Is Toy collecting Dead??? (daily toy hunt)
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Price increases have slowed me down, just don't want to pay for the same quality that we have been receiving. If they actually justified the price increases with additional accessorizes then I might bite. The new Hasbro packaging is absolute garbage.
The new HASBRO is garbage period.
@@SirMegaManNeoX the new 1000th toys, goodsmile, estream are garbage too, they are just a cash grab now.
Yeah some figures are too pricey for me at least
Hasbro ruined the quality, we better off the great fakes off the internet😤 no way paying $50 per plastic figures
@@SirMegaManNeoX truer words have never been spoken. Have you seen the haslab $350 ghost rider car thing? They needed to bring in haslab for a plastic car? That’s absurd.
The price increase definitely made me more selective.
I have a lot of figures in my wishlist, but I have to choose what to get... 😩
I think lack of availability is in part due to the fact that stores are getting flooded with the latest toys coming out but retailers can’t get rid of what’s currently on the shelves, not to mention lack of staff dedicated to the toys section (this is what a few Target employees have mentioned to me). Then there’s Walmart which is a different breed and I personally think the workers there don’t give a shit about stocking considering I’ll unbox stuff sitting out for days at a time myself 😂
Prices are to high on toys right now…
Prices are very high nowadays so I've been very selective... God bless mcfarlane toys he has been looking out for us collectors
Meh. Super Power line is dumb. Wish he'd give us 6 inch articulated Super Powers figures.
@@TheBigBigSean yeah I don't collect that line of mcfarlane toys
I’ve definitely got more picky about what I’m going to buy. I was already starting to feel like I was running out of space to display everything and I don’t want to box up stuff. I’ve always only collected certain things anyways but still feels overwhelming with how much comes out at once for sure. The price increases hasn’t swayed me too bad, it just kind of helps keep me in check from buying stuff I don’t want or need. Legends will definitely be one that’s going to go on the back burner. Distribution sucks enough am I area I don’t want to take a gamble buying something I can’t see in box Not being able to return it let alone try to pick one I want.
Price hasn't hurt my collecting as much as AVAILABILITY! Not being able to find things that should be readily available like the Amazing Fantasy Spider-Man or the availability issues with NECA animated Turtles really took the wind out of my sails. The Windowless Package is another strike because I like to hang them up untill I get around to opening.
I totally agree. I can never find anything in the wild
@@MrDopey26 it's not just the wild though. I can't even get anything on Hasbro's own website. They sell out instantly. How do the Stinking Manufacturers Run Out? It's really ridiculous. Be well buddy.
My local targets all have an abundance of animated turtle stuff. I just saw the pinball pack today with the shredder figure and both Targets had at least 8 of those boxes. It’s the movie turtle stuff that I can never find. Maybe their distribution isn’t even?
Hasbro's exclusive stuff with Black Series is a huge killer too. I either get extremely lucky, or end up shelling out double price for one on ebay later on.
@@corellioncrusaderproductio4679 Same with marvel legends.
I've certainly slowed down in my purchases. Plus I'm not a fan of preorders. Figures that used to cost 20bucks are now 32plus dollars. I don't buy marvel legends at all any more. Finding new tmnt stuff at local Targets where im at is darn near impossible. Keep up the great reviews.
Toy collecting will never be dead. I just think toy companies need to scale back though and not release so much at once. It's been overwhelming for the last few years and overwhelmed collectors have basically been forced to narrow down their collections because it's way too expensive and time consuming to keep up. I know that I've stopped collecting NECA and have sold off nearly half my Funko collection in the last year or two.
Didn't know this was going on in the toy market. I remember buying a psylocke statue for 29 and now they're asking 130. So I sold mine used for 50 and got cool comic books.
I'm a long time collector and my collecting days are on 'life support " right now, Here , in Canada the prices are out of control! Toys r us is charging $65 cad+tax ( around $50 us ) for a NECA figure ,$45+for GI joes!!... the list goes on and on, I just can't justified paying so much for figures. The end is near.
I think the price increase has just made me more selective with toy buying. Which in some ways is a good thing because while it sucks that yea stuff is more expensive the toy room only has limited space anyway.
So like for instance with geekathon I only want the universal monsters turtles. It’s obtainable goal that won’t make me go into debt. And I have an awesome set that ties together my interest in turtles in horror.
