Hot Toys Tim Burton Batmobile

[Spanbauer]

Again, hopefully it is no more than $500 for this bad boy for the pre-orders.

$500 should be the max, yes. $400 would be a much more fair price.

 

[DFanatic]

$500 should be the max, yes. $400 would be a much more fair price.

Yeah, I'd probably get it for $400 but something tells me that will be a major uproar when the real price comes out... and not in a good way!

 

[dominishin]

I thought the Japanese paid higher prices for HT than the rest of the world?

They do. Which is why I'm thinking it's more like $600 for us if it was listed at 60,000 yen which I'm not sure of.

Where the hell is this pic that shows the yen pricing anyways?

 

[kdoty1]

I'm not that far behind you. After Reeve Superman, the '89 Batmobile, Keaton Batman, Nicholson Joker and maybe a few others (TDKR, Robocop, Terminator?) I'm going to have to call it quits.

One, I've got too much stuff and two it's just getting way too expensive.

I've got to get these Batman '89 figures though. They've been on my wish list for years. I never thought the likes of a Reeve Superman or Keaton Batman would ever be made by a 1/6 company, let alone Nicholson Joker. Now they're here. If I pass, I'd definitely regret it. I'd rather pay a high retail price and regret owning them then not buying them, have the secondary prices rise to even more ridiculous heights and regret NOT owning them.

I think alot of us here are concidering the move toward getting out of this hobby or at least slowing down conciderably.

 

[galactiboy]

So I can recall 3 items at SDCC having a leaked cost; Iron Monger ($500), Maul LSF ($2,000) and the Batmobile ($950).

Iron Monger was revealed at $470 (pretty close)
Maul was $2,000 (spot on)

So with 2 out of 3 being close or spot-on I'm gonna go with the Batmobile being around $950.

 

[Drakul]

I'm not that far behind you. After Reeve Superman, the '89 Batmobile, Keaton Batman, Nicholson Joker and maybe a few others (TDKR, Robocop, Terminator?) I'm going to have to call it quits.

One, I've got too much stuff and two it's just getting way too expensive.

I've got to get these Batman '89 figures though. They've been on my wish list for years. I never thought the likes of a Reeve Superman or Keaton Batman would ever be made by a 1/6 company, let alone Nicholson Joker. Now they're here. If I pass, I'd definitely regret it. I'd rather pay a high retail price and regret owning them then not buying them, have the secondary prices rise to even more ridiculous heights and regret NOT owning them.

I feel you on that. I KNOW I'll regret it, but that wouldn't be the first figure I've let pass me up. I just can't afford it. I'd rather pu the money into PF figures or start getting into prop replicas.
Plus, like you mentioned...TDKR.

Same here, in the same boat.

I will be content with 89 Batman, Avengers and TDKR on my shelf, Indy was not meant to be I guess.

89 car a must though, once in a lifetime deal.

After all this though, purchases will take serious thought.

It would probably involve more 89 Batman, Avengers and TDKR releases

I'm definately not in this for quantity, it's all about owning must own licenses.

They do. Which is why I'm thinking it's more like $600 for us if it was listed at 60,000 yen which I'm not sure of.

Where the hell is this pic that shows the yen pricing anyways?

I'm with you on this.
Frankly I never cared for figures to begin with so it's an easy decision for me.

But I HAVE to have the Keaton and Nicholson.
I love love love Batman ever since it came out lecture true story, I work on a game and we have the scene when Batman drives to the batcave with Vicky. I harassed our content manager for weeks so he'd get the rights to the 'Descent into Mystery' track from Danny Elfman and it's our only piece of original music in the game )

Anywho so yeah I have to get the 89 HT figures at least... and maybe the Batmobile depending on price.
But after that I'm going back to maquettes and statues.

 

[Tyranus7]

There is a basic rule in business. As more expensive an item is, more complicated is to sell it. I mean you have more chance to sell 4 batmobiles each for $500 than sell 2 batmobiles for $1000. I think HT knows that, and that is why they can't go as high as $800-1000, if they do they will probably kill their sells, and probably will lose money in production.

 

[senbi575]

Yup, anything above $650 is crazy and will hurt their sales on either this release or others. At $700+ range they should include the Keaton Batman.

 

[Andr3w]

So I can recall 3 items at SDCC having a leaked cost; Iron Monger ($500), Maul LSF ($2,000) and the Batmobile ($950).

Iron Monger was revealed at $470 (pretty close)
Maul was $2,000 (spot on)

So with 2 out of 3 being close or spot-on I'm gonna go with the Batmobile being around $950.

good point there. ~$900 is my guess too

 

[MONK]

I would bet anyone that $900 to $950 won't be the price for this! And would gladly admit I was wrong (which I won't be ) if Hot Toys was crazy enough to do this

 

[Spanbauer]

Even if each one was hand-crafted out of ____ing moonrock they couldn't justify charging $900.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

So I can recall 3 items at SDCC having a leaked cost; Iron Monger ($500), Maul LSF ($2,000) and the Batmobile ($950).

Iron Monger was revealed at $470 (pretty close)
Maul was $2,000 (spot on)

So with 2 out of 3 being close or spot-on I'm gonna go with the Batmobile being around $950.

Sound logic here so there's a good chance it'll hit $950. If that's the case HT can stick it in their pipe and smoke it. I'll spread that cash around a bit before I dump it all on a vehicle...even if it's the Batmobile.

 

[Khonsu70]

Sound logic here so there's a good chance it'll hit $950. If that's the case HT can stick it in their pipe and smoke it. I'll spread that cash around a bit before I dump it all on a vehicle...even if it's the Batmobile.

Couldn't have said it any better!

 

[amusedjester]

If HT launches this at 950, I'll wait for it to gather dust in their warehouses and when they finally get their head straight and bring down the price at 550, then I'll buy it.

 

[dominishin]

HT needs competition. And not competition that charges MORE than HT prices (ahem... Enterbay).

 

[Jay1138]

$800 is my max. Otherwise I'm out. I just wish HT would release the damn specs, so the preorders can begin and we can find out how much we're looking to spend here.

Really trying to be patient. But the fact that it's the f'n '89 Batmobile makes it really hard.

 

[Cifer85]

I think everything under $1000 would be a must-buy for the Batmobile for me.... But I'm wondering how expensive it will be in the end

 

[Wanderer]

If HT launches this at 950, I'll wait for it to gather dust in their warehouses and when they finally get their head straight and bring down the price at 550, then I'll buy it.

...and then cry yourself to sleep every night seeing it double in value and knowing you missed out on it...

I still have confidence this'll come in at a competitive price.

 

[vito81]

I think everything under $1000 would be a must-buy for the Batmobile for me.... But I'm wondering how expensive it will be in the end

After customs+shipping...

$=euro.

 

[Hamanu]

After customs+shipping...
$=euro.

customs, yah, but shipping? Nah. European dealers get it from China just like US dealers do. If you or I ordered an idividual figure we'd pay a wagon load of money for shipping, but when it comes in containers, its almost negligible.

The real problem for us European buyers (of any product, not just Hot Toys) is that our dealers and retailers (who get the same discount their US counterparts get) just love to apply a higher markup on the price than is done in the US and so you get the $=EUR result