MCFARLANE TOYS PRICE HIKE! OUCH! WHY SO SERIOUS... ?

[@nicholaswilliams9474]

McFarlane thanked us for his products outselling Marvel legends etc…and this is how he thanks us. I’m not paying $40 for the same type of figure mold, no extra hands, head swaps, painless body…etc… Nope, Mcfarlane had my respect because McFarlane toys is not a publicly traded company so Todd kept things reasonably priced. Since he now has the Hasbro agreement, there really is no real competition so…..

[@Christian_Ada1]

I never believed he outsold Marvel Legends with his regurgitation of Batman crap But hey if that’s what you believe that’s cool But I don’t

[@MrGrandure]

Mcfarlane told me to go kick rocks with this hike. Justifies the money i just spent on storm collectibles.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Yeah I think everybody's feeling that way right now

[@vadoraid2517]

SC has been tempting me for a while but all the figures I’ve missed, kinda pointless to jump in now

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@@vadoraid2517 yeah I feel the same way. I just usually wait for another toy company to do the character want for cheaper. Lol

[@Agaminmon]

I'm with you, man. I have an amazing collection of DC and Marval. I stepped back and seldom buy Mcfarlane. I spend a little more but buy fewer figures. These unofficial figures on places like 5k are where I'm at now. For Mcfarlane stuff, I hate the exclusives like dark flash and that whole wave. If I don't find it for the right price, I just didn't need it. Veteran William Master Wang the Warbears that big ass Hyde figure. That's where I'm at. And heck, you can find Neca on sale all over to.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Yeah that's what I do I find a sale that I like and that makes sense. It's not like I have to get it right away. Everything eventually goes on sale and you will eventually find what you're looking for sooner or later. I know this as a retro collector

[@Dghost24]

Ones companies do that I turn my back and VOTE WITH MY WALLET! And it's totaly fine as I don't miss it. My wallet is happy!

[@raffamang]

All these price ups from everything out there is getting stupid....food, bills etc etc...and the kicker I bet McFarlane employees are getting little to no raises... you gotta be selective on almost everything now

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Yeah I cut back a lot on my marvel Legends because of the price and now I'm probably going to be doing the same thing with DC

[@raffamang]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 sucks but hey we gotta eat lol

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@@raffamang yeah bills before figs

[@Christian_Ada1]

Last year when I made a comment telling people not to expect $20 McFarlane, DC multiverse figures last long. They were laughing at me because it was in fashion to bash Hasbro and they were calling me a Hasbro apologist or-a Hasbro “shill” Then the prices went up to 2499 no extra head sculpt very few figures came with extra hands. Some came with comic books like the page puncher, and some of them just came with the card and nothing else and people were still justifying it that it was still better than Hasbro. The collectors edition that was fire, on some but with some still not sure if it was justified the 24 $25 just for the extra hands same thing with wonder woman figure but then you look at Hawkman $29 just for the mace and I’m like is that price justifiable? But at $40 I don’t care what anyone says that’s insane whether it’s in-house or mass market $40 for basically a figure and nothing else and then the crazy shipping and handling prices inexcusable unacceptable especially in in this day and age that prices have gone up on everything from movie theaters to streaming services . Just no sorry I’ll stick with Neca and Hasbro and will still be cherry picking.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Yeah cherry picking is the best term to use. Just buy what you like and try to get a deal. That's what I plan to do

[@tommyboy6267]

What??? English please.

[@Christian_Ada1]

@@tommyboy6267 There it’s fixed Bottom line Mcfarlane is just needing more cocaine so he’s hiking the prices to keep his habit going Have a great weekend

[@user-qq9ob7xl5y]

There more interested in your money than your happiness...you can say again! Lol

[@firefly44220]

I’ve noticed more and more toy reviewers that are our age saying the same thing and coming to the same conclusion that I’ve come to on my own over the last 6 months: we don’t need these. It’s an addiction. I’ve collected for years. I’ve unloaded tons of stuff but I still have more. We can’t take it with us when we go and we’re leaving piles of stuff for our loved ones to go through when we die and some of us are at the age to have early health problems that lead to that. I need to purge but I just can’t relinquish everything yet. I’m about to get a routine health check up but it might wind up changing my views on collecting all this crap. I think about the money I wasted

[@fightclubify]