Honestly sets that have so many characters like the toon style turtles from NECA turns me off. Cause while it’s cool they have all the characters. That would take up a majority of the toy room to display and it makes the collection feel less diverse.
But that’s just me at least everyone is different with how they collect.
A lot of the Neca tmnt stuff is sitting for the simple fact that for most of us, we already pre ordered all this in the Neca Store a few months back. Which im not complaining one bit.
I just find it funny that a company that makes plastic items is trying to save on plastic.....by getting rid of a small window...🤔🤯
people are tired of paying absorbent prices for things like this because they're worried about essentials like gas and food for their families. the problem is not that the collectors want to quit, it's that the companies continually raise their prices, knowing that what they're peddling isn't essential to survival.
Yeah the prices are making me considering finding another hobby... action figures are becoming the same price as my utility bills...and some are the same price as car payments... that's not cool at all... McFarlane is trying to look out for poor people that collect figures and I definitely appreciate that for real
Target has a horrible stocking issue and it started last winter when they fell way behind on the MOTU Origins stuff. They remain two waves behind and none of the Batman and Star Wars stuff is moving like it use to because the demand is just not there anymore. Personally I think the Marvel license is exhausted too. There's only so many Spider-men, Batmen, and Obi-Wans you can put in your collection until the feeling of suffocation hits you. Add in the high prices and its EASY to walk away. Regarding the other available items, only a few exceptions (NECA, McFarland, WWE) stay on a healthy rotation, while much of everything else is older merchandise that collectors have already gone elsewhere to get (BBTS, etc). Their issues will not change until they can get current with their inventory. Great Killer Klown shirt btw. (:
Mcfarlane is the man. I just started collecting multiverse mcfarlane and DC And Batman speak to me and my childhood. Never was a big fan of marvel to become a collector. Mcfarlane prices are great. I've had my eyes on collecting TMNT but for that price i can probably get about 3 mcfarlane toys at once
Toy collecting isn’t dead just New York doesn’t get anything like this smh
I travel alot for work assignments (just got back from WA), so I hunt all along the way (a few thousand miles) and hit as many walmarts on my path. A few weeks ago, I got home and closely reviewed all the things I got (new star wars micro ships, star wars hotwheels die cast ships, dc super powers, megos, pop comic covers, etc) and decided that i really dont need them or really like them, so I returned 95% of the stuff I got! I use to do those nickelodeon TMNT (they were fun to hunt about 2 years ago) but stopped at the turtles 4 pack (I also stopped MOTU completely for about a year now)....with the TMNT they just keep making new things and characters that I dont know, and I didnt want to just keep on getting that line just to get and sell it one day...anyways, I just kept a couple of the weta minis (facehugger, slimed venkman) and (2) carded toxic avenger and a mole man out of the whole bunch, you can say I got all caught up in the hunt and when I got back to "normal" I realized that some of those things are just not worth it to me.....I felt like the quality isnt there for the price and I just didnt want to get stuck getting new things just because, as like most of us toy collectors out there, I own way too much things, and most of it gets boxed up anyways for that dream mancave I want to build one day....anyways, these days I gotta really love something to get it (no more space)...I saw every single new star wars figs from all 3 lines and passed on them all, where a year ago I wouldve gotten them all....besides I have a funner time hitting thrift stores and flea markets...I feel my money stretches more and the variety of "vintage" keeps things interesting for me.
I'm the same with everyone here. If they are marking up the price, they should add extra incentives. ~$30 for a figure just ain't right especially when some figures come out with poor quality control. For $20 I don't blame the companies for small mistakes or errors on figures because its 20 bucks. But when they increase the price with same quality and nothing new added. It's a no go for me. Especially when the figure looks worse than some other $20 figure.
Toys are just too expensive now, every time I see something cool I'm immediately deterred by the price because it costs as much as dinner for a week.
Todd’s horrible paint and giant hands help me cut down even from where I was but I’d actually like a price hike on his dc stuff if it meant good paint. Neca although expensive seems more justified than other companies in terms of quality vs price. And finally , Hasbro, your reign is at an end. Thanks for the good times
Neca quality. You never played with your neca toys. They are horrible, QC issues through the roof. Look it up if you think I am anti-neca
You’re right friend I haven’t. I’m all inbox. And I’ve seen the videos. I know. But I feel tmnt is getting better as well as most lines from what I see. What you have break most recently out of curiosity ?
Not really. Star Wars fan are at a loss but hasbro is winning right now with transformers. The extra articulation and intricate details justify the prices plus the leader classes and titan classes have amazing boxart.
