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Things like
Thanos on Throne Maquette price and it’s huge acceptance are what make the
market come out with these crazy prices. I thought that the market – aside Prime
1 whose new character from the Batman series jumped from 1k to 1,5k (besides other price atrocities like Venom and Anti-Venom) – things had
being quite stable for some months. Had. At least at Sideshow front. Now Malavestros
costs 600 bucks, a character from an IP Sideshow owns. So no extra IP costs
here. It’s a magnificent piece for sure. One of the last pieces almost entirely
sculpted by hand (except for the scroll). But man, 600 bucks when months ago we
were complaining of Deadpool $699 price tag…
Apart from
one last piece to spend my hard-earned reward points (which I thought it could
be Malavestros but now I begin to believe will really be the new She-Ra) I’m
off the collectible statues bandwagon. It’s too much for me. I think if prices
continue to raise this way they will alienate the ones who helped this market flourish
at first place. Now it’s becoming a Richie Rich limited club. And Thanos is not
a 1/3 statue. It is a big 1/4 statue for sure but still smaller than Prime 1 1/3
offerings. And by the looks of it, it will be almost all hollow as Sideshow’s
last set of Hulks. It’s a pretty impressive piece nonetheless. Massive and
detailed. I will not deny it. I believe – if Thanos comes detached from the
throne (what everyone expects) – it will come in two boxes or on a very, very big one
so the shipping costs won’t come cheap too. Be prepared to spend at least
$1,300 for it. Still a distance from Prime 1 new Mr Freeze but not that far.
Scarily not far. And collectors asks for more of it so the sky is the limit for
statue’s prices. Again. And again here I am complaining on the prices of
statues. When I remember I bought Captain America Allied Charge on Hydra PF, an
astounding piece, for $399 I know how off the prices had gone. They can argue
what they want, that manufacturing is becoming increasingly expensive, that the
pieces are more detailed due to being computer generated but at the end of the
day this industry seems to walk against market rules, where the more the competitors
the lower the prices. In collectible figures industry it doesn’t matter the
increasing number of competitors the prices keep on rising. Incredible.
Malavrestros or She-Ra. One of them will be my farewell to this. It seems a plausible
assumption to me that in maybe three to five years, if the industry don’t collapse
meanwhile, an average 1/4 figure will cost $800 and there will be people still
buying them. Wait. There are already 1/4 figures costing more than $800! Unbelievable.
Well, when
the plateau reaches this high I’ll be long off and will just watch with a mix
of pity, sinful joy and perplexity who are paying for these prices. As many may
already be doing the same thing behind our backs right now. Very wise of them.
good narrative, yes people jumped all over these expensive pieces, some for the love, other purley for investment. Whn you invest 1,200 to start tho, you already have alot of skin in the game. This isnt the days of $350-500 doom or mags on throne, prime 1 freeze 1,450, i admit i even p.o. the EX on this, i love the piece and honestly made more sense then 1,200 for a 1/4 scale Thanos. So many thinking the same thing...if the hype is there, it will sell out in a hurry, people didnt anna miss out n another throne grail, but to ay people wanted the piece out of love of Thanos is almost laughable, why is everyone talking down about the collectors edition then? because its gonna have more then 750, that's why, people can claim the grin head all they want, but its the low es that sold it, the same exact statue, minus one head, makes the collectors irrelevant? that's whats really sad, when buying simply has became a way to justify spending 1,200 rater then buying for the pure enjoyment. Others telling people not to order until es is set, while they already have the EX, how foolish is this? let a person order what they want when they want, not to help dictate sales and drive up the resale value of your statue. Some of these groups are arrogant and narcissistic individuals trying to control other collectors into their way of thinking.. Collect what yu want, buy what you want, most importantly enjoy what you buy
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Completely.
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