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TF Collectors: Are They Going Too Far?
Crimson Dynamo wrote:This rabid need to get the newest toys well before anyone else is giving toy sellers all the excuse they need to push the prices through the roof.
So why are TF collectors prepared to pay these extortionate prices? Why is it so important to have the toys early?
The same goes for those idiots buying stolen toys and prototypes from eBay. They're paying hundreds of dollars for first-run toys and poor-quality test shots that are rarely worth anything afterwards. Especially as they come loose, without boxes.
I often wonder how they feel when they see the same toy they paid a hundred bucks for warming the shelves in their latest Walmart, or stacked in discount bins for a third of the price.
I just wish the rest of the fandom would see sense and stop being so freaking pathetic - wait that extra month or so and save yourself a ton of cash.
Seriously, they could save that extra money and put it towards a rare, genuine, one-hundred percent original G1 toy instead. Y'know...a real investment?
Iron-Man wrote:This topic screams "I am either on allowance or make very little money so I'm going to knock people who can afford to buy things on a whim when I can't".
Crimson Dynamo wrote:So,
We all know about the recently announced new TF toys (the animated ones - Wreck-Gar and Leo Prime and all those). It was all over Seibertron this morning, for those who don't know.
http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...figures/14254/
Well, I noticed that Big Bad Toy Store already have these toys on pre-order...or I should say they HAD them on pre-order. They were sold out within hours.
Now bearing in mind that the toys are already marked up in price, and they will no doubt be available in most normal retail outlets in January, just like all the others - I have to ask: are the collectors going too far?
This rabid need to get the newest toys well before anyone else is giving toy sellers all the excuse they need to push the prices through the roof. And we're not talking about limited release toys here, or exclusives. No, we're talking about the toys that will be available in Toys R Us and Target for normal prices.
So why are TF collectors prepared to pay these extortionate prices? Why is it so important to have the toys early?
The same goes for those idiots buying stolen toys and prototypes from eBay. They're paying hundreds of dollars for first-run toys and poor-quality test shots that are rarely worth anything afterwards. Especially as they come loose, without boxes.
I often wonder how they feel when they see the same toy they paid a hundred bucks for warming the shelves in their latest Walmart, or stacked in discount bins for a third of the price.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...&picture= out
I've sworn that I will never buy anything from BBTS ever again. I just can't deal with the idea of feeding those guys any more of my money. I just wish the rest of the fandom would see sense and stop being so freaking pathetic - wait that extra month or so and save yourself a ton of cash. Seriously, they could save that extra money and put it towards a rare, genuine, one-hundred percent original G1 toy instead. Y'know...a real investment?
diosoth wrote:Overall, I think the fandom is solely to blame for the inflated prices to begin with. If people weren't willing to pay $50 or more for a deluxe because it's been out of production for a year, no one would charge that much.
Values are going up simply because people are too willing to get the toy that they don't worry about the cost.
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