Johnny1378
Super Freak
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When the product is a collectible that will one day be relatively scarce, they sort of have the consumer over a barrel to begin with it seems. It would be different if they were manufacturing widgets, I think.
That’s true. They sort of have a captive audience. There’s no other company that releases 1/6 scale figures of these characters with this degree of quality. And I guess that’s what they’re counting on. And to a degree, they’re right for sure. I don’t think it’s completely ethical, but that’s definitely how it works.
I don’t even have a problem with them focusing on Marvel and Star Wars characters. I might not necessarily like the ratio of Marvel and Star Wars figures to DC figures, but I understand it. You have to go with what sells. Where I would disagree with what they’re doing, is they’re soliciting the DC figures for pre-sale and once some of the money has changed hands between buyer and seller, they announce continuous delays. I know some of that is a Sideshow vs Hot Toys thing, and I guess I can’t blame Sideshow since they’re kind of at Hot Toys mercy as far as when they receive the figures, but it just seems like something needs to change to improve the number of delays that are occurring with the DC releases.