Tracking toy tariffs

TheSameIdiot said:
Good posts from Dan Larson (Secret Galaxy) on tariffs this morning. While 30% is a lot better than 145%, American businesses are still losers here, and so is the economy (regardless of what the stock market says).

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Those links aren't working for me fyi! This guy, yeah? https://bsky.app/profile/danlarson.bsky.social
 
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Mechazone/ David White is one of my favorite 3D artists.
What has been the fucking point of any of this?
 
  • Left out of that deal: the 120% tariff rate on shipments valued at less than $800, or a flat $100 fee per postal item, a White House official tells Axios.
  • Starting June 1, the flat fee will increase to $200.
Source: Axios
 
mrboshek said:
  • Left out of that deal: the 120% tariff rate on shipments valued at less than $800, or a flat $100 fee per postal item, a White House official tells Axios.
  • Starting June 1, the flat fee will increase to $200.
Source: Axios
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If I'm understanding correctly, this would incentivize companies to import items in bulk themselves vs. having them ship directly to consumers (like Mondo sometimes does with items shipping directly from China to consumers via DHL).
 
Wow... Stuper7 ... that's going to be brutal. David White is responsible for designing/sculpting a couple of my favorite Ultimates figures. And Kyle was probably the most likable guy they had on staff. Definite bummer.
 
mrboshek said:
  • Left out of that deal: the 120% tariff rate on shipments valued at less than $800, or a flat $100 fee per postal item, a White House official tells Axios.
  • Starting June 1, the flat fee will increase to $200.
Source: Axios
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How does preventing us from buying from Temu and Aliexpress bring manufacturing back to the US? :rolleyes:

That still means our ability to get that InArt Dark Knight figure is either narrow or non-existent.
 
EnigmaticClarity said:
How does preventing us from buying from Temu and Aliexpress bring manufacturing back to the US? :rolleyes:
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It doesnt and cynically, that was never the actual point.l, just a good sound bite.

I think the entire point of this entire endeavor is to rechannel money back to the bigger businesses who exploit cheap chinese manufacturing and away from Shien and Temu and the like who sell that stuff to you directly without all the middle man mark up.
 
gpmartin414 said:
Based on the NY Times article I'm reading, it sounds like the 30% is still happening and that it'll be the case for 90 days.

I imagine companies are going to be rushing to get stuff on boats and in the US ASAP.

Very curious what the timing even looks like for toy companies. Like, I imagine they paused a lot of manufacturing in April because of the tariffs. Can they realistically ramp up production immediately and then get the items to the US within 90 days?
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Sounds like they are going to see shipping costs skyrocket like back during Covid because the big companies are going to try and eat up as much container space as possible and the little guys will have to pay through the nose to keep up.
 
PantherCult said:
It doesnt and cynically, that was never the actual point.l, just a good sound bite.

I think the entire point of this entire endeavor is to rechannel money back to the bigger businesses who exploit cheap chinese manufacturing and away from Shien and Temu and the like who sell that stuff to you directly without all the middle man mark up.
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It's pretty much all geared towards finding as much money for the billionaires, broligarchs, large tech companies, etc. etc. At any and all expense, pretty much meaning everyone not included in that group.

Oh and of course as much money as possible for Donald himself.
 
Kyle's out at Super7?! Damn, that's crazy. He only worked on a lot of their best selling lines. If he's getting let go then there should be no one left at that place.

And on a personal note, I'm definitely feeling like floating Super7 money for that new Ghost figure was a bad idea. I wonder what the chances of that seeing a release are? At least it's small potatoes in the grand scheme.
 
TMNT and a lot of the music collaborations, which seem to sell pretty well. He also worked on Toho which I don't know how that's done and the seemingly not-so-good Power Rangers stuff.
 
PantherCult said:
It doesnt and cynically, that was never the actual point.l, just a good sound bite.

I think the entire point of this entire endeavor is to rechannel money back to the bigger businesses who exploit cheap chinese manufacturing and away from Shien and Temu and the like who sell that stuff to you directly without all the middle man mark up.
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I think it's all just chest-puffing ego. The Orange One just wants to act tough, cause chaos, and have people come grovelling to him for appeasement. If there's logic to reducing de minimis, it's to drive business to larger importers and maybe ease up on congestion from so many tiny shipments. But really, it's just taking power away from consumers. At the very least, they could have reduced the de minimis threshold instead of removing it totally.
 
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