Re: Hot Toys MMS Iron Man Mark XXI-MIDAS BUY NOW - Link on page 257
Hmmm.. I'm not sure.. I still feel there is a tipping point for quite a large proportion of collectors, at around the $250 mark for 'standard' figures and approx $500 for bigger figures ( the perceived rarity and difficulty of getting hold of Midas in certain markets, I feel distorted that a little).. I think at around those prices people start to get considerably more picky.. I genuinely was not going to buy Midas at the European retail or evilBay prices, since although I like it, its a 'normal' figure stripped of two important accessories from the original Mk VII.
I feel its about perceived value.. yes, HT make absolutely awesome toys.. but there are lots of things competing for our hard earned cash, many of them also awesome.. when you can buy a motorcycle (ok second-hand, but still) or a 7 day liveaboard Scuba diving holiday, for the price of two or three large HT figures, it does give you pause for thought.
There is another parallel.. I also collect Urban Vinyl, much of which is released as very limited editions (100 - 500) figures.. and while those figures may not have the mass appeal that say the IM or Batman figures do, there is a very passionate collecting community.. yet only a small number of those figures command prices of more than $500-600 on the secondary market (retail tends to be less and its popularity/rarity that drives the secondary prices, just like the 1/6 figure prices.
This still applies to figures by artists whose paintings and other art, sells for thousands of dollars.. I'm referencing KAWS.. Coarsetoys.. Huck Gee and a few others.. so I am by no means convinced that Hot Toys can simply hike prices indefinitely.
.. just my two cents.. others' mileage may vary.
Hmmm.. I'm not sure.. I still feel there is a tipping point for quite a large proportion of collectors, at around the $250 mark for 'standard' figures and approx $500 for bigger figures ( the perceived rarity and difficulty of getting hold of Midas in certain markets, I feel distorted that a little).. I think at around those prices people start to get considerably more picky.. I genuinely was not going to buy Midas at the European retail or evilBay prices, since although I like it, its a 'normal' figure stripped of two important accessories from the original Mk VII.
I feel its about perceived value.. yes, HT make absolutely awesome toys.. but there are lots of things competing for our hard earned cash, many of them also awesome.. when you can buy a motorcycle (ok second-hand, but still) or a 7 day liveaboard Scuba diving holiday, for the price of two or three large HT figures, it does give you pause for thought.
There is another parallel.. I also collect Urban Vinyl, much of which is released as very limited editions (100 - 500) figures.. and while those figures may not have the mass appeal that say the IM or Batman figures do, there is a very passionate collecting community.. yet only a small number of those figures command prices of more than $500-600 on the secondary market (retail tends to be less and its popularity/rarity that drives the secondary prices, just like the 1/6 figure prices.
This still applies to figures by artists whose paintings and other art, sells for thousands of dollars.. I'm referencing KAWS.. Coarsetoys.. Huck Gee and a few others.. so I am by no means convinced that Hot Toys can simply hike prices indefinitely.
.. just my two cents.. others' mileage may vary.
(Sorry for a bit of rant.)
