>>7811041Yeah, but the real issue is like with games and how we have an expectation based on value per dollar that we've been spending through our lives, and paying too much more turns us off, no matter how justified.
In the 80s, only pretty well off kids had transformers collections. Mostly you had, like, 5. And three were minibots.
Then prices came down, the economy boomed, and by the end of the 80s, you'd be able to buy several, maybe even a leader. G2 came out and people could afford the larger figures, this time with electronics
That stayed as the standard for some time, with prices adjusting for inflation. Beast wars REALLY increased the transformation complexity, and so as the unicron trilogy came around, to maintain similar price points, some toys became a little simpler. Then the movies came and electronics were dropped (not that many still had them) and the sizes started shrinking
Why? The complexity went up.
As much as we complain about pricing, the figures suffering the most are the collector lines, not the mainline figures. You can get a 30 dollar cyberverse figure that's nearing overlord size.
Japan, however, doesn't have our problem with "paying too much" hence why they have 450 dollar masterpiece figures, and how the seacons are all double the potp price
