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Originally Posted by joshimus
I dont have much in 3P figures but when our regular TF stock (includes Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black) are becoming high end dollar to buy with the low end value, you have to wonder if it's just time to stop collecting.
Back in Toybiz days for 15.00 and only need 5 figures you got a Build A Figure that was a GIANT. Literally GIANTMAN was one of them, and the details were beautiful. Now you need 6 figures, instead of 5, and you are building regular scale to slightly larger figures. I feel like the value is gone. I realize they are also making more and more toys for little kids but this over-priced Studio Series and MP pricing for adult collectors is a load of crap.
One of the reasons I dont buy Takara anymore is because their quality is also gone to crap.
I mean, not all of it. The BW Mp's are F***ING fantabulas, but MP TF07 Megatron? Jazz? While they look great the quality is certainly less great. Glad I got them on sale but part of me wants to return Megatron. (Jazz is also floppy but I have a shelf of different Jazz figures)
So while I used to be against 3P figures, I started to care less because other companies were making better options with a value I can appreciate.
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Marvel Legends are becoming quite ridiculous lately. The distribution on them is probably worse than Transformers and it's looks like they might be going up in price (each individual ML exclusive has risen to at least $35-$40, that price will probably trickle down to the main line figures eventually). I'm kind of at the end with collecting them as it is, so if there's a price increase, I'm 100% finished collecting ML.
For the MPM Transformers, you're definitely correct about the quality. The sculpts are great, but the paint is definitely lacking on most of them and the joints can be floppy. I find myself just waiting for the Weijang, Black Mamba, or Legendary toys ko's because they're usually much better (I wouldn't even consider them ko's since they're better than the officials).