@@georgebladyko7124 the only Neca figure that suck in my experience are the xenomorphs and predators are good on the first run. After they rerelease waves the quality drops. The tmnt Neca stuff has no qc issues that I’ve seen whatsoever
i think collector collapse was caused by a mix of company & scalper's greed, collectors expectations and distribution problems...
I collected figures from 2019 to January 2021. Then i woke up and realized that adults collecting toys destroys anything good about collecting toys.
& the price increases is causing me to slow down & be more picky about what I get.
Yep also some companies like Hasbro be scamming people with cheap modeled figures
Prices are crazy....I've just limited my figure collecting, to stuff I LOVE....Retro marvels, and Neca horror! Appreciate you and your hard wrk daily, on these vids...I live in KY, and know that one week later I'll find what you do! You give me a preview of whats to come!!!THANKS BROTHER
I was a 20 year marvel legends collector until 2022 and with the 3 price hikes and the switch to all cardboard packaging I'm done collecting marvel legends and switched to Mcfarlane which are cheaper but better sculpted better painted and I can actually see what I'm buying inside the packaging
Hasbro and mattel are matching boutique toy makers prices like super 7, neca. Unfortunately the collector community is paying these ridiculous price increases. Personally speaking Hasbro toys have in the past been attractive for the low price points, with that came low paint passes, small figurines like the legends line. But now the prices have creeped up so high that I need to consider what is the true value of 50$-60$ (here in Canada). Neca and super 7 deliver on bang for your buck, quality sculpts, paints and packagings that are not just a closed box.
I don’t think the value is there with legends, transformers or motu.
The price increases are unrealistic and will change dramatically they way I collect.
At these new prices I’m looking towards companies like super 7, neca and mafex are catching my eye. But definitely prices should be a big cause for concern.
The prices on the new Marvel Legends are insane! $114 Canadian for Venom & Knull two pack, $47.99 for Iron Spider-Man, over $80 for Silk & Dok Ock two pack. It is ridiculous to because the new packaging is so bad.
Toys are for children , the main reason as to why they're so expensive to begin with " even before inflation " is because grown men purchase them with no intent to even open the package 90% of the time . If they were still considered Toys that children play with rather than a "collectors item" the prices would be half of what they are for the same exact product .
Nothing that Hasbro produces justifies the prices that they're asking for. Especially as of late. I am extremely picky when it comes to Marvel Legends and I hate the body and the plastic they chose to use for the Iron Spider and the just comes as cheap. I'm all in when it come to Mcfarlane and Mafex. I even like what Mattel is doing with the Masterverse.
Inflation has hit the wallet hard, which has caused some slow down. Priorities have to be taken care of first, but I still buy here and there.
I'm definitely cutting back on my collecting. NECA is just gouging and using inflation as an excuse. McFarlane and Hasbro have managed to maintain a $20 price tag for most of their basic figures while NECA is up to just shy of $40 for their "Ultimates" that are the same size and have around the same amount of accessories.
Not only the prices but also (comic con) exclusives, pre-order waiting at least 6 months, repaints and pfp..all have me besided to STOP collecting! For years it's like Hasbro and other toymakers don't care about their collectors so why help them keep their jobs making it impossible to collect in a nice way it if they don't want us as collectors? Collecting used to be fun, not it's just frustrating and it took a while for me to switch in the stop-collecting-mode but after that I became a much more happier person and don't care about this stuff anymore.
and keep my wallet closed for Hasbro, thanks! ;)
Just how things are...as everything goes up (or stays high) many of us cant afford everything. Im having to be very selective now...most of my $ is going to 4 Horsemen, NECA and Super 7. Hasbro can go jump in a lake ....crappily produced figures, cheap windowless packaging and higher prices. Great way to loose a once dedicated customer base.
I'm definitely buying alot less and I've pretty much quit marvel Legends all together. As much as I have loved it in the past I hate the new packaging and they have jumped up like 8 bucks in less than a year and with everything else jumping up I had to sit down and decide which lines I'm most dedicated too. Mainly Gi joe classified and motu origins
a big problem for me collecting marvel legends recently is my local store. They stock a fuck tonne of things but in order for me to get them i have to pay a crazy overprice. For example my store recently began stocking the infinity Ultron build a figures. They had she hulk, ms marvel and Moon Knight, alot of new figs and as a moon knight megafan i was crazy hyped that the store was getting them early. but i wasn't about to pay £32 for something that should be in the mid twenties range. The prices have gone through the fucking roof and i dont like it one bit. The whole world, not just toy collecting, is slowly breaking before us
I’m very disenchanted right now with modern Collecting. The marvel legend boxes are ridiculous. NECA is super expensive. With these prices, I rather just spend the money on vintage at these prices and be picky with modern stuff.
