[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Ultra Seven

It has been a testing few days. Well, weeks. Well, months. Well, years really.

But hey, at least we’re getting Starjammers figures. That & Gunn’s Suicide Squad are literally the highlight of my year.

I'm glad Gunn is back with super-flicks. People deserve a chance to redeem themselves and get their shit together. Disney overreacted in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Raine24

I may be misremembering, but I recall that they originally hit the $20 point when petroleum prices had jumped, and then justified keeping it there when petroleum product prices dropped by (on average) including more accessories and higher quality plastic than they had before

Surely production and shipping will be back to normal years before inflation catches up with the new price, so when that happens: do ya'll think the prices will drop back down (ha!) or they'll bump up the value with more new tooling/more accessories/more paint ops?

I know a lot of us have to have our plastic crack, but a 25% price jump almost overnight is going to have a sizable impact and has to be justified... right?

You haven't recalled incorrectly and I believe the reasoning is the same now as crude prices started spiking again when populations (worldwide) started emerging from Covid sequestration. That said, the Delta surge could threaten to stymie travel again in the very near future. However, the most likely driver of the price increase is the record high shipping costs; in particular, sea bound container freight. Large manufactures sign annual deals with carriers and get locked in at whatever they negotiate.

As far as prices dropping back down after they've been inflated? ...excuse me, but...AHHAHAHAHAHA! Once any company acclimates its patrons to a new price point, I cannot think of an example in which there has been a readjustment. These entities aren't founded on altruism; their goal is to rule over we serfs.

EDIT:...I didn't fully respond to your general inquiry. Supposing that inflation doesn't catch up, the best case scenario (still a stretch) is Hasbro delivers more for the price point along the lines of what you've mentioned - texturing and accessories. However, I'd be gobsmacked if they issued a price correction that featured them seeing less money per figure. Were that to happen, which I seriously doubt it will, I can almost guarantee the figs would be inferior in quality. And that's saying something because some collectors of the more expensive toylines (Storm, Figuarts, Mezco, even NECA, etc) already consider MLs to be cheaply designed and not worth the money.