SS SW Figure price increase Upset or not?

[greyrabbit]

Maulbaby yeah that's understandable, though I just wonder if SS could look into using USPS instead for O'Seas guys like me, which would cost anywhere from $30 to $40 to post a 3lb parcel within 7 - 14 days delivery, insured.

I dont need to know where my parcel is in transit and happy to wait a few extra days (if its going to take 8 days to arrive via fedex, I might as well use the regular US postal services)

Anyhow Im sure that would involve a lot of mucking about with SS's delivery system as it is, so I guess it's either pay up or shut up :chew

I do prefer ordering from Sideshow rather than going thru 3rd party sources but I feel it'll just be too expensive with fedex's postage in future.

I'm getting OT on this so lets get back to the real matter at hand ...NEXT VICTIM!

 

[Puay]

I don't mind the new price for ANH Luke at all, since this one comes with so much more accessories.

 

[Sachiel]

I'm afraid. Afraid of what all this could mean for the future. Our future.

 

[amarcord]

Mr Pixies is is possible to contact me ?

-Sorry people to post this message in this thread, but it seams my PM did not arrive-

 

[willrulethemall]

Haven't noticed the price increase.

 

[vespagirl]

The price increase doesn't surprise me and I don't love it, but it is what it is.

Ha-evah...concerning to me, and I don't know if I'm the only one, is the onslaught of releases all at once. I've been feeling the pinch for the last three weeks. I've had to cancel things for economic reasons and that irks me. Out of morbid curiosity, I did a tally last night and my tab without shipping, had I gone forward with all my orders, was approximately $3900...in three weeks.

I understand in all totality that collecting is a very expensive hobby, but I've been collecting for years. This is the first time I've encountered the arrival of almost 20 big-ticket items all at once.

 

[lerath666]

yeah, i wish they would only ship at most one item per line at a time. I've got the Predator elder, and P2 battle damaged, And Palpatine 2 pack all shipping within weeks of each other. Plus I've got Leon waiting in the wind. Holding back one pred till march would of made that a bit more manageable. as it stands now? Ramen noodles for the next few weeks.

 

[MaulFan]

Well, they can't be blamed so much for shipping lots of stuff at once, especially distributed items. When HT says your stuff's on it's way, they gotta take it, but they don't have limitless storage space, and they still have old items still on the shelves for all those In Stock and Second Chance pieces, so they have to crank it out the door as soon as they get it almost and as a business, that's the wisest course rather than paying rent or wasting money or larger warehousing just to hold onto stuff for another month. Not to mention people would go ape**** if the thing they ordered was selected to be shipped later and something else now. Ship it as it comes policy is the best route for everyone but some bank accounts, but at that point it's on the consumer to plan their budgets and money accordingly.

 

[Darth Cruel]

I think Sideshow is a great value. They are better figures than Medicom and as good as Hot Toys, but cost half the price.

I don't even have an issue with the buck body and I can't really understand what all the buck hate is about. I have the mannequins from Sideshow, Medicom, AND hot toys. I see that each has it's pros and cons. Medicom's is too small, Hot Toys' breaks too easily, and Sideshow's doesn't necessarily fill out the costumes perfectly. But as far as the things that are critical to me, articulation and joint tightness, I see no difference at all. The joints are not set up the same, but the range of motion seems to me to be pretty equal across the board.

The accessories on the Sideshow are excellent. They are MUCH better than Medicom and nearly as good as Hot Toys. The costumes are as good as the other companies. And the portraits have spoken for themselves over and over again (granted, some with repaints, but that is a paint issue, not a sculpt issue) on this board. And as I just mentioned, the paint apps may be a little behind the others, but they nail that once-in-a-while too. The paint apps suffer from both design AND quality issues on the Sideshow figures.

Now when you talk about quality issues, THAT is where Sideshow needs a big shot in the arm. I have few quality issues with the Medicom and Hot Toys. But I have had to start fixing my own figures when I get the from Sideshow to cut down on how many I was sending back for replacement. If I didn't start doing things like gluing the parts that fall off and straightening weapons and accessories, I would still be sending back 3 out of 5 figures that I get from them. I am still haveing to send back half of them for too loose or glued-frozen joints because I have not learned how to correct those yet. The heat treatment on glued frozen joints does not work for me.

 

[jedibear]

If Sideshow didn't have fans like you their price hiking wouldn't be worthwhile. They're counting on you!

Hmmmm...I'll tell that to Shell, Mobil and Texaco the next time I'm there too, okay ?

 

[Darth Cruel]

If Sideshow didn't have fans like you their price hiking wouldn't be worthwhile. They're counting on you!

Sideshow can count on me too. It's not like it's a bad thing.

 

[The Josh]

I don't mind buying direct either.

 

[lerath666]

Well, they can't be blamed so much for shipping lots of stuff at once, especially distributed items. When HT says your stuff's on it's way, they gotta take it, but they don't have limitless storage space, and they still have old items still on the shelves for all those In Stock and Second Chance pieces, so they have to crank it out the door as soon as they get it almost and as a business, that's the wisest course rather than paying rent or wasting money or larger warehousing just to hold onto stuff for another month. Not to mention people would go ape**** if the thing they ordered was selected to be shipped later and something else now. Ship it as it comes policy is the best route for everyone but some bank accounts, but at that point it's on the consumer to plan their budgets and money accordingly.

Yeah, I know. but even the best laid plans can be fuged by an unexpected bill. I hat to pay an extra 300$ this month to ship my fiencee's laptop to korea, becuase it arrived from dell AFTER she had already left, and they refused to ship it overseas becuase she's not military.
Gonna be cutting it close for a little bit, but I Should be ok.

 

[nash]

Curiosity, what is it that a buck can do that the medi-body can't?

Aside from a garintee of surviving shelf diving I mean.

 

[Bardoon]

Hey maybe if Sideshow lowered the prices on some of their statues then I'd buy more of those! :chew

 

[Bonehead15]

Now we just need an after photo that shows how Medi-Spidey's arm broke 5 minutes after this photo was taken.

 

[TOE]

imo, that photo is not a valid comparison.

Reasons are the following:

1. The Spiderman figure has different type of shoes. It is more bent on the tip. He has the advantage of looking "cool"

2. The Spiderman figure has a different type of fingers. Maul has knuckles.

3. The Maul has baggy clothing.

I am not stating that the buck is superior or vice versa, but I just don't think it is a valid comparison. Perhaps, have the SS Maul vs. Medicom Vader or Stormtroopers. I don't even think any of Hot Toys figure can have a pose like that of Medi Spidey and a lot of people here thinks Hot Toys is way cooler, I guess in facial sculpt and accessories department.

 

[IrishJedi]

Please. The Buck bodies are stiffer than a noobie in a strip club.

 

[TOE]

i wouldn't know since I don't play with "figures" but I am judging my opinion based on the photo

 

[creecher]

At least the Buck can hold up under play. That might have been Spidey's last pose before he ripped his spandex, and body parts end up rattling around like a bag of marbles. The spandex does stretch, while normal costume clothing doesn't. I guess Medicom lovers will always pull out that same Spidey pic, which is a great pic and pose, but I don't see anyone posing the Rocketeer, or Ghost Rider like that either.