I do this because of comments like this. Then I show them to my friends and we get a much needed laugh from the insanity that you not only believe it but took the time to write out.
I love DC multiverse as a toy line. They make some pretty good figures. But this is just wow! Even if this was supposed to go to a retailer and they said no so they just had to see it on their own website, $40 is just ridiculous. I do find it incredibly ironic that when McFarlane makes something so drastically overpriced people get so up in arms but when Hasbro does it (coff PS5 Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker Spiderman coff) people both hate it and some are like "man I'll still buy it anyway".
Spot on. The McF apologists that are saying "they cost more because they are McF store exclusives" are out of their minds. The store has had plenty of exclusives and none of them have been this insanely priced. I've wanted Spectre since the beginning, but I won't support moves like this with my money.
Totally agree--great characters but not nearly enough on them to warrant the prices. Also kinda hoping if they do a deluxe Spectre that it comes with a cloth cape, because as cool as the sculpted one is I like it when my figures can hide behind their capes to be more mysterious.
“McFarlane turned into Hasbro” Actually, it’s been a while. Except you didn’t know it yet: you did pay the price that they were worth at the time. Now you know exactly how it feels. With the store exclusive and the limited productions, they simply made the equivalent of Chase Figures… on top of actual Chase Figures and now they’re raising the price because they believe they can get away with it. The 6-Batman, the Batmobile, the Animated Series line, the “Collector’s Edition”… it all led to this.
I am so glad I used some of the great deals the online store I was shopping from had to offer. At that time I felt guilty for spending so much money, but now I realize it was an investment, because it truly looks like that the time of affordable collectibles has come to an end. I picked up so many McFarlane figures for amazing prices (Violator Megafig for $25 each, Swamp Thing for $20 each, yeah I bought multiple of them), and it seems like that was the last time I bought McFarlane figs, becaus I will never pay $40 for a 7inch action figure. Can you imagine what the bigger Megafigs will cost after this??Nah, I'm out, and I am happy that I purchased the toys I wanted while I still could do so for a great price.
Thank you, Toy Shiz for bringing up this topic. I live in South Africa, and in general, we pay more for action figures. I love collecting, but for me to get my hands on this wave will set me back more than $247,84 (not the final amount). Due to ZAR and the dollar exchange rate until the date of shipping, I will also have to pay more for shipping and import duties when it gets here, which makes this unaffordable for me. So yes, not nice, McFARLANE.
Price increase will definitely keep me from running out and buying the set right away. I will wait for a sale or second hand them loose. With so many so called exclusive figures showing up in discount stores it wont be long till some of these also show up.
Spectre sold out! Shame on everyone who paid $40+ haha. Just like the sculpts, now the prices at McFarlane are really hit or miss. They have been good about adjusting after feedback, hopefully they don’t keep this pricing for future exclusive waves
If Todd wants to do a George Reeves Superman figure despite the rights for the actor is hard to use on, I think the Crisis On Infinite Earths Super Man body mold especially with the S symbol that he has in the show can still be really perfect for George Reeves Superman IMO.
I said the exact thing in another video. I remember getting both batman and Superman 1000, the first figures he put out and I was just amazed about what we were getting for the price point. Every figure with a stand or flight stand just for $20 ?? It was awesome ..... Now fast forward to 2024.
What bums me the most is that most of those are the same re-used bodies with no accessories. Both Kid Flash and Psycho Pirate uses the same Blue Beetle body, and i'm not really sure, but The Spectre looks to be a re-use of the Martian Manhunter, because of the texture of the body.
The Specter is one of my all-time favorite comic book characters. I feel that $40 is going just a bit too far. I have a feeling this wave will eventually turn up at Ollie's or other discounters because they just made too many and won't be able to move them at such a high price point.
These should not have been revealed without an explanation from Todd; regarding the abnormal price tags. He he did for example say a retailer backed out late and he has to recoup as much as he can. I might chip in and buy the wave. Without explanation it’s just an unreasonable price for this line.
Are the prices going sky high to cover the investments that McFarlane Toys put into Digital pictures? The Digital pictures are the easiest products to ignore in history.
Great video, dude. The price increase is really not cool, and I agree with all your points. The Spectre looks wicked and is my favorite of the wave. That cape is dope... but I just can't justify the price. It's definitely left a really bad after taste, and this will totally linger in collector's minds for a while. Time for a coffee refill, cheers!
