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.
 
The price increase just decreases the number of figures I’ll buy, helping me both focus on specific character lines/groups, and eliminating “impulse buys” at store and online. So ultimately, it’s to my benefit if it helps me spend less.
 
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.
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Because Legends do not have the sculpting, paint, or accessories on par with those imports in most cases.
 
No they don't but I don't think there is a big enough gap in quality between $30 Legends and $100 imports to correspond to such a big gap in price.

However the big difference is import companies aren't hitting anyone with entire waves at once or even releases nearly as often so the occasional import at $100 doesn't feel like nearly the wallet buster that constant waves and 2 packs of Legends do.
 
Justice said:
No they don't but I don't think there is a big enough gap in quality between $30 Legends and $100 imports to correspond to such a big gap in price.
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I'll use Mafex has the example for this since it's a good apples to apples type comparison between comic characters often having the same costume in both lines. At the end of the day, the price/quality conversation ultimately varies figure to figure.

Mafex Thor for example, has a ton of GREAT accessories in the box, but the figure itself is just okay and way undersized. There's definitely the case to be made that the difference in quality is not proportional of the difference in price tag. There's been a few that have ranged from being just okay to slightly underwhelming for their price point, for sure.

But then you get to Daredevil, Gambit, Captain America, Magneto, Storm. The gap in quality of those figures far far far outpaces their legends counterparts. We're talking about completely unique sculpts, painted figures complete with shading, 3 headsculpts, and 4-5 sets of hands at a minimum, plus add in character specific accessories (Cap's Shields, multiple sets of Daredevil's Billy Clubs and holsters for example).
 
Mafex is a good comp - I don't buy ANY Marvel Mafex because I'm happy *enough* with Legends that I prefer the cheaper, if less bespoke figures, but I have multiple DC Mafex on preorder right now because nobody has given me what Mafex gives me in terms of what I want for DC. If someone were doing DC characters with Legends level of quality, which is, admittedly, not as impressive as Mafex, I'd swap over in a New York minute and never look back. Especially because the Mafex figures feel like glass to me and I'm terrified I'm gonna break a 100 dollar figure, but if 27 dollar Batman I love nose dives off the shelf, I'd be pretty sure that manufacturer would release a new one (or have him in stock) to replace at a reasonable price.

I ADORE my Mafex DC figures but I'd sacrifice quality and uniqueness for durability and replaceability. I just personally dislike owning things I'm afraid to drop or leave somewhere a cat or my partner might knock over.
 
Got a few more figures from the wave tonight.
- Rachel is just perfect. I wish I could get her wings on and off without popping her hands off because I always worry about wear and tear, but they actually stay on better this way so it's a compromise. I like her enough that if these go on sale later I want to get a second one so I can display her with both heads, but if not I'm happy with the one.
- Feral - another character who I think deserved two heads included, but who was so rarely not roaring at SOMEONE she's okay with just the snarling face. It's weird, parts of her feel like they're not... furry enough? But there's actually quite a bit of sculpting on there. Just certain parts look too much like smooth palstic. Buuuut it's a very minor quibble, I like her a lot.
- F*cking. LOVE. This. Beast. I have been very happy with the last version in his various iterations, but I like that Astonishing is slightly more manageable in size without losing anything in terms of quality or ROM. Sometimes I get a figure and I'm like "this dude will NEVER not be on my desk" and he feels like that. I knew I'd like him but I didn't expect to be this enthralled.
 
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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Yep this is where I am at as well. In fact I sold off all my Gi Joe Classified figures last week. I hadn't bought one in almost a year and my first love is Marvel Legends. So with prices where they are I have cut way back on what I buy. I love DC too but have even passed on some of them I really wanted do to being collector editions and costing $35 now. I will ride and die with Marvel.
 
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