Win some and lose some, move on - Pop Mart I first discovered this stock somewhere in November last year when my daughter and I were out shopping in town. We came across its retail shop in Orchard and went in to take a look. I have never seen such toys before and were amazed more by the crowd than anything. They were mostly teenagers and long queues were forming when we left.
Days later, I went to a nearby shopping mall to get some groceries and again I saw its vending machine. I took a picture to remind myself to check it out. It was around the 40 dollars range and I wanted it to pull back before taking a position. In the end, I did not and sad to say, the price has gone up almost 2.5x !!!!
Weeks later, I was surprised to see more articles coverage on this company, add salt to my wound for not buying and there were even some local TV coverage as well (reaching a critical mass for the media to take notice - a good sign).
It is always easy to look at things on hindsight - what if it had gone south and went 2.5x down? Would I not sit back and say, how wise of me, haha. Live and let live, no point regrets, move on to the next better player in town.
