>>10749552He needs money to cut new tooling, order new figure runs, shipping, mailing materials, insure items coming from China, have business insurance. Pay artists for sculpting, drawing. Pay to print and ship new Trading Cards. Pay for stickers, postcards, books, posters, custom boxes, comic books. Pay for the yearly Convention venue and associated taxes.
Then you factor in his outside-business expenses. Food, pet food, vet bills, pet items, toiletries, health / car / home / life insurance, car maintenance, fuel, cellphone bill, cable and/or streaming bill, internet bill, house items, replacement furniture(if the new kitty ruins something).
Up-keeping the house. The place your toys get shipped from:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/21-Beverly-Warren-Rd-Garrison-NY-10524/31922909_zpid/?
Which, cool as it looks, Holy Shit that is way too much glass and IN THE FOREST? HELL NAH! With all the wildlife he regularly sees, I'd be scared of deer or bears busting in. That place has ZERO defense from wildlife and SHIT privacy. You can see right into half the damn house and the bedroom! NOPE. And God, imagine all the dead bugs, frogs, and whatever else he fishes out of that pool. Yuck!
Anyway, so now add-in taxes, mortgage, water bill, electric bill, heating oil bill, home phone bill, landscaping, home maintenance/repair, the driveway that got destroyed twice, snowblower gas, pest elimination(probably gets mice).
And we haven't even gotten into non-essential expenses like toys, books, or games. Things he buys for the girlfriend. TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD! I know we said food, but that's more market-based so takeout/restaurant dining.
All that BEFORE he experienced the Covid-buying downturn and had to return to his old job to pay the bills(
https://www.eerietheoryentertainment.com/copy-of-clients), as he was living off the Knights of the Slice job alone.
So yeah, $40-60,000 a month = $480-720,000 a year seems on target as it's gonna get eaten up quick by all the above.
