1/6 Hot Toys - TMS074 - Hawkeye - Kate Bishop Collectible Figure

[sabin23]

Yeah, three years ago this would have been a $225 figure and you’d get a $25 code from Sideshow to make it $200. Now it’s $270, the codes are for $20 and they don’t work on anything.

Codes seem to work mainly for in-stock items these days.

One in a blue moon, there will be a code that can be applied for a preorder.

 

[sabin23]

Godspeed to those willing to plop down $270 for this. Price is absurd to me for what you get.

Unfortunately, that's just the new norm - whatever the market will bear.

It's like $1,000+ for 1:4 statues, $6/gallon for gas, $2+ Million for an ordinary home (in Silicon Valley), etc.

 

[Spanbauer]

Codes seem to work mainly for in-stock items these days.

One in a blue moon, there will be a code that can be applied for a preorder.

Mine typically include a lot pre-order items, it’s just always either high-ticket items or less popular figures. The popular stuff one might actually want is all excluded now.

 

[davejames]

Yeah the price would have been absurd 3 or 4 years ago, but we're living in a totally different world now.

 

[R_R_X]

Every brand is going to start raising their prices unfortunately, Covid messed it all up and everything is raising in price, R&D, materials, manufacturing, distribution, you name it, it's completely out of people's control, an aquantince of mine who releases third party stuff had to pack their latest figures at home not only because of Covid but the factory had raised their original price to do the packaging, you need to understand if people don't start raising their prices then they will be releasing every figure at a loss.

 

[TheBatman]

Congratulations, you made her 5% more accurate.

I thought it was made worse

 

[choombaz]

Every brand is going to start raising their prices unfortunately, Covid messed it all up and everything is raising in price, R&D, materials, manufacturing, distribution, you name it, it's completely out of people's control, an aquantince of mine who releases third party stuff had to pack their latest figures at home not only because of Covid but the factory had raised their original price to do the packaging, you need to understand if people don't start raising their prices then they will be releasing every figure at a loss.

And it’s probably different in different countries as well. Some countries I would guess are finding it harder to source materials than other countries and that will be raising prices as well. Factor in things like likeness rights etc and I’m totally not surprised by these increases. Jez it costs me $4AU for a small cup of coffee now!

 

[R_R_X]

And it’s probably different in different countries as well. Some countries I would guess are finding it harder to source materials than other countries and that will be raising prices as well. Factor in things like likeness rights etc and I’m totally not surprised by these increases. Jez it costs me $4AU for a small cup of coffee now!

Yup, and I forgot to mention retailers will have started to raise their shipping prices as well, it's unfortunate but we have to accept it.

 

[Mogli]

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This angle looks pretty good to me, just a few small changes is all it needs. But I'll buy it even if it stays this way lol. The price is ridiculous but that's expected, I wish I could see a trendline of HT price increases the past 5 or so years lol

 

[chrisstbh]

Everything goes up but wages.

 

[choombaz]

Everything goes up but wages.

Well I would hope wages go up just never relative to everything else. In Australia wage increase was 2.5% last year and cost of living was 3.5%.

 

[rocbolt]

There's definitely stuff they can tweak on the sculpt, but looking forward to some regular pics of the proto outside of the over-shopped promo shots.

I can see them doing a Toy Fair EX of Yelena, tweak the hair on the sculpt they already have, pick an outfit and done $300 in the bank. Something to tide to her next real taking-over-the-Widow-mantle suit. I have the white suit on pre-order but it was basically free with the last of my points, so that's just a bonus figure

 

[RandomHero]

Not really sure why people are shocked about the price. Just a few months ago, people were blown away that the Bucky Barnes from Falcon and The Winter Soldier was $250, and then a few months later Yelena was $270. It's the new normal, unfortunately. Even once things eventually do get back to normal, and I suspect we're still a while from actual normalcy again, these prices won't go down, they'll just stay stagnant for a bit before rising again.

I just consider myself fortune I have a version I'm happy with of just about every character I genuinely care about. I'm only missing a few I feel I absolutely need to have, like Bespin Han, Mace Windu, a good Aragorn, John Marston, and a small handful of others. Between running out of display space and rising prices, I'm glad I'm in a place that I need to start being choosey.

 

[Entropy]

Indeed. The $305 base price for a bare bones figure is coming soon.

 

[Spanbauer]

Not really sure why people are shocked about the price. Just a few months ago, people were blown away that the Bucky Barnes from Falcon and The Winter Soldier was $250, and then a few months later Yelena was $270. It's the new normal, unfortunately. Even once things eventually do get back to normal, and I suspect we're still a while from actual normalcy again, these prices won't go down, they'll just stay stagnant for a bit before rising again.

I just consider myself fortune I have a version I'm happy with of just about every character I genuinely care about. I'm only missing a few I feel I absolutely need to have, like Bespin Han, Mace Windu, a good Aragorn, John Marston, and a small handful of others. Between running out of display space and rising prices, I'm glad I'm in a place that I need to start being choosey.

I don’t think we’re really shocked, just disappointed. What a difference three years makes in what $270 gets you.

 

[choombaz]

There's definitely stuff they can tweak on the sculpt, but looking forward to some regular pics of the proto outside of the over-shopped promo shots.

This one especially, waay too much purple

 

[RandomHero]

I don’t think we’re really shocked, just disappointed. What a difference three years makes in what $270 gets you.

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I do agree with that. It's going to be hard to keep up enthusiasm when they give you less than ever.

 

[Zurdo95D]

I don’t think we’re really shocked, just disappointed. What a difference three years makes in what $270 gets you.

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Not to mention, the size difference lol

 

[RandomHero]

Just went to pre-order this on Kit's site (since his pre-order windows are always so short) and saw she's not up there, is that normal for a figure to be up on Sideshow before Kit? Giantoy didn't have it either. Definitely would prefer to order from one of those places and not Sideshow. Don't care so much if I go with Giantoy, but I would like to order from Kit if possible and like I said, I know he cuts off pre-orders pretty quickly.

 

[davejames]

For the price they could have at least thrown in some of the many trick arrows they used during the series. Unless they're saving them all for the Clint figure, which I wouldn't really count on happening either.