy the figure of the character you like the most. (Only if it's Jax, Caine or Pomni)
@@memestyle2240 thx
As a major sanrio lover, every time I see sanrio blindboxes in miniso, I buy at least 1 of each. Blindboxes have never gone anywhere and it’s not gambling. The thing is when you’re younger you just tend to pick favorites and feel unlucky if you dont get that very specific character. The older/more mature you get the more you learn to accept all of them so you become happier with what you get. It’s about maturity, not gambling.
We all know that the mystery figure is abstracted Kaufmo right? I just wanna make sure that we’re clear on that
Yeah it is
I never thought that I would see a screenshot of Hotdiggitydemon's "Nintendo employees when their joycons drift" be used in an amazing digital circus meme and then that meme appear in one of your shorts. I remember when that video came out and I reference it regularly, though not the moment in the meme.
By definition it definitely is gambling, and with that price? I mean I get it, its official, and its popular, but its kind of a dirty move...
Gambling denotes a chance that you can potentially lose the money you spent for nothing in return. This is $15 (which is too much and the only real issue I have with this) to get a figure, but you are guaranteed to get one of those figures.
Also, trading is always an option if you get dupes. Just like any other blind box collectable for the last few decades.
It's an adult cartoon series. The targeted buyers are full grown adults who has their own money and their own choices to buy them or not.
@@vigorouslethargy it's still gambling buddy
@@LazyLoonz
Legally, not really. Legally gambling is defined as betting something of value on a chance outcome with the understanding that you could either gain additional value or lose the original value that was risked.
That's not what a blind box is. You give money, you are guaranteed 1 of these figures. You are guaranteed a return on your investment. Now if you don't particularly like the one you got you have options. You can resell it for the original price you paid for a net 0 gain or trade what you have for what you want.
You can't sell or trade a losing lotto ticket for a winning one.
@@LazyLoonz calling this gambling is like calling an arcade a casino for children
grow the fuck up
I love collecting little figurines and pins through blind bags but $15 is outrageous
Personally I don't have a huge issue with the price or with them being blindboxes (I'd prefer them to be cheaper and not blindbox, but I don't mind it too much.) My issue is with the fact that, not only is there no guaranteed way to get the full set, but you are actually guaranteed NOT to get the full set because one random figure is replaced by the secret figure in every box. The only way to get them all is to buy 2 full boxes and hope you don't have the same figure replaced in both boxes, or buy a full box plus one extra individual blindbox and hope it happens to be the one you're missing (spoiler alert: it most likely won't be.)
By putting a secret figure in every box and having it replace another instead of just having a 9 figure set, the secret actually becomes the MOST COMMON figure in the set as 8 secrets are produced for every 7 of each of the other characters. I'm used to buying blindbox figures and dolls that have secret figures, but the secret is usually waaaayyyyyyy rarer that the rest (we're talking like 1/100 odds) so it is actually more valuable than the others in the set and if you get lucky enough to pull it but don't want it you can at least sell it for a significant amount then buy the ones you actually do want. Having the secret actually be common AND replace another figure is so ridiculous!
The secret figure also isn't something I particularly want, so no matter which figure it replaces, I'm going to be disappointed. I was really excited for this set because the figures are adorable, but I just don't think I can justify buying them knowing that I'm not going to be entirely happy no matter what, and there's a good chance I miss out on a figure I really like. If I'm paying £100 for a box of figures, why would anyone ever think it's a good idea to take away one of them at random and replace it with a far less desirable one with no value and give me no way to directly buy the figure I'm missing out on?
I saw someone suggest a better way of doing a secret figure in a similar way which would be far better. Basically each character could have a variant (like costume versions such as minimum wage Jax, or just an alternate interesting pose/expression with an additional prop or something) and one figure from each box could be randomly replaced by their variant. That way you still get every character and you get a special variant of one of them. I do think this concept would be better executed later down the line when we have more episodes and therefore more costumes/props/iconic poses and expressions to reference, but it could still work at this point.
Anyway that's my rant about these figures. For now I'm just not buying them and waiting to see what happens after they ship for everyone who did, particularly to see if there's a decent resale market for them here in the UK so I can individually buy specific figures from people who already got them and are selling off characters they don't want.
Definitely agree with the point, but I also don't blame Glitch for not catching that downside. Indie marketing is a PAIN. I do hope it gets fixed though.
@Stories_Untold Yeah, hopefully it's just an unfortunate oversight that gets fixed later because I'd be happy to pay for the full set if I knew I'd get them all. I hope they either release a second round with no "secret" figure so you're just guaranteed one of each of all the main characters if you buy a full box, or they add the option to just pick the characters you want and skip the blind box part entirely if you're not interested in the surprise element.
