Will the failure of the Last Jedi affect the value of OT collectibles?

[user 6734]

The best of the non OT movies is Rogue One

YES.. agreed !

 

[Khev]

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PT is not a failure, thanks Hot Toys for deliver wonderful PT figures with amazing scuplts up to this moment. Anakin/Sith Ani sells very wel...

Then by your own admission TLJ has done absolutely nothing to hinder the sale of figures from prior films. If PT figures are still in high demand then OT sales sure as hell won't be slowing down.

As for PT figures selling "better" than ST figures due to ST figures not selling out, well without public edition sizes you have absolutely no basis whatsoever to make such a claim. All you can say is that for the ST supply exceeded demand. For all we know HT realized the dubious appeal of the PT and only made 1,000 Anakins compared to 10,000 Finns. If they then sell 1,000 Anakins and 5,000 Finns then that obviously doesn't mean that there's no market for ST figures, only that they overestimated the demand.

And to compare apples to apples you would first need to know edition sizes (which we don't) and then you'd need to compare ST figure sales to PT sales *at the time of the PT.* And we all remember piles of piles of TPM figures rotting in clearance bins before being bulldozed into trash heaps from 1999-2002.

 

[Chakor]

The best of the non OT movies is Rogue One

 

[xipotec]

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PT is not a failure, thanks Hot Toys for deliver wonderful PT figures with amazing scuplts up to this moment. Anakin/Sith Ani sells very wel...wait until next ROTS Obiwan huehue.

..but ST is indeed a ** * failure, look at those TFA jokes still rotting in retailers lol for nearly 3 years haha...and soon TLJ abomination will suffer the same fate.

Facts dont care about your feelings "ST lover"

I do not count HT in any real sense as its a niche market with some serious fanyboys.

If you look at every other PT market those toys and merchandise are absolutely non sellers, like the ST.

People bought those by the case expecting a return like the original Kenner lines and to this day you can buy a case of figures for less than retail...

I don’t see the Jar Jar bed sheets or the droid army “RISK” games flying off the shelves and commanding high return like OT stuff still does...

Fact is, PT and ST will have about the same long term value, which is to say zero.



Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[matturibe1]

You're a social worker? Well at least you don't have far to go when you need assistance. Seriously you seem so wound up - almost like you're ready to go postal. But thank you for the STD comment - I am nothing if not persistent

I actually do agree with you regarding TLJ& TFA. They were not good movies. Not sure whether they will affect price of collectibles or not but I think they will have a negative effect on Star Wars overall.

Holy crap we agree? Wtf, then I consider you a friend lol! Cuz I tried so hard to like those Disney movies but so damn boring. Holy Crap, I can not believe we are now friends lol!

 

[matturibe1]

Lol, I felt the same way, great. But do have to admit that Vader scene was great. But everything else was pretty bad, well not bad but slow, like that Clint Eastwood face lol!

 

[Freakazoid!]

Will the failure of the Last Jedi affect the value of OT collectibles?

Only the OP's collectibles. I'd gladly take your devalued lot off you. I'd even reimburse you for shipping.

 

[spindrift]

Then by your own admission TLJ has done absolutely nothing to hinder the sale of figures from prior films. If PT figures are still in high demand then OT sales sure as hell won't be slowing down.

As for PT figures selling "better" than ST figures due to ST figures not selling out, well without public edition sizes you have absolutely no basis whatsoever to make such a claim. All you can say is that for the ST supply exceeded demand. For all we know HT realized the dubious appeal of the PT and only made 1,000 Anakins compared to 10,000 Finns. If they then sell 1,000 Anakins and 5,000 Finns then that obviously doesn't mean that there's no market for ST figures, only that they overestimated the demand.

And to compare apples to apples you would first need to know edition sizes (which we don't) and then you'd need to compare ST figure sales to PT sales *at the time of the PT.* And we all remember piles of piles of TPM figures rotting in clearance bins before being bulldozed into trash heaps from 1999-2002.

...and I stupidly bought like 4 of each of TPM figures figuring great investment- what was I thinking? Because 200,000 other guys thought and did the same thing!