Marvel Legends discussion

[philtastic]

Admittedly, finance is not my milieu, but from what I understood, they appear to have relatively low amounts of debt:

"Ended the period with cash and cash equivalents of $1.413 billion as well as no debt other than a $46.2 million low-interest, unsecured term loan associated with the French government’s response to COVID-19."

And although they're claiming operational losses, that's not the same as being a "bleeding" company. Not for nothing, but they did just rebrand all their stores in Canada, and that takes a bit of an investment. Similarly, Amazon rarely reports a profit, preferring to reinvest earnings (and avoid taxes).

Like I said, I'm hardly a financial expert, but that's my take on it.

But don't worry about Walmart being the only option. There's always Amazon… :/

[MorphGrid]

Yeah the constant pricing changes is pretty much game over for me. After I get Classic Dr. Strange and 20th Anniversary Captain America, I think I'm done as I'll have everything I've ever wanted for my comic Avengers, Spider-Verse, F4, and X-Men displays.

Thank god I made the decision to go after X-Men on the aftermarket than the animated series set by the way Hasbro has been increasing the prices. A lot of them are quite reasonable to find still.

[MC Culla]

Originally Posted by canprime

Yep, I agree. $40 isn't that far off.


I can't wait to see the reactions online in the US when they finally hit $30 a figure.

Originally Posted by philtastic

Aside from the 90-day return policy for R Club members, I see no reason to buy at Toys R Us.

Their prices have been above MSRP for a while now, it's basically impossible to pre-order anything, and they don't even price match anymore.

Unless they're having a particularly good sale (low enough to beat the Edge discount at GameStop), or it's an exclusive, I'm done with TRU, and have been for a while.

There are many better options.

Agreed.

I see this has now spread online at TRU and also to Star Wars Black Series. Interestingly enough WWE Elite figures remain at $29.99 and I would consider them comparable to all these lines.

I supported TRU for many years over Wal-Mart, Amazon, etc. but many recent changes have turned me off TRU.

The price increases, less frequent sales, high free shipping threshold compared to competitors, and they now are very sticky on price adjusting make me take my business elsewhere.

I am interested to see of if other retailers follow suit as when prices made their way to $33.99 the others seemed to follow. Having said that, Wal-Mart is just as bad charging $40 for their exclusives when last year they were $30.

[sixshot1981]

Originally Posted by philtastic

Admittedly, finance is not my milieu, but from what I understood, they appear to have relatively low amounts of debt:

"Ended the period with cash and cash equivalents of $1.413 billion as well as no debt other than a $46.2 million low-interest, unsecured term loan associated with the French government?s response to COVID-19."

And although they're claiming operational losses, that's not the same as being a "bleeding" company. Not for nothing, but they did just rebrand all their stores in Canada, and that takes a bit of an investment. Similarly, Amazon rarely reports a profit, preferring to reinvest earnings (and avoid taxes).

Like I said, I'm hardly a financial expert, but that's my take on it.

But don't worry about Walmart being the only option. There's always Amazon? :/

Fair points.

I will say this for Amazon their storefront doesn't matter to them in the long run as their AWS is their bread and butter. Their online store is a small piece of their empire. Probably only pays for penis shaped rockets lol

But I shudder to think Walmart and Amazon as my only options in Canada besides the small online retailers.

[MorphGrid]

Originally Posted by sixshot1981

Fair points.

I will say this for Amazon their storefront doesn't matter to them in the long run as their AWS is their bread and butter. Their online store is a small piece of their empire. Probably only pays for penis shaped rockets lol

But I shudder to think Walmart and Amazon as my only options in Canada besides the small online retailers.

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around considering the beginning of the pandemic is when Amazon saw an explosion in their profits. Based on recent information, Online stores account for 45-50% of Amazon's revenue (which is comparable to 2015-2020 numbers), compared to AWS accounting for 15%.

[chaingunsofdoom]

New doom to end 2021 for collectors at retail...

Solid cases of 8 figs are showing up at WM here. Villains Dormamu and Doom from months ago. Solid case of What If T'Challa, Spidey, Strange. Solid case of Spidey without BAF piece from NWH.

These are the same figs at 2 different WMs now.

[usernameprime]

Collectors: Hasbro raised prices and I don't think if I can afford to pay.

Hasbro: I can do this all DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[canprime]

Originally Posted by usernameprime

Collectors: Hasbro raised prices and I don't think if I can afford to pay.

Hasbro: I can do this all DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

I NEED EACH, AND EVERY, ONE OF THESE VARIANTS HASBRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ksteel]

I'm good with the price increase. Basically $40 a figure after Tax.

That's why I didn't bother with the "Infinity Saga" line.


Ideal time to end the Marvel collection, and the price hike is good enough incentive.

It was fun during the Endgame hype and the lockdown, but all good things.

[Marvellegendsguy]

I am less excited about Legends than previously, I have all the characters I need. I should change my name to Gi Joe guy