User blog comment:Ajkpinky/The woes and expenses of a Western fan/@comment-53539-20160624172027/@comment-24510766-20160625164014

Heh, sorry for taking the example too literally.

I have six POP! figures, and I love them. It's great that they're less expensive now, but who knows how long they'll last, because I swear there's a POP for everything now.

I think Nendoroids are so popular because they've been around for 10 years now, and have had time to seize that niche that no one else had before (or, at least, not to the same extent as Nendoroids). Chibi figures are probably so common because Nendoroids are so popular, which means other companies want to jump on the money train and get a slice of that pie, if you know what I mean.