Figure collecting will never die and it only gets better. Toy companies know how to play the same game as some of the collectors. We had that phase for a while and a few still play where they complain about prices and say they will wait for clearance. The toy companies know when they create this false demand and stuff starts selling out people panic and start buying everything up again. Its an infinite tug of war that will always be their.

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

Facts. Its a never ending back and forth. A pendulum forever swaying. Thanks for the comment, appreciate you.

No one should ever mistake you two for Nostradamus

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

lol right, yeah we aint no precogs

Yeah. It was a hot take then lol and it is now

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

lol gotta shoot your shot and sometimes we miss. no worries. Thanks for the comment brother

I'm kind of confused this video was about 6 in and I've seen a lot of of this video was talked about McFarland / storm collectibles/super 7 they're not even 6 inch they're more like 7IN sometimes 8IN. But since you brought up super 7 the only reason the articulated figures do so horribly the price point it's ridiculous for no more than how they move if it would actually sell their figures $10 $18 I could justify buying a figure that doesn't move as well. And you were also talking about pre-ordering pre-ordering doesn't even guarantee you're still going to get it I've heard several occasions where people pre-order and guess what they still didn't make enough so pre-ordering is still not safe

@thecollectingbrothers

16 күн бұрын

Appreciate your thoughts.

Maybe it’s not dead. I hope new people join in the collecting hobby. I am glad companies are upping their game.

@mr.x6313

21 күн бұрын

“Maybe”? Look around. It’s thriving. You’re not paying attention if you don’t see that.

@thecollectingbrothers

21 күн бұрын

Companies making changes is great. We benefit as collectors.

@raypaz2947

21 күн бұрын

@@mr.x6313 I don’t want to jump the gun. It’s an older crowd of men. We need more young people to keep it going.

Josh is spitting facts on them messing with supply and demand. Big Nerdy over at Nerdzoic has a pretty interesting video talking about how stores like him already see Hasbro turning down the supply so they all just throw out big numbers and hope for the best because at this point no one is getting what they ask for.

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

Just watched that video. Its kinda cool that he is willing to share his POV. Homie is in the business and can see/know more then us as consumers

There's a shift happening but it's definitely not dying. Hasbro is slowly going direct. Independent companies are rising up. I think it will end up in a better place.

@thecollectingbrothers

16 күн бұрын

Yeah for sure we are on the right track.

The same happened with 1:6. like hottoys. They looked at sales numbers from prior sales and produced way too many of things that didn't sell like the data predicted and now there is so much overstock. So now HT has been doing the limited release of most new figures. like only 1,500. So they can be sure to build hype and sell out.

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

The pendulum swing back and forth. Great insight brother

Hey, everyone is entitled to at least one abject failure of a hot take 😂 No one really believed that the action figure market was dying. No one.

@thecollectingbrothers

21 күн бұрын

Everyone gets one right haha. Thanks for the comment brother.

Dont believe Hasbro's promo pics, these are photoshoped af, in hands these figures look grey compared to the way they are saturated in these photos

I dont think that its dead....its just ppl are being more selective.

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

Agreed. People just making their choices

They're not toys. They're collectible action figures. Yes, it's dying. People used to run put to grab the latest toys. Now, no one cares. Parents don't buy kids those action figures. No one plays with them. They're strictly for the shelf. Toys are action figures meant for kids to be played with. The market now is oversaturated with way to many companies that cater to adult collectors. Killing the actual toy market designed for kids. A perfect example is TMNT latest movie that are sold in stores. Those are toys. About $10 or so. GI Joe classified are not toys. They're for adult collectors and doesn't fit the price point at $25 or style for kids.

@thecollectingbrothers

16 күн бұрын

Yeah you’re right the different generations are a big factor. iPad kids don’t play with toys as much.

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Nope

@thecollectingbrothers

18 күн бұрын

Nope indeed