Maybe we can have a nice discussion about prices???

[pixletwin]

I posted this over at RS, so here goes again:

The day SSC releases ANH Tatooine Luke for $85.99 is the day I will start worrying about price gauging.

 

[Agent0028]

I confess I raised my eyebrows over the price of Plo. It's still not a problem for me, but I did think twice about it. Although the thought of not getting it lasted a couple seconds.

I think it would be nice if Sideshow gave a reason for the price increase, but I doubt they will and I'm okay with that too. Now here's my real reason for posting...and people aren't going to like it...

I personally would prefer higher editions with lower prices. But I know alot of people don't like that idea, and I can understand why. So let's not flame over this position. I seriously doubt it will ever happen, so lets not raise our blood pressure over my lil opinion pallies.

 

[pixletwin]

...I personally would prefer higher editions with lower prices. But I know alot of people don't like that idea, and I can understand why. So let's not flame over this position. I seriously doubt it will ever happen, so lets not raise our blood pressure over my lil opinion pallies.

I may be called a pleb, but I personally agree with you.

 

[occulum]

I personally would prefer higher editions with lower prices. But I know alot of people don't like that idea, and I can understand why. So let's not flame over this position. I seriously doubt it will ever happen, so lets not raise our blood pressure over my lil opinion pallies.

Im on that boat.
I never PLAN to flip anything.
So up the ES and drop the price

 

[DarkArtist81]

Im on that boat.
I never PLAN to flip anything.
So up the ES and drop the price

WORD

I agree as well.... I'm happy as long as I have one, AND as long as people keep wanting me to paint them!

 

[Memnoch]

Count me in on higher sizes and lower prices! Even at 9k, SS Maul is still produced in a smaller number compared to Hasbro.

 

[Darth Rage]

Don't we basically already have the highest edition sizes on a 12" line with the highest prices? The ES on the non-exclusive figures are what, like 7500 to 9000? That's pretty high for sideshow lines. The regular versions are not exactly flying off the shelves so to speak. I think Luke is long gone, but the newer figures are pretty easily had I believe.

Not flaming in any way Agent, but I wonder how much higher these would have to go for us to see a price drop. 20,000 or more? I just wonder if sideshow could sell this many through the means they are using now. (online only) Again, certainly not flaming, I'm all for a price reduction , I just wonder where this line would have to go in order for it to happen.

 

[The Josh]

I'd think at least 20k would be the mark you'd think of but maybe more.

 

[occulum]

I just wonder where this line would have to go in order for it to happen.

youre definitely right.
I believe the only way that could happen would be if they went into mass market chains like TRU, Walmarts etc and I think the price tag is to high to feasibly do that.

 

[RoboDad]

WORD

I agree as well.... I'm happy as long as I have one, AND as long as people keep wanting me to paint them!

[Bucky Katt]Not me, baby! I'm not happy unless I get one and NOBODY ELSE DOES! I want an ES of ONE, for ME! MWAHAHAHAHA![/Bucky Katt]

(Did I mention that I prefer lower edition sizes?)

 

[Agent0028]

Man, after reading Darth Rage's post, and re-reading mine, it occured to me...are we getting flame phobic around here or what? It's like we wave a little white flag then step out with our hands up saying, "Don't shoot it's just my opinion."



Joking aside, you're cool Rage, I'm not really afraid of being personally flamed, I just didn't want to be the post that sent a nice discussion about price points to a flame war. [/Joking aside] That would make me a flamewarmonger.

 

[user 1190]

No Flaming is this tread please. this is the NICE discussion tread.

If you can't play nice you don't get to play at all.

 

[Coheteboy]

No Flaming is this tread please. this is the NICE discussion tread.

If you can't play nice you don't get to play at all.

Haha.. I can see it now. By this time tomorrow there will be a new thread called "Maybe we can have a MEAN discussion abut prices!!!"

 

[JGouse0498]

Haha.. I can see it now. By this time tomorrow there will be a new thread called "Maybe we can have a MEAN discussion abut prices!!!"

Nah...it'll be the same thread but it'll have de-evolved into a flame war. It's inevitable.

 

[Agent0028]

*sigh* I'll get the fire extinguisher.

 

[Darklord Dave]

I'm all for a flame-phobic board. It might cut down on the amount of posts that have to be edited/deleted. However this thread hasn't even come close to a flame thread yet.


And I think Flamephobic will be the name of my next WoW character...

 

[S-Ramos]

Im extremely happy that this thread hasnt gone down in flames. All that bs has really kept me being a lurker and not an active member.

 

[Seaward]

Well, welcome to being an active member, and thanks for opening the discussion on such an interesting topic. I wish all of the Star Wars figures would retail for 49.99 + S & H, but I can understand why they don't. I just hope that the price we see for the Endor Rebel troops is about the cost for the Storm/Clone troopers, given that Sideshow will be able to re-use much of the armor sculpting and provide paint variations. I hope that prices don't continue to escalate too much more either, as I would have to reign in the lines I am collecting, and I don't want to sound the part of a spoiled child, but I like the diversity of my collection. I like being able to get Buffy, LOTR, SW and the occassional Horror figure, and I would hate to see one of them get the axe.

 

[user 1190]

I just hope that the price we see for the Endor Rebel troops is about the cost for the Storm/Clone troopers, given that Sideshow will be able to re-use much of the armor sculpting and provide paint variations.

I just thought about the fact that maybe the price increase is help ofset the cost on higher price figures. Maybe they are trying to make it so all are about $60. They can make more on the rebels to make up the small amount they make on another figure down the line. I know this is a hope but its not something I have seen done in the business world. Look at Electronics, the margin on a T.V. maybe on the low end but that cable you buy for $30 has a cost of maybe $5-$10.

 

[occulum]

I like being able to get Buffy, LOTR, SW and the occassional Horror figure, and I would hate to see one of them get the axe.

dont think for a second that the high sales of the SW & LOTR lines dont help fund/keep alive some of the smaller lines. Im sure those lines that bring in a lot of revenue make it not as painful to produce the lines that dont sell nearly as many.
and as a huge Universal Monsters fan, Im all for the SW line bringing in a ton of $$. Maybe its fueling my MONSTERS!