Is new pricing keeping you away?

[Atomicgarden]

Its crazy. Just last year, voyagers were 39.99, now deluxes are 36-37$

[Grimlocked]

Originally Posted by RNSrobot

*puke*

Yeah, unfortunately, I can see that as a reality in about a year or two. They will give us some obscure reason ("Yup! Totally the "engineering" and the "paint work"!).

You know it's bad when the deluxes look hollow and there's a lack of effort in paint apps.

[Patate]

Originally Posted by Grimlocked

Yeah, unfortunately, I can see that as a reality in about a year or two. They will give us some obscure reason ("Yup! Totally the "engineering" and the "paint work"!).

You know it's bad when the deluxes look hollow and there's a lack of effort in paint apps.

In that reality, leader class will also be $100+

I'm looking at my leader class toys presently and all I can think is: no way it's ever going to be worth $100

When you can lease an affordable car for around $200 a month, this potential price point really will be ridiculous.

[WereDragon EX]

I'm just glad that a good chunk of Legacy doesn't really interest me, so that's money "saved", though I'd expect some of that to be wiped out by price increases on what I do buy. I'm morbidly curious to see how high Hasbro thinks they can push this envelope until even people like optibotimus, peaugh, emgo, GotBot, etc. start to tap out or post vehemently about prices.

Originally Posted by Overlord2004

Yes spending over 37 bucks for a deluxe is a lot kinda only buy when on sale or my favourites like for sure gonna buy them I recently bought a lot on eBay for 70 bucks including a complet rotf leader prime and complete dotm shockwave was fun

If you buy on sale now, you're essentially paying last year's regular price.

[Grimlocked]

It's tricky because if you keep waiting for a sale, you also risk not getting the figure at all.

[GotBot]

Originally Posted by Soundwaves

I've seen some stuff come out and normally, if it's new and in a line I'm collecting, I'll just buy it.

For the toy and the small hit of dopamine if gives me.

Now, I have to look at the price.

Feels like a 50% increase in the last couple of years and while I understand inflation and freight are WAY up, I still can't justify what these things are starting to cost now.

Anyone else just getting less satisfaction at these prices?

It's like I've gone a from a weed addiction to a cocaine problem.

Value in vs value out is just out of whack for me now.

Not 50 percent, a deluxe has jumped 85 percent (if you think it will settle now in 35 99. Though I see some with 36.99 to 42 and 44.99 a deluxe) since 2019. No other retail product of any kind has had that jump. Hasbro is on hard drugs with their ludicrous value propositions and it will continue if too many support it until they kill the franchise. Jumps like that won't be a sustainable business model overall though

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by Patate

In that reality, leader class will also be $100+

I'm looking at my leader class toys presently and all I can think is: no way it's ever going to be worth $100

When you can lease an affordable car for around $200 a month, this potential price point really will be ridiculous.

A new video game is eighty. A leader is eighty.

Value is in the eye of the beholder, but objectively, a video game is way more bang for the buck.

I just got kingdom galvatron. He's a fucking cool toy. I got him for sixty. 70, 75, 76.99, 80 Plus tax tho....

Same with commander rodimus. Just got him for a great deal. I think there's enough going on he's probably worth a bit more than a typical leader but 120? 125? The 140 Tru is charging? Not a chance. And beside sky-lynx and Jetfire it's ludicrous

[ssjgoku22]

Originally Posted by RNSrobot

A new video game is eighty. A leader is eighty.

Value is in the eye of the beholder, but objectively, a video game is way more bang for the buck.

I just got kingdom galvatron. He's a fucking cool toy. I got him for sixty. 70, 75, 76.99, 80 Plus tax tho....

Same with commander rodimus. Just got him for a great deal. I think there's enough going on he's probably worth a bit more than a typical leader but 120? 125? The 140 Tru is charging? Not a chance. And beside sky-lynx and Jetfire it's ludicrous

Nah man, Leader's are $85 at TRU.

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by ssjgoku22

Nah man, Leader's are $85 at TRU.

Crinnnnnge.

[delrue]

A new game is $80 but there is no reason to buy a game at release unless you just want to play it immediately or want to be a part of the early online meta.

There is very little reason to even bother with TRU at this point. With the amount they charge, their shipping rates and the price of gas you might as well just order their exclusives from the US and Asia if you need them, it'll cost the same and save you the hassle.