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They deleted my comment about the price increase on IG. Y’all go attack lol
I think it's obvious here...Aragorn was a popular release, so Inart jacked up the price. NOthing to do with braiding, that Chinese worker will get his same 10 cents a day braided or not, the figure is over priced.
Good luck justifying this purchase. 550 just not worth it.
Worth it to me. Don’t need to justify it to anyone else .I think it's obvious here...Aragorn was a popular release, so Inart jacked up the price. NOthing to do with braiding, that Chinese worker will get his same 10 cents a day braided or not, the figure is over priced.
Good luck justifying this purchase. 550 just not worth it.
If it's worth it, it's your money. I think it looks fantastic, but that price isn't.Worth it to me. Don’t need to justify it to anyone else .
I've also actually messaged them directly on Instagram and I STRONGLY advise others to do so!!I've (and have many others) been hounding them on all their social media channels about the Mirkwood gear. If you don't hound, you don't get!
I did the same. I often send stuff to Hot Toys too.I've also actually messaged them directly on Instagram and I STRONGLY advise others to do so!!
I've asked for extra accessories to be added that are missing for the character from FOTR,e.g the bow,and also why the cost has gone up considerably since Aragorn.
The more voices they hear,the more they'll take note.
I've also asked them to reconsider the Ranger Cloak for Aragorn that collectors have missed out on.
Is it a 300 dollar difference?I only collect LOTR 1/6th so I'm not having to spend a fortune all year buying random figures from different IP's so it's usually a no brainer for me to commit to anything LOTR however the price is seriously eye watering for what is actually being offered.
I'm buying it as it's a clear enough upgrade on the Asmus versions and on the faith that they'll buckle and include the missing parts. However it goes, I can always sell my original Asmus and put it towards this to recoup some of the outlay.
I may follow your lead here. There's no way this is worth $101 more than the rooted Aragorn (I paid $465). When I buy a Legolas it'll be the last one I'll ever buy, so I don't want buyer's remorse when a better one comes along - even if it'll be $650 by that time.I'm considering waiting for the Legolas 2.0 Two Towers version with the armor. You all know its coming in 2 years. I can wait.
There’s most likely always going to be a better version of every figure eventuallyI may follow your lead here. There's no way this is worth $101 more than the rooted Aragorn (I paid $465). When I buy a Legolas it'll be the last one I'll ever buy, so I don't want buyer's remorse when a better one comes along - even if it'll be $650 by that time.
Well that's the eternal dilemma isn't it; what's worth the cost to you vs other people. As I say, I don't spend a fortune all year buying figures so one every year (or two depending on what is coming out) doesn't sting too much.Is it a 300 dollar difference?
I suspect eventually Asmus will do more 2.0s or 3.0s myself... But yeah, I just didn't see IA being with 300 dollars more, but it's your money.
I spend on dumb things all the time figure wise. If it makes you happy go for it, but I will pushback on IA because price.
I have an unfocused collection.Ironically, when I was buying Hot Toys and Asmus figures more or less at will because the prices seemed fairly reasonable I was spending more than I do now, buying InArt for LOTR and Snyderverse and building a collection of customs.
I recently sold off a lot of popular mainstream figures but kept (modified) Constantine and Riddick. I’ve drifted more into kind of offbeat stuff. May end up trying to custom build Rio from One-eyed Jacks, Redmond Barry from Barry Lyndon, Zachry from Cloud Atlas, etc. That’s probably overly ambitious, though. And cost prohibitive. More likely I’ll be looking for third party companies like Soosoo and ThreeZero to make them one day, hopefully. I just mention it to illustrate the point that a beautifully made InArt figure is actually less than what I would pay to commission all the various parts of a custom that would be one of a kind—which is what interests me now the most.
$60 for shipping to States if the courier do not increase the cost a year later$67 more from Kit. Obviously he's gotta make some profit but I'd imagine at minimum half of that is shipping fees.
I am fortunate that I was very selective in purchasing asmus' LOTR.
Bought Galadriel, Saruman, Arwen (both versions), and Gandalf (crown).
I regret Arwen and Gandalf, but I managed to sell Gandalf and hopefully Arwens as well.
So happy that finally I have Aragorn.. and a brilliant Gandalf, soon Legolas, and I hope the rest of the fellowship from InArt!
This is true but right now, as good as this looks, it doesn't quite measure up to their Aragorn in terms or both likeness and accessories, so spending an extra $100 on it doesn't compute. I may still cave and order it,There’s most likely always going to be a better version of every figure eventually
There’s most likely always going to be a better version of every figure eventually
It’s like buying a video game console. I know in a few years I’m gonna need to upgrade. I’ll sell the PS5 for less than what I paid for it and put those funds towards the PS6.Yup! Where I’m at with it now is simply be prepared to sell the figure—usually at a loss—when it gets upgraded. But even if you get beat bad on it and sell it for, say, 50% what it cost you, you still owned and enjoyed the figure for half the retail price.
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