Here's some things to factor in: 1. These are McFarlane site exclusive, hence much smaller production run,r leading to much higher per piece cost. 2. Other exclusives are only regular price because most are merely recoloured variants, which doesn't require all new tooling. And sometimes there's savings on number of paint apps. 3. Look at the $250.00 exclusive Batwing. It never sold out due to high price caused by being limited to only McF site. And no, it's not going to end up at ROSS. I've not seen McFarlane site exclusives ever go to liquidation stores. 4. Todd likely feels that since most exclusives sell out immediately & idiots are willing to pay scalper prices from each other, he'd like to get a cut off that. 5. This price does not reflect a similar price increase on mass retailers mainline figures. I got the Freeze BAF wave for $18.99 each from Target. 6. I personally am not buying this wave at $40 each. 7. Scalpers have colluded to buy out Spectre so that idiots will have to pay their scalper prices to complete the BAF.
This was the book that got me hooked on dc comics. With the 10% discount i pulled the trigger....i felt bad about it but this is one of the very few waves i would have done this for
The Crisis on Infinite Earths was the event that really pulled me into comic collecting after only dabbling before. I want these figures more than anything McFarlane has released in recent memory, but I’ll be damned if I pay over $25 for any of these. Hopefully they acknowledge the anger of their fan base and adjust accordingly. I won’t hold my breath.
Well I think it's time to switch to Mafex. Guaranteed that Kid Flash is the same height or close to all the figures in the wave. I use to overlook the scale issues, and lack of accessories. But not for 40 bucks.
I guess it’s called inflation. As prices go higher and people get used to them it becomes normalised in people’s minds. The new normal once they get over the initial shock. As for the figures, the build a figure was supposed to give value at $25 but at $40 that value disappears. Why not just release 5 figures with accessories for a lower price. What’s really annoying to me is that the card gives them the reference point for the figure. Why they can’t get the figure to match the card especially the face, and provide the accessories to re-enact the picture is beyond me.
I’m almost positive the Kid Flash isn’t even using the young adult body, but the Flashpoint Flash body (same as Booster and Blue Beetle) so he is essentially just going to be a thin adult and bigger than all the other titans that did use the young adult body
@@fernandodelgado4329nah, those bodies had sculpted in panel lines. The torso cut on this new Kid Flash is the exact same as the Cyborg BAF Flashpoint Flash. I legit think they just added a new crotch piece and head Either way, it looks like it’s gonna be huge and awkward af. Hoping I can cop the head and reuse the MFS Exclusive Kid Flash to make a smaller pre-crisis Wally
the need for gripping hands on characters with nothing is insane either just give them the fists or give us accessories. didnt know these were up in price off rip thought it was gonna be the 25 dollars so ik i wont be rly looking into it even tho i share the feeling of wanting these characters especially with the hype of the new animated movie
See, at ~$23 a pop I was willing to look past the lack of shading, past the ridiculous and inconsistent proportions, past the lack of ab crunch, past the obscene joints... But at this price they must be smoking pure cocaine to think this will fly. This has officially ended my love affair with McFarlane; a shame it lasted such a short time.
Not an apologist (I buy what I feel is worth money and leave what is not), but with the bundle you’re paying $27 each for essentially 5 figures if you include the BAF. It’s more than previously paying essentially $20 each including the BAF, but it’s still not in Hasbro land. And McFarlane has stated this is a one-off and not indicative of a price increase for the line as a whole. We will see I suppose.
I understand that this sucks because I don't mind having this Superman and Wally West Kid Flash figures despite Wally being too tall which Todd needs to do better with scaling But still, Very awesome video Toyshiz.
1000% agree with everything you said. And it hurts cause yeah I love this wave. I would love all of these but supes is at most $30. I would have jumped on it if it was 30 but 40 is way too much. Everyone not even an accessory no, not more than $20. And the last few figures I got all had paint defects there's no way in hell I'd pay 40 and also have paint defects on top of it. I'm not gonna condemn anyone but I really hope everyone will stick together and avoid this wave.
I am totally with you, this is ridiculous for the price point they have it at. I am a huge flash fan and it absolutely sucks that I'll have to pass on kid flash because as a collector this feels like an insult to us.
Damnit. Dammit. One of the best waves in years, no since they started this whole thing. That Spectre! That PsychoPirate! Oh man, they dropped the ball here
If specter was a mega figure, then I can understand why they would charge that amount. But I live in New York, shipping already cost almost 10 dollars and with tax that's probably almost 60 dollars for one figure. the wave looks great, but the price is just insane. marvel legends don't even charge that much, and it comes with more stuff in the packaging.
From those I do like/want Spectre. One of my favorite obscure DC characters. That being said, 1. I pick and choose the characters I want. Don´t get them all. 2. I´m in Spain, and somehow, I´ve managed to get several Exclusives and some very cheap. So I´ll just wait for the right price. And 3. "Gladly", while Spectre is one of my favorite obscure characters he´s not at the level of Firestorm, Creeper, Lobo (that managed to get for $20) and someday, hopefuly, a Pre- New 52 Zauriel. As such, if I don´t ever manage to get him I won´t be crying either.
I was excited to see this range (I mean, who doesn't want a good figure of the Spectre?) right up until I saw the price hike and lack of extras. $40 for a $20-$25 figure? Nope, nope, nopity nope. See you around the bargain bins.
