1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Princess Leia Collectible Figure

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Re: 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Leia Organa Collectible Figure

$330 in Australia from Popcultcha lol.

A few years ago, I had a burst of spending with a bunch of great figures - & the average AUS price for a HT figure was around $250.

$275 for 89 Batman & $320 for the two figure Bespin Luke set FFS!

Completely insane now.

 

[Prime Clone]

Re: 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Leia Organa Collectible Figure

Yip, it's cheaper to order from SSC direct at $311AU, earn the bonus points and it arrives via Fedex from Cali within a week. I've waited longer than that for post to come interstate in Oz many a time.

For the sake of $20 I'd rather support a local business, but if it has an exclusive accessory I'll go with SS.

 

[devilof76]

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I know what you mean. HT is trying to achieve that powdered look she had. I think that is what you are referring to.

She was 19, but it looks like she has fine wrinkles.

 

[Aliaz]

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Im sure the price has been mentioned already, but uk average of £200 ($312) for a fem nude in a nightgown, no way can I justify that. Beautiful likeness though, cant fault it.

That's a pretty steep price. Only about 270 here.

 

[Sidewinder]

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Yip, it's cheaper to order from SSC direct at $311AU, earn the bonus points and it arrives via Fedex from Cali within a week. I've waited longer than that for post to come interstate in Oz many a time.

Yeah, but your bank also charges conversion fees, so it would end up more than $311. Plus PopCultcha also have pennies, so you can earn those and get discounts on other figures.

Once the government change the import tax threshold to $20 in 2017, which seems to be on the cards, it will add another 10% onto anything ordered from Sideshow.


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[Lejuan]

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Yeah, but your bank also charges conversion fees, so it would end up more than $311. Plus PopCultcha also have pennies, so you can earn those and get discounts on other figures.

Once the government change the import tax threshold to $20 in 2017, which seems to be on the cards, it will add another 10% onto anything ordered from Sideshow.

I'm really hoping this doesn't happen - it's inevitable I suppose, but not necessarily 2017 inevitable.

 

[Sidewinder]

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I'm really hoping this doesn't happen - it's inevitable I suppose, but not necessarily 2017 inevitable.

Maybe a few hundred dollars instead would be fine for me as I rarely buy anything worth 1K anyway. But $20 is just so damn low, especially when the dollar is low as it is comparable to the US.


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[Lejuan]

Re: 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Leia Organa Collectible Figure

Maybe a few hundred dollars instead would be fine for me as I rarely buy anything worth 1K anyway. But $20 is just so damn low, especially when the dollar is low as it is comparable to the US.

The bottom dropping out of our dollar, figures regularly passing two hundred bucks... after the OT characters and the Asmus Gandalf the Grey, I'm pretty much done. One-figure-in-a-blue-moon for me. The OT is a nice way to go out though, and HT haven't done a bad job overall. Just gotta grit my teeth and not think of this one costing over 300 bucks.

 

[SAB]

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The bottom dropping out of our dollar, figures regularly passing two hundred bucks... after the OT characters and the Asmus Gandalf the Grey, I'm pretty much done. One-figure-in-a-blue-moon for me. The OT is a nice way to go out though, and HT haven't done a bad job overall. Just gotta grit my teeth and not think of this one costing over 300 bucks.

At least you were smart enough to stick to 1/6.
1/3 scale statues are now hitting over $1000 by the time they reach our doors

 

[Lejuan]

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At least you were smart enough to stick to 1/6.
1/3 scale statues are now hitting over $1000 by the time they reach our doors

If I had more space I might've gone down that route at some point, but I live in a shoebox TBH though, I haven't seen a 1/3 statue that I've liked - the paint always seems to let them down after a rockin' proto.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Re: 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Leia Organa Collectible Figure

Us Aussies gotta stick together, maybe we should start a therapy group.

 

[Asta]

Re: 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS298 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Leia Organa Collectible Figure

Us Aussies gotta stick together, maybe we should start a therapy group.

"Nah - - back there, if you got a problem, you tell Wally. And he tells everyone in town... brings it out in the open... no more problem."

 

[Lejuan]

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"Nah - - back there, if you got a problem, you tell Wally. And he tells everyone in town... brings it out in the open... no more problem."

that's another figure I'm trying to justify at 70 cents-to-the-dollar

 

[Asta]

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that's another figure I'm trying to justify at 70 cents-to-the-dollar

This hobby...

 

[BoosterGold06]

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How do they decide which figures you can and cannot pre-order using paypal? I was going to pre-order this with paypal, but it's not an option. However, you can use paypal on Quicksilver who just went up for pre-order yesterday.

 

[Pixelpiper]

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How do they decide which figures you can and cannot pre-order using paypal?

If it has a FIXED shipping charge you can use PayPal, if it doesn't, you can't. That's it. Once it's "in stock" the restriction no longer applies because shipping is calculated at the time of the order.

 

[BoosterGold06]

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If it has a FIXED shipping charge you can use PayPal, if it doesn't, you can't. That's it. Once it's "in stock" the restriction no longer applies because shipping is calculated at the time of the order.

Oh, that makes sense, thanks. I'm surprised this doesn't have the same fixed shipping price as the other Hot Toys figures.

 

[jedijim3002]

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Cheaper figure, higher shipping by cost. Makes sense.

 

[IarnaOrgana]

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I'm still debating whether or not I should pre-order Leia. On one hand, the sculpt looks great and she's dressed in her most iconic outfit (besides the slave bikini lol). But I do wish her hood was functional and that her dress hung like it did in the movie. I don't want to regret not getting her if they don't go on to make more Leia figures. The conundrum!

 

[anwe]

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I do wish her hood was functional

Is the hood sewn to the back? I must have missed that.