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People talk with their wallets - this isn't "scare tactics" but cold, hard facts - if enough people feel that $90 is too much and they don't pre-order then this will be the last of the LotR 12". I don't think that's too hard to figure out.

So be it. As soon as we get Pippin, Merry and Gimli, they can drop the line, as far as I'm concerned. Would be very sad not to see some armored figures in this line, not to mention orcs and uruks, but I'm not ready to plop down a c-note per figure, in order to do so.

I've said it several times before: For me, there comes a price-point where these action figures are just too expensive and I'd rather put the available funds towards something else, not necessarily toys or collectibles.
 
These pictures totally sell it for me....I love it but $90 plus shipping......that's a lot of dough for an action-figure. I love my action-figures but more and more they are starting to feel like an investment with no return. I miss the days were most of my action-figures were $50 to $60 bucks.

You speak the absolute truth. $90 is an investment for sure.

But I must disagree with you on the pictures. I think those poses look awkward and make me hesitate buying this figure even more.
 
I agree and this is scary to me as well. I have been collecting this line from the beginning, and I would hate to see it end as well. However, if this is the new standard of pricing, then I will have to bow out.
Unfortunately, if it does end, it will be Sideshow's own fault. Oh, I am sure that some will blame their fellow collectors for being too "cheap" to pay the price, but that's another story.
 
So be it. As soon as we get Pippin, Merry and Gimli, they can drop the line, as far as I'm concerned. Would be very sad not to see some armored figures in this line, not to mention orcs and uruks, but I'm not ready to plop down a c-note per figure, in order to do so.

I've said it several times before: For me, there comes a price-point where these action figures are just too expensive and I'd rather put the available funds towards something else, not necessarily toys or collectibles.

I think the Fellowship is all people are going to be after, then they are done with the.
 
My main Goal is for the Fellowship.. but if they were to make others, I'd be interested.

It seems prices have gone up across the board... so it looks like this hobby is dead for most of you.
 
I think the Fellowship is all people are going to be after, then they are done with the.

and thats.... ok...

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I wouldn't pay $160.00 for a simple looking figure either. Although I am not sure what "simple looking figure" for $160.00 you are referring too, I am confident it isn't a medicom figure. If it is, please elaborate. :rolleyes:

Well, for one, the Roy Mustang from FMA.
 
Unfortunately, if it does end, it will be Sideshow's own fault. Oh, I am sure that some will blame their fellow collectors for being too "cheap" to pay the price, but that's another story.

Fault could be evenly blamed I think.
 
Fault could be evenly blamed I think.

That's a crock (and ungrammatical to boot). If a company releases a product that people don't want to buy (for whatever reason), it's the company's fault. It's their responsibility to read the market to determine what people want, what they are willing to spend, and how to go about providing the customer with that product. How far do you think a company CEO would get if he blamed a product's failure on the stupid customers who were too cheap to buy it?
 
I clicked the link, saw the price, and made the purchase with only a nanosecond of hesitation.

I guess if I'm willing to pay over a $130 for HT's v1 Captain Jack, PLUS another $130 for v2 ostensibly just to get the better head, then I'm absolutely fine with laying down $100 for Gandalf, a character that means a lot more to me than dear Capitan Sparrow.

Looking at the pics, I'm very happy with Gandy. He looks phenomenal, and I couldn't be happier with the plethora of accessories. I'm extremely surprised by by the extra cloak, and I totally dig that we can fit his pipe into staff 1. The book from Balin's tomb looks awesome, too.

My only quibble is that the sculpt looks a touch wide in the face, but that might easily be the photography. I'm looking forward to painting and weathering Gandalf. He's definitely the centerpiece and jewel of my LOTR collection, the signature character.
 
There still is the middle ground if the Toyfair pics are to be believed - the Amok Time 1/6 figures were priced at $40. I'll be curious if they can release them at that.
 
I also completely disagree. If a company prices a product at a point where no one believes it to be a good value, the company is 100% at fault, not the consumers.

Yea, I mean I could see the company having a test market to determine what the maximum ceiling for the product is, and then pricing accordingly. BUT, since they are a privately held company, we don't have access to their costs and quite possibly this $90 price could be well justified giving the cost of producing the figure.

As to the person above who mentioned them dropping LoTR and moving to something more profitable, is there anything more profitable than LoTR (besides Star Wars/Marvel)
 
I also completely disagree. If a company prices a product at a point where no one believes it to be a good value, the company is 100% at fault, not the consumers.

But if they lose money (relative to other product) on an item, why release it at all?

It's no one's "fault" it's the free market - if the price is too high, the item won't sell. But if enough people think it's not too high then it will sell and be successful.
 
Well on SS's front page, the $90 Gandalf is the top seller while a $150 Medycom Clonetrooper isn't even top 5.
 
But if they lose money (relative to other product) on an item, why release it at all?

It's no one's "fault" it's the free market - if the price is too high, the item won't sell. But if enough people think it's not too high then it will sell and be successful.

Thanks Dave! That was my point.
 
But if they lose money (relative to other product) on an item, why release it at all?

It's no one's "fault" it's the free market - if the price is too high, the item won't sell. But if enough people think it's not too high then it will sell and be successful.

Absolutely. But if the product fails to sell, and that also triggers the end of a product line, most people who were invested in the line will be looking for someone to blame (just look at the fans of HD DVD for ample examples of this). That was my only point. I know that some people will blame other collectors if the line fails, and I don't see that as being a realistic perspective.
 
But if they lose money (relative to other product) on an item, why release it at all?

It's no one's "fault" it's the free market - if the price is too high, the item won't sell. But if enough people think it's not too high then it will sell and be successful.

What I take issue with is the idea that the customer could possibly ever be at fault for not buying a company's products. That is, quite simply, a ludicrous idea. If the price is too high, then the company has failed (it is at fault) because it didn't read the market correctly. It's as simple as that.

If, hypothetically speaking, costs have risen to the point where Sideshow can no longer provide products at a price that enough people will find reasonable, then the Sideshow will either have to stop making the product or alter the product so it costs less.

Just for the record, I don't think $90 is necessarily the breaking point for this line (and presumably Sideshow has done their homework to figure out what prices they can safely charge).
 
What I take issue with is the idea that the customer could possibly ever be at fault for not buying a company's products. That is, quite simply, a ludicrous idea. If the price is too high, then the company has failed (it is at fault) because it didn't read the market correctly. It's as simple as that.

If, hypothetically speaking, costs have risen to the point where Sideshow can no longer provide products at a price that enough people will find reasonable, then the Sideshow will either have to stop making the product or alter the product so it costs less.

Just for the record, I don't think $90 is necessarily the breaking point for this line (and presumably Sideshow has done their homework to figure out what prices they can safely charge).

My point was that it's no one's "fault". Sideshow can't/won't sell this product any cheaper than $90 and still make it worthwhile to release.

However if the figure were $60 and only came with one staff, one cloak, perhaps a hat sculpted of hard plastic and not removeable - no print on the culottes (perhaps no culottes at all, just the outer robes) - would that be better?
 
As the price of a product increases and presumably the number of people who can or are willing to buy it decreases, it doesn't necessarily mean the product will stop being made. What really matters is how much profit the company makes off of each unit. If that remains constant then I can't see why the product wouldn't continue to be made. 3,000 units at $50 = 300 units at $500.
 
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