Ravensburg had to have low inventory

I understand that sentence probably makes a lot of people upset. I’ve seen constant criticism towards them for making Lorcana a scalpers paradise or just for not being able to supply the demand.

The truth is Lorcana had to have low inventory to begin with at least comparatively to the demand. I’m not sure how fast the printing process works and I’m not sure most of us due so I doubt they can just hit print x1000000000 copies of cards overnight but maybe I’m wrong.

TCGs are a huge investment and they are for the long haul. They want to make Lorcana work as long as yugioh or Pokémon or magic. And the harsh truth is that no single IP has the power to guarantee a card games success, not Star Wars not power rangers, not Disney. It takes a lot for a card game to succeed in the long term besides IP. If Lorcana would print a billion product and it didn’t sell well compared to their inventory it would’ve been dead on arrival, if they sell out completely and don’t have enough inventory to meet demand and they have to work double time to get new product then the game is a massive retail success. That is Ravensburg options and they chose the better one. There is no way to accurate estimate the entire market demand especially since Disney does not have an established TCG community tho base themselves off of.

Ravensburg has already stated that they will print Lorcana to the ground. They are doing what they can and the only thing now that is an issue is patience. There is no reason to pay scalpers. Most local scenes aren’t established or if they are it’s a starter deck format. We still have time and more product is coming. Be patient guys Lorcana will stock up.

I know it’s frustrating and I know many will disagree with this take. But I don’t think Lorcana is purposely jacking prices up on players nor do I think that they’re incompetent and are sitting back drinking kook-aid by the beach purposely letting there game burn to the ground

Edit: if you must buy product now please purchase at msrp, support local stores if you can, and last buy singles if you can. Singles will always be cheaper in the long run