And the New Collectable Craze Is...

With the truth that everything can be a collectable, I often enjoy seeing what kind of things pick up in popularity for collecting. Right now, one of the more interesting collecting fads is novelty popcorn buckets. The old popcorn buckets, which I do have few of, were just your basic bucket with whatever franchise printed on them.

In recent years that has changed.

Popcorn buckets have become far more interesting and collectable. As far as I can figure out it all started at theme parks, Disney and Universal Studios. But due to the fact that people were not too aware of them, there was not the big demand for them.


When I learned there was a Millenium Falcon bucket at the time we were planning to go to Disney World, I knew I had to have it. I've picked up a few others as well.


And while they were collectable, it was not that big of a thing. Even after the same kind of popcorn buckets started showing up in movie theaters, people picked them up as just fun things.

Then came D&D Honor Among Thieves and the 20 sided die popcorn bucket. Theaters were not able to keep them in stock. Collectors would check on which theaters still had them in stock before deciding what theaters to go to.



Now we have the DUNE 2 sandworm buckets that very much feel inappropriate for some reason and that is a big part of why they are popular. 



The interest in collecting them has defiantly taken off. Theaters are clearly making money on them, which is helpful to offset the ticket sales as interest in seeing films on the big screen is low. Now all the big films are taking advantage of the craze with new popcorn buckets for each one.

As this is a fresh craze, you really cannot predict if this is gonna be a long-lasting thing or just how valuable and rare the popcorn buckets are going to be. I'd say it normally takes about a decade for the actual rarity vs. desirability to balance out for accurate value. There is potential for a long life is there. Of course, even if we are seeing the height of their collectability, as with all collectables, there will always be someone collecting them.

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