Marvel Legends price hikes

[4lott]

Seems TRU jacked up their Hot Wheels prices to $1.99 too

[Zeroflamez]

Originally Posted by Ksteel

Well TRU and Gamestop are essentially becoming specialty stores.

So no doubt they'll have their own markup.


Wal-mart is the cheapest option, but you'll have to hunt harder to find what you're looking for.

So they're basically going back to what they were back in the day. Specialty stores.

[Wintermute]

Originally Posted by Hoffman

ML weren't $20 5 years ago, but yes, the price difference between then and now is significant. But this is not a toy specific issue. Retailers in all industries are raising prices due to ballooning manufacturing and logistics costs.

EDIT - this is not specifically about TRU prices, which do seem higher than necessary. They have a history of overcharging and having to roll back prices.

TRU definitely has history with outrageous markups. I remember when they were selling the Black Series General Grievous for close to $80. Nuts.

[Alexander Quinn]

Originally Posted by dawingster

I remembering paying $24.99 for ML figs in the Ultimate Green Goblin BAF wave and that was back in 2014.

My Walmart had them at $19.99 for the first few weeks. Ahhhh? good times they were.

[Zeroflamez]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

TRU definitely has history with outrageous markups. I remember when they were selling the Black Series General Grievous for close to $80. Nuts.

Yeah that price was ridiculous and is the reason why I never got one. TRU was the only place with it in stock and for $80 there was no way I was buying it. I wonder if anyone actually bought one for that price.

[ssjgoku22]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

TRU definitely has history with outrageous markups. I remember when they were selling the Black Series General Grievous for close to $80. Nuts.

Originally Posted by Zeroflamez

Yeah that price was ridiculous and is the reason why I never got one. TRU was the only place with it in stock and for $80 there was no way I was buying it. I wonder if anyone actually bought one for that price.

I got one at EB Games for $40 back then.