So I live in Canada, and right next door to a toys R us. ! stopped buying NECA purely out of spite. The price point on all 2 packs are minimum $100. Just ridicules! I switched to buying DC Multiverse, and @ $30 Canadian per figure...........You can't go wrong.
I've definitely had to be more selective on what I collect due to cost increase in everything these days. Pretty much I stick with the TMNT line from Neca and Hasbro Studio 86 Transformers line and the G1 reissues or Mashups they do sometimes. I really like Super7's turtle line alot but with the cost increase, I have not been able to buy the full waves anymore. I do wish Neca would slow it down some though for sure. Im glad the availability is better but wish they would do the TMNT releases like they used to with some time in between releases.
Remember the only way to vote against these price increases is to not pay them. Vote with your wallet for a 6-12 months and watch them take note.
closed figure boxes might kill the hobby for many. 60$ figs might price out many of us from collecting. 300$ vehicles not very realistic. The entire thing seems greedy. This will date me, but remember a figure used to cost 5-10$…20$ at most….
Lack of display space at my home and price also makes me picky about what toys i collect, so i only get what i absolutely must have.
Some of these are not "toys" anymore, they are aimed at and priced for adult collectors.
Now I mostly just collect older toys like 80s GI JOES.
Dc multiverse and other mcfarlane figures are on top right now.. great figures and prices... Following would be NECA.. IF NECA drops their prices they would be on top for sure..
I think it’s dying because of the price increases at this rate you might as well go premium which will mean fewer purchases throughout the year but at least you get all the accessories extra heads and hands that you would want in one shot
Price increases have slowed me down. Now I've become much more picky and have passed on many items I know I'll regret later.
Don't think it's dying it's just becoming available at more places. The prices are keeping people away also though
US people have it so easy. You should check the prices overseas. A single starwars 3'75 vintage collection doll can be found for 40-50 dollars
There’s still so many toys I want to collect. But the ones I want range from 50-100 dollars plus! That’s just insane for a toy.
entry-level collector here yes I tend to be selective with items due to a small increase in price but it’s hasn’t effect me in anyway the big frustrating issue for me is that I watched your videos and everything I’m looking for is in front of you. My city my local Walmart and Target suxs because I never find anything I want tmnt,neca,hot wheels,wwe etc. so that’s why I stopped buying and no way in hell I’m paying eBay prices no matter how bad I want it.
I haven't uploaded a video in 2 months. The price increases are hitting hard. I have to choose between gas, food, toys. Toys will take a back seat. If I see new MOTU origins stuff, and I like it, I'll buy it. But then, no beer 🍻. 😵😬 Although I do buy cheap figures at the swap meet for 1 dollar. But it's usually old playmates star trek tng stuff. Great video. 😉👍
Ima be honest. It feels like we’re in a recession even though we aren’t officially. Many people are having to choose bills/food over toys. And at the end of the day they’re just collectibles/luxury items that you don’t really need or are essential.
It’s not dead, it’s just that they sell Mid action figures for prices like $30-70
Yea man. I dropped Marvel Legends. Its not worth it at that price. I'll wait for sales or clearance. Im still collecting Mcfarlane though. Great Video
Damn. Right off the bat, your walmart is better than mine. All any walmart near me seem to have ordered the same figures: OrokuSaki/HamatoYoshi.
Edit: my walmart does not have a TMNT section. Shit's weak. Personally, I only purchase anything that sets off my nostalgia-alarm. I will not buy anything just because it's new. It needs to hit on something from my childhood. Maybe I will expand my collection to some Marvel figures, but I will not splurge all my money into every Marvel figure that gets released.
I already cherry picked my marvel legends, now it's even worst because I hate the new package and price increases, I tend to lean now to motu origins and the mattel jurassic park line.
Super7 ultimate are all 55 now and up. The robot bebop and rocksteady are 65 a piece and that guerilla gorilla (the only one I wanted in that wave) is 75. Totally would've taken the plunge but that cost is too prohibitive for now have to wait for a sale hopefully
I'm a Masters of the Universe completionist, and we had a price bump last year on everything. It does add up. Our community is suffering from too many con-exclusives / mattelcreations exclusives.