I'm not happy with trying to find Super Powers at Walmarts, as they have given up trying to get the new ones. I can't find Black Manta, virtually all the McFarlane's stuff is sitting, and I was fortunate to get Wonder Woman through EE, but that was a hassle with shipping. I too will pass on this wave, and I loved Crisis....
I'll definitely get the Earth 2 Superman. I'll only pay the big bucks for him. I hope we get Jay Garrick or Al Pratt, the Golden Age Atom figures. Probably not.
Man. Talk about disappointment upon disappointment. I would have liked alternate hands with The Spectre. He is one I have long wanted a good figure of.
Target and Walmart passed on a few Marvel Legends waves recently (Mindless One, Void, Scarlet Spider). They did go to Amazon, BBTS, etc but they don't buy as many as retail. Does this mean that Hasbro absorbed the extra cost or fired people to keep them at $25?
Was just getting into this line, because of the price being justifiable for the figures you’re getting and then they went and Hasbro’d it up. I guess I’ll be winding down all collecting. Can’t afford Hot Toys, Figuarts, Mafex, Hasbro and McFarlane now.
I definitely want that specter i wish he was pin less but hes really worth getting no matter what to me he looks great. All of them look good .but i think in my opinion super man and the Specter are the better figures on this wave 🌊
-$6.00 off. $33.99. Not bad. Thnx. But I think I will wait. I will pick up the Superman with the cloth & S on the back. I agree on the McFarland prices. 😅
Is McFarlane Toys trying to help out poor Hasbro with these sky high prices? Is Hasbro making McFarlane Toys do this to get the Page Punchers for GI Joe, Transformers, and Power Rangers?
I am a Spectre fan, but there is no way in hell that figure is worth $40. Pinned joints, no accessories, and an odd looking torso makes him only worth $15. What happened to Todd not raising his prices because he doesn't have to report to investors?
Beo I'm 13 and I know everything about crisis and I love these guys, I have to get that kid flash for my speedsters so I might have to get the rest (of course my dad helps pays) I'm still trying to get that og Maroon and black wally but I've got the blue dr manhattan and on the rumors list wally west flash is on it so if it comes our ima get them all and make some cool pictures, overall I love the set I wish they came with accessories but I'm gonna try and get them or at the very least wally but that's my opinion what's your guy's opinion
Jada Toys does a great job giving more bang for your buck at $25. If they can give M.Bison a wired cape without increasing the price, so can McFarlane. Come on Todd -_-
Tough to root for this one at the price point when characters like Superman gets a ridiculous giant S on the cape. There's more downs than ups unfortunately.
I watched “ Dc infinite hour “ last time and they had a crazy stat about the number of figures released by mcf last year, for me I think this is 1 of the reasons why this set was passed off by the retailer ( if its true) , and I think mcf should cut down the number of figures to be release thia year so they could start to recoup the losses and to make sure the retailers have time to sell the figures before another wave comes out and more importantly retailers not passing off the figures
I got so excited when I saw that Superman figure, I was thinking I could get him to make a Kingdom Come version but then I saw the price. My jaw dropped and I couldn’t believe the price I was seeing. Then I saw the Spectre pop up and that one I was exited for cause I like the character but seeing price I realized they were actually charging that much. No flight stands, no alt hands, nothing to add to the value. I like DC Multiverse they’ve come out with good figures but this price, they’ve lost their minds. I hope McFarlane sees the comments and acts on it. If he goes this route for future releases then and not justify the price then this line won’t last.
@@ToyShiz sh. Maybe the animated movie is just following the comic story. It was a good movie. I doubt it’s a coincidence these revealed at the same time as the movie
Well I mean they do have a 3 part series out right now, which unlike the Spider-Man multiverse bs gets a full theatrical release and merch, while dc depends on sales and merch let them get they money back
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS! Or Don't complain. If you don't see what's happening and pre order/buy it, then your part of the problem! Uncle Todd sold his soul working together with Haslow so I am not surpriced. I do not buy, I vote with my wallet. Me happy, wallet happy, thanks uncle Todd.
"You have to do more." Tell that to Bandai. Tgeir figuarts line have been increasing prices further and further. With less and less in the box. Monsterarts are even worse. $140 for a figure with no accessories, little paint, and a high possibility it'll have crossed eyes.
