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I'm wondering about the rising cost of toy collecting and whether you foresee a time when you will quit the hobby due to cost?
The price of materials and moulds is rising, and there is upward pressure on wages in China. Shipping is also getting more expensive.
I'm in Canada so I also get dinged by a poor exchange rate.
Depending on what you collect, is there a price that would make you quit? Is $30 too much for a 1/12 figure? $40? I'm thinking of Hasbro-type figures?
What about Japanese figures, which a typically more expensive anyway? What price is too much for a SHF or Figma or Nendo?
I collect 1/6 stuff mainly and with many Hot Toys hitting the $200-250 mark (more for die-cast), I've had to cut back. I can definitely see the day coming when a standard 1/6 figure hits the $300 level. I'm already passing up figures I would have bought a few years ago, no question.
Anyway, just wondering what fellow /toy/ soldiers think.
The price of materials and moulds is rising, and there is upward pressure on wages in China. Shipping is also getting more expensive.
I'm in Canada so I also get dinged by a poor exchange rate.
Depending on what you collect, is there a price that would make you quit? Is $30 too much for a 1/12 figure? $40? I'm thinking of Hasbro-type figures?
What about Japanese figures, which a typically more expensive anyway? What price is too much for a SHF or Figma or Nendo?
I collect 1/6 stuff mainly and with many Hot Toys hitting the $200-250 mark (more for die-cast), I've had to cut back. I can definitely see the day coming when a standard 1/6 figure hits the $300 level. I'm already passing up figures I would have bought a few years ago, no question.
Anyway, just wondering what fellow /toy/ soldiers think.