🎉I've already ditched HASBRO, and am all the better for it, and it looks like I'm gonna ditch Todd, too. Ah, well. Ripping customers off should NOT be THE BUSINESS MODEL you base your business on. Most companies view customers as some kind of money tree, and believe in their right to extract as much of our money as they want, which is straight-up psychotic behaviour, so no sympathy from me. IMHO ditch Todd. Ditch HASBRO. THEY very obviously are making sub-par product, and are arbitrarily raising prices just because we live in a world ruled by psychopathic behaviour in business, and I don't think we need to pay for the privilege of that kind of abuse.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Very well said! Yeah I've cut back immensely with Hasbro and I'll probably be doing the same with McFarlane now

[@fightclubify]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 😉👍

[@CHUCK235]

Mcfarlane figures aren’t worth 20$. They have the worst articulation, they can barely stand up on their own, they come with no accessories. Mcfarlane quality isn’t close to Hasbro. And none of what Hasbro has sold has been 40$ unless it’s a deluxe figure. None of these Mcfarlane figures are deluxe.

[@theotherguy21]

Hasbro is complete ass with their pricing they charge 30 for the same figure they made 10 years ago with a different paint job

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@theotherguy21 🤣🤣 I know! That's why I don't collect Hasbro as much unless it's a figure I really want and it's something completely different than the same old body mold

[@theotherguy21]

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 the guy who I replied to must have forgot the bs hasbro tried pulling with ghost rider and his car for like 300 to make it even better people exposed hasbro and proved the robbie Reyes wasn't even a new figure just a bunch of reuse and the car was just some cheap plastic

[@theotherguy21]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 and same I only get their figures if it's something I really really want

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@theotherguy21 yeah I made a video about that Ghost Rider. It's just a marvel Legends Hasbro fanboy. They buy any crap

[@InkDropCustoms]

price is going up regardless..... if we truly paid the US price no one will afford it... in other countries it 3x as much---being selective is best

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

In the words of thanos.. it is inevitable. LOL

[@fc.buyern.puff.bundesliga]

Damn Right! They look cheap af with almost no paint job whatsoever. Especially Kid Flash looks like a lazy a.s prototype with loose diaper, thick rim moon boots and an adult squarehead instead of a juvenile, skinny nerdy one. I started collecting McFarlane with the Black Knight Spawn of the Dark Ages 11 Line, i can not make that quality of back in the day unseen. That cash grab BAF sh.t is a very, very, very far cry from these days and an insult to every faithful McFarlane Collector. Only morons or masochists can not feeling betrayed by that lack of quality and the excess of price quantity! The hike season started with Monolith (+25%), then the Collectors Edition-Line (+50%) and now the Build a figure-line (+60%) and with King Spawn for 50 bucks (what is insanity too) the cash grab path for normal/ deluxe figures is paved. Tough to swallow for a Toddfather fanboy like me but he has officially thrown us under the bus and became a sellout! No toy robin hoodery anymore, just empty words and cash grab. BOYCOTT = Make McFarlane Great Again...

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Lol see now you know what I'm talking about. A lot of these new collectors don't know about the older McFarlane masterpieces!

[@impossiblepie]

I think I saw mcfarlane posted a statement about why the prices went up , something to do with them being website exclusive because target cancelled the line.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

yeah I heard the same thing but I am also addressing the $30 exclusive figures with the trading card stand which makes it $10 more. LOL I definitely do think they're going to go open price in the next year.

[@Christian_Ada1]

I don’t believe a thing Todd Mcfarlane says. He comes off like a coke head sorry and even if he isn’t his excuses, make no sense just like his analogies that he did with Shartimusprime last year made absolute cringe

[@kervinrojas3658]

No $40 figures

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Let's hope they keep em under 30 at least

[@TLH1999]

Imagin doubling the price on a line of super heroes with the most rinky dinky ratatouille proportions, paint done by a 2 year old and articulation thats on par with a statue

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I mean I'm not going to disagree with you but that can be said about a lot of toy companies nowadays

[@therottenapplepk8881]

Same reason I had to do a hard stop when it comes to transformers and that was before 2020

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Yeah man transformers are expensive as hell right now! It's just a matter of time everything is going to be going up.

[@firefly44220]

They ran out of good stuff anyway. I have several tubs full that aren’t even displayed.

[@Onn325]

Love your energy man

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Thank you! 😁

[@DCMultiCollector]

Why are you holding up Red Tornado? He’s not charging $40 for that. C’mon now.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I'm just using him as an example because he's the last figure I reviewed. LOL

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

And thanks for the comment I watch your stuff all the time. LOL

[@chrisbarnes4222]

Red tornado was at Target for 20

[@impossiblepie]

$40usd = $50 plus cad lol

[@gmjr30]

No way he'd charge $40 at retail. Not in Gamestop, Target etc. You maybe overrated to his BS

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I don't know man. I remember GameStop they were charging $30 for McFarlane figures at one point. And then there was some kind of negotiating deal where McFarlan didn't want that to happen anymore. I mean this wave that's coming out exclusive to McFarlane Toys the figures are not worth $40 each. And he's already putting out $30 figures. I just think it's a matter of time. You might be right and I hope you are

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

IMHO McFarlane DC aren't worth $1 to begin with! Incompatible Scale, horrible Sculpts, lousy Selection, no Articulation! McFarlane DC stink!

