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[GuyIncognito]

$34 each? Sorry, iGear, you lost this customer.

Unfortunately, it is a bit jarring for the customer to go from $18 to $34.

If you preordered from iGear, the first two were $15, not $18, which makes this even harder to swallow.

[Matty327]

Way too expensive, no sale.

[Requiem Prime]

This forum seems to be living in an alternate reality where Perfect Effect never existed. Outside of the $30 standard they've set, most other 3P small toys compromise complexity, sculpting, and additions to make a lower price work.

I'll never know if iGear sold the first two at a loss. But I wouldn't be surprised if they raised an eyebrow when we (me and people like me) paid $5+ship more than Spray and Rager for Maketoys' 1st minibot wave, whose toys were smaller and even more limited. Is it hard not to believe they saw that and realized they could not only push a larger price they already know we'll pay, but up the scale and quality to really deserve it?

To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

[GuyIncognito]

To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

Nobody suggested that. We're just saying it's too much of a price jump from $15 to $34.

[Gauntlet101010]

These are going to be scout sized, aren't they? That helps explain the larger price.

But, yeah. It's quite the jump from $15 for guys we already have decent official versions of. But as much as I said I wasn't going to get ay of them, I did wind up getting "Huffer" and "Seaspray", so I might get these tw as well. We'll see.

[Ravage XK]

To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

Prices rise but there comes a point where they get to a tipping point where people say no more. You can have your say with your wallet.

[Rated X]

Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

On a better note, the figures look great and Im waiting for BBTS to put their pre-order us no matter what the price, Im all in.

[GuyIncognito]

Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

MANY of us DO NO go to Botcon every year. Some of us never go.

[Flux Convoy]

Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

Don't be a tool. These are nearly twice the price of the previous two figures. You can't debate that. I buy third party stuff pretty often too but the precedence was set by the previous figures. These are hardly marvels of engineering. So why the price hike? It can not possibly cost twice as much to produce these as before. That price is absurd.

[Mkall]

I honestly don't know right now if I'll be buying these at this price. Hopefully iGear will see fit to lower the price after all of our feedback.