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Originally Posted by Metroplex79
I use to buy a lot of figures, either for troop building or customs.
Energon/Cybertron basic figures were what? $9.99? A typical sale would put it around $7.50.
(refresher: "Basic" figures were Insecticon, Skyblast, Scrapmetal, etc)
Today we have Lionizer, Firedrive, and Blowpipe at $7.99.
*sigh*
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I wonder how the U.S. fall of Toys R Us affected this?
Perhaps:
1- TRU Canada got scared and realized they need to jack up prices
2- Walmart & Target U.S. mostly took advantage of their huge toy market share, (now with competitor TRU gone), so they upped their prices.
...mostly because they can.
3- Hasbro got scared from the largest toy store's downfall and instead of streamlining toys and reducing prices, they listened to Walmart & Target and agreed to their terms for larger profit margins for all.
Now it depends on consumer backlash. Let's see how this goes.