[@benjerison7074]

You obviously don't buy McFarlane stuff at all. No articulation for DC Multiverse? Last time I checked, there's articulation. You know you screwed up so bad when even someone like me who doesn't collect toys to begin with can point out your BS.

[@randallrosete1105]

I’m mad as hell for this but to me collecting anything is a choice. You influencers are all complaining on all your videos but you think companies care what we think! They’re in it to make money not to cater to what we want. If you don’t like the prices don’t buy it whining about is just waste of time!!!

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I'm not crying about it. I've been selective for the past year now and this is just going to turn off a lot of buyers and open people's eyes. I definitely do think there's going to be a change coming soon because collectors are just tired of mediocre toys. I think more people are going to be turned off from collecting because of the prices. It's just not me complaining.

[@karascrow]

And here we go with the “don’t like it, don’t buy it” comments. Yes, let’s just sit back and let Ford charge Mercedes prices for the Mustang and not say a word.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@@karascrow 😆 true but what can we do? It's like when us as collectors say something about the price the other side likes to bitch and moan at us for bitching and moaning! 😆

[@karascrow]

If they want to pay $40 for $20 figures…that’s fine. Let Hasbro and McFarlane limp on a few years at these prices, until they realize that people are perfectly content keeping their money at a certain point. I’d argue that Hasbro and some other companies are, in fact, already feeling it.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@@karascrow very true!

[@tommyboy6267]

Nope. Inferior sculpt. Bad paint. Nada for accessories. I'll save my dollars for Neca and Four Horse Men thank you very much.

[@SheaKnittle-hp6xx]

Really dude

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

What....?

[@SheaKnittle-hp6xx]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 the monitor Wave is only $40.00 The Other McFarlane dc multiverse figures are the staying at the same price so stop complaining

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I don't know man. I think it's just a matter of time. Right now he's doing all these premium figures for $30 and to me that's just too much for figures that lack a lot of paint apps

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I can understand if you lose given us highly detailed figures for $40 then I can reconsider. But 90% of his figures need a wash and need more paint apps. You don't see that with Neca

[@benjerison7074]

Grown-ups crying over toys in the comment section. The jokes sometimes write themselves. 🤣

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

It's an expensive hobby and it's a dumb hobby to have. It's kind of like anything once you get into it it's hard to escape from collecting.

[@CrimsonCobraCommander]

You should switch to GI. Joe classified its the best line in my opinion

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

I'm not going to lie GI Joe classified are really good but it's a deep dark collecting hole I don't want to go down. LOL hopefully Hasbro keeps them at a reasonable price for the sake of GI Joe collectors

[@CrimsonCobraCommander]

To each there own but I really just started collecting GI Joe Classified last year. There only a little over a hundred figures which is relatively small compared to marvel legends or dc McFarland and we have vehicles coming to just food for thought the Joe teams kills it on every figure and a deluxe is a deluxe there worth it well 9 out10 times they are. Hey I'm used buy dc universe then McFarland took it over and I got out because I like having my marvel and dc the same size not that they aren't good toys but no guns with them sucks so I only collect gi Joe now might try monster force but gi Joe is my main line as long as you enjoy dude good for you but I chose Joes YoJoe

[@CrimsonCobraCommander]

To each there own but I really just started collecting GI Joe Classified last year. There only a little over a hundred figures which is relatively small compared to marvel legends or dc McFarland and we have vehicles coming to just food for thought the Joe teams kills it on every figure and a deluxe is a deluxe there worth it well 9 out10 times they are. Hey I'm used buy dc universe then McFarland took it over and I got out because I like having my marvel and dc the same size not that they aren't good toys but no guns with them sucks so I only collect gi Joe now might try monster force but gi Joe is my main line as long as you enjoy dude good for you but I chose Joes YoJoe

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

@@CrimsonCobraCommander yeah I 100% agree. With that being said I actually do have the first version of snake eyes and destroy gold version. So maybe if they have some kind of sale I'll probably end up picking up more 😄

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Same thing with power rangers like I own a few but I'm very selective