Mini Comic Wave 2

Xavion2025 said:
I’m having the same issue. Walking out with one $30 figure doesn’t seem to bother me much, but the thought of walking out with two for $60 makes me very uncomfortable. In some respects, it’s been a blessing in disguise as I need to start downsizing my collection anyway, but I still miss the days when I would walk out of Target or Wal-Mart with two or three bags of figures.
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I can vividly remember finding most of the Giant Man BAF wave at Walmart one random night where I stopped during work in 2006 and being pissed they were $9.99 instead of the $7.99 MLs had been up to that point.

I've seen Feral at Walmart twice in the past week or so and Widow once and as good as they look, I just can't pull the trigger at $28. Had a similar reaction with the Classified Footloose at Walmart or week or so prior to that. It's funny how that $3 extra has become such a barrier for me — although I've never been happy with paying $25 a figure.
 
That's why I'm only sticking to X characters.

If I did ALL Marvel figures, I'd be in serious trouble. But they take enough breaks in between for X-Men that I can justify it.
 
Got casual Daredevil today and man, I love a simple but effective figure. He's not as bulky as I was expecting him to be in the sweats, SUPER posable, nothing fancy but just perfect for what he is. I like the one baton doubling as a cane. I'd still love to see a Netflix version of this outfit but this is really well done.
 
GrumpyMatt said:
I've seen Feral at Walmart twice in the past week or so and Widow once and as good as they look, I just can't pull the trigger at $28. Had a similar reaction with the Classified Footloose at Walmart or week or so prior to that. It's funny how that $3 extra has become such a barrier for me — although I've never been happy with paying $25 a figure.
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That $3 extra doesn't seem like much, but that's the insidiousness of the price creep. Plus, I think the sales tax gets overlooked a lot. Yes, at $25 we still, of course, paid sales tax, but we were still a bit under $30 a figure at that point. Now, including sales tax, we're paying $30 a pop out of pocket. I would love to own that sweat suit DD from a great DD story, but it's such a one-off look that it has to get cut. This is the "priced out" scenario that I've always heard about. It's here.
 
How I think of the price increase for Hasbro products is if I pay $79 to well over $100 for one figure even being an import then why am I upset over a $3-$4 price increase specifically on Marvel Legends. I personally will drop any and all other lines before I drop Marvel Legends. I like other toy lines but I love Marvel Legends to the point I had far hopes that Hasbro could have got the DC license. The DC license deserves a company who will show it the respect and love it deserves. Mattel being Mattel will screw it up sooner than later.
 
jayjonah said:
How I think of the price increase for Hasbro products is if I pay $79 to well over $100 for one figure even being an import then why am I upset over a $3-$4 price increase specifically on Marvel Legends. I personally will drop any and all other lines before I drop Marvel Legends. I like other toy lines but I love Marvel Legends to the point I had far hopes that Hasbro could have got the DC license. The DC license deserves a company who will show it the respect and love it deserves. Mattel being Mattel will screw it up sooner than later.
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When Legends were harder to find (at least in Canada) I was all too happy to pay Con prices because it saved me the hunt and it meant I could just have it. The Cons used to be my only shot.

My valuation is Do I Like It, and Is It Cool.
 
jayjonah said:
How I think of the price increase for Hasbro products is if I pay $79 to well over $100 for one figure even being an import then why am I upset over a $3-$4 price increase specifically on Marvel Legends. I personally will drop any and all other lines before I drop Marvel Legends. I like other toy lines but I love Marvel Legends to the point I had far hopes that Hasbro could have got the DC license. The DC license deserves a company who will show it the respect and love it deserves. Mattel being Mattel will screw it up sooner than later.
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Honestly, this is where I'm at with Legends. Am I annoyed to be paying almost 30 bucks a figure? Yeah. Am I paying $50 for Savage Crucible, $48 for Mythic Legions, $110 for FuRay, $100 for a Storm Collectible, $40 for NECA or Monster Force? McFarlane's charging $35-60 for figures that are a lot less fun than Legends. And my biggest test of a figure - if the new Feral figure falls off my desk onto the floor, she probably isn't going to irreparably break. I don't like the price hikes at all but they're still cheaper and more stress free as a collector (with cats who knock figures off shelves) than anything else I collect.

That being said the VOLUME of figures is giving me pause, but I can be selective, that's just being responsible.
 
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