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Originally Posted by evenstaves
I was lit thinking this last night when spotted the headmasters in a WM
"32.99? Man, I got these for less than $20 (sales etc) brand new, back when they came out"
Must be the new boxes, must be the "maybe a bit more paint? maybe the deco changes?"
It's not the Takara heads - a head is a head is a head, the old ones had heads too
What it really is, is simply that they price scaled to match the current Kingdom/SS86 deluxe price, which 32.99
"these are deluxes, deluxe cost 32.99, hence these cost 32.99"
Doesn't matter what it used to cost, it's what it costs now (regardless of how much it cost to "produce"
If I want these for $20, gotta hop in a time machine
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For sure.
I would argue that transformers were actually quite reasonable compared to other toylines, given their complexity, for quite some time. A price jump was to be expected. The jump they've taken...
Like you say, that's just "the cost of a deluxe now."
It is what it costs now. It isn't what it HAS to cost now. That doesn't make it okay. And it's a big reason why I'm largely out of the hobby.
