>>10622636Some people already talked about expense of molds and paint, so im just adding onto another aspect of toy making.
And while I'm here, i'll add on that these Mighty Max playsets aren't going to be sold in the hundreds of thousands to millinos of units like $20 6" action figures. They're only going to sell in the low-10k range, and that's going to increase costs, hence their relatively high price.
>several different types of plasticnegligible. plastic is cheap as fuck and why budget children toys can be made of different plastics too (and varying heights, limited only by the amount of molds needed to make it bigger than a standard sized figure). Again, see these Reaper minis where you're paying about a fraction of a dollar per unit, including the different colored ones that are made of different plastics. A shit ton of molds, which is the most expensive part of making toys. Paint isn't even half that cost (unless you go into 00s McFarlane Toys mcstate era levels).
I believe packaging is actually the second most expensive part for a toy, since that requires another factory/tools (or outside source). If shit came in plastic baggies, toys would be much less expensive.
Hasbro used to release henchmen for $5 cheaper by using shittyass simplistic packaging. Shitty non-glossy cardboard with little to no colors and the figure was just plopped inside in a baggy. Their "enivormentally considerate" packaging they've used for the past year was almost just as cheap, but they charged full price for that cost cutting effort.
