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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Wave 5? (New TVC Wave 31)
« on: March 29, 2023, 02:26 PM »Squad building is a far more reasonable approach these days. When I was looking through some boxes of figures from the 2006 Saga Collection I saw those price tags - $6.99 each. It made getting 20 of those 212th Clone Troopers a lot more feasible than now. When TVC launched in 2010 around $10.99 per figure you felt a bit more of a pinch, but it was still feasible. But now, spending $14.99 or $16.99 per figure? It's getting crazy. And I think things are hitting a breaking point.
Case in point - the VC231 Stormtrooper. That figure should have sold SO MANY units. But I think that Hasbro might have felt more comfortable with it as a Walmart exclusive on account of the price hikes. People bought the VC140 Stormtrooper by the case for some time. But I think we're seeing those kinds of purchases tailing off because it's simply too expensive for collectors to keep doing that.
I agree. I have to agree though, I do get tempted to get one more case of stormies whenever I'm feeling flush with cash.
That’s why the Stormtrooper army builder set at $40 was a great option. At $10 a figure it was easy to buy 8 of those. Now that these types of sets are $60 a pop, it’s hard to justify.