When did Halloween costumes become so damned expensive?

We just went out over the weekend to get our son a Halloween costume. The costume he wanted was pikachu. We bought one on Amazon a few weeks ago for $25, and it didn't fit. So after returning it, we decided to check out the local stores, and of course, none of the local stores carry them in his size. (It's weird. There were plenty of adult pikachu costumes, but we were told they don't carry it in child sizes.)We wound up spending $60 on what is essentially a yellow, over sized onesie with a cheap looking tail, and a hood. It's a thin, cheaply made, poor quality costume. $60 just seemed like way too much. But...he's been talking about being pikachu for Halloween for more than 6 months, so we did it.He loves it. So it was worth it (got it in a size too big so he can use it for dress up when Halloween is over) but God damn, what happened to the $10-20 costumes they had when we were kids?$60 was actually rather reasonable in comparison to some of the costumes. There was a Mario costume in his size (5T) for $110. And the adult costumes went up to $200. Those prices just seemed so ridiculous to me. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2RaOEch