[metalalchemist]

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Originally Posted by Phantomcrow

People who complain about the price are probably also people who don't understand why 3rd party Transformers cost so much, or why Hot Toys figures are so much. . IT'S SIMPLE, Non-mass market toys cost more. PERIOD!! If you don't want to pay then don't buy the product or bitch about it, stick to the mass market garbage that is cheep and shut up. Also people who don't realize that prices have went up IN ALL TOYS just are not wanting to deal with reality. I remember 5-6 years ago when GI Joes were 5$, now they are 10$, Marvel Legends were 8$ in the past, now they are 15$ or more. MOTUC have went up 5$ in the last 5 years, that is LESS than most other toys on the market. Deal with it people.

I must say I agree with you, I have always thought the same thing about 3rd party transformers, they tend to cost a kidney and a lung and quite frankly, and this is my opinion, they tend to look like cheap toys (despite all transformation engineering behind them). On the other hand, with Masters of the Universe, well, to me they look like higher quality figures regarding material, detail, paint, etc. So they do not feel that expensive.
I´m not too much into collecting Masters, but I feel that many collectors like me are not as pissed by the price, but for the fact that Matty is basically forcing you to buy stuff you do not want just to get the few figures you might be interested in. Don´t know if this strategy will work in the long term.
They should have probably raised the prices and released more "interesting" figures (and it seems they are kind of aware now...), plus looking for more distribution channels (which has been greatly discussed)
Hot Toys on the other hand... that´s of the few thing I can say you definitely get what you are paying for, detail on those guys simply has no words to describe it (even if I don´t own any)