1/6 Hot Toys -- Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

[DarkAngel]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

And having said all that, I was sort of pleasantly surprised that Groot was only $200. Rocket would have been better at $100 in my opinion but since I'm buying him with Groot anyway the total amount is fine. (Assuming I like the movie--but that's why I pre-ordered from BBTS. "NRD" is a four-letter three-letter word.)

Now give me Gamora!

I was very pleasantly surprised with Groot's price

 

[RaZaTrOn]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Now give me Gamora!

This is what this release amped me up for, seeing the other 3 (and hopefully more). One thing I love about figures is the mixture of textures and fabrics they use so Star Lord/Gamora/Drax should be an amazing mixture of mediums. Cannot wait to see them and hopefully we'll get one every week from now on til the whole team is out, unless they want to get them out before SDCC next week.

 

[DarkAngel]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

This is what this release amped me up for, seeing the other 3 (and hopefully more). One thing I love about figures is the mixture of textures and fabrics they use so Star Lord/Gamora/Drax should be an amazing mixture of mediums. Cannot wait to see them and hopefully we'll get one every week from now on til the whole team is out, unless they want to get them out before SDCC next week.

Yes please

 

[RaZaTrOn]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Yes please

Be a bit silly to show them all at SDCC and not have them up for PO. They'd be missing a good marketing opportunity.

 

[Farron]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Have been hanging for these. Groot is looking awesome, but wish Rocket had a head where he wasn't bearing his teeth like that.

 

[DarkAngel]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Be a bit silly to show them all at SDCC and not have them up for PO. They'd be missing a good marketing opportunity.

True. But the movie is coming out soon so I wouldn't be surprised if they waited a week or two. I hope they don't...but sooner or later I'll get them

 

[threedaytorture]

Re: Hot Toys Screaming Tree Guy and Rodent.

Fairly new to Hot Toys, but I do own a few. PO'd these guys instantly! Which means, i need to accumulate enough OT to afford snake plisken, groot, rocket, winter soldier, and mgs raiden.

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[ShadowX81]

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Haha thanks. I don't post much but some things really can grind your gears

I think the trouble is the hobby has become far too diluted, too many self entitled people signing up complaining about cost. I've been in the game for 5 years, I'm 22 years old and I've known the deal since day one, not once will I whine about cost because at the end of the day I gave up paying £20 for 6 inch of plastic in Marvel Legends to paying £160 for something 1000x better.

At the end of the day, there's a reason these aren't sold retail at every corner shop across the world, because they are high end collectibles, expect a high end price to come along with it.

And im sick of people throwing around the word "entitled" on this forum as if it's the end-all-be-all to every disagreement about price. Its like a point of pride for some people that they don't mind paying through the nose for a figure that would have cost $50 less only a year and a half ago.

And when some of us say that we do mind the rapid and unjustified price hike, outright censorship is encouraged.

 

[Black Knight]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Got the set . Very excited

 

[DarkAngel]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

And im sick of people throwing around the word "entitled" on this forum as if it's the end-all-be-all to every disagreement about price. Its like a point of pride for some people that they don't mind paying through the nose for a figure that would have cost $50 less only a year and a half ago.

And when some of us say that we do mind the rapid and unjustified price hike, outright censorship is encouraged.

If you are just saying that you are unhappy with the prices it is ok. But thats not what happened. When people say that, then insult those that do like it and even start meaningless arguments then it becomes an issue. If you civilly say your opinion, like you did in the post I quoted, I don't see a problem.

 

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Why is hot toys making trees with one accessory! Come on hot toys just make Nightcrawler Kitty pride Beast etc... Not a freaking rodent with 4 accessorys really!!!

 

[RaZaTrOn]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

And im sick of people throwing around the word "entitled" on this forum as if it's the end-all-be-all to every disagreement about price. Its like a point of pride for some people that they don't mind paying through the nose for a figure that would have cost $50 less only a year and a half ago.

And when some of us say that we do mind the rapid and unjustified price hike, outright censorship is encouraged.

I wasn't targeting anyone specifically on this forum but if you find yourself in the criteria I spoke of...

I was referring to the endless droves of comments on the multitude of 1/6 facebook groups.

Regarding figures costing $50 a year ago, try 4 years ago. Blade cost $159.99 that long ago... now a typical figure of similar quality will cost about $200-$210 or whatever Star-Lord will cost.

There is a sense of entitlement and whining that comes from the people who complain about prices, these same people compare the figures NECA and Hasbro produce to be on par with Hot Toys figures. I saw a comment just tonight "gonna save myself $100 and buy the ML Rocket Raccoon"... Cool, but you aren't getting the same quality or figure so the comment has zero meaning or reflection about price. I find it mental because there are people still starving in the world and dying of diseases long since eradicated in most modernised countries yet people who have the money to spend on toys whine about the price. Be thankful you can afford the bloody things in the first place.

The price hike isn't rapid, my first Hot Toy was £130 (X:O Wolverine) and I just bought the new Thor for £145, it's not unjustified... look at the news everything is going up. I'm not saying don't complain, but play another record rather than the same one on every single release, be creative, be constructive.

