Integration

2ndSndWve · 04-29-2015, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO

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.

17100 is about $140. Before shipping, that isn't that bad. Not nearly as outrageous as some people say 5-packs would cost. But on the other hand, it's still not something I would buy. I rarely like more than one or two rangers per team, and I wouldn't want to buy the whole team just for them. Which would mean the best option would be splitting a pack with someone. Which would mean less money for Bandai, because they would have sold 1 pack instead of 2. So still a loss for them. Although, I do see the idea of 3-packs for smaller teams working out (Abaranger, for example).

04-29-2015, 11:47 AM	#14109
2ndSndWve Forever a sniper Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 3,804	Quote: Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO 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. 17100 is about $140. Before shipping, that isn't that bad. Not nearly as outrageous as some people say 5-packs would cost. But on the other hand, it's still not something I would buy. I rarely like more than one or two rangers per team, and I wouldn't want to buy the whole team just for them. Which would mean the best option would be splitting a pack with someone. Which would mean less money for Bandai, because they would have sold 1 pack instead of 2. So still a loss for them. Although, I do see the idea of 3-packs for smaller teams working out (Abaranger, for example). __________________ I got stuff for sale!