Used toys will take over. I'm seeing new toys@ 30- 40 bucks 2 weeks later that same figure is now between 19 - 25 used but in mint condition which used to be the price point. McFarlane Toys will win hand over fist!! He knows stack em deep and he sells them cheap. The good part is waiting for these items to go clearance real soon!!! ✌️
I use to be a very active toy collector. Now, with the prices of toys, I have become extremely selective. I am a big Macfarlane, Black Series and Sports card collector. And My God!! The prices jumped up drastically!! What is the point of collecting? If the prices are so high, retailers may lose a lot of their customer base and turn away potential collectors.
I buy a lot of Hasbro product. Pre-orders almost broke the bank last month because they just decided to ship everything well before the posted date. Hasbros price increases seem to be the most volatile right now and a lot of it is repaints of stuff that was a lot cheaper before. Neca can also seem greedy in the way it drops things in these events. People want to feel involved with the toy community but it dangerously could get them sweeped up in overspending to participate. Encouraged to strike fast while it's scarcely available.
And it's hard to even find the figures you want on toy stores online
I work at a Target in Ohio, Im in charge of the toys/sporting. The amount of legends we have that no one is buying is crazy to me. Prices are insane!
I doubt it will ever die for the collectors who have done it all their life but the majority who started during covid. Yea they are out mostly so that atleast leaves more for the real collectors
The last few months I've only bought DC related Hot Wheels cars, I've had to be real selective whether I need a $24.99 figure or gas for going to work, another reason is space to put all these things I already have six plastic tubs of crap I haven't looked at in months.
Love Mcfarlane Toys. Got some marvel legends (on sale) but can’t beat $20 Batman
Also, I agree about the new windowless ML boxes. Not only can you not see if you're getting a defected figure or not but it's a swapper's dream come true.
And companies like neca and hasbro increasing prices cuz they know that they can get people to still buy there products and to try and stop the reseller from selling.
I enjoyed collecting but availability became a big thing my targets and walmart are still setting on the very 1st mcfarlane wave the build a batmobile can not go hunting cause everyone is literally carrying the same thing so I've turned to ordering just cause everyone I see is far ahead with mcfarlane I have yet to see any of the batman movies or all the other waves at the end of day it's matter of time collecting will butchered it self thanks again for the great contact I enjoy watching your collection grow🤗
The price increase has forced me to scale back on my toy collecting considerably. People say it's just inflation, but even when that ends, prices never go down.
All the Targets in my area have a ton of stuff on the shelves. It's like nobody cares like they did with the Haulathon.
The price increase here in the UK is ridiculous. Seeing the NECA figures priced for you at $32.99 which is £29.78 in UK money makes me cry, as NECA figures normally go now for £41.99 upto £49.99 which is $55.42 at the top end, that is just for the normal GhostFace ultimate figure. Another example is Halloween II 2 pack with Loomis, currently sits at £74.99 which is $84.19 in US dollars. Yes you can get some figures for the £31.99 but those are the ones which have been round for quite some time.
Good luck to Australian Collectors where the product simply isn’t available. It forces you to go online because of the lack of product we get in this country, and it doesn’t help when certain sellers triple or quadruple the price for a product, and the manufacturer even says they are “sold out”.
I stopped collecting a little while ago. The thrill of the toy hunt is completely gone! Going into a bricks and mortar store to support local business and they don’t have the product or have no knowledge of what you are even talking about.
EG - When The Force Awakens came out, I went into our local Target Story and asked about Force Friday. They had no clue what I was on about. While we got the product, it was 4 weeks later than the original “Force Friday”.
I enjoy Watching your content and just wish our Target and K-Mart (Walmart equivalent) were like yours. But they aren’t. Toys, games, DVDs etc are getting scaled back in this country for home decorating. Hence no product!
Forget the Target Exclusive. Doesn’t happen. Forget the Walmart Exclusive… that’s EBay or Amazon for both. Then there is Game Stop Exclusives which we don’t even have in Australia! Let alone many Toys R Us if any!
JB-Hi Fi and EB Games are moving into this space in Australia now, but the product just isn’t quite there yet. Hasbro, Super 8, Hot Toys etc just don’t market to Australia like they should….. except for Capital Cities. It’s not like you guys in America, rocking up to your local Target and getting what you want. That’s the problem! It’s much much harder in Australia to get what you want as a collector. So….. we give up.
