>>8060099Basically, if you're not in the US or Japan, you're going to be paying extra for toys from the US. Even Canadia pays more, but not as much as someone from Russia, UK, Italy, Malaysia, and other countries whose distributors for US toylines charge 50-500% more than somewhere in the US.
In the US, we also pay the same amount as Japan does for their Japanese figures, if not less, thanks to the larger toy market and distribution deals. In addition, Japan also has similar prices for some western lines, like Hasbro's.
So as a westerner, we look at our $20 toys and notice "Hey, the articulation is almost equal to more expensive eastern toys and the sculpt is as good or better than eastern toys. It doesn't need to cost $70 like an EAstern figure does" and we settle for something that may or may not be as good as an eastern equivalent because it's only $20.
Whereas someone not in Japan or the US is stuck in a hard place, because they can buy the US toy that's either slightly worse or as good as a Japanese toy for almost as much as that Japanese toy.
As a westerner, i can understand why someone would feel ripped off if they settle for the cheaper western figure, because they know how much cheaper toys are in the US.
Still, it's just my observation that it's primarily non-US collectors who are shitting on US toys. Why? I can only offer this theory, based on a few buttmad collectors who have talked about MSRP not being anywhere close to MSRP (in the US)
