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PPL !!! Let's BOYCOTT WALMART !!!!

YEAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!

That'd work about as well as it did in Family Guy.

Glad I bought Knock Out today for $15. $17 is ridiculous for the Deluxe-scale. If its going to be like this in the future, I think the Combaticons and several upcoming Classics figures will be the last Deluxes I'll buy in a while.

I know that with the increase in price and the decrease in size of the toys, I'm starting to be more selective with what character I buy rather than attempt to get a whole wave of a series. Stuff like Marvel Universe, forget about it, $11+ is way to much for toys of that size.

I'd be more upset about this if I could actually find any figures I want. I haven't bought a single Transformer in over 2 months.

So there are quite a few things to think out here.

1. The cost of plastic and what not. That's already been discussed in earlier posts.

2. The cost of manufacturing the toys. Also already discussed in previous posts.

3. No one seems to want to talk about the fact that the 3rd party toys might actually be a part of the price increase. And no, I'm not saying that 3rd party TFs are a problem. If Hasbro is looking at the collecting community and seeing us buying all these expensive 3rd party toys, which are pretty expensive, and sometimes about the same size as the toys they are trying to sell now, they probably haven't actually purchased those 3rd party offerings and seen the difference in quality. If you saw a competitive manufacturer selling similar products at higher price points, and selling more of them than you are, you either up your prices to match, in an attempt to make your own product not seem so cheap, or you stop manufacturing your product. Simple business economics.

Now I realize I'm about to get a whole hell of a lot of flak for that little paragraph, and please let me explain, I wish I could afford all of those 3rd party toys. They are better quality. They are more fun to transform. They are usually made of better material, though that may just be the few 3rd party pieces I actually own. I just can't afford to get the current crop of Hasbro offerings, let alone the toys I really want in my collection.

I'm not trying to persuade anyone to not buy any certain thing. I just thought it might be food for thought...

I can confirm these prices in san antonio texas.

Deluxes get smaller, Prices get bigger...seems legit...




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Well, third parties win, at least for me. A price increase would be fine if we weren't paying almost $20 for a shitty, unpainted, scout-sized bundle of regret. I pay a LOT for the amazing figures that third parties offer, and have yet to regret one single purchase (and I have a lot of them). I have sworn off game-related figures after acquiring and selling my SDCC Bruticus, Prime, and Jazz. I am also VERY close to being done with collecting Prime. I just don't get any satisfaction paying over $15 for a figure like Knockout, and then paying more to get the pretty much necessary reprolabels. Hasbro needs to up their game. If it weren't for the new direction of the masterpiece line, they wouldn't be getting my money for a loooong time.

LordBludgeon wrote:Hmm... I was just at Wal-Mart yesterday and for me they are still listed at 12.99. Hopefully they don't get increased too much in my neck of the woods.

Your location is Cybertron. You're on another planet. Here on Earth, prices are truly outrageous!

ARCTrooperAlpha wrote:PPL !!! Let's BOYCOTT WALMART !!!!

YEAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!

NAAHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!

LiKwid wrote:Deluxes get smaller, Prices get bigger...seems legit...




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So, Hasbro thinks it's a smart idea to continue to raise prices and lower the quality. -_- This is why I haven't bought a single damn thing in months. Except for Weaponizers Optimus of course.