Most of this stuff goes to the clearance rack after a few months, that's when I pick it up.
I only collect DC figures especially Superman but I do pick and choose what Mcfarlane bring out and his price is great so price haven’t hurt my wallet yet.
I love collecting. They had the oldschool turtles, van, and blimp at a mall near me. It had to be some original toys from the eraly 90s. they only had 1 of each
back in the 90's toy hunting use to be my passion , I would hit 15 stores in a day , Toy R Us , KB Toys , Target , Walmart, Tower Records , the random comic shops that were along the way .. I made a whole day out of it , it was fun .. now, how many of the those places are left ... they have been replaced by online sellers , you hit a few buttons on your computer and the thing shows up at your doorstep in a few days , that is not the way to collect... it sickens me these days to even try and go toy hunting , you are really limited to only Target Walmart and GameStop , and you can never find anything anymore , its a giant waste of time.. the price increase in toys these days is simply insulting .. you use to be able to buy a 7 inch movie maniac for $7.99 at retail when they first came out, and there was usually 6 figures in the. line.. .. now you you pay $100 for 4 figures if you can find them.. what a mess toy collecting has become..
I suffer from both availability and price, since I moved from the states and moved to costa rica, man i have to pay for the figure as well as the international shipping, so i pay sometimes more for shipping then the figure itself. It´s hard
Who cares if toy collecting is dead or not I don't collect because it's some kind of a trend, I've collected toys for many years and I'll collect toys till the day I die.
In Mexico the standar marvel legends are in 32 dollars, and a neca figure in 50 dollar
Here in Greece the standard prices of the DC Multiverse and Marvel Legends figures range from 30 - 35 €.
Less scalpers. No more government money and going around Targets and Walmarts all day. 🥳💖🔥
I think the days of brick and mortar toy hunting are pretty much dead. Lack of availability due to poor logistical work, new product not hitting store shelves because of store policies, and of course scalpers have seen to that.
It's easier to just buy on line, especially when online retailers dedicated to toys exist. Maybe if Toys R Us does make a come back we'll see a return to the classic toy hunt, but until then it's done imo.
I feel price increases are crazy for marvel legends for you to get. Marvel legend and black series are getting crappy/lazy on figures. NECA TMNT cartoon line is worth it. Different sculpts on everything tons of accessories. I think people are being smart with their money and where their collection goes as I do know a few people that buy things just cuz they're cool and I know for a fact they have stopped. If you have a passion for a line, you're going to stick with it but those little side pieces is what you have to drop
Agreed
Hasbro is treating their customers like piggy banks, every time they need money they go for it, and they've done it so many times that it's already broken.
The problem for me is with the resellers. There is more product on Ebay/Mercari than there is in the stores. Once Toys R Us closed, I knew things would get interesting with Walmart and Target. They capitalized on collectors and try to make stupid events like Haulathon and Geek Out feeding into the idea of "exclusive" and "rare". Its impossible to hunt down toys when some stores never get them and if they do there are only 2 or 3. I mean I've seen guys on Ebay sell 6 sets of TMNT 4packs and I've never seen one even after trying 6 or 7 times. The odds have become so small I have given up looking for some items and just paid extra online to buy them from a reseller. Because of that I have downsized and stopped collecting as much, its just not fun anymore.
It's def a combination of an absolute glut of product from several companies, coupled with price increases for figs and day to day groceries. I dunno if figures today are inspiring kids to play and get involved too, ya know? they're priced out of the 6" stuff for the most part, and the smaller sets are straight up boring or trash. If kids are spending their parents money elsewhere, then that kills the market for everyone
Back when I was a kid you could buy 3 awesome Marvel figures for $10. Now you can buy Peter Parker and Ned Leeds for $50...
Can finally pick and choose with them sitting. Otherwise it was like grab it you won’t see it. And I agree they have closed the gap to premium figures. And that’s not a good thing for them. Because the other companies have the quality and years of word of mouth. You just need to spend 20$ more for way better product.
Price increases plus the most aggravating for me , is availability. Driving all over with gas then maybe having to shop aftermarket. Not to mention dreadful exclusives. But was planning on slowing down and not collecting much more , so this pushed me there faster.