I confess that I bought these, but it will be my last McFarlane purchase if this becomes the norm. If Target actually passed on these I wonder why BBTS or EE wasn't offered the option to sell them? Is this the McFarlane version of the Boba Fett tax?
see i was excited for this wave. i’ve been very choosy about which mcfarlane figures i’ve been getting. just really going for classic representations of leaguers mostly. i like that we are getting cloth wired capes. sculpts are improving. i buy mostly mezco and mafex so paying a bit more for quality is fine. you’re right he needs to continue to improve the sculpts on the joints and make them pinless. not sure why he can’t just take lessons from mafex on how to make those poa’s look decent. i know harding studios stays pretty busy with hasbro but todd needs to find a decent sculptor for portraits. seems to be a common struggle. overall though, have to support when we get classic figs…and with bundle and discount code only came out to about 25 a figure including the baf which isn’t horrible.
ah, mine came out to 134 shipped. divided by 5 so actually 26 and some change. i used the code MTS10…not sure if that was more or less off than the one toy shiz mentioned.
@@Christian_Ada1 how much was the batman with the big plastic cape? seemed like almost that much. i didn’t buy that as the sculpt/size/proportions weren’t appealing to me…now if it had been a cool sculpt with a cloth wired cape and pinless joints i probably would have grabbed it. imports and mezco are 100+ but you obviously get a lot for the money. if todd wants to do a premium line and charge a premium for it i would probably be down if the quality was there. he isn’t anywhere near that quality yet with these but there seems to at least be an attempt and where retail figs are 20 plus tax each and these are 26.80 each i made that leap for getting classic characters i wouldn’t mind having. as todd has said often though being his own company he sees quickly whether something works or doesn’t in the market so if the public says no he’ll probably do something else. i’ve said no to a ton of his figures because the 7 inch scale isn’t my favorite and his character selection hasn’t always been for me but these are cool enough and i grabbed em. if not for you and money is why, vote by not buying and let ‘em know why! have fun collecting.
Toy Shiz does hate Mcfarlane toys, just doing this for you tube cash. You is the greedy one...................
I do this because of comments like this. Then I show them to my friends and we get a much needed laugh from the insanity that you not only believe it but took the time to write out.
How does it look like he hates mcfarlane Toys lol
@ToyShiz I love that you pinned this guy😂😂
I love DC multiverse as a toy line. They make some pretty good figures. But this is just wow! Even if this was supposed to go to a retailer and they said no so they just had to see it on their own website, $40 is just ridiculous. I do find it incredibly ironic that when McFarlane makes something so drastically overpriced people get so up in arms but when Hasbro does it (coff PS5 Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker Spiderman coff) people both hate it and some are like "man I'll still buy it anyway".
I totally agree I swear people have been jumping on Hasbro for every little thing
Because Hasbro includes additional hands, heads, and accessories. However, Marvel Legends has priced me out for non-Spider-Man/X-Men characters.
Give it time, the closer to release the more you will see people excusing the price. Same happened with hasbro
Spot on. The McF apologists that are saying "they cost more because they are McF store exclusives" are out of their minds. The store has had plenty of exclusives and none of them have been this insanely priced. I've wanted Spectre since the beginning, but I won't support moves like this with my money.
You can say that as well, but regardless, the price doesn’t match the offering.
Thanks for watching
Totally agree--great characters but not nearly enough on them to warrant the prices. Also kinda hoping if they do a deluxe Spectre that it comes with a cloth cape, because as cool as the sculpted one is I like it when my figures can hide behind their capes to be more mysterious.
“McFarlane turned into Hasbro”
Actually, it’s been a while. Except you didn’t know it yet: you did pay the price that they were worth at the time. Now you know exactly how it feels.
With the store exclusive and the limited productions, they simply made the equivalent of Chase Figures… on top of actual Chase Figures and now they’re raising the price because they believe they can get away with it.
The 6-Batman, the Batmobile, the Animated Series line, the “Collector’s Edition”… it all led to this.
I am so glad I used some of the great deals the online store I was shopping from had to offer. At that time I felt guilty for spending so much money, but now I realize it was an investment, because it truly looks like that the time of affordable collectibles has come to an end. I picked up so many McFarlane figures for amazing prices (Violator Megafig for $25 each, Swamp Thing for $20 each, yeah I bought multiple of them), and it seems like that was the last time I bought McFarlane figs, becaus I will never pay $40 for a 7inch action figure. Can you imagine what the bigger Megafigs will cost after this??Nah, I'm out, and I am happy that I purchased the toys I wanted while I still could do so for a great price.
OMG...I've been wanting Todd to put the yellow S on the cape.....WTF is this! HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Thank you, Toy Shiz for bringing up this topic. I live in South Africa, and in general, we pay more for action figures. I love collecting, but for me to get my hands on this wave will set me back more than $247,84 (not the final amount). Due to ZAR and the dollar exchange rate until the date of shipping, I will also have to pay more for shipping and import duties when it gets here, which makes this unaffordable for me. So yes, not nice, McFARLANE.
Price increase will definitely keep me from running out and buying the set right away. I will wait for a sale or second hand them loose. With so many so called exclusive figures showing up in discount stores it wont be long till some of these also show up.
