[behindthemask]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ams

A lot of good advice in this post from behindthemask; just wanted to echo it.

The HT Iron Man stuff cemented my transition away from collecting Transformers. I started with the HT Mark I and from there have picked up every IM/WM they've produced. Can't emphasize enough the importance of buying it right away if you like it; especially any special editions associated with conventions or Japanese magazines.

Even though they're all pricey, the intervals between releases make it a bit easier to save your pennies in preparation. HT is a whole 'nother type of collecting--not better, just different.

Thanks for the praise and comments. I also like what you said.

If you have a weekly. biweekly or monthly budget depending on the amount simply set aside that for maybe a month or two longer then normal and you'll have enough for a Hot Toys figure. Example if a hot toys figure shipped is $200, that's like buying $18-19 MU figures. You get more buying cheaper figures in terms of overall quantity, but when it comes down to overall scale and quality, Hot toys is far superior. The only company that comes close on slightly cheaper buget is Marvel Icons, but even still trying to find yourself a spiderman or Hulk figure is going to cost you $100.

I really like it when collectors have mutliple scaled items, it shows presence, and the larger items draw more focus which is what you want. When you have large scale items only the impact isn't as dramatic or obvious. For MOC collectors Hot toys is a dream in terms of box art, and displaying options, but the boxes are huge and would take up a ton of space if you got a lot. Also anybody getting late in the game is better off getting new figures then old as the markup on the original figures ie IronMan Mark 1, Blade, Predators, Robocop, and all sorts of other figures are now double, tripple or more the original rate. If you thought paying $40-100 was bad for 1 MU, trying justifying $1000 for 1 hot toys figure. The one thing Hot toys does better then any other line at the moment though is maintain it's value and it's little time before the value spikes. A LCS around here bought 2 Hot Toys blade figures on an investment only, wouldn't sell them to me in the store, pissed me off. Turns out they paid like $500 for both shipped, and sold both for around $1700 shipped in less them 2-3 months from having them. As Hot Toys doesn't make many of the figures, not sold at major retailers. I wish they were all numbered runs to help with the rarity side, I can never tell how many they actually make of 1 particular figure.