Is new pricing keeping you away?

[Skorpulator]

Originally Posted by imfallenangel

Not anymore.

I got a few 3rd party figures that are about the same price but much better for their quality and accessories.

Do you have examples of excellent deluxe-sized 3rd party figures that cost $35?

[imfallenangel]

Originally Posted by Skorpulator

Do you have examples of excellent deluxe-sized 3rd party figures that cost $35?

Note I didn't specific a class, I stated "comparative prices", and deluxes with taxes are close to 40$ and more nowadays depending where you get them, and may required shipping costs added, so it's a massive range, and for any hard to find figure, prices are at scalper's levels extremely fast now...

You look up some KOs and 4th parties and get a huge selection that can surprise you.. it's no longer the shampoo bottle crap from once upon a time.

Take the Titan sized Jinbao combiners (Devastator/Predaking/Bruticus) that are easily less than half the Hasbro versions in price but the quality is very much higher. For what I paid for my Constructicons, each one would come to around 20$ (and that's with shipping) for a Voyager/leader figure that exceeds any of the WFC figures easily.

You can get original molds/figures that are also

Some examples:

Lower price
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001875813192.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32868421074.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002784214155.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32847845917.html

A bit higher that ranges in the Voyager/leader range, you can look up Planet X figures that are "official" 3rd party (for examples):
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...psort=1&page=1

And you can look up SXS for a few figures that they produced that are amazing at voyager/leader prices if you can find them. APC is a fairly newcomer that are coming out with some pretty well regarded figures at affordable prices compared to the crazy high prices for many other 3rd parties.

And as I stated, you also have to shop around and see the bargains/sales:

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Searc...roductType=318

https://www.tfsafari.com/collections/hot-sale-products

But bear in mind that shipping is a major factor for everything now too.... so that will have an impact... but again, that even Hasbro can end up being under the same scenarios.

[delrue]

Originally Posted by Skorpulator

The MP is one is really good despite the unpainted face. Dunno why they keep doing that.

Guessing it's because they don't have the paint budget for that size to do a fully painted face so just opt for no paint instead of an uncanny valley partial paint job.

[MapleMegatron]

Originally Posted by Skorpulator

Do you have examples of excellent deluxe-sized 3rd party figures that cost $35?

You won't find deluxe sized 3 p toys at that price, but there are 3p toys that do cost the same as the current deluxe prices at TRU. Like a lot of the iron factory stuff.

https://tfsource.com/3rd-party-figur...-iron-factory/

[MapleMegatron]

Originally Posted by imfallenangel

Not anymore.

Comparably sized (as the person wrote) 3p deluxes and legends figures are still more expensive at initial release.

[Squid Prime]

As several others have noted here, it's about value. I will pay x amount for z thing, but I have to know for certain the value for what I pay is there.

I personally haven't gotten that feeling from Hasbro's recent lineups, aside from the Legacy Black Zarak; paid $220 at EB games (used the edge discount which knocked like $10 off) and felt like he was well worth it; he's massive, well-built (better built than my Fort Max, that's for sure) and he's super posable. In that same context, I can't justify paying nearly $400 for a MP Starscream - as much as I can appreciate the perfection of his latest iteration.

I guess it comes down to what's important to you, what you are willing to spend extra on and where you draw the line. I think given the inflation of literally everything right now, I'm gonna pull back my TF fixation and simmer down for a bit (before something truly extraordinary catches my eye).

[delrue]

52toys' Beast Boxes are probably the closest to a deluxe in terms of price and complexity. They're basically an entire series of cassette-bot style transformations, only a cube instead of a flat rectangle.

[brr-icy]

easily, not a fan of the voyager priced half deluxes

[timcrook]

I've seen one scammer just trade in older figures.

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by timcrook

I've seen one scammer just trade in older figures.

i don't understand, how did it get the slash cardback and shit

figure swapping is sadly nothing new