>>11528570>toy companies are going to eat the cost for toys because they're actually charities... but only for 1:18. Not 1:12, because.LOL
You're a complete retard and need to have some really retarded beliefs to make the claim that 1:18 cost nearly the same as 1:12, when the fact is, no one but 4H has ever made that claim to defend their high prices... and dumbshit message board users repeating 4H's retarded lie.
>>11528574Tooling literally cost less for 1:18 because fewer molds are used for 1:18 figures (smaller parts = more pieces fit on the same mold), hence their lower prices than 1:12 scale for 99% of toy companies.
There's absolutely no reason why prices went up drastically, hence no company raising their price drastically. In fact, if you look at companies who make 1:12 and 1:18 lines at the same time, you'd think 1:18 is actually way less expensive. Hiya releases 1:18 figures for $25-30, while their larger figures are $50-90. Joytoy makes 4.5" figures for ~$30-80, while 7" figures are $150.
People didn't know that these Contra figures were 1:12, because it shares teh same engineering as the 1:18 figures.