I’d have bought it if they all looked great, but The Spectre is the only decent looking one here. Just not good enough
Spectre sold out! Shame on everyone who paid $40+ haha. Just like the sculpts, now the prices at McFarlane are really hit or miss. They have been good about adjusting after feedback, hopefully they don’t keep this pricing for future exclusive waves
If Todd wants to do a George Reeves Superman figure despite the rights for the actor is hard to use on, I think the Crisis On Infinite Earths Super Man body mold especially with the S symbol that he has in the show can still be really perfect for George Reeves Superman IMO.
Man, the price point was one of my favorite things about this line. Hope this doesn’t become the norm😕
I said the exact thing in another video. I remember getting both batman and Superman 1000, the first figures he put out and I was just amazed about what we were getting for the price point.
Every figure with a stand or flight stand just for $20 ?? It was awesome
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Now fast forward to
2024.
@@YEAR-1-RELICS Yeah, pretty weird
I wouldn't be surprised if this was a way of testing the waters before a permanent price increase. Horrifyingly, the $40 Spectre is already sold out.
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I can't take people seriously when they sell out items at this price.
@@YEAR-1-RELICS You and me both!
This was definitely supposed to be the Target wave this year. No doubt.
The first problem was the "Collector Edition" charging a premium for a 20$ figure. That was accepted now he's going for broke
Mcfarlane smoking that Super-7 stuff!!!
i wish. super7 figures are loaded with accessories and paint apps. todd's out there charging double for $20 walmart toys.
The Superman for Earth 2 is smooth.
If you want to hit us up for the price tag we need all figures to have wired cloth capes.
for $40 they better come alive when I put them in the cupboard
Cupboard sold separately 😂
I really like the texture detail on The Monitor. Really a good experiment in printing. We should be excited about seeing more of that elsewhere.
I really hope somebody else gets the license for DC in my lifetime
Thanks for the discount Code! I got $3 bucks off an order, and I appreciate it! I subscribed to you and thanks again!
hey, happy to help in some way. Thank you and welcome to the madness!
What bums me the most is that most of those are the same re-used bodies with no accessories.
Both Kid Flash and Psycho Pirate uses the same Blue Beetle body, and i'm not really sure, but The Spectre looks to be a re-use of the Martian Manhunter, because of the texture of the body.
I’m so bummed because this wave looks awesome. It’ll be great once it hits clearance.
I defend Mcfarlane on a lot but there is no excuse for this. I really hope someone gets their head on straight and relists these with better prices.
The Specter is one of my all-time favorite comic book characters. I feel that $40 is going just a bit too far. I have a feeling this wave will eventually turn up at Ollie's or other discounters because they just made too many and won't be able to move them at such a high price point.
It's online exclusive, isn't it? It might not show up at discount stores at all.
You will never find these at Ollies. These items will be triple the cost on e-bay within 1 year.
That Spectre figure is absolutely beautiful! I gotta get it. Seriously been waiting for a Mcfarlane Spectre figure since the beginning.
These should not have been revealed without an explanation from Todd; regarding the abnormal price tags. He he did for example say a retailer backed out late and he has to recoup as much as he can. I might chip in and buy the wave. Without explanation it’s just an unreasonable price for this line.
Are the prices going sky high to cover the investments that McFarlane Toys put into Digital pictures?
The Digital pictures are the easiest products to ignore in history.
Great video, dude. The price increase is really not cool, and I agree with all your points. The Spectre looks wicked and is my favorite of the wave. That cape is dope... but I just can't justify the price. It's definitely left a really bad after taste, and this will totally linger in collector's minds for a while. Time for a coffee refill, cheers!
THANK YOU for making this vid!
Here's some things to factor in:
1. These are McFarlane site exclusive, hence much smaller production run,r leading to much higher per piece cost.
2. Other exclusives are only regular price because most are merely recoloured variants, which doesn't require all new tooling. And sometimes there's savings on number of paint apps.
3. Look at the $250.00 exclusive Batwing. It never sold out due to high price caused by being limited to only McF site. And no, it's not going to end up at ROSS. I've not seen McFarlane site exclusives ever go to liquidation stores.
4. Todd likely feels that since most exclusives sell out immediately & idiots are willing to pay scalper prices from each other, he'd like to get a cut off that.
5. This price does not reflect a similar price increase on mass retailers mainline figures. I got the Freeze BAF wave for $18.99 each from Target.
6. I personally am not buying this wave at $40 each.
7. Scalpers have colluded to buy out Spectre so that idiots will have to pay their scalper prices to complete the BAF.
This was the book that got me hooked on dc comics. With the 10% discount i pulled the trigger....i felt bad about it but this is one of the very few waves i would have done this for
The Crisis on Infinite Earths was the event that really pulled me into comic collecting after only dabbling before. I want these figures more than anything McFarlane has released in recent memory, but I’ll be damned if I pay over $25 for any of these. Hopefully they acknowledge the anger of their fan base and adjust accordingly. I won’t hold my breath.
