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[Deeznutz6]

yes and sideshow should be doing what they can to keep prices down. unfortantely they are way too quick to GC an item so people have come to expect that as the norm. i still can't believe they are charging more for the new Joe environment when they haven't sold out the last one and it's essentially the exact same environment. i'm surprised the Hammerhead Nook didn't get a price increase as well.

Obviously they cant be that dumb, so what does that tell you about the mark up?

 

[Deeznutz6]

The thing is, if Sideshow kept charging $50 for their figures, I'm pretty sure that they'd only be able to afford to keep giving us $50 figures. Since the prices have begun to rise, we've seen a notable increase in complexity -- from the introduction of the Prometheus and armored figure bodies, to the recent revelation of special bodies developed for the likes of Yoda, Hammerhead, Gammy, IG-88, and, soon enough, Battle Droids, Artoo and Threepio, etc., etc., ad (I hope) infinitum.

I choose to see the money I spend on Sideshow's Star Wars figs as a sort of symbiotic business agreement. I may occasionally spend what some would consider to be too much for a certain figure. But I'm fairly confident that Sideshow is taking my money and using it to develop even more outstanding figures for the future of my collection. So I'm okay with it.

If that translates to me being an "impulsive fool" in someone's book, I can live with that. I'll console myself with the knowledge that my money is contributing to the eventual development of characters I've anticipated since the line was announced.

When they're finally released, maybe those who choose to wait for the prices to drop rather than supporting Sideshow's growth might consider thanking people like myself for our foolhardy expenditures.

Thats what people who bought Aragorn and Legolas thought

 

[ProgMatinee]

i've been carrying the overpriced torch for so long i'm starting to get tired of it myself, but my personal experience is that when toys were priced at $50-$60 I was spending $1500 or so a year on them. That may be small potatoes to some, but thats a large chunk of money for me as I only make $60,000 a year.

Now that the items are $100 I spend only about $800 a year.

Even the best figures I have a hard time grasping as worth a week's worth of groceries or 10 figures worth a 50" Plasma.

$50 figures? I'll buy all day. $100 figures? Painful to justify. My interest in collecting is all but gone. i don't even read this forum as much anymore.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Thats what people who bought Aragorn and Legolas thought

People would buy Aragorn and Legolas regardless. "Investing in an ongoing line" is what people that bought FARAMIR bought hook line and sinker. Same with BELLOQ and German Indy.

 

[kl241]

Paying $50 for figures was awesome. But then you had people comparing $50 figure to $150 Medicom figures and then $150 Hot Toys figures and that is where we are today.

And the quality is still in the $50 range today.

 

[Rook]

Thats what people who bought Aragorn and Legolas thought

Well, you've got me there...

 

[ProgMatinee]

And the quality is still in the $50 range today.

If you're saying the quality of their products are still equal to what they were 2 or 3 years ago, I'll disagree. Are they at the quality of Hot Toys yet? Not close. Have they made imprvements great enough to justify DOUBLING the cost? ABSOLUTELY HELL NO.

In a world where prices have actually come down on many things from TVs, computers, cars, houses, services, household goods, etc, etc, etc...justifying a 100% price increase on toys...TOYS! just seems appauling.

 

[kl241]

Case-in-point: Flint paints aps looked worse than $50 Bespin Han.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Case-in-point: Flint paints aps looked worse than $50 Bespin Han.

Do mistakes still happen? Absolutely.

But compare the whole figure.

Boots? Flint
Costume? Flint
Body? Flint
Accessories? Flint

Am I saying its worth $120? No. But overall the figure is better than a 2006 product.

 

[EVILFACE]

Agree with Prog, the quality has gone up as well.

 

[JustinLuck]

The thing is, if Sideshow kept charging $50 for their figures, I'm pretty sure that they'd only be able to afford to keep giving us $50 figures. Since the prices have begun to rise, we've seen a notable increase in complexity -- from the introduction of the Prometheus and armored figure bodies...[/i].

You do realize those were direct design copies from other companies, right? No R&D went into the creation of those bodies except their outward surface appearance. And Sideshow still managed to mess them up with loose joints and awkward proportions.

 

[EVILFACE]

Ah, Justin and his never ending nitpick of Sideshow bodies. And he has proof SS did zero R&D beyond pictures he has seen other people post on the interwebnets

 

[thenammagazine]

The thing is, if Sideshow kept charging $50 for their figures, I'm pretty sure that they'd only be able to afford to keep giving us $50 figures. Since the prices have begun to rise, we've seen a notable increase in complexity -- from the introduction of the Prometheus and armored figure bodies, to the recent revelation of special bodies developed for the likes of Yoda, Hammerhead, Gammy, IG-88, and, soon enough, Battle Droids, Artoo and Threepio, etc., etc., ad (I hope) infinitum.

I choose to see the money I spend on Sideshow's Star Wars figs as a sort of symbiotic business agreement. I may occasionally spend what some would consider to be too much for a certain figure. But I'm fairly confident that Sideshow is taking my money and using it to develop even more outstanding figures for the future of my collection. So I'm okay with it.

If that translates to me being an "impulsive fool" in someone's book, I can live with that. I'll console myself with the knowledge that my money is contributing to the eventual development of characters I've anticipated since the line was announced.

When they're finally released, maybe those who choose to wait for the prices to drop rather than supporting Sideshow's growth might consider thanking people like myself for our foolhardy expenditures.

I find more often than not, individuals throwing around "impulsive fool" comments are using it to justify being cheap bastards.

And the quality is still in the $50 range today.

Any halfwit worth their weight in noodles can look at Jedi Luke or Qui Gon Jin and the Clone Lieutenant or Darth Vader and tell that there's been a VAST improvement in quality.

You do realize those were direct design copies from other companies, right? No R&D went into the creation of those bodies except their outward surface appearance. And Sideshow still managed to mess them up with loose joints and awkward proportions.

I'm going to challenge you to show me where sideshow copied the designs for the armored body from. Even the Pro has differences from that body you'd compare it to.

 

[kl241]

Any halfwit worth their weight in noodles can look at Jedi Luke or Qui Gon Jin and the Clone Lieutenant or Darth Vader and tell that there's been a VAST improvement in quality.

 

[EVILFACE]

That's right, take the worst pic and use that as a example. The paint aps aren't great, but they are not as bad as that pic lead on.

 

[kl241]

You can keep telling yourself that if it makes you sleep better at night.

 

[EVILFACE]

Did you buy Flint?

 

[kl241]

Did you buy Flint?

Canceled.

 

[EVILFACE]

Sure you did

 

[Wor-Gar]

Who's Flint?



Is he the Faramir of the Joe line?