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  • Hotfoot
    Dazed and Confused
    • Dec 30, 2007
    • 2564

    3 on a peg.

    Poor Retro WGSH. They look so sad hanging on the one peg at the bottom dedicated to them. Green Lantern, Sinestro and Lex. Slumped over looking sad. Waiting to be adopted. I passed on them.
    Too many toys. Not enough space!
  • wayne foundation 07
    Time to feed the cat
    • Dec 30, 2007
    • 5705

    #2
    I've yet to feel the need to bring them home too,I look I guess hoping to find them at 75% off or something.But at 20 bucks each I just can't seem to do it.Your a better person for walking away

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    • spamn
      Minty and All-Original!
      • Mar 28, 2002
      • 2128

      #3
      I forget - what was the retail price point of the Famous Covers line and the DC 9" line?

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      • wayne foundation 07
        Time to feed the cat
        • Dec 30, 2007
        • 5705

        #4
        Originally posted by spamn
        I forget - what was the retail price point of the Famous Covers line and the DC 9" line?
        I was paying 3.99 to 5.99 at kaybee toys for the famous covers

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        • spamn
          Minty and All-Original!
          • Mar 28, 2002
          • 2128

          #5
          Originally posted by wayne foundation 07
          I was paying 3.99 to 5.99 at kaybee toys for the famous covers
          When they were clearanced, sure. That wasn't their retail price. I'm pretty sure it was at least $10-$15.

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          • uchuace
            New Member
            • Feb 22, 2010
            • 29

            #6
            Original Famous Cover retails was in the $10-$12 range with comic shops and Kaybee slightly higher. Once the Diamond exclusives hit they were closer to $20. Funny how quickly standard MSRP can change huh? I would love to pay $10 retail for a Mego styled fig these days.....

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            • SUP-Ronin
              Stuck in a laundry shoot.
              • Oct 8, 2007
              • 3146

              #7
              Many people were all excited about seeing these hanging in a store, and buying them over the counter and what not, now there's a bunch of threads about how lame it is seeing them hanging in a store.
              Try making an equivalent custom of any of the retro-action figs with packaging for under 20 bucks. Not gonna happen.
              "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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              • thunderbolt
                Hi Ernie!!!
                • Feb 15, 2004
                • 34211

                #8
                The FC's and Hasbro stuff started out at 16.99 at TRU. And I see your point, why can't Mattel get that price point down? smaller less complicated figures should at least come in at that same price.
                You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                • toys2cool
                  Ultimate Mego Warrior
                  • Nov 27, 2006
                  • 28605

                  #9
                  man I haven't even seen one at a toys r us here
                  "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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                  • Meule
                    Verbose Member
                    • Nov 14, 2004
                    • 28720

                    #10
                    Originally posted by toys2cool
                    man I haven't even seen one at a toys r us here
                    At least you have a TRU
                    "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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                    • wayne foundation 07
                      Time to feed the cat
                      • Dec 30, 2007
                      • 5705

                      #11
                      Look at what CTVT is selling their figures for between 3 to 5 bucks,the way they talk about the quality of the Mattels it sounds comparable,So why the cost difference?

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                      • wayne foundation 07
                        Time to feed the cat
                        • Dec 30, 2007
                        • 5705

                        #12
                        Originally posted by kryptosmaster
                        Personally i think it's humorous how I was nearly ostracized for my unpopular opinions on these and now I see a whole bunch of folks spouting the same comments.

                        Rich
                        It's easy to get upset at the guy that speaks up first I guess.

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                        • wayne foundation 07
                          Time to feed the cat
                          • Dec 30, 2007
                          • 5705

                          #13
                          Originally posted by kryptosmaster
                          You ain't missing much...believe me.
                          TRU hasn't been the same since about 15 years ago when they did a whole bunch of rearranging of their store layouts and merchandise selection. I probably average one visit to a TRU every 3 years and even then I rarely walk out of there with anything and it's not like it's out of my way. There's one 5 miles from me that I drive by twice a day.
                          Rich
                          I agree I'll stop on the chance hope of seeing someyhing marked down,but that doesn't happen to often.They sure aren't what they use to be.

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                          • spamn
                            Minty and All-Original!
                            • Mar 28, 2002
                            • 2128

                            #14
                            Originally posted by wayne foundation 07
                            Look at what CTVT is selling their figures for between 3 to 5 bucks,the way they talk about the quality of the Mattels it sounds comparable,So why the cost difference?
                            The CTVT inventory on the website is clearance priced as well. When those figures first came out, they were not priced at $5 a figure. They are not making new figures and continually pricing them at $5, they're getting rid of old stock from a business they've gotten out of.

                            If you want a brand new Mego-styled figure at those prices, that means you want a larger figure, with more articulation, and a cloth outfit - which requires more raw material and labor to produce, to cost LESS than the less-articulated and smaller 3 3/4 " DC Universe line.

                            I'd be thrilled if I could get the Mattel figures at that price point too. I'd hope they'd cost as much as a Barbie or no more than a 6" DCU or Marvel Legends figure, but I could see how economies of scale could price them higher.

                            I'd say your expectations/demands are unrealistic.
                            Last edited by spamn; May 3, '10, 7:51 PM.

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                            • wayne foundation 07
                              Time to feed the cat
                              • Dec 30, 2007
                              • 5705

                              #15
                              Originally posted by spamn
                              I'd say your expectations/demands are unrealistic.
                              No I'm just cheap not unrealistic.I realize that they have to pay for the names and trademarks they are using,just can't bring myself to buy them at for price.I guess thats the cheap little kid inside me.

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