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this is absurd. im buying old toys for awhile. i need some more RID TFs more.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Manterax Prime wrote:I doubt we'll be seeing a price drop unless hasblow decides to cancel their $hit toylines such as MLP and the like.

You're mean.

Then they can use all that wasted plastic to actually give us some decent robots.

And for all of us that like they're other toylines? We're screwed because you want better quality TFs.

Take it up with hasbro bud, I'm just stating my opinion.

At this rate, you guys will soon get the prices we pay in Europe: $25 Deluxes and $43 Voyagers converted. Worse, soon the high VAT rate of the Netherlands (which is included in the price shown), will be raised from 19% to 21%... Not fun.

There are simply too many variables for such a price, but I suspect the relatively high prices depend on location and the local economy. Or just people being greedy Even I have limits though, anything above 15 is a no-go.

Never thought I'd have to be price-conscious in the US from now on

Luckily prices near me havnt gone up yet. if they do get much higher i may switch to online buying.

Manterax Prime wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Manterax Prime wrote:I doubt we'll be seeing a price drop unless hasblow decides to cancel their $hit toylines such as MLP and the like.

You're mean.

Then they can use all that wasted plastic to actually give us some decent robots.

And for all of us that like they're other toylines? We're screwed because you want better quality TFs.

Take it up with hasbro bud, I'm just stating my opinion.

Sure, okay. It's your opinion. Respect.

But if they cancel other toylines, then we have even more unhappy people. We can't be selfish and tell Hasbro to kick the other toylines and their fandom in the balls and give us all the attention.

I'm all for better quality figures and lower prices, but we have to be considerate of other fandoms.

And I forgot to mention this:

FoC figures here are a whopping $32 converted!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And I forgot to mention this:

FoC figures here are a whopping $32 converted!

There is one thing people are missing when saying price increases are due to changes in Gas or plastic or labor....Both the Manufacturer and the retailers are making money. When I worked at Wal-Mart, I would put stuff "On Clearance" and would maybe mark an item down $5-$10 and the company would still be making a 60% profit on it. I've seen Items that were 50% off and still had a markup of 40% at the half off price. So even with the price half of regular retailer, they were still making money.

Also Hasbro produces hundreds of different toys, and those prices havn't skyrocketed. Take My Little Pony that I buy for my daughter, prices are still the same. And for that matter, While Voyagers (Powerizers) and Leaders (weaponizers) have shrunk in size, the prices havn't increased on them. Hell, Leader prices have dropped.

Basically, Either the Retailers are getting greedy or Hasbro. In this economy, the big multi-million dollar corporations need to take the financial hit, not those of us making less than 100k a year.

the prices, the shoddy restocks, the horrendous case breakdowns, and the fact that key characters are being left out of the mass release line up have all turned me off.

.. at this point, the main line that i'm looking forward to is the masterpiece line. though the prices for those are high, i can justify that easier than i can a scout sized deluxe prime for $18.

while the main line toys seem to be getting smaller and cheaper, the masterpiece figures are getting better, they're made for not only accuracy, but with scale in mind... and as a scale fanatic that makes me immensely happy.

it's a shame though. going out on good solid toy hunts were super fun, but now it's just a depressing wash of high priced yellow crap.

don't get me wrong though, the prime toys, for the most part, i quite like.. just being able to find the ones i want, and not having others that i want even released at retail just absolutely kills it for me. i just think to myself, well.. if i can't get this, this, and that... what's the point of getting the rest of them?

oh well. either hasbro/retailers are going to realize they're doing something wrong and will fix it, or they won't realize it and our favorite hobby will fizzle out until there's another explosion on a movie screen.... or maybe it'll end up like GI Joe where it can't recover the way it should.

Homerjay14522 wrote: Hell, Leader prices have dropped.

leader prices dropped? where? when?