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KamenRiderOOO · 04-29-2015, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Collector's are willing to shell the money out for rangers WHEN THEY CAN GET THE ENTIRE TEAM!! There is no point in just owning one or two rangers to a team.

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Not ALL collectors. You need to understand that the collecting community isn't a hivemind. Just cause you or I would be willing to throw down for a full team in one go doesn't mean everyone would. As mentioned before, reds and sixths are popular. They can also stand on their own perfectly fine if that's all a collector wants. There's no point in just owning one or two rangers to you, but it's not an issue for others.

Exactly Kain, Shin is right. What you're assuming is that everyone is willing to shell out money for an entire team, but you're disregarding the fact that everyone has different tastes when it comes to collecting. Take my good buddy uchihabro77 for example. Ninninger is on right now. Does he want the entire team? Nope, just Starninger. Why? Cause he likes him and happens to fit everything uchihabro77 likes. Now think about those who only want Reds. I know a shit ton of guys like that. Or like me. I only collect female Sentai members, and the teams that I like (which luckily for me, are at least complete [well, minus Kyoryuger, but I have a solution for that.)] Also, think about costs of production vs the actual income they take in. If you spend so much money engineering Figuarts, then painting them, then putting them on the shelf, how much do you actually make? An average Sentai figuart at first is just 3500-ish yen. Exclusives mark up to (at the least) 4000yen before middleman fees. Two packs mark up to at least 7400yen. Assuming you add on approximately 3400yen per figure, that makes at least 17100 yen. Which is a little too high for collectors who don't make that much/are unemployed. Now, if you charge that much, will people buy it? Yes, some will, but then there are the amounts you produce that people don't buy. Those don't move, you got excess stock. Your only solution is to mark it down. Losing money. Which Bandai wouldn't wanna do.

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KamenRiderOOO Resident Customizer The Guy with the Voices @TrueKROOO Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 11,089	Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Kain Collector's are willing to shell the money out for rangers WHEN THEY CAN GET THE ENTIRE TEAM!! There is no point in just owning one or two rangers to a team. Quote: Originally Posted by Shin Henshin Not ALL collectors. You need to understand that the collecting community isn't a hivemind. Just cause you or I would be willing to throw down for a full team in one go doesn't mean everyone would. As mentioned before, reds and sixths are popular. They can also stand on their own perfectly fine if that's all a collector wants. There's no point in just owning one or two rangers to you, but it's not an issue for others. Exactly Kain, Shin is right. What you're assuming is that everyone is willing to shell out money for an entire team, but you're disregarding the fact that everyone has different tastes when it comes to collecting. Take my good buddy uchihabro77 for example. Ninninger is on right now. Does he want the entire team? Nope, just Starninger. Why? Cause he likes him and happens to fit everything uchihabro77 likes. Now think about those who only want Reds. I know a shit ton of guys like that. Or like me. I only collect female Sentai members, and the teams that I like (which luckily for me, are at least complete [well, minus Kyoryuger, but I have a solution for that.)] Also, think about costs of production vs the actual income they take in. If you spend so much money engineering Figuarts, then painting them, then putting them on the shelf, how much do you actually make? An average Sentai figuart at first is just 3500-ish yen. Exclusives mark up to (at the least) 4000yen before middleman fees. Two packs mark up to at least 7400yen. Assuming you add on approximately 3400yen per figure, that makes at least 17100 yen. Which is a little too high for collectors who don't make that much/are unemployed. Now, if you charge that much, will people buy it? Yes, some will, but then there are the amounts you produce that people don't buy. Those don't move, you got excess stock. Your only solution is to mark it down. Losing money. Which Bandai wouldn't wanna do. __________________ My signature disappeared. Help.