Adult Toy Collecting Becomes Serious Consumer Category
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The toy market is experiencing genuine structural growth among adults, not merely nostalgia-driven purchasing. Retailers are now designing, marketing, and pricing products explicitly for 25-40 year-olds with disposable income and no children. This reflects a broader consumer shift away from life-stage gatekeeping—marriage, homeownership, kids as markers of adulthood—toward identity-based spending where collecting Lego, designer plushies, or figurines signals taste and community membership. For CPG and retail, this means a permanent expansion of premium toy segments and the rise of adult-targeted collectibles as a competitive category distinct from the children's market.