Ohhhhh! That's way too fucking expensive for minis. 5$ would be fine, 3 preferable but 15$ per box? Good lord, she needs to get regular merch before she blows up her bridge.
Fair but you do have to think Abt how these figures are practically paying for the show since many indie shows like this make most money off merchandise sales
And also depending on the quality and ethics of production the price can vary, carging 5 euros feels like pricing that a fast fashion brand could pump out but not a smaller company and fast fashion is also extremely straining on resources and can often have toxic work environments for people in sweatshops
They can't just make the price whatever they want. They have to have it cost more than what it costed for them to make it or they don't make a profit. Inflation exists too. If they made it that low they would lose so much money.
@@Ocorydon-WCO I understand how the market works. They must also know a lot of folks aren't going to pay these kinds of prices. Had it been spread out with pins and shirts it could have been fine, maybe 18 per figure so people could buy what they want.
@@Luna_shadow Yeah well I can't say I'm gonna spend 15$ on a random figure I might end up with several copies of. If it was spread out with more merch no one would have cared.
@TheRealSparkplugTheFox there are definitely people who are gonna buy that stuff, people have bought way dumber for way more. Like supreme and apple products
I have more of a problem with the price then I do the « gambling problem ». Since when are mystery blind bags/boxes gambling for kids? 💀every lil girl in my generation would get those blind baskets for shopkins all the time and no one batted an eye. I also got lots of mystery figurine eggs and bags for shows I watched when I was young and none of that is gambling
Besides,Digital Circus isn’t targeted for kids. It’s the content farms that are pushing the content to young eyes. The responsibility of making her franchise « kid-friendly » doesn’t go to Goose or Glitch when it wasn’t intended.
@@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq How can you not get the gambling aspect? It's literally a gamble. You put the money in, essentially pull the lever in which you grabbed, and hope the one you picked is something you actually like.
Hell a lot of blindboxes legitimately list the odds of each figure, which is something gambling in video games have been made to do like with gachas.
It's a big part WHY they are usually lower priced, to offset the fact that it's a gamble
Personally my only issue with the figurines was the release date, it happened on the 5 year anniversary of glitches first show, meta runner, and the only thing that they did for it was make circus merch, I think they should’ve made a commemorative video for meta runner then make the merch announcement the next day
Or at least make a tweet acknowledging the show
They do merch or announcements on Fridays regardless of what's happening yea fair it was distasteful but they only really made a huge deal of a smg4 10th anniversary we don't know of that's the case for this too
@RosesArePink210 tbf SMG4 was the only Glitch productions thing to hit a 5 year milestone at that point outside of maybe Hobo Bros
I love meta runner, im so sad they dont do merch for it anymore
Except for the fact that Digital Circus technically isn’t a kid’s oriented show… so I wouldn’t say the merch is supposed to target kids either. But that’s my own perspective here.
nah they really said "LETS GO GAMBLING"
Well, this also helps glitch get some money because of what kind of animation they do for their shows so if you buy them, you’re pretty much helping them with their animation if I’m getting this right I’m pretty sure
Exactly! Even if the price is high, you're still supporting the show. Also if you don't like the newest merch, you can always buy some of the other amazing official merch they have and still be supporting the show : D
getting people addicted to trying to obtain all the minis
blind bags have always been a thing is kids toys ( I personally don't like them, but their pretty commonplace so that isn't the real problem)
the thing is, they are usually much cheaper to offset the idea that you don't know what your getting, so the price is a bit high.
I don't know what glitches financials are like, but I think they are a big enough studio to lower their prices a bit
I used to work in retail, at a 'higher brand' fan store that would sell 'higher brand' items for high prices. All the blindboxes we got ranged from 10-12$. 12$ was usually for FNAF and LOTR blind boxes because they were more popular. So 15$ to me is insane.
Even tho they cost quite a lot, there's a reason for big prices of Glitch's merch. Glitch made the FinalFinalProject which helps small indie series studios get popular and get funds for their animations, it costs a lot to fund their shop and other shops (lackadaisy's merchandise shop and Glitch's merchandise shop) Glitch productions uses the money from merch (and animations!) to fund these 2 shops and merch for them. Glitch also needs funds to pay off their crew (yk animators, voice actors and others) which also costs a lot. I think even tho the prices might be big, the money goes towards making the quality of animations and merch better. I hope I explained it well :)
I actually enjoy little blind boxes. I enjoy the randomness, though I see his collectors would get annoyed. The problem I see is the price is kinda insane for them, especially something so small where it promotes buying multiple.