Prices keep getting higher and my wallet is getting thinner 🤷♂️ I struggle to afford this hobby more and more
Alot of people are quitting.especially newer ones,and this is slowing down the people who scalp online,at flea markets and open whole stores.there was interview with jazzware (maybe 2020 or so)where he was saying its hard to determine how much product to make because they cant tell how much is consumer and how much is people buying them all to resell.it makes sense because when it slows fown and so does the scalping youndont want the retailers flooded with a wave when you got 4 more coming out.I believe what we are seeing is people quitting wheather its loss of intrest,way to hard,scalpers,prices going up and this is slowing down the scalpers.I live outside of a major city and the tmnt movie 2 packs,animated series 4 pack and more have beens sitting for a few months.scalpers marking up litterally 5 to 10 dollars.there is collection on local market place.of course there are exceptions.
I live near Vancouver, Canada and the prices here have essentially stopped my collecting for this year. I've got a couple of the 3.75 inch Marvel Legends retro Spider-Man figs but that's honestly it.
After Endgame my interest died down. I purchased everyone that I wanted from the movies and the other odd comic version. I don't have interest in the new movies coming out and most of the other lines don't interest me anymore. Also in Canada we pay an additional 13 % tax on our figures. Some are priced at $45 plus tax with deluxe figures reaching close to $60. I can't justify spending close to $100 on two figures. Hasbro is nuts.
For me its both the price increase mixed with lackluster characters...I didnt buy eternals because they were clearly based off concept art, America chavez was cool but not 25-30 dollars cool...power rangers in ninja suits had qc problems galore and cost $30, my star wars collection is virtually complete...neca has been my main go to this year...the McFarland DC price is pretty cool but im a stickler on scale so I gotta pass
Honestly I might be a little more picky in buying more action figures but now that I have a job and it pays enough I think I’ll be fine
in truth i started being picky with what i buy ever since i bought some figures that i didn't liked and regretted doing so, still do so mostly because of price increase and fortunately i dedicated myself to buy one figure per month than one figure per 2 or 1 week, if i can't find the figure i want in said month it is alright as i can wait for the other.
but, when Hasbro began changing the boxes to windowless boxes, hearing the stories of figure swapping or just plain empty box is not worth a gamble for me to buy such figures, even if it was labeled with a character i've always wanted but didn't got the figure before i refuse to gamble like 25+ dollars for something i may not even get, i'd even rather go to any flea marker that has the figure with all the accessories and a decent price (which most of the time is super unlikely in my case).
So far the only figures i'd hope to get that have windowed boxes would be G.I. Joe classified Storm shadow, Marvel legends King Valkyrie and Moon Knight, but after those figures i'm honestly through with Hasbro's plan of changing boxes, whether they're being honest on the eco-friendly idea or not, i just won't bother going with that idea.
It's the availability for me!! None of my one target, one walmart, one gamestop aren't restocking anything!! I pick and choose what I buy. Been ordering more on ebay or mercari!! My target has had the same neca turtles forever and not b on clearance. It's been at the $54 price since this line came out at my target!! Gonna b passing a lot on marvel legends this year because of price hike and the availability for the figures in retail. Even if I order online It's still high. As for hunting figs I'm over it!! Was trying to build that bone breaker baf and only saw vulcan, wolverine, and siryn at my target!! Wtf happened to getting cases of the wave. Great hunt and finds!!
every line has a "rare" chase toy, people only buy that and the rest of the regular shit goes to clearance because "it's not rare"
Gas prices is what’s keeping me from hunting
Hi Raphael - new to your channel and wanted to say I really loved your discussion on this topic.
Before I go further have to say to you that I love your name, and also I have to give you a shout out for the Killer Clowns from Outer Space shirt you were rockin'. As a B Movie fan it's definitely up there as one of my favs along with The Last Starfighter.
I don't understand either how prices keep going up even with earth friendly packaging which should bring prices down since everyone is doing that now. And as you mentioned the toy releases are all in bulk instead of phased which is a perpetual hit to your wallet. Not sure if this double whammy of price increases and motherload drops is due to inflation, or stuff just sitting in warehouses due to COVID, or just an attempt to keep scalpers in check. But it is going to kill you collecting for sure especially for adult collectors who have a family and mortgage and other expenses to juggle with during the current inflation and high home energy prices. Our power bills in TX keep going up so I know I have to watch my spending a lot these days for my collection hobby.
Anyway thanks again and I added a sub to your channel to keep up with your videos.