Love them and I’m a huge Crisis fan so this is a must buy for me.
Well I think it's time to switch to Mafex. Guaranteed that Kid Flash is the same height or close to all the figures in the wave. I use to overlook the scale issues, and lack of accessories. But not for 40 bucks.
I guess it’s called inflation. As prices go higher and people get used to them it becomes normalised in people’s minds. The new normal once they get over the initial shock.
As for the figures, the build a figure was supposed to give value at $25 but at $40 that value disappears. Why not just release 5 figures with accessories for a lower price.
What’s really annoying to me is that the card gives them the reference point for the figure. Why they can’t get the figure to match the card especially the face, and provide the accessories to re-enact the picture is beyond me.
i think they should do multiple waves of crisis waves, SO MANY CHARACTERS to choose from. its got so much potential and get easy variations
I've been wanting a Spectre figure!
The spectre could look great with a bit more paint apps, so might have to pick him up
I’m almost positive the Kid Flash isn’t even using the young adult body, but the Flashpoint Flash body (same as Booster and Blue Beetle) so he is essentially just going to be a thin adult and bigger than all the other titans that did use the young adult body
I think 🤔 it's definitely the 2020 Rebirth Flash and Rebirth Reverse Flash body mold from McFarlane.
@@fernandodelgado4329nah, those bodies had sculpted in panel lines. The torso cut on this new Kid Flash is the exact same as the Cyborg BAF Flashpoint Flash. I legit think they just added a new crotch piece and head
Either way, it looks like it’s gonna be huge and awkward af. Hoping I can cop the head and reuse the MFS Exclusive Kid Flash to make a smaller pre-crisis Wally
With the price getting higher made me realize how much I paid for my Walmart exclusive Todd designed Batman, which came out to be like 40 dollars.
Welcome to 2024! The prices are going to keep sky rocketing!
the need for gripping hands on characters with nothing is insane either just give them the fists or give us accessories. didnt know these were up in price off rip thought it was gonna be the 25 dollars so ik i wont be rly looking into it even tho i share the feeling of wanting these characters especially with the hype of the new animated movie
See, at ~$23 a pop I was willing to look past the lack of shading, past the ridiculous and inconsistent proportions, past the lack of ab crunch, past the obscene joints...
But at this price they must be smoking pure cocaine to think this will fly. This has officially ended my love affair with McFarlane; a shame it lasted such a short time.
Not an apologist (I buy what I feel is worth money and leave what is not), but with the bundle you’re paying $27 each for essentially 5 figures if you include the BAF. It’s more than previously paying essentially $20 each including the BAF, but it’s still not in Hasbro land. And McFarlane has stated this is a one-off and not indicative of a price increase for the line as a whole. We will see I suppose.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I have no interest in the whole wave either; guess I'll try to hunt down those Mattel Spectre and Psycho-Pirate figures.
I understand that this sucks because I don't mind having this Superman and Wally West Kid Flash figures despite Wally being too tall which Todd needs to do better with scaling But still, Very awesome video Toyshiz.
💯 agreed. Just the Specter. Price hike is ridiculous. Still think MacF shot himself in the foot going to that scale. Definitely needs to go pinless.
Long gone are the days of devastor batman/ hellbat armour sized figs for $20.
Gonna wait till the go on sale or clearance
Wonder how much the mega figures will increase up too.
Treat this as an isolated incident for their website only. I cannot see them raising anything at physical retail, not at this point.
$64.99 😂
1000% agree with everything you said. And it hurts cause yeah I love this wave. I would love all of these but supes is at most $30. I would have jumped on it if it was 30 but 40 is way too much. Everyone not even an accessory no, not more than $20. And the last few figures I got all had paint defects there's no way in hell I'd pay 40 and also have paint defects on top of it. I'm not gonna condemn anyone but I really hope everyone will stick together and avoid this wave.
I am totally with you, this is ridiculous for the price point they have it at. I am a huge flash fan and it absolutely sucks that I'll have to pass on kid flash because as a collector this feels like an insult to us.
In a recent interview one of Todd’s comments was “I don’t need your money “
Well that’s good cause I’m not giving it to him for this krap
This is the last GASP of the toy beast that holding brothas Captivre
Damnit. Dammit. One of the best waves in years, no since they started this whole thing. That Spectre! That PsychoPirate! Oh man, they dropped the ball here
Missing paint parts I noticed too on some figures??
Plus kid flashes face is like he’s seeing his neighbors dog 🐩 poop 💩 on his lawn for the 3rd time that day 😂
If specter was a mega figure, then I can understand why they would charge that amount. But I live in New York, shipping already cost almost 10 dollars and with tax that's probably almost 60 dollars for one figure. the wave looks great, but the price is just insane. marvel legends don't even charge that much, and it comes with more stuff in the packaging.
