Re: DC Collectibles doing Batman The Animated Series figures!!!!!
Exactly! There’s no need for DCC to re-release them.
I’m surprised at how many collectors are asking for a re-release of the GCPD set at the moment. I’m constantly seeing posts on here, The Fwoosh, Facebook, and Instagram from collectors asking for this set to be re-released.
I saw a few posts on The Fwoosh from collectors who said they’d waited to buy it in the hope it would go on clearance sale, and now they regret it as the set has sold out and goes for ludicrous prices on the aftermarket. But more fool them I say. I don’t mean to sound harsh, but that’s the price you pay for waiting.
For me it’s a no brainier - I love this line and I’ll get the figures the moment they come out. That’s why I’m a little surprised at the constant demand now from collectors, because surely if you’re a fan of this line, you’d want the figures asap and you’d buy them as soon as they become available?
I mean, am I missing something? We’re people so disgruntled at the price of the set that they were willing to wait for the price to drop before getting figures they really wanted?
That’s exactly what happened. Is it their fault? Absolutely, but DCC also set a precedent with this line where they were consistently available. I can still go into my shop and order figures from 2-3 years ago through Diamond. What’s more, they’ve re-released popular figures before (TNBA Batman and TAS Catwoman). Now, considering the ultimate goal is sales, and that they tooled 5 new figures to produce this set, I would absolutely say there’s a need for them to produce more, even if they don’t have to. This is a classic case of the grass not always being greener and it working out in DCC’s favor. When the set was announced, notice how all you could hear was “the box is stupid and a waste of money,” and “$175 for this is ridiculous.” Now, what do you hear? “They need to produce more of these sets because the prices are absurd.” No “they need to produce more of these things at a lower price,” just “they need to produce more.”
So, if the demand is there, and, if what you say about all kinds of people on Instagram, Facebook, and The Fwoosh asking for it is true, it is. Then, they could be selling these things at MSRP, which, with this line, is extremely rare and beneficial to their relationships with retailers (who typically do not make anywhere near that on this line, considering how long some of these sit on shelves). With that in mind, I would definitely say there is a need. I could understand someone being frustrated if this was some numbered limited edition and their revisiting it was, somehow, undermining the original release, but, a large part of why so many people didn’t buy it (this is more the case with me, at least, because I didn’t have too much of a problem with the box or the price) was because of the expectation that it would just be readily available like the rest of the line and there was never anything to give us the idea that there was some sense of urgency and that it wouldn’t be. No “limited edition” or “exclusive” proclamations. Just a box set solicited like all the others.
Now, they could let the secondary market make all the money, or they could cut in, produce more, and make the money themselves. One of the things that stood out to be when they first launched the DC Universe trailer/website was that, following the Justice League figures announcement was another “feature” of the shop which stated it was a place where you could find “rare and hard to find merchandise from DC and our licensing partners.” I think that wouldn’t be a bad idea, either. Get people on the hook for a month’s subscription in order to get the set. $8 bucks is a small price to pay as opposed to $500, and, if they like the service, you might have a repeat customer. That might not go over too well with international customers, but it’s a thought.
) in the collection, but I wanted to share some pics of the poses I've got set up...
