>>8587679electronic Mezco figures are $100 (not sure if this is MSRP). So the bike is actually $140.
Anyway, i don't own any of Mezco's vehicles, but i imagine they take the same approach for their accessories.
Companies like Hasbro save money by using as few pieces as possible to mold their toys. For accessories like guns, it's usually one solid piece. When you do that, there's no actual barrel and everything about the gun tends to look flat, because most of the detail work is on the side of the guns. This is how molds mostly work. With Mezco's guns, there's more top and bottom details, like the barrel and other neat gimmicks like removable magazines, because they're made up of multiple molds.
So you can see from Punisher's bike how the engine is one solid piece, with the various components looking completely fused together, with only a few milimeters protruding outward. It's mostly a glossy black square.
With the Ghost Rider bike, there's a lot more depth from all the components and they also look like they're seperate pieces. And there's painted detail on all those pieces as well, in multiple colors and even finish.
Ghost Rider's bike is also made of different plastics, as you can tell from the tires.
Are the Punisher's tires even made of rubber or just hard plastic?
IF you look at diecast motorcycles by the major (niche) collector manufacturers, they cost anywhere from $20-150. Cheaper ones tend to be like Hasbro's, while the more expensive ones are going to be on par with Mezco's level of detail. However, diecast is one of the cheapest methods and materials for molding toys, so that's a cost cutting effort by these niche companies. And most aren't electronic either.
And most just have the pieces molded in their color, while Ghost Rider's bike has weathering and other painted details, which ups the cost.