💯right if these collectors buy ,this 25 dollars figures,Todd is going too start rising the prices
The Spector is sold out so...
From those I do like/want Spectre. One of my favorite obscure DC characters. That being said, 1. I pick and choose the characters I want. Don´t get them all. 2. I´m in Spain, and somehow, I´ve managed to get several Exclusives and some very cheap. So I´ll just wait for the right price. And 3. "Gladly", while Spectre is one of my favorite obscure characters he´s not at the level of Firestorm, Creeper, Lobo (that managed to get for $20) and someday, hopefuly, a Pre- New 52 Zauriel. As such, if I don´t ever manage to get him I won´t be crying either.
I was excited to see this range (I mean, who doesn't want a good figure of the Spectre?) right up until I saw the price hike and lack of extras.
$40 for a $20-$25 figure? Nope, nope, nopity nope.
See you around the bargain bins.
I'm not happy with trying to find Super Powers at Walmarts, as they have given up trying to get the new ones. I can't find Black Manta, virtually all the McFarlane's stuff is sitting, and I was fortunate to get Wonder Woman through EE, but that was a hassle with shipping. I too will pass on this wave, and I loved Crisis....
I'll definitely get the Earth 2 Superman. I'll only pay the big bucks for him. I hope we get Jay Garrick or Al Pratt, the Golden Age Atom figures. Probably not.
Man, Inwish I saw the video first for the 15% off. I just used the regular 10%.
Man. Talk about disappointment upon disappointment. I would have liked alternate hands with The Spectre. He is one I have long wanted a good figure of.
I love this line but charging $40 for what comes in the box is absurd. Time for me to part ways like Dom and Brian in F8 of the Furious.
It’s just on their site. The retail landscape isn’t changing
Target and Walmart passed on a few Marvel Legends waves recently (Mindless One, Void, Scarlet Spider). They did go to Amazon, BBTS, etc but they don't buy as many as retail. Does this mean that Hasbro absorbed the extra cost or fired people to keep them at $25?
McFarlane Toys shit the bed last year with their releases of ‘89 Batman, ‘89 Batmobile, Dick Greyson Robin and Az-Bats, for starters.
Was just getting into this line, because of the price being justifiable for the figures you’re getting and then they went and Hasbro’d it up. I guess I’ll be winding down all collecting. Can’t afford Hot Toys, Figuarts, Mafex, Hasbro and McFarlane now.
I caved and got superman hes awesome in hand
Well I can't get them even if I want to, MTS exclusive usually mean it is not gonna be available for most countries outside of US.
Damn 😞
40 per one deluxe o premium figure it’s ok but for the same figures with a lot of issues it’s crazy
I hope McFarlane toys takes a good long look at Hasbro ... because if they go down this road they will be in the same place.
I agree man. 100% would have been the best year long wave yet. On the plus side, I think we'll be able to get them on sale for retail fairly soon.
I definitely want that specter i wish he was pin less but hes really worth getting no matter what to me he looks great. All of them look good .but i think in my opinion super man and the Specter are the better figures on this wave 🌊
Love the new Superman body, and I would get the Wally... If it wasn't $40! Fuck the new price
-$6.00 off. $33.99. Not bad. Thnx. But I think I will wait. I will pick up the Superman with the cloth & S on the back. I agree on the McFarland prices. 😅
Is McFarlane Toys trying to help out poor Hasbro with these sky high prices?
Is Hasbro making McFarlane Toys do this to get the Page Punchers for GI Joe, Transformers, and Power Rangers?
Omega figure of Spectre that glows in the dark, because I love glow-in-the-dark
I am a Spectre fan, but there is no way in hell that figure is worth $40. Pinned joints, no accessories, and an odd looking torso makes him only worth $15. What happened to Todd not raising his prices because he doesn't have to report to investors?
Spot on shizzzy
I would have maybe paid $ 30 for the Specter and Psycho Pirate. There is no way on God's green Earth i'm going to pay $40.
Beo I'm 13 and I know everything about crisis and I love these guys, I have to get that kid flash for my speedsters so I might have to get the rest (of course my dad helps pays) I'm still trying to get that og Maroon and black wally but I've got the blue dr manhattan and on the rumors list wally west flash is on it so if it comes our ima get them all and make some cool pictures, overall I love the set I wish they came with accessories but I'm gonna try and get them or at the very least wally but that's my opinion what's your guy's opinion
Looks like Todd is skiing
Jada Toys does a great job giving more bang for your buck at $25. If they can give M.Bison a wired cape without increasing the price, so can McFarlane. Come on Todd -_-
Tough to root for this one at the price point when characters like Superman gets a ridiculous giant S on the cape. There's more downs than ups unfortunately.
