Toy prices expected to rise more
 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/top...ason-1.5565922

TLDR; Hasbro has secured shipping for this holiday but price of shipping has gone up from 3,200 to 22,000 per container.

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That's pretty insane, and the cost of materials and labour has gone up across the board too. If you're doing a reno, you'd know they can't even quote you prices because the cost of materials fluctuates so much each day due to shipping and handling.

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It almost make no difference for me, since I gave up on official ones because the price is already ridiculous.

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Damn. If prices go up any more and QC remains as it is, I'm going to be priced out of this hobby.

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Yup, just not toys, one fella I spoke to said same thing shipping container went up from $3K to $16K from China for flooring materials. Makes you think that if manufacturing was brought back to North America, it would be cheaper now? Also shipping for some toys I ordered which once was just about $50 went up to $200, lol from Japan.

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i guess this means we should buy whatever figures are on the shelves now to save...


P.S. I see Walmart return is good for 120 days now

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THE END TIMES ARE HERE!!!!!!!!


Honestly though I am slowly turning to just select purchases that really speak to me, and away from collecting "lines". Now that isn't true for everything yet (GI Joe Classified), but I have all but abandoned SW. TF and ML get a good chunk of funds still, but much less than before the WFC trilogy, and will definitely be less next year.



The scary part is that I am starting to find more and more value in the higher priced items across the board. Which is inherently designed to make me buy less "quantity".


I wonder if prices will ever go down once things settle and production/shipping costs, or simple greed will keep prices the same.

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I'm so glad we sacrificed 4.5 million people so the line could keep going up!

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After reading this, I thought "well, i can always buy used and second hand. Then I laughed.

The trickle down factor is a thing. :)

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Has it tho? My friend who is far more knowledgeable about this shit than me: