[Joe Moore]

This isn't some isolated incident to one or two companies raising prices. Every toy company is seeing price increases, or using some serious cost cutting measures to mitigate the rising costs. Super7, NECA, Koto, Hot Toys, Sideshow, Iron Studios, Mezco, etc. All of their prices have gone up, in some cases significantly.

Hasbro buries their cost in reusing parts for years, and reissuing figures all the time spreading the production cost out over a number of releases. NECA does this to an extent as well. McFarlane packs in only the barest of accessories and does variants to keep their figures at $20.

Any companies who give answers, all say the same thing. Costs to do business are rising faster than before.