Some of the weird stuff you guys fixate on, honestly. The microscopic nails do not need to be die-cast lol.
No they dont, but at this price point I would
like for them to be.
Lets not kid ourselves here - many people will grumble but cave, but that doesn't mean that the price isn't higher than it ought to be
especially when some of the "premium" elements of the figures are being removed.
I watched the video and I have no doubt the figure will be good - but that doesn't change the reality that its overpriced, things like moving eyes, custom [read: accurate] bodies and accurate costuming are not favors to the customer or elements of some exceptional product of a greater elevation to other companies - they are the standards for this industry.
So I don't really buy this "too many cooks"/collectors being to blame for the higher price - look at the basic package and tell me what is here that wouldn't be standard for such a figure? What are the special elements that have raised the prices so significantly?
I know people here will hate on me and this comment, but the reality is that asking for moving eyes on an expressive figure isn't some great and unique ask we made and now we are all collectively to blame for the price - it was a common sense feature for the release and a widely available feature on most licensed figures these days.
I like Joost, I like his stuff and the figures look great - but they are overpriced and I am not gonna bend myself over backwards to justify it, now it may be that many will get this despite knowing its overpriced and thats okay - this is a character people have been waiting a long time for, hell I
myself may very well cave and buy these overpriced figures anyway..... in fact, I'd even say that its
likely.
But I'm not gonna pretend that this isn't overpriced, the basic especially.
