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Figure Era |OT| Forums are Temporary, Plastic and Communities are Forever
- Thread starter Giolon
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18k is kind of a lot. It's only a 1/8.
LOL @ the version that's just the figure, though.
I didn't see the scale. That's indeed a lot. :/
Well, I guess I'm sticking with the 2011 version. She's 1/8 scale too, and at a fraction of the cost.
16.7k at AmiAmi, but still expensive and I'm sure shipping will be costly.
https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-047957
Well, I guess I'm sticking with the 2011 version. She's 1/8 scale too, and at a fraction of the cost.
16.7k at AmiAmi, but still expensive and I'm sure shipping will be costly.
https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-047957
I mostly just stick to exclusives now. They're still expensive, but at least they have a better chance of retaining their value and increasing in worth, and not hit the bargain bin like standard release figures tend to do. These things are getting too damn costly.
At this point I'm down to bishoujos and the occasional Skytube/Rocket Boy lewds. I'm done buying anything else.
I'm being killed with prices, the figures I want in no way justify their insane prices.
One of them doesn't even look like a figure that couldn't have been released a few years ago.
My only solace is that I recently narrowed down the scope of figures I'm hunting for.
One of them doesn't even look like a figure that couldn't have been released a few years ago.
My only solace is that I recently narrowed down the scope of figures I'm hunting for.
This is what a lot of us are doing. It's just not sustainable to buy everything that catches your eye when so many people are already being priced out of the hobby. I'm just thankful that Kotobukiya has managed to keep prices comparably low.
I can't imagine if you're someone who buys two or three scales a month. Since '16 or so I'm lucky if I'll buy two scales a year.
To be fair, pricing wasn't as horrid when I started back in 2013. You rarely had to pay more than 12k or so for something high-end.
I think the big ¥ crash did a lot of damage. Then manufacturers jacked up all their prices, but never dropped them back down after the exchange rate normalized again.
2013 is about when I started as well. When I first started collecting, I was buying up shit that I was even mildly interested in just to fill out my collection. Now I've become picky as fuck after selling off a lot of my collection a couple of years back. If I'm not frothing at the mouth to have it, it isn't getting bought. Amazing how much less you buy when adopting that rule set lol.
Yeah, that likely had something to do with it. Oh well, these higher prices made it easier for me to throttle back a bit on my figure-spending, so it was probably for the best anyway.
I think this is just the natural evolution of collecting anything. At first you're in a hurry to build a collection so you're grabbing everything in sight. Then when you have a room full of figure boxes, you realize you need to tweak your purchasing habits a bit.
Yeah, but still... I'd prefer to have become more picky on my own rather than because the prices are bananas.
I've been putting away some of my figures to make space for books. Feels bad. Keeping my all time favs up though.
You guys know that feel when something amazing looking shows up at a show then disappears for a couple of years then has a miraculous reappearance where it looks great and all you could have ever hoped for then you see the price tag and go WTF? Happened to me first with the Max Gokin Big O and now this, the Volks Gothicmade Kaiserin.
While I think it looks gorgeous I'm not sure it's 80,000.00 gorgeous.
...books?
While I think it looks gorgeous I'm not sure it's 80,000.00 gorgeous.
...books?
Is anyone interested in the eva 01 metal build? I preordered it on Amazon for around $260 but I don't think I'll have the funds to pay it.
If anyone wants it let me know and I'll change the address and credit card to yours. Deadline is this Thursday cause I really don't want to be charged for it.
If anyone wants it let me know and I'll change the address and credit card to yours. Deadline is this Thursday cause I really don't want to be charged for it.
You all shall laugh at me one day when I move, and I shall suffer for it, but I chuck all my boxes. Can't have like a damn dedicated room for the things.
Also, I WOULD slow down my purchases... IF they would stop poking at my weak point of video game related nendos and figma. I am weak...
Also, I WOULD slow down my purchases... IF they would stop poking at my weak point of video game related nendos and figma. I am weak...
That's when you have to put on the extra layer made of protective hard and soft plastic inserts.
Kotobukiya announced the ARTFX Artist Series. I hope this line extends past Star Wars cause I really dig the art style.
My interest in Star Wars has waned in recent years, but I'm curious to see how these turn out.
If you live anywhere near an ikea, then detolfs are perfect for displaying figures.
https://m2.ikea.com/us/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-10119206/
Like Kewl said, Ikea Detolfs are some of the better cheap options around, though you might consider something else depending on what kind of figures you have. Also consider getting some risers to better make use of the back space.
I stash mine around the house. One shelf in my entertainment center's display shelves, a bookshelf... I rotate out figures every few months.
Don't you fear kids coming in and destroying everything?
http://en.goodtimes.my/2019/03/05/j...his-limited-edition-collectibles-are-damaged/
Wow that sucks (and was certainly not a "Good Time"). That's like, a horror scenario for figure collectors. But like, playing with the toys is one thing, that kid left a disaster and somehow ruined DVDs and other stuff too? Sounds destructive >_> (I was snoopy kid and liked exploring and looking around, but knew better than to play around with stuff at other people's homes...)
I have a billy bookcase and two detolfs. The billy is really sturdy if you need something multi-purpose.
Seemed real enough. I see enough bad parenting out in public on an almost daily basis :/ Plus there was that recent legal story on Reddie of the kid that stole his uncle's Boba Fett figure and the parent didn't see what the problem was since it was opened and stuff.
Fortunately our friends' kids are very well-behaved. And the dogs eat any feral neighborhood kids who wander in.
I remember when I started all the way back in 2006, the typical 1/8 scale was only around 4800 yen. In 2008 when Max Factory announced their 1/8 Another Blood PVC (from Demonbane), I thought they had completely gone insane with their 6800 yen price tag. Oh man, if only I knew what awaited us all.
At my peak collecting, I was getting three to five scale figures every month. Now it's more like four or five figures a year, and even that's feeling too expensive now that 1/8 scales are creeping up to $200 "standard price".
I stopped keeping the boxes ages ago. From experience I can tell you moving is a tremendous pain in the ass, but I don't regret my decision. It's nice having closet space again!
Figure technology has come a long way, and sculpting technology has improved tremendously. But the current prices are still pretty crazy, even accounting for inflation.
Oh, for sure. An "impressive" PVC from 2006-2009 is nothing compared to what's coming out these days. The paint quality, the amount of detail on outfits, the poses, complex bases/dioramas becoming more common, etc. It's pretty wild seeing how things have changed over the years.
