Anyone have a list of all the 2013 HT releases?
Is Ironman costing hot toys customers?
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tbh i never thought the movie were ever THAT good to warrant the attention that franchise gets. I found it lacked any memorable villains and as general rule I find a lot of these new super hero movies suffer from that and why TDK had so much success in the first place and batman in general, the villains actually have character.
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Sounds like an economics question to me - opportunity cost, demand, supply: Produce one line until another line is more profitable and presents the better opportunity for profit.
If there's a market they're missing, another company will come along and take em out at the knees. That's the arbitrage - identify the opportunity and take it, or lose it to the competitor. Opportunities for profit only last long enough for the competitor to identify it and snatch it up, right?
Clearly, Hot Toys is doing something right - Iron Man must be selling. Although it's interesting to see the stock/availability of certain figures lasting longer than they used to - in part, too, probably, to the increase in HT prices and the state of the economy, at least in the U.S.A.
When another fire comes that burns hotter and bigger holes in our wallets, Iron Man will take shotgun if not the back seat to the new line at HT. Or another company will take the fire and HT will adjust accordingly and take their lunch. Or HT will go out of business. Anyone remember when Ultimate Soldier was da bomb? Then Dragon? Then Blue Box Toys. Now Soldier Story or DAM?
We'll see, right? Personally, I love HT. I hope they're around, because they just keep getting better - altho DAY-UM, they're getting more expensive. I'll be poor when I retire, but at least I'll be surrounded by cool toys.
If there's a market they're missing, another company will come along and take em out at the knees. That's the arbitrage - identify the opportunity and take it, or lose it to the competitor. Opportunities for profit only last long enough for the competitor to identify it and snatch it up, right?
Clearly, Hot Toys is doing something right - Iron Man must be selling. Although it's interesting to see the stock/availability of certain figures lasting longer than they used to - in part, too, probably, to the increase in HT prices and the state of the economy, at least in the U.S.A.
When another fire comes that burns hotter and bigger holes in our wallets, Iron Man will take shotgun if not the back seat to the new line at HT. Or another company will take the fire and HT will adjust accordingly and take their lunch. Or HT will go out of business. Anyone remember when Ultimate Soldier was da bomb? Then Dragon? Then Blue Box Toys. Now Soldier Story or DAM?
We'll see, right? Personally, I love HT. I hope they're around, because they just keep getting better - altho DAY-UM, they're getting more expensive. I'll be poor when I retire, but at least I'll be surrounded by cool toys.
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I think Iron Man translates to more countries better than any other character. And I think he will remain popular as long as Robert Downey Jr. stays in the armor. He has breathed life into this character in a way that makes him appealing on so many levels. Downey Jr. IS Iron Man.
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Looks like a long list. But four of those are vehicles, not figures, and of those three are variants/re-releases.
That leaves ten figures over the past several years, two of which haven't been released yet, and hit next year (60's Batman & Robin), which puts us at eight, and only one of which came out this year (mime Joker). Only one Batman piece released this year, and two announced for next year still seems pretty slow to me. Certainly for such a big license, and particularly when Batman Returns and Arkham City were announced so long ago, to no result.
Go back a couple years and sure, you could say Hot Toys was giving Batman plenty of attention, but back then there was still plenty of variety across the board too. In the time since there's certainly been a downturn on what they have done with the license, which was kind of my point, and the point of this thread, I thought. Or at least that's my perception, anyhow.
https://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138179
There y'go, now STFU
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I am Ironmaned out! Time to move on to other licenses.
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they could remake 2-face..
Those movies would have been a success with or without RDJ. Not like he was a major box office champ before Iron Man.
I do wish HT would hire more people and branch out into making more Comic versions of characters. I guess not hiring enough people and never being able to make a deadline is acceptable in Asian culture.
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FWIW, that jacket is not accurate. The Four Tears patch is actually a nunchaku. The flaps and CRANE patch are on the wrong side, though that may just be the way male and female jackets are assembled. . . well, I can nit-pick the hell out of that jacket in any case. I guess I can understand now why people say HT's TDK cowl is way off, because that Kill Bill jacket is WAY OFF.
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I'm new to the hobby and entered it because of Iron Man. Just a sick engineering achievement by Marvel et al. Not because of HT's design but the Mark hardware and software the movie takes us into which we can only get a taste of in the flesh via HT. Thus HT will always make money on it as will you resellers. Iron man is hands down the "wow factor" that will make a 5 year old kid or 50 year old man pause and glance with actual interest and curiosity. I just dropped thousand$$$ combing ebay for NMIB Sideshow mailers of the Mark 1 - 7. I'm embarrassed to even mention how much I paid for some of those. Well worth it as I'm building a stunning glass LED custom display with hall of armor for my home office as my first project. Elegant figure and shines. No way in hell as a grown man am I spending that kind of loot on 99% the other figures in this hobby. Notice how all dealers stocked up on the Midas. Right? Take a wild guess why. Reason: self explanatory. Easy flip. Class dismissed.
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Iron Man is undoubted the most successful franchise for Hot toys, it's the suit appeal, character appeal, and the desire to have all the marks just to say you have all the marks and have a hall of amour, just like Tony Stark. It's an engineering feat and they have indeed made toy history. It sells because people eat it up, there's always a jump on point, no matter what the armour is, Iron man is Iron man. Hot toys have made a fortune on it and will continue to, I mean, why stop the money from rolling in? Who says no to money?
People are tired, including me, of the constant, Iron man, batman, Iron man, Batman releases but it's never going to stop. They are typecasted as the Superhero 1/6 figure company because they gobble up all the Marvel and DC licenses. If there's a new marvel/DC movie, there will be hot toys, and it takes up all their slots. I was so surprised they managed to get the crow out this year, what a curveball. We just have to accept that fact and come back when something different is released, no way they are "losing" customers.
At the end of the day, Hot toys make money, some fans suffer, some fans don't. Money speaks for itself, they make what sells, and it's Iron man.
People are tired, including me, of the constant, Iron man, batman, Iron man, Batman releases but it's never going to stop. They are typecasted as the Superhero 1/6 figure company because they gobble up all the Marvel and DC licenses. If there's a new marvel/DC movie, there will be hot toys, and it takes up all their slots. I was so surprised they managed to get the crow out this year, what a curveball. We just have to accept that fact and come back when something different is released, no way they are "losing" customers.
At the end of the day, Hot toys make money, some fans suffer, some fans don't. Money speaks for itself, they make what sells, and it's Iron man.
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I guess in a roundabout way Iron man is actually gaining customers for Hot Toys, as posted above the revenue stream from multiply Ironman figures is a real cash cow for Hot Toys, money they can then reinvest in some 'left field' or 'less likely to sell out' figures and purchase less popular licences, thus in the end giving us the customer more figure choice not less.
All companies will milk thier cash cow if they are lucky enough to have one it's just good business.
All companies will milk thier cash cow if they are lucky enough to have one it's just good business.
People keep making this point in bold^
They were already doing this. Iron Man shouldn't get the credit for that.
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