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Joe Moore · 06-16-2014, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Catatronic

Other people comment on the ridiculous prices all the time & nobody says anything to them.

And it's a good question. Why only charge $25 when you know you can get a lot more? They can easily get $50 or $75 per figure. Just look at Marvel Legends, they could probably get $35-$50 for each figure. So why only charge $19.99?

Your post just seemed odd and a bit out of place in a thread about a limited crowd sourced line of figures that are being made by an independent toy company. One that doesn't have the luxury of large scale distribution. You're making it sound like these guys are gouging the prices to line their pockets. They've already said that even if they hit every single stretch goal, it's basically only going to cover the cost to produce the figures themselves, with them taking little profit, if any from this.

The Kickstarter is there to get this line off the ground, which is the reason they have said they are charging the prices they are. Are they expensive for 3.75" figures? Sure, but that's the cost of a new start up for a few hundred figures. Kickstarter is not a retail store, it's a way to acquire funds to actually go into production.

06-16-2014, 11:25 AM	#43
Joe Moore Administrator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 34,533	Quote: Originally Posted by Catatronic Other people comment on the ridiculous prices all the time & nobody says anything to them. And it's a good question. Why only charge $25 when you know you can get a lot more? They can easily get $50 or $75 per figure. Just look at Marvel Legends, they could probably get $35-$50 for each figure. So why only charge $19.99? Your post just seemed odd and a bit out of place in a thread about a limited crowd sourced line of figures that are being made by an independent toy company. One that doesn't have the luxury of large scale distribution. You're making it sound like these guys are gouging the prices to line their pockets. They've already said that even if they hit every single stretch goal, it's basically only going to cover the cost to produce the figures themselves, with them taking little profit, if any from this. The Kickstarter is there to get this line off the ground, which is the reason they have said they are charging the prices they are. Are they expensive for 3.75" figures? Sure, but that's the cost of a new start up for a few hundred figures. Kickstarter is not a retail store, it's a way to acquire funds to actually go into production. __________________