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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 42)
« on: April 24, 2025, 08:43 PM »
Got a Pulse email that Baylan is shipping soon. 

Edit:  Shin and Yord too.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 23, 2025, 10:37 AM »
Without making this political, the president seems to be giving in a bit for the moment.  Yesterday he walked back comments about wanting to fire Jerome Powell, and said that some tariffs would remain in place on China but far less than we have now.  He seems to be at least slightly aware that this isn’t causing anything but harm, including costing him political capital. 

I’m not convinced he’ll feel that way in a week, but at least there seems to be a little bit of movement in the right direction.

Apparently a bunch of CEO’s went to Washington to warn that we were potentially just a few weeks away from empty shelves in the US.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 22, 2025, 07:05 PM »
Got the last two today.


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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 22, 2025, 03:24 PM »
Companies might also raise prices on non-tariffed existing stock as a way to reduce the amount they have to raise prices on incoming stock.  Like, they can opt to sort of spread the pain out a bit.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 44)
« on: April 22, 2025, 11:46 AM »
I probably won't care enough to do that. :)

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2025 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 44)
« on: April 22, 2025, 10:26 AM »
Oh cool.  I just went and ordered another old Gideon before people catch on and they get more scarce.

Now that I’ve done that, a helmet less version is a guarantee.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 22, 2025, 09:58 AM »
Of my Snowtrooper preorders with EE, three have shipped.  The remaining have jumped a whole
dollar to $17.99 each.

So, not a prohibitive jump up to this point.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 11:19 PM »
Amazing preorders will be interesting to watch… like you said they offer a guarantee but I have a hard time believing there won’t be a limit for them on what they’re willing to absorb if the prices really do jump 100-plus percent.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 03:58 PM »
Again, really hoping all this nonsense is cleared up before then...

Same.  I have little faith that it will be though, but I'd be happy to be wrong.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 03:15 PM »
I spun all the tariff talk from a couple different threads into one - not surprised to see EE follow the same path as BBTS.  Pretty sure others (are there really any others these days?) will follow suit as well.  Amazon and Pulse can probably hold out longer given their sizes.

Let's hope it all gets resolved to some level of satisfaction before it starts to really cause issues (thinking about how tariff charges may impact my ability to get that HasLab Cantina this Fall).

Oof, I hadn’t even thought about the Cantina.  145% tariffs on that are going to cause a real nightmare.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 03:13 PM »
Yeah, the price increases ripple through the whole process.  EE or BBTS buy from Hasbro and Hasbro isn’t going to absorb all of this, so they pass it on to whoever buys it from them whether that’s us directly or other stores.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 01:48 PM »
It’s going to be the same story everywhere before too long.  Every importer is facing the same challenge.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC and Tariff Pricing
« on: April 21, 2025, 12:49 PM »
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Dear Valued EE Customers,

I want to update you on the current environment (specifically related to new tariff policy) and the impact it is having on our business and our pricing.

Since February, the Entertainment Earth team has been working as hard as possible with our vendor partners and internally to absorb as much cost impact as possible. Unfortunately, we cannot absorb all of the cost increases/tariffs, particularly on products coming from China.  Additionally, the current situation is preventing many retailers (ourselves included) from importing product from China which will impact timing of product receipt.

A few things to know:

You will be receiving information in the coming days on price increases and/or delays based on cost increases from vendors and/or tariffs.

To protect you and your purchases, you will be able to adjust your orders without penalty, as we understand the new costs may impact your ability/desire for these products.

If the environment changes and we have the opportunity to reduce prices, we have every intention to do so based on positive changes in the cost structure of toys. Our goal is to support you in building and growing your collections.

Entertainment Earth was built by fans with the singular purpose of bringing pop culture joy to all of you. As fans and collectors ourselves, it truly pains us both personally and professionally not to be able to deliver amazing collector products from so many terrific partners at prices that meet your (and our) expectations.

Please know that we continue to advocate for improved pricing from all possible partners, that we continue to “tighten our belt” as much as possible to serve you, and that if we see positive changes that can lower price, we will pass them on.

Thank you deeply for your continued support and partnership. As always, please feel free to reach out to our team with any questions.

Best regards,
Billy Lagor, CEO Entertainment Earth, and the EE Team

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Stan Solo did.  It’s not cheap but you can still buy it!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1860412638/stan-solo-custom-bantha-blemished


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Of course you already posted that and I missed it when I skimmed the page...Thanks.

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