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** Similarly, some ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' sets and cards can fetch a high price. Some collections cost as much as $4000. Hasbro has come under fire for sending the Pinkertons, historical mercenaries, after YouTuber Dan Cannon for receiving a May collection two weeks early and terrorizing his family.
* Disney enamel pins have become this for adults. Even Lindsay Ellis aka [[The Nostalgia Chick]] has mentioned that she got into the trend.
* For a few years, Comparethemarket.com gave customers meerkat toys as part of [[Compare the Meerkat|their viral marketing campaign]]. Initially the toys were chosen at random from a small group, and high prices were reportedly paid on the second-hand market by people trying to collect them all. The excitement fizzled after a while, but prices seem to have risen again since the promotion ended in 2018.
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