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Darth Vader

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $4.2M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.0% of searches, so Darth Vader is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$4.2M/yr21.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
23%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 388 sellers

Flapen Score

Darth Vader against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Darth Vader is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Darth Vader market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Darth Vader 21.5M times last year and spent an estimated $4.2M. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 21.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $4.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
21.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$4.2Ma year
Peak month
June9.2× the quietest month
Top search term
funko pop10.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.90.

Listings sell for $18.90 on average, from $3.59 to $247.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $18.90 that is $24K to $28K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.90inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.59–$247.02
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$24K–$28K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #499 within Statues, Bobbleheads & Busts. It carries 1,888 reviews at 4.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
1.2%
Average rank
#499in Statues, Bobbleheads & Busts
Average rating
4.71 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,888per listing
Listings tracked
96

04 · Newcomers

35 of last year's 38 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

38 products launched here in the last 12 months. 35 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
38
Successful launches
35Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Darth Vader products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 23% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

388

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

23%

Top 20: 48%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 181%
  • Brand 24%
  • Brand 32%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (12 brands, 8%)

Demand

Darth Vader search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

700K500KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.2×

Search terms

Top Darth Vader search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • funko pop10.6M/yr
  • funko2.9M/yr
  • pop1.2M/yr
  • funko pops1.1M/yr
  • star wars gifts977K/yr
  • darth vader439K/yr
  • star wars funko pop410K/yr
  • funko pop anime473K/yr
  • anime funko pop433K/yr
  • star wars gifts for men458K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Darth Vader

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Collectibles”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.2%of orders come back
“I find your lack of adult sizes disturbing”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Darth Vader questions

Answered from the same tracked data.