Hmmmmm..... Well... It is my favorite exclusive..... PM me what you would pay for it.
Rising Cost of Collectibles
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ProgMatinee
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$85.
Shoot I forgot to PM it.
Shoot I forgot to PM it.
EVILFACE
Insufferable S.O.B.
I don't look at it like renting. I got them cause I wanted them at the time. Interests change. I'd like to get the Sweeny Todd figure cause it looks good, but I'd rather spend the money on one of Josh's Roy or Great Pumpkin Jasons.
OK SITHLORD
Super Freak
ProgMatinee
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Are you joking? Don't fool with a desperate man....
LOL. I wouldn't mind having another droid head, but not enough to think about naming a price...
OK SITHLORD
Super Freak
LOL. I wouldn't mind having another droid head, but not enough to think about naming a price...
I will name it for you, $20
ProgMatinee
circlesendwheretheybegin
I will name it for you, $20
All yours! LOL.
Meh. Droid head is off the table.
ProgMatinee
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What WILL I do.
OK SITHLORD
Super Freak
Damnit
If my family knew what I spent they would ^^^^ egg rolls.
Hell I do sometimes when I really look at what I've spent. LOL!
Yeah, mine would too. My Dad has an idea but I never tell them exactly what a said piece costs.
BadMoon
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Yeah, mine would too. My Dad has an idea but I never tell them exactly what a said piece costs.
I was standing in my room yesterday doing an estimate in my head and just shook my head and smiled.
EVILFACE
Insufferable S.O.B.
Yea, gets to a point where I don't even tell myself how much I paid.
BadMoon
Demi G0D Overseer
LOL! That is a good system.
hairlesswookiee
PALPATINE CRUSADER!!!!
you know what i hate,
I s when someone(other collectors in your family) hates on you because you have or bought something they want and can't afford. so they start talking ^^^^ about this and that, why you buy that? you don't even collect that? oh and my favorite, why are you copying me?
i'm like this aint no rules in collecting everyone collects what they want and can afford. why should i limit my collection just because your sorry ass can't buy it. cry me a f-unken river.........
me too... my brother is always talking trash about how i'm wasting my money on "garbage" as he calls it. lately it seems i've been buying stuff like crazy.. and i have. its just that i finally have some extra cash and there's a lot of stuff i've been wanting so boom!!! i have the CM Predator on order, and its really freaking awesome, but i can't help but think of how much its gonna cost.
creature4000
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yeah... thats almost a years worth of car payments... or a house payment... or 5 PF's... or....
The Craw
Super Freak
i kinda hate SS rewards pts cuz if you dont use em they're pretty much a reminder of how much you've spent. and your pending pts tell you how much you're gonna be paying soon. ouch.
Darklord Dave
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I admit I don't even look at the price when I order something. It's only when I come here and everyone is ^^^^^ing that I realize what the price is. But when I get a bunch of shipping notices at once it certainly impacts the ole cash flow.
Warning: Long post ahead:
Well, in my case, and I'm sure most of us are in the same boat, as a kid played with Star Wars, He-Man, and Transformers toys. But after the Hasbro Star Wars relaunch, along with McFarlane Toys in the early-mid 90's the action figure collectibles took a whole new meaning.
Chase figures and variants started to really be the big thing, and McToys with all it's faults really shaped up the collectible market as we know it today. But still, those were mass maket products, then there was a huge boom with Neca, Palisades, Sideshow (with the original 8" Universal Monsters line that I still have) and for years those were great figures at affordable prices.
The first high end collectibles I got were Mazinger's Soul of Chogokin line, the quality in them is amazing, that's when I first realized how different the U.S. and Japanese products are, design and quality-wise.
The 12" market has always existed, but for the longest time it was for a very specific niche, I personally never liked the figures because they looked to me cheap and with weird proportions, big heads and all that. Until I saw Medicom's Darth Vader!! And the rest is history, Predators, Marines, Superheroes and all that coming from Asia that has the BEST collectible action figures, I was hooked! But, the price tag was quite above the prices I was used to with McToys, Neca and Palisades.
When Sideshow announced the Star Wars line, I thought it was going to be the same quality as Medicom's or Hot Toys, I've never owned a SS 12" figure before Jedi Luke, and for the price it was very reasonable. Good quality at a fair price, but since the prices are going up with every other release, and as much as I'd like to get everything Hot Toys, SS or Medicom produces, I've reached the point where I will pick up only main characters and very specific lines.
Right now, all I want to collect is SS and some Medi Star Wars, SS LOTR, Hot Toys Preds and Aliens, and that's about it...Maybe HT Joker, and Iron Man, but I'll try to stay with these lines only.
I'd love to get the Robocop, Rambo, Rocky, Pirates but I simply cannot afford them all, space and money-wise (I don't like to keep figures in their boxes and stored in a closet).
I'm not a completist (fortunately!) so I don't need Praji or Rebel Soldier #27, and even though it sucks that the prices keep going up, collecting is a CHOICE, nobody forces us to do so, it's like buying expensive clothes, if you WANT/NEED a specific item, you decide if you want to pay the price.
Sideshow's ultimate goal is to provide a great product to collectors, but to make money as every company out there wants. They need to keep up with Medicom and Hot Toys, and the only way they can do this is by using better materials, extensive R&D and improving their design and marketing. That, costs money, and since they know fans WILL pay, they're not afraid of charging what they charge. I mean, if people already pay crazy prices on Ebay, then it kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
Wow...long post indeed
Anyway, it sucks that prices go up, and for a few people with very high income it's not a problem, but for the average collector, it is, and Hot Toys, Medicom and Sideshow know this, so they are taking advantage of the current collector's hype. It might not last forever you know?...
i agree
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