[kylactus]

the nuts and bolts of toy pricing comes down to the economy, weather anyone chooses to recognize it or not were in a minor depression. If the minimum wage goes up, it won't improve anything, prices will adjust to reflect the new value of the dollar. in short were really not paying any more for figures than we ever did, your dollar is just worth less. the 11 dollars you pay for a MI figure has the same purchase power on the market as the 8 you paid in 09, its the same as your grandpa talking about how a nickel would buy him a pocket full of candy and a funny book back in 1948. That and I'm sure Hasbro makes more off of well selling items to compensate for items that don't move as quickly. Marketing 101: if your product sells out quickly it's under priced. you want to hit that sweet spot where the consumer will buy your product, but they would not pay one cent more, and in the current economic climate it might take a company a wile to figure out where that sweet spot is.