As much as I hate blind bags/boxes, it's a good business strategy. They're fully able to be sold in physical stores, which further expands their reach. Also, they did say all funds go into producing their shows, so that's a plus.
Yea I stopped collecting Lego mystery boxes because I never got what I wanted. I’m sad glitch did this 😭
At least if you buy the whole set you get them all (from what I've heard) so it's not too awful. They still got other merch too so it could be worse
This sounds like a skill issue? This isn't the company's fault just because u get repeats dosnt mean they can no longer make something other ppl will enjoy ngl this drama just seems selfish indie animation isn't cheap if u want more of the show well they need money some how money is the reason many indie shows stop going or continuing because either the network dosnt want to fund it anymore or its just to much money
At least with the current Minifigures series, you can use a third-party app that scans the QR code on the bottom and know which is inside.
@@Mini.Trans_rat oh boy smartass, calling gambling a skill issue
I definitely like blind bags, but 15 dollars is straight theft.
Same blind bages is reason make me interested with it
Honestly, i think fans should make their own fan made merch. Theres so much more love and effort put into it, and our world is already getting cluttered up with all these plastic knick knacks. I love my knick knacks too, but its such a slow burn of a rush to work hard on something you're making yourself, for something you love, and then to see it finally paid off in the end! Even if it doesn't turn out all perfect, now you know what you can do, and now you have the chance to learn even more!
I agree with the fans except it’s NOT gambling “for kids” I’m not denying kids couldn’t Handle digital circus they can handle that stuff better than we give them credit for but at its core the digital circus was NOT designed FOR kids and it’s better to assume the buyers are the intended audience rather than kids
Yeah I’d have to agree with them. While I personally didn’t get many of them for the same reason FNAF had (or maybe still does have an equivalent with misery- I mean Mystery Minis. They followed a similar strategy even to the point that some of the animatronics minis would only be included in 1/4 box sets. Pretty crazy
When I saw this video, I instantly looked for the one that has the simpson scene where Homer tries to get the baby elf for Maggie by buying 10 gallons of gas.
😂 I just remembered that!
this is that one english essay i had to do all over again... just take the official merch when you can get it! if you don't like it just don't buy it
15 dollars for 1 box is crazy especially if u get the one u want the least
Considering (ideally) the profits go towards helping make more digital circus episodes I see it kind of like commisions that are probably overpriced but it's to help keep the artist afloat so it's worth the extra cash. To use that for lootboxes essentially though... I mean it certainly works I guess but I'd also just sell specific ones at a bit higher of a price, like 15 for a random and 18 or 20 for a specific one, so it's not the only option to get a certain one if you can't shell out 90 dollars.
12 bucks for a blind bag is comical
Gamble for kids, cough cough and pokemon cards and so many other toys are like this!
At least Pokémon cards can be played with at tournaments and have other uses compared to blind boxes where they sit on a shelf and look pretty
If you didn't see Ayylmao's comment, when buying the full set, one of the characters can get randomly replaced by the "hidden character", so you can buy the full set... and not receive the full set, and have to keep buying to hopefully complete it.
I was a little bit "this is a bigger problem than Glitch, lots of companies do this, and that should be focused on" at first, but with that extra info? YTA, Glitch. That's a ridiculous amount of money to maybe not even get what you're paying for. If you want a specific figure, buy the full set to ensure you get it, and then it's replaced by the hidden character? $120 out and you didn't get the one figure you wanted? That's not okay.
they arent holding you at fucking gunpoint here, just dont buy it
or wait for the cracked mfs who sell shiny pokemon cards to start selling the figures your looking for
it really aint that serious man
Wtaf?? So they make you pay all that money and claim you get all of them just to risk not actually getting all of them?? That’s disgusting.
Isn't that how it works in Funko and stuff too? I can't think of many where buying a full box means you get every single figure in the line. If anything I'm pretty sure the funko minis would also give you lots of dupes if you bought a full case and you weren't even guaranteed the mystery or exclusive variants.
@@makthemaniac1doesnt matter this is still not damn okay. This still needs to be called out. Stop defending scummy practices
And digital circus is extremly popular, resellers will upcharge the cost EVEN MORE so no thats not an option
@@boanoah6362but they dont cost $120 thats the difference
People are forgetting that the show isn't aimed at kids
It's a bit expensive, but expecting glitch to match some of the biggest corporations in the industry is delusional
Blind boxes are like very normal- I currently have a blind box figurine on my windowsill
But I get how blind boxes are not really in style anymore, but it’s OK to still have them and the reason why they cost so much because Indie animation cost a lot and it’s not really gambling because most of the time it’s adults buying it and digital circus is not really for kids it’s more towards teens to adults so I don’t really see the problem here and it doesn’t really matter if it’s boxes or not
I love them personally. But THE PRICE OMG💀🙏
I personally hate blind bags, unless I like ALL of the figures in the collection I might buy it if i don't mind duplicates. Paying 5 dollars for a slight chance of getting the one i want is a no go never mind 15.
