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Old 03-26-2025, 07:37 PM   #341
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Re: Star Wars Vintage/Retro Collection

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Holy crap VC cost nearly the price of what BS used to cost 2 years ago? wow
Well in the last week both BBTS and Entertainment Earth have increased their prices on a bunch of 6" lines (mostly Hasbro).

As well McFarlane has come out in the past 24 hours(?) and said he will be raising prices as well (tariffs, etc).

So we are definitely going to see higher prices soon if the US is starting to see them. Not because we should, but most likely because the big manufacturers are going to change their MSRP and the pressure will be on the retailers to adjust upwards.
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Old 03-27-2025, 12:17 PM   #342
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Well in the last week both BBTS and Entertainment Earth have increased their prices on a bunch of 6" lines (mostly Hasbro).

As well McFarlane has come out in the past 24 hours(?) and said he will be raising prices as well (tariffs, etc).

So we are definitely going to see higher prices soon if the US is starting to see them. Not because we should, but most likely because the big manufacturers are going to change their MSRP and the pressure will be on the retailers to adjust upwards.
That's really bad. We've already had a bunch of price increases over the past 10 years. If Basic hasbro figures end up costing $40 before tax it could very well kill the market here..
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Old 03-27-2025, 01:18 PM   #343
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That's really bad. We've already had a bunch of price increases over the past 10 years. If Basic hasbro figures end up costing $40 before tax it could very well kill the market here..
It will just shrink the market. Every time there is a price hike we get the usual complaints and talk of "time to stop collecting."

Now for some it does signal the end, but there is still a fairly strong base that is willing to keep spending and stay in the hobby during price increases. Will this time be any different? Maybe. However I think it will just mean fewer people collecting, but probably not enough to see an end to the adult market in general. Especially with yesterday's Doomsday reveal by Marvel.

It had something crazy like 10+ million viewers during the course of the actor reveals over the hours it ran. So I could see a strong base of collcetors if the movie is a big spectacle like Endgame.

I know I personally won't be leaving the hobby, but I will be cutting back further on my purchases. Right now Classified is my main line and I am mostly a completeist for Classified. However even now that has come at the expense of other lines.

Star Wars (TVC / BS) is nearly non-existant for me now. I still pick up the odd item here and there, but I probably only bought less than ten SW items last year.

Marvel Legends is trending in that direction for me as well. So far this year I have only picked up a couple of items and most were older releases that were on sale for a good price. So it will probably be the same thing this year.

MOTU is all but a sale purchase for me now outside of some Origins exclusives on Mattel Creations.

TFs are still a good line for me, but I have cut back a good bit there as well. I will pick up some stuff at full price, but most of the time it will be on sale and generally geared towards G1.

So yeah another price increase will hurt, but not enough to kill the hobby. Especially since we seem to have survived until now at $35/$36 6" figures and the US hasn't even hit $30US a figure yet.
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Old 03-27-2025, 06:30 PM   #344
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CANADA will be seeing less and less at retail (haaaa) as prices soar .. We do not have the population up here to support many toy lines . IT SUCKS !
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Old 04-01-2025, 08:09 PM   #345
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Anyone know if these will be available in Canada through fan channel?

https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2025/...#disqus_thread

EE massively overcharges shipping to Canada. I swear their shipping rates are meant as a deterrent to Canadians.
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Old 04-03-2025, 02:18 PM   #346
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Ages 3 and Up has it on pre-order.

https://www.agesthreeandup.ca/collec...gure-multipack
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Old 05-21-2025, 05:16 PM   #347
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More Star Wars listed at JRC toys. Hopefully these will be at winners or better Dollarama https://jrctoys.com/index.php?route=...ath=133&page=2
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Old 06-10-2025, 12:27 AM   #348
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Evening,

Is there someone more plugged in with the distribution of figures that might know if the latest Retro Box Set - A New Hope which is a Target exclusive in the States might make it's way to online retail? I have a complete Retro collection right now and that has a place. I don't want to resort to the prices listed on Ebay right now due to the tariffs and lack of good distribution.

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