People shouldnāt go into buying fandom merch with the intention of getting something they need, but with the intention of supporting their favourite artists
Yes, fandom merch is really fucking expensive(unless you are talking about some obscure black metal project with a total listener count of a small European village in which the merch prices approach something that can be called reasonable), and itās not unique to any single fandom
T-shirt prices are USD$25 if youāre lucky, usually they are USD$30-40, jackets and sweaters are even worse and the pins are straight up daylight robbery
And then thereās anime figurines, the less said about them the better
All this to say, you really should only buy them if you want to give extra money to the creators as a ākeep up the good workā or āthank youā
Or you can be like me and say āfuck the price I want it Iāll get itā
Probably better off with the former than the latter