[AlanThCollector]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I have no idea where you live, but I'm not seeing these massive and regular price hikes you're speaking of. I mean, prices increase here and there due to inflation, more expensive materials, the fact that we're in a wee little trade war with China, and all of that, but it's nothing out of the ordinary.

Uh, when are you talking about? The late 1990's? For a line of three figures to cost $50 after tax, they would have to be like $14.99 each. None of NECA's modern Predator figures have ever been that cheap.

Are you going to start reminiscing about how hot dogs were a nickel when you were a kid as well?

I highly doubt that. NECA would be kissing their sales goodbye if they increased the cost of their figures nearly 43 percent in under a year.

I guess you’re right price increases are not the same as price hikes and I’d be lying if I wasn’t aware of unavoidable factors like inflation. I tend to get randy sometimes. But in all seriousness Neca Predator series 10-16 I got for between $16 to $18 from Toys R Us. When I finished the list tribe with series 6 I preordered the full series from Toywiz for $48.99.

I guess I’m a bit salty because previous ultimate releases like the Emissary Predators were over $30 at retail and they only came with two alternate pairs of hands an extra head and a gun. These figures live up to the hype, but the price just hurts.

I’m not saying that NECA is going to go belly up from the increase, but that extra $5 here or there can mean the difference of the extra figure or really anything else you wanted to buy. It adds up is what I’m saying and every dollar saved helps. But I guess fussing about it at this point is just pointless now.