YodasNews is reporting that all retailers WILL be bumping prices up by $2/fig soon if they haven't already.
What say ye?
I say, fart.
And that it will certainly impact me. I've found fun in other toy lines. Ones I feel I get more out of in terms of fun, quality, detail, etc. I'll still buy some Star Wars figures, and I'm firmly entrenched in the camp that if they improved quality to include multiple posed hands, multiple heads, nice accessories (and paint apps were actually decent), then I'd be ok with price hikes... Unfortunately since 2008-now we've seen pretty steady price hikes (and now a spike) while quality has regressed obviously.
I mean, that Yoda? The R5 droid? Any repaint or repack? Those things are kind of unjustifiable with the price increases. Likewise Luke's arms... and I'm a fan! But at $13 I'd want to have seen far better execution on that articulation.
Anyway, yeah, I'm here... I'll buy, but I think I'm done with anything PT era. Not much OT will catch my attention either. 4" is dying, or it feels like it is. The 5 POA stuff, some of it looks nice, but it's not better than anything it's replacing, to me, so I'm not into that. If it's new, maybe, but if not then it's not even on my radar right now.
Kinda feeling like Star Wars just sucks, to me.
![Sad :(](https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/Smileys/classic/sad.gif)
At least the collecting side of it. Not much to be interested in, happy about, or enthused. Hell, I was geeked for those Rebels ships, then I got them, and they blow.
My biggest collecting happiness this year was ultimately getting those ship 2-packs for super cheap... that and discovering Acid Rain World toys and other fun stuff I'm buying into now that aren't cheap, but deliver on a level Star Wars probably never could due to the license.