Hot Toys basic MMS line???

[DiFabio]

The idea, while a nice one, is a pipe dream. We've seen BARE BONES MMS releases and Hot Toys still charges a ton for them. The original post actually happening is about as much a possibility as Hot Toys and Sideshow giving these out for free. It'll never happen.

They'd still charge $160+ for just a regular old body, head sculpt and doll clothes, if not more.


Look at Catwoman. All she comes with is a dinky little pistol and she's $200 right out the door. Wolverine? All he comes with is a gigantic paper weight and that sucker is $240!


We'll never see any $100-$160 figures anymore. Those days are gone. Even things like true types and grey shoe box displays for Iron Man figures are expensive now. In fact, we're reaching a point where standard/basic releases are $200+ and DX are $300. It's insane.

Of course people would like cheaper figures, most, if not all of them are over priced. Making "bare bones" versions isn't going to make that happen though, not with all of Hot Toys' price hikes.


Kyle Reese with a shotgun? You bet they'd charge $190 for it, just because they can. Those others? Same deal. Some of you seem to think they price these based on materials, boxes and accessories. Nope. They price them according to line, license and character. There's really no rhyme or reason to it, they charge what they want because people will buy them.

 

[The Skull]

The idea, while a nice one, is a pipe dream. We've seen BARE BONES MMS releases and Hot Toys still charges a ton for them. The original post actually happening is about as much a possibility as Hot Toys and Sideshow giving these out for free. It'll never happen.

They'd still charge $160+ for just a regular old body, head sculpt and doll clothes, if not more.


Look at Catwoman. All she comes with is a dinky little pistol and she's $200 right out the door. Wolverine? All he comes with is a gigantic paper weight and that sucker is $240!


We'll never see any $100-$160 figures anymore. Those days are gone. Even things like true types and grey shoe box displays for Iron Man figures are expensive now. In fact, we're reaching a point where standard/basic releases are $200+ and DX are $300. It's insane.

Of course people would like cheaper figures, most, if not all of them are over priced. Making "bare bones" versions isn't going to make that happen though, not with all of Hot Toys' price hikes.


Kyle Reese with a shotgun? You bet they'd charge $190 for it, just because they can. Those others? Same deal. Some of you seem to think they price these based on materials, boxes and accessories. Nope. They price them according to line, license and character. There's really no rhyme or reason to it, they charge what they want because people will buy them.

Finally a normal post, yeah I get what your saying and catwoman is a big problem if you ask me, she comes with next to nothing an a 200 dollar price tag I guess its not likey they will come out out with a basic mms line, as you pointed out they kinda did but still charge the same old high price anyway.

This idea of a basic mms line is in the end mostly a pipe dream, not likley to happen, heck a guy can dream right I still would prefer if the truetypes came with head that are bashible though, maybe next time

 

[DeltaForceChung]

NO ONE wants to pay high prices for offerings from HOT TOYS, but they pretty much have their niche of the 1:6 market cornered.

Collectors have continued to support them by buying what they produce in supporting them in terms of products at the price point they charge.

They have no real tangible reason or even consider a bare bones basic line of offerings asides from their batch of base bodies. If you look at their recent batch . . . they've gone headless and charged a bit more of the same price by not offering anything more.

I understand the intention of this thread, but it's falling on deaf ears as far as HOT TOYS even remotely considering such an option.

 

[Lejuan]

Finally a normal post...

Waddya talkin' bout? Grosby was saying pretty much that exact same thing from the get go.

Wow man, just when you started building some respect too.

 

[The Skull]

Waddya talkin' bout? Grosby was saying pretty much that exact same thing from the get go.

Wow man, just when you started building some respect too.

Who's this Grosby you speak off

 

[Grosby]

You know who I am. You get a little respect and you start forgetting people that helped you on the rise to the top, that's how it's gonna be? That ain't right. It shouldn't be like that, man.