Trust me, there is a insane maniac out there who would buy the WHOLE set..
And would put them in "jars" (IYKYK)
Tbh, Glitch needs a way to make money. What they do isn't cheap. I say let 'em do what they do.
Knockoff or not, Blind boxes just suck in general :/
I mean not really just the price
@@adamk-paxlogan7330 They do still suck regardless of price imo.
It's like the pokemon cards all over again
But Pokémon cards actually have a use?
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@@Orionartz08nuh
Except that you can at least play with pokémon cards, get them from starter decks instead of packs or buy them second hand because they're cards so most of them are cheap (keyword:most. The rare ones are expensive but not that much. You can build a fully tournament-ready competitive deck for a shockingly low price)
@@Liliana_the_ghost_catdude I’ve been collecting Pokémon cards for years and I still do not understand how to play the card game version nor do I know how to build a deck. And it’s not lack of trying it’s just so god dam complicated to the point I’m 90% sure most kids who are collecting Pokémon are not using them to play the actual game it’s mostly adults playing the game.
I think it would be a good idea if they also have the mini figures to buy just on their own as well as the blind boxs like if people want a blind box to get as a gift or just for the fun of not knowing who they will get that’s cool but if people just want to collect them right away without the worry of getting duplicates then they can just get the mini figures on their own
if they just sold the specific figures why the hell would anyone want to buy the blind box unless it were cheaper
Literally this was working like that from... always, the gashapons are literally that, this are "premiun gacha figures" and comes in boxes, but you could see those in Japan areound 15 years ago. I remember in my 1º travel there, 15 years ago buying boxes with the Scaflowne mechas.
i love the merch idea! i love mystery bags!!! and since i like all the characters i’m satisfied with it 😁
Not only that, but they have to also ship it and deliver it as well since it’s online. I can’t imagine paying $15 plus shipping and waiting days or maybe even weeks or months only to get a figure you didn’t want.
"Hidden character"
"Obviously shows an abstracted character"
15 dollars for a mini is crazy, funkos minis are normally around 7 dollars or less, and their normal sized ones can vary in price but a common range that I see a lot is 15 to 25 dollars and depending on where you live since their are very few funko warehouses ( one being in everet Washington and the other in Arizona ) you will have to pay a small shipping fee
It just seems a bit wild that a full pack of these animiniz cost so much
Funko quality is laughable tho. Also the prices of a small creator arent the sames as a big company. Shocking.
2011: "ok ima get just one and whatever i get im chill"
2024: "erm why are you teaching kids to gamble?"
I don’t know.. but I don’t think it’s a reason to get mad about the price. The prices are the prices, if it’s too much for you then just don’t buy it.
But at the same time, I’m not a collector and I don’t tend to spend money on this type of stuff. So I don’t think I’d have the right judgment, and that’s why it just matters what you think. Your buying it for yourself right? So if it’s worth the money, get it. And if not, don’t.
That’s what I think, No debate or hate needed at all :)
The word you’re looking for is called predatory monetization
What the fuck is the CI doing here
I’m curious as to why Halloween Chiptune is playing in the background
finally someone talking about it lmaooo
It’s a nice tune, with absolutely no insidious themes behind it (:
$15 for those small figurines are kinda pricy, and you should be able to get the one you want. And that "secret character" is so obviously abstracted Coufmo
Here's an idea, if it's too expensive...
Just don't buy them
I never really understood the hype around TADC, and still don’t-
Fair
I absolutely agree! If you are gonna do this idea, at least make them $5 or less...But if you are gonna charge anymore than that, just sell them as figures and not mystery boxes....
I don’t think blind boxes are rlly that bad, like i didn’t see anyone talking abt LOL dolls being messed up and those are still popular with younger kids 😭
My issue is its 120 if you dont want any duplicates except ... Except if you read the item description. You get the mystery figure BUT it replaces 1 of the normal. It comes with 8 of the 9 so even after shulling 120 dollars you DONT. GET ALL OF THEM. Meaning even after that lump sum you still have to play roulette for the last ine you didnt get.
OMG HALLOWEEN CHIPTUNE IN THE BACKGROUND ❤❤❤❤❤
Who cares. Want merch, buy merch. Dont want merch? Dont buy merch.
