It’s sold out for the moment.
Quick questions. Does your LCS charge you more for a figure then what’s stated in MSRP? Say if the sifure is $24.99 they charge $34.99? Or something in that nature?
What I have noticed about my LCS is if I pre-order a figure I get it at MSRP but if I don’t, I pay what everyone else pays. For example. They had some 6" Boba Fett 40th Empire Strikes Back Kenner figure for $60. I forgot to order them at the $30 price (I think they where $30 need to double check) but that S#@T is crazy. Not going to play that much for a figure…
Yeah, that’s just like shops who jack up the prices of comics from the “cover price” on release day… I say, if you didn’t get it at the MSRP then find it elsewhere or cut your losses, there will be another figure another day…
That’s what I’ve been doing lol.
Buy in and percent return on figures is so so so so much high/lower respectively than comics.
Yeah. They have some original Kenner figures from $200-1000 depending on character and condition. They look nice, but not THAT nice lol…
I’m more talking about new releases. If a comic shop brings in a comic they’re unsure about, they buy like 5 copies and that’s about $5 sitting on the shelf at risk of not moving for months. If they bring in one Hasbro figure, that’s $15-20 per figure, probably towards the upper end as they aren’t ordering enough for a volume discount. You also can’t order single figures at wholesale, so you have to bring in a case and that’s $100-120, plus shipping. Boba Fett deluxe was packed on his own in a pick of 6. I could check pricing on it, but think it’s probably fair to assume his margin on those figures is $6-10. So, he has a lot of overhead hanging on those pegs. I feel sorry for the poor LCS owner who went long on Jar Jars. I love mine, but I know I’m in the minority.
I gotcha. It makes sence.