Again none of this is aimed at you, unless the shoe fits.

Or should I be censored for having an opposing view



edit: #612 another example of a record that's stuck on repeat.

 

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Honestly I would prefer the fantastic four or dare devil and Electra. Now I think of it a king pin or bullseye would be leaps and bounds better than another iron man or anything from the mainstream marvel cinematic universe

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

And im sick of people throwing around the word "entitled" on this forum as if it's the end-all-be-all to every disagreement about price. Its like a point of pride for some people that they don't mind paying through the nose for a figure that would have cost $50 less only a year and a half ago.

And when some of us say that we do mind the rapid and unjustified price hike, outright censorship is encouraged.

I don't think anyone is saying someone can't express their opinion--good or bad. Insulting others while stating that opinion is uncalled for. Some people get a little too upset that prices are increasing and that anger gets directed at people that are excited about the figure. You think I wouldn't like to pay less for these figures? Of course I would, but the price point is out of my control and I have to decide if I can swing it or not. However, the last thing I would do is get mad at people that share my hobby as if they had something to do with the pricing.

 

[subzro]

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If someone told me 3 years ago that i would be paying over $300 for a small tree and a tiny raccoon and be excited about it, i would have thought they were crazy

I am sure this movie will great and i am in for the whole team and hopefully a couple villains if HT makes them, they will really stand out in my collection.

 

[Centrocal]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Could someone clarify, is the 2-pack exclusive to Sideshow ?

 

[RaZaTrOn]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

If someone told me 3 years ago that i would be paying over $300 for a small tree and a tiny raccoon and be excited about it, i would have thought they were crazy

See the price for the Rocket and Groot pack works out at about £100 a figure for me, that's good for a Hot Toys figure haha.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

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Why is hot toys making trees with one accessory! Come on hot toys just make Nightcrawler Kitty pride Beast etc... Not a freaking rodent with 4 accessorys really!!!

 

[Taibhse]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Man this release has really brought the whiners out (not on here but over on other pages, particularly the Facebook groups).

Is it necessary for people to comment that they aren't going to be buying this because they are trimming down their collection or that they don't like GotG or other pointless meaningless drivel that no one cares about? (welcome to the internet)

Regarding the price for Rocket, perfectly justifiable. It's $30 more that Threezero's Tyrion Lannister figure which will be about the same scale, this is from an established high quality company who have proven themselves numerous times, well worth the extra $30.

Regarding a five pack, can't see why Hot Toys wouldn't do one. I'd buy a five pack over singles. Why? Same amount of money with extra stuff. A five pack is no more sweat off their backs than it is to produce 5 individual figures boxed up. People getting the whole team buy the set, people who don't get the individuals Hot Toys still makes the same amount of money either way.

Yep, I think the escalation in prices is really starting to upset some (not all) 'old skool' collectors and they appear to blame Marvel and Hot Toys pretty much exclusively for this (yet action figure prices, are a fraction of custom action figure and Statue prices).. I simply do not go to virtually every thread for a new Asmus (or Big Chief, or whoever) release, to complain about pricing, or the licenses involved, or the figure chosen.. if the figures do not interest me, then I pretty much do not visit or post on those threads.

Fact is, if a figure is postponed or is not in development, it is in most cases going to be down to one of three things:
A licensing issue
A genuine lack of demand, outside a relatively small hard-core fanbase (whether that fanbase likes it or not.. and there is always the custom market)
A choice between releasing a figure pretty much guaranteed to make lots of money and a figure which although popular, will not make the cash register ring as loudly.

Sadly prices are not going to sit where they were five, six seven years ago.. and Toy manufacturers have worked out their product is not quite as niche, as it used to be.. I'm so old, I remember the approximately two decades or so, when Rock concert ticket prices, hardly changed.. then the Rolling Stones worked out they could charge a great deal more.. Bam! prices rocketed, across the board, as every other successful band did the same.

However it's amusing seeing Marvel and Hot Toys attract exactly the same sort of venom, that Microsoft and Android fans reserve for Apple.


Its possible 5 packs might be a way of mitigating the cost of less popular figures in a series, but imho, it's still a sizable commercial risk that those packs simply would not sell, at the much higher price a 5 pack would have to command.

I know for a fact, I wouldn't pay the premium just for accessories, if three out of the five figures did not appeal.. chances are the two that did appeal, would be the main characters ..and I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of reselling the less popular figures on the Secondary market (possibly at a loss) just to get the extra accessories..
The only way it would work, would be if I wanted all five figures, or possibly four out of the five figures.. and to be honest even with the Iron Man license, I might find that a stretch.

 

[Hologram AI]

Re: Hot Toys - MMS 253 - Guardians of the Galaxy - Groot & Rocket

Could someone clarify, is the 2-pack exclusive to Sideshow ?

The exclusive logo and writing on the listing for the set was originally there but it's gone now. I still think it's a Sideshow exclusive though because BBTS isn't getting the set and I'm betting that AE won't as well.