sabisandssongbird:

Come on Gravity Falls Fandom, we all know who’s responsible for how expensive the special edition journal is….

Serious talk, since Ive heard quite a few complaints about the pricing…

The price makes sense, for the features included: Black light ink, real parchment paper, roughened edges, leather texture cover, metal pieces on the cover, a monocle/magnifying glass, removable photos and notes, tassel bookmark, and each including a note hand-signed by Alex (he tweeted that he is signing each note himself, so his signature is not just printed there)…

$150 sounds about right, for all of that. They aren’t cutting corners here, they’re aiming to make this Special Edition as accurate to the show as possible. Only way it could get better is with a real leather cover, but that would put the price even higher…
But the bottom line, is that some of these features are pricy, and the cost reflects that. When Alex originally guessed $50, I thought that sounded a bit too low, and was afraid that the ‘Special Edition’ would literally be the exact same Journal as before, just with Black light text, and otherwise with no additional features. So, tbh, I’m thrilled that they’re going all out here, and making this thing right.

(Im not saying we cant joke that Stan is behind the price tho, lol. We all know Stan would price this thing at like $300+ tho probably, to get a real profit from it.)