Jada Toys Scooby Doo

For $30, they come with one alternate head, a pair of alternate hands, and an accessory? $150 for the full gang still seems like too much for me. I love how they look, but I collect so many lines already. I can get myself off from these and admire from afar. While I'd love to own the gang, those monsters are what appeal to me as a collectible line of figures.
 
These look great. While I only have a passing interest in Scooby Doo I can appreciate how good these look. I'm glad to see a dark horse like Jada to nail these so well.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
$30 seems perfectly reasonable to me. Licensed figures with (good) unique sculpts coming from a small company. Unfortunately, it doesn't get much cheaper these days.
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I've seen a lot of sentiment elsewhere on the internet about toys or upcoming video games and consoles or pick whatever other hobby people are into.

My read is it's actually just the realization of how f***** things are economically if not the rest. And people are finally having their come to Jesus moments with luxury and what they can afford. Prices are up. Income is not. There's a lot of uncertainty and stress. And yet they keep churning out content they want us to consume and it's all cleverly dialed to make you want to.

Toys in particular used to be an impulse purchase. I would argue they haven't been ever since they hit over $15, but I also impulse purchase $100 items so don't ask me about budgeting.

I know a guy who is routinely stressed about video games because they just keep coming out and they cost over $100 Canadian. And he has no time. And whenever we catch up he's like. How do you have time for these. I don't. A play like one game a month. If that. I just pick what looks cool and I accept. I will never get to a bunch of other stuff. He cannot fathom that and I think all the capitalism is taking a mental toll. I can't read every book. I can't read every comic. I can't watch every movie and show. You got to make cuts. You have to make peace and find the joy in what you have. And if maybe Daphne brings you a little more joy than building X Factor, face that realization and reallocate.
 
NORM said:
But I'm two decades invested into other 6" lines. These are great, but not in line with what I collect.
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Totally understandable. I was just pointing out that big bad Hasbro has to charge $28 for a 6” figure now, a smaller, more indie toy company charging just $2 more for something pretty comparable to what Hasbro would do with the line seems fairly reasonable. Granted, I think we all agree modern prices suck but comparing apples to oranges here the prices seem comparable. And yeah, priorities and love of certain properties are always going to dictate where we put our money.
 
TempusFromMars said:
Imagine if they release Scrappy before Scooby, wow things would get rough!
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Luckily we know that's not the case- Scooby's coming in wave 2, unless they pull a fast one on us. It would be like ol' Scrappy to come in at the last second and muck things up.

I could see wave 4 going either way with Fred or Velma. Considering her popularity, they may want to get Velma out last to get people excited. At the same time, regarding Fred, I can see them both wanting to get him out next to complete the Daphne/Fred duo, but also waiting until last to keep people both interested, and to end the base gang with their de-facto leader. I ain't gonna be mad either way, as long as we do get the whole gang. I wonder how many people are waiting to invest until we get confirmation everyone is coming.

As far as the price goes, I was a little hesitant at first, but, like others said- it really doesn't feel that bad. The franchise is instrumental in the story of "Me", and for the price, you really do get some heckin' nice figures. Great articulation, great unique sculpts, clean paint, fun accessories. I was really kinda taken by the small details- how the pants continue on past the top of the shoe, the hanging bits of wrap on the Mummy, the mid-unmasking stretchy mask on the Creeper, etc. Perhaps most importantly- Shaggy's hand that can actually hold the Scooby Snack; it's one of my collecting pet peeves when a company includes a hand specifically for an accessory, but they still can't hold it (NECA's recent paper accessories being my latest frustration). It's clear that these are made by fans of the series, not just a company looking to make a quick buck, and that I'm happy to support. If nothing else, wait for a sale, but as others have stated, they're really not much more than many other lines nowadays.
 
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