I watched “ Dc infinite hour “ last time and they had a crazy stat about the number of figures released by mcf last year, for me I think this is 1 of the reasons why this set was passed off by the retailer ( if its true) , and I think mcf should cut down the number of figures to be release thia year so they could start to recoup the losses and to make sure the retailers have time to sell the figures before another wave comes out and more importantly retailers not passing off the figures
I got so excited when I saw that Superman figure, I was thinking I could get him to make a Kingdom Come version but then I saw the price. My jaw dropped and I couldn’t believe the price I was seeing. Then I saw the Spectre pop up and that one I was exited for cause I like the character but seeing price I realized they were actually charging that much. No flight stands, no alt hands, nothing to add to the value. I like DC Multiverse they’ve come out with good figures but this price, they’ve lost their minds. I hope McFarlane sees the comments and acts on it. If he goes this route for future releases then and not justify the price then this line won’t last.
Could've at least made Psycho Pirate's mask removable.
I mean, what else is there to say? Between this and the grocery store, I've used up all of my hells for today. All I have left is just plain 'no.'
Dan Aykroyd Superman 😂 8:11
Still gonna buy it just to build my JSA Team
Its inflation. Its inflation. Corporate inflation.
I just watch the animated, crisis on infinite earths. This seems to be a movie wave
It’s not. But you could call it a potential tie in to that animated film being released
@@ToyShiz sh. Maybe the animated movie is just following the comic story. It was a good movie. I doubt it’s a coincidence these revealed at the same time as the movie
This 40 dollar price point is beyond ridiculous and selfish on McFarlanes part they should be ashamed.
Well I mean they do have a 3 part series out right now, which unlike the Spider-Man multiverse bs gets a full theatrical release and merch, while dc depends on sales and merch let them get they money back
I hate that retailers have so much power
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS!
Or
Don't complain.
If you don't see what's happening and pre order/buy it, then your part of the problem!
Uncle Todd sold his soul working together with Haslow so I am not surpriced.
I do not buy, I vote with my wallet.
Me happy, wallet happy, thanks uncle Todd.
"You have to do more."
Tell that to Bandai. Tgeir figuarts line have been increasing prices further and further. With less and less in the box. Monsterarts are even worse. $140 for a figure with no accessories, little paint, and a high possibility it'll have crossed eyes.
I confess that I bought these, but it will be my last McFarlane purchase if this becomes the norm. If Target actually passed on these I wonder why BBTS or EE wasn't offered the option to sell them? Is this the McFarlane version of the Boba Fett tax?
see i was excited for this wave. i’ve been very choosy about which mcfarlane figures i’ve been getting. just really going for classic representations of leaguers mostly. i like that we are getting cloth wired capes. sculpts are improving. i buy mostly mezco and mafex so paying a bit more for quality is fine. you’re right he needs to continue to improve the sculpts on the joints and make them pinless. not sure why he can’t just take lessons from mafex on how to make those poa’s look decent. i know harding studios stays pretty busy with hasbro but todd needs to find a decent sculptor for portraits. seems to be a common struggle. overall though, have to support when we get classic figs…and with bundle and discount code only came out to about 25 a figure including the baf which isn’t horrible.
$142 w/shipping and tax for 4 figures is horrible! That's with the bundle price and the 15% off coupon. That's about $36 per fig.
ah, mine came out to 134 shipped. divided by 5 so actually 26 and some change. i used the code MTS10…not sure if that was more or less off than the one toy shiz mentioned.
I divided by 4 since there are 4 figures in the baf wave. That's $36 per fig! The most recent 4 figure MR. FREEZE baf wave was $25 per fig.
You can justify it all you want
So I’m guessing you’ll be ok when he charges 55 for 1 figure right?
@@Christian_Ada1 how much was the batman with the big plastic cape? seemed like almost that much. i didn’t buy that as the sculpt/size/proportions weren’t appealing to me…now if it had been a cool sculpt with a cloth wired cape and pinless joints i probably would have grabbed it. imports and mezco are 100+ but you obviously get a lot for the money. if todd wants to do a premium line and charge a premium for it i would probably be down if the quality was there. he isn’t anywhere near that quality yet with these but there seems to at least be an attempt and where retail figs are 20 plus tax each and these are 26.80 each i made that leap for getting classic characters i wouldn’t mind having. as todd has said often though being his own company he sees quickly whether something works or doesn’t in the market so if the public says no he’ll probably do something else. i’ve said no to a ton of his figures because the 7 inch scale isn’t my favorite and his character selection hasn’t always been for me but these are cool enough and i grabbed em. if not for you and money is why, vote by not buying and let ‘em know why! have fun collecting.
Thats pretty much 2 figures
There. Craziness
It looks like THE SPECTRE is a reuse of the MARTIAN MANHUNTER (GOLD LABEL) upper torso, lower torso, Arms , thighs and feet