Hot Toys – MMS178 - The Avengers: 1/6th scale Black Widow Limited Edition Collectible

[SixthScaleEdward]

I'll give you £5 for it

Are you kidney?

 

[CollectorGuy]

Honestly i want the mark vii more but i fear this is going to sell out fast if i don't get her next month.

Either way i can't win, if i get iron man i'll regret not getting black widow, if i get
black widow then i regret not getting iron man

 

[BuffyGirl]

Honestly i want the mark vii more but i fear this is going to sell out fast if i don't get her next month.

Either way i can't win, if i get iron man i'll regret not getting black widow, if i get
black widow then i regret not getting iron man

I want Iron Man really, really bad. I just can't do it right now. Too much going on. I hope I can get one in the future. I think the only positive is they seem to make ten x the amount of IM than they do BW.

 

[cofphoto]

Honestly i want the mark vii more but i fear this is going to sell out fast if i don't get her next month.

Either way i can't win, if i get iron man i'll regret not getting black widow, if i get
black widow then i regret not getting iron man

Well, what's a realistic timetable on the Mark VII coming out? I would think you'd have a few months to recover?

Oh, wait, every single HT figure is coming out in March.

 

[lerath666]

Trust me I hear your points and believe me I wish they would go back to those prices but I know the reality of this hobby and embrace it. Unfortunately there are a lot more collectors who don't care about price than there are average joes who won't be able to afford these new price points. So its either get what you want or get out of the game. I know its a bit harsh but blaming people who buy figures isn't the solution either. Just saying.

I know right...

Same dilemma, I opted out. In the end, it's just not worth it.
I've shown the final product pics to friends who appreciated my Hot Toys collection.
They told me I'm better off buying a barbie doll or a hasbro fig than this.

Hoping for a BW from Cap 2 with sculpted hair.



Except those who pay $500 for a basic (non-gantry/monger) Iron Man HT figure in evilbay.

Or people who pay $800 to $1500 for one custom figure. I thought I was crazy.

Yes and no. A company is going to charge whatever they can get away with. The mentality goes something like this

They paid 150$ for that last one, lets go up to 200$
Damn, at 200$ we still sold everything, lets try 250$ next.
250$ sold? 300$ next

And so on, and so on, and so on, until they hit a point where they stop selling, and drop it back a little bit, or simply bust as a company.

As an example, my sister works in hollywood, for a fashion designer. they buy outfits, and fabrics from sellers in china for 20-40 $, and then sell them for 2000$-4000$ dollars. and no, that's NOT a typo. 2-4 thousand, for an item they paid less than 50$ for. they do this, Because they can. Just like any other business. And it's not that her company is crooked. she has worked for several different design studios over the past decade, and they ALL do this.

Short version, if your customer base has more money than sense, you're going to make alot of money.

Yes, I get that it's a expensive hobby, I get that prices will always go up, BUT what we, as consumers can effect is how much they go up, and how fast.

People buying aftermarket at INSANE prices dosn't help much either, as we've seen HT will do "reissues" of a figure to get some of that secondary market money.
Yes, in many cases, these reissues are superior to the original release. However, if you think they went back and re-did the figure ONLY to improve on the original, you're fooling yourself.

And it's quite easy to stay in the game, even at higher prices. MOST of the older figures ( Most, not all. I'm looking at you Blade, and wolverine) can be had off the secondary market for reasonable prices, as people dump their older ones to get the shiny new toys as they come out. Saw a Thor and an Odin for 120 and 100$ respectively in the past few weeks.

Some of these hold value, but I'm beginning to notice a trend where HT figures are starting to not hold as much Value on the SM as they used to.

Nature of the beast I suppose

also,

Tony, what does the scouter say?

 

[Hydeous]

also,

Tony, what does the scouter say?

 

[DGTWoodward]

Well, those net curtains are never going to be the same again. I can just hear it now...

"Honest honey, the cat just went wild!!!

 

[Kibagami]

I was going to say, damn! Already?

 

[Viking Spawn]

Honestly i want the mark vii more but i fear this is going to sell out fast if i don't get her next month.

Either way i can't win, if i get iron man i'll regret not getting black widow, if i get
black widow then i regret not getting iron man

Find the will and just buy both. No regrets later.

 

[CollectorGuy]

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Yeah i'm just gonna buy both next month, daaaamn i'm gonna be broke in march

Joker 2.0, black widow, and the mark vii next month.

Yeesh why couldn't joker and black widow had just come out last year

 

[CollectorGuy]

Oh yeah been meaning to ask why do you call yourself Viking Spawn but have a picture and sig of hulk?

Shouldn't you have spawn?

 

[guy66657]

Oh yeah been meaning to ask why do you call yourself Viking Spawn but have a picture and sig of hulk?

Shouldn't you have spawn?

or a viking or Spawn with a viking helmet

 

[Red Metal]

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Yeah i'm just gonna buy both next month, daaaamn i'm gonna be broke in march

Joker 2.0, black widow, and the mark vii next month.

Yeesh why couldn't joker and black widow had just come out last year

That's assuming that IM MkVII comes out on time, which is highly doubtful. Every Avengers release so far has been pushed back at least once. Plus, I don't HT releasing two figures from the same series in the same month.

 

[Username]

Oh yeah been meaning to ask why do you call yourself Viking Spawn but have a picture and sig of hulk?

Shouldn't you have spawn?

or a viking or Spawn with a viking helmet

 

[guy66657]

There you go

 

[CollectorGuy]

lol what is that in spawns mouth

 

[Bo Shrek]

I never thought Scarlett was attractive until I watched Lost in Translation (I few years after release and on TV). Then it switched over for me.

Now....she be alright!!!

 

[slamscaper]

Correct me if I am wrong, but there was a Viking Spawn on the Spawn forums before they were shut down. I believe they are one and the same and he did in fact have some Spawn.

 

[guy66657]

I never thought Scarlett was attractive until I watched Lost in Translation (I few years after release and on TV). Then it switched over for me.

Now....she be alright!!!

Dude, I thought she was attractive in Eight Legged Freaks...oh my 12 year old self XD Then I saw her in Lost In Stranslation and was all like gahhh she's adorably hot in it.

 

[slamscaper]

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Yeah i'm just gonna buy both next month, daaaamn i'm gonna be broke in march

Joker 2.0, black widow, and the mark vii next month.

Yeesh why couldn't joker and black widow had just come out last year

Wonder if the MKVII is getting any delays though?