People are still so schizo that they'll complain and then cash in next week
your the ideal consumer for every massive company, EA would love you! :)
Mystery boxes I feel like they’re still cool only because the thrill of like having a mini figure of a show that you watch and not knowing which mini figure that you get it’s always super fun to find out, but it’s too expensive so nobody’s gonna buy it
"With many arguing that's it's gambling for kids" yet these same fans/people are the same ppl how let their kids play robloc RNG based games spending their money to buy robux to spin for useless digital merchandise with the shittiest rates in the world. Yeah idt ima take em seriously😂
I loved this video! :) A ship I had in mind and that I have seen in the fandom is of Charlie and Moxxie. I would enjoy a video about it. Thank you for the videos!!
I thought he only studies Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss
😰
This is new to me..
Actually, the bundle box only has EIGHT in total, so even if you buy that, YOU STILL WONT GET ALL OF THEM. THAT'S what pisses me off the most.
I can see where the fans are coming from. The random factor is more fun in products like trading card packs, in guessing games, or even the white elephant game at Christmas time. Miniature figurines on not so much. Especially one is only looking for certain characters.
Me personally, i don't think it's gambling bc blind boxes existed since the 2010's & no one complained about Jack-sh!t back then, but it is expensive
Any other company does blind boxes: *Shill for a whole a box*
Glitch does it: "Theyre clearly money hungry"
when I heard “figurines” and “drama” I immediately thought of another rainbow dash jar incident 😭
I honestly never really thought of it as gambling. I guess it becomes that if you go in wanting a specific character. I personally just loved the surprise aspect of it, as an indecisive little shit myself
I think that Glitch Productions is a small company trying to make awesome animations and they’re selling merch to get the funding? It’s not a huge deal how much the merch costs or what ‘era’ its form is from. If you find it too expensive or outdated, don’t buy it? It’s that simple? Like? Hello? I am personally I huge fan of Glitch Productions and a year ago I got the Uzi plush for my birthday. I live in Australia, so it was $60. If I bought the Digital Circus Animiniz, it would cost me $30 so I think the Americans are just looking for something to throw a fit about. Glitch Productions makes really good quality merch, and again, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it!
Have a good day and don’t waste your time hating!
They should keep it but you can buy the characters on their own so you can get the character you want without the mystery box but to get the secret one you need to buy the box and pray
They said numerous of times that this show is not for kids💀
Everytime I walk into Walmart or target I see blind bags for nearly everything, even rainbow friends. It's with damn near every series imaginable
Not surprised every fandom has drama😐😐
Reminder this is an Indie studio that actively has stated the show is not meant for kids. blame the fake youtube stuff that lasted for about a year introducing kids to it.
Any and all forms of merch for the digital circus is overpriced... however, keep in mind this is mostly a way to show your dedication to the show. Yes, they are trying to make a profit for a reason. but the merch is purely there as a support tool to help the digital circus continue it's purpose while being profitable. At the end of the day. you are the one choosing to pay for it. you are the one that makes the decision to get all of them. As for kids. again, show ain't directed towards them, so that argument is invalid. I mean, look at overwatch. that game was advertised to most ages and they had lootboxes of all things.
15 dollars, for something you would get for free in a McDonald's happy meal 15 years ago.
“Gambling for kids” when it comes to the same studio behind Murder Drones, I don’t think these were ever intended for children
Every gambler quits before they hit the big win
I don't think it's gambling, the fun of seeing who you get is nice to me.
*HOWEVER*
I think it's on the duty of glitch to encourage and possibly even set up spaces for trading. That's part of og fun for blind boxes especially if you want a specific character or are trying to acquire the full set without the larger price tag. I think people forget that you..are able to trade ngl
I agree that the prices are outrageous but at the same time it’s understandable. GLITCH basically relies on fan income in order to pay for this project and voice actors, without enough money neither would be possible and there’s only so much this small team can do. As for the existence of blind boxes I feel like the “it’s outdated” argument is a little silly, they still exist, they just go under the radar. And the scamming children thing is pretty dumb in my opinion as this series from the start was no way intended for nor targeted to children, the brain rotted “kids” channels are just slowly gaslighting us into thinking it is.
They are definitely a bit too expensive but I wouldn't say its gambling.
Im waiting for the gummigoo merch where as soon as theres snapping of fingers it just explodes not into confetti like a shrapnel grenade it just explodes and riddles you with holes
Geez, I wonder who that very specifically shaped secret character could be? *Cough* Mo
off topic, but now I know how Jax got the key Loolilalu gave to Ragatha. Right before Jax threw Pomni out the window, he took Ragatha’s key while she wasn’t looking.