Tracking toy tariffs

Justice said:
Super 7 just sent out an email saying they would be adding an 8% surcharge to cover the tariffs. That would put Ultimates at about $60 which isn't a horrible increase. I feel like most people who were willing to pay $55 would still be willing to pay $60.
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I saw that email too. My S7 orders are winding down anyway.
 
SalemCrow said:
I doubt he's ever bought ANYTHING at those stores. They don't sell gaudy gold plated garbage that he loves.
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Funny you say that. The tacky gold decorations on the mantle of the Oval Office that Trump put in? Someone found them on the Home Depot website for around 40 bucks. They're normal gunmetal grey, so someone spraypainted them gold.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
Funny you say that. The tacky gold decorations on the mantle of the Oval Office that Trump put in? Someone found them on the Home Depot website for around 40 bucks. They're normal gunmetal grey, so someone spraypainted them gold.
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A prefect analogy for this whole embarrassing situation with this absolute fool.
 
SalemCrow said:
A YouTuber/Artist I follow and have backed other KS items from had to postpone launching his newest campaign because he can't plan for what the extra cost could end up being, and the US is a pretty large part of his audience/customer base.
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Jazza?

Justice said:
Super 7 just sent out an email saying they would be adding an 8% surcharge to cover the tariffs. That would put Ultimates at about $60 which isn't a horrible increase. I feel like most people who were willing to pay $55 would still be willing to pay $60.
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I wouldn't be so sure. A sucker is born every minute, of course. But I think a lot of people, just from the sounds of it around here and elsewhere, are really at the end of their rope at 55 bucks. Because 55 backs a year ago isn't really 55 bucks today. Most people are worse off financially. Everything is more expensive. Paying 55 dollars now for a lot of people probably feels more like 65-70, or more. It's certainly possible that any increase at all is going to tip some people over into 'I just don't need these' territory.
 
No confirmation about the actual reason, but Bandai pulled all their preorders off Amazon according to Preternia. Wonder if Amazon is pulling some BS with the tariff business (with no She-Hulk on Amazon today or the past few McFarlanes.)
 
A TTRPG Kickstarter I backed sent out a similar email today. If the tariffs are minimal, they'll cover the difference themselves. If the tariffs are moderate, they'll ask people to pay a surcharge. If the tariffs are insane, they'll warehouse the product in China for the time being.
Damien said:
Paying 55 dollars now for a lot of people probably feels more like 65-70, or more. It's certainly possible that any increase at all is going to tip some people over into 'I just don't need these' territory.
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Especially if supply chain issues cause mass inflation for the second time in five years. There's a very real possibility that groceries (an old-fashioned term*) skyrocket as well.

It all seems fine right now, but we're on the razor's edge. This could get existential very quickly. Companies like Hasbro and Mattel can probably weather the storm, but this Golden Age of Toys came about because people had more disposable income and lower barriers to entry allowed a ton of new toy companies to spring up. In a recession, that spending money disappears, and it'll take those fringe toy companies with it.

* Sorry for the Trump brainrot. I couldn't help myself.
 
docsilence said:
No confirmation about the actual reason, but Bandai pulled all their preorders off Amazon according to Preternia. Wonder if Amazon is pulling some BS with the tariff business (with no She-Hulk on Amazon today or the past few McFarlanes.)
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I also noticed a lot of the recent Joe Classified figures (Darklon, Bludd, etc) have gone up in price a few dollars since I preordered them. I don't know that's unrelated though since Zandar and Dial Tone both jumped up in price after their initial pre-order period as well.
 
I believe I read that Zandar and Dial Tone were both getting some kind of second or late production run for some reason (both seem to be fairly scarce compared to others in their wave). That may be the reason?
 
Count me among those barely clinging to anything Super7 does at $55 to the point where literally any increase tips the scales. Not so much financially, but mentally because the vast majority of their figures priced that high aren't worth it. Some not even close to it. They have me with the Ghost stuff, I like my little display, so I'll get the Papa V they're teasing. I preordered through them the 2k3 turtles (I'm almost expecting them to come asking for more money for those) and I want the Shredder to go with them, but that's it. I want Heavy Metal Raph from the vintage inspired line which they'll probably never do, but after him I could easily be done and they literally have no other licenses right now I'm invested in and they have long since past the territory of "impulse buy." Once upon a time, I would impulse buy a clearance S7 product at a local store, but most of them have stopped carrying Ultimates because they pretty much all shelf rot until they get marked down to 30 bucks. No one wants their crap at full price.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
It all seems fine right now, but we're on the razor's edge. This could get existential very quickly.
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I was listening to an interview on NPR talking to a guy who runs a business that sells toddler products (sippy cups and the like) and he said people in his sector have just stopped ordering right now. He said they had about 60 days of stock on hand, but that orders, once placed, take 45 days to fulfill. This was about a week ago, and that means we're nearing the end of the overlap where his company could cover it without the end consumer noticing a stock shortage.

If we assume this guy is the average for companies across the spectrum (excluding perishable items, of course), I'd assume most places have 30-90 days stock on hand. Which means people will start seeing it hit by the end of May. By July, if things haven't turned around, it could get really, really gnarly. Pandemic levels. I did what might seem silly and bought a bidet hose for my toilet because I know the moment anything runs low people will start stock piling toilet paper and I am not doing that song and dance again. If the country is going to shit my ass at least is going to be clean.
 
JakeEkiss said:
I was listening to an interview on NPR talking to a guy who runs a business that sells toddler products (sippy cups and the like) and he said people in his sector have just stopped ordering right now. He said they had about 60 days of stock on hand, but that orders, once placed, take 45 days to fulfill. This was about a week ago, and that means we're nearing the end of the overlap where his company could cover it without the end consumer noticing a stock shortage.

If we assume this guy is the average for companies across the spectrum (excluding perishable items, of course), I'd assume most places have 30-90 days stock on hand. Which means people will start seeing it hit by the end of May. By July, if things haven't turned around, it could get really, really gnarly. Pandemic levels. I did what might seem silly and bought a bidet hose for my toilet because I know the moment anything runs low people will start stock piling toilet paper and I am not doing that song and dance again. If the country is going to shit my ass at least is going to be clean.
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Wife and I did the same thing. We read a report on likely shortages and TP was on the list. We immediately went out and bought a bidet and installed it...

...which then turned into a whole toilet replacement, but I don't want to talk about that...
 
When I used to wonder what kind of dystopian future I'd grow old in would be, I didn't have "multiple toilet paper shortages" on my list of assumptions. Might be time to install that bidet because I'm not doing the whole "can I order TP through WB Mason" BS again.
 
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