In defense of Mafex and S.H. Figurearts, they do have very impressive sculpt, paint, and articulation. Also they are imports from Japan, so that also factors into the price. Hasbro's figures are 100% overpriced though.

As a person who worked in like merchandising s and stuff. The product should cost only 5% of its selling value. I am serious.

You’re missing the part that the 100$ plus figures are IMPORTS FROM JAPAN it’s the us based company’s charging 94.99 with the up charge.

I ain’t even hating. But Mafex brand is wayyy better than the toybiz figures. Articulation is very impressive, accessories are amazing, and overall the suits are really good.

the mafex spiderman fogure justifies its price with good sculpt. Alot of accesories and good articulation. I collect actionfigure myself and i know that these figures are worth the price

nah man I want cheaper toys too but you gave HORRIBLE arguments. Literally terrible arguments against price hikes. Not even gonna talk about inflation because that has affected every industry. Firstly, I know people who work in retail who have already debunked your first argument of adult collectors buying everything. You're dead wrong. Kids are still the major target audience and consumers in the toy industry. Only high end figures, mainly from import brands are having major adult consumers. Based on what salesmen in retail have told me in the communities I engage in, kids still are the main consumers of these toys so yes companies may have recognized adult audiences to be growing as consumers but they are nowhere near half the amount of consumers as compared to kids. You said Mafex is the same as Toybiz, you have to purposely be trolling to get a reaction out of people to make that statement because they are nowhere close to being the same. Horrible take in every possible angle. Hasbro is an American company and yes they could have increased prices a little but they are overdoing it and people hate on them which I agree because its almost the cost of an import, Lastly, import figures like Mafex have a lot of work done on them from the high quality sculpts to articulation and accessories so very poor comparison there. If you knew even a little about 3d modelling you would know how much work goes into making these things. Whole video seems like a troll and a random rant with no facts. Reason I wrote so much is because it just pisses me off when people spread misinformation and biased information while at it.

When high quality stuff costs alot 🤯🤯🤯

And with the Spider-man stuff they just do the bare minimum when it comes to the quality of the actual toy because they know that people will stilll buy it because "It's Spider man".

Have you ever even held a mafex?

Your saying a toy biz spider man has the same articulation as a mafex sure bro sure you’ve obviously never had a mafex figure

For companies like mayfex they do have really good articulation sculpt and paint and a ton of accessories, which I think makes it justifiable.

Because you can do a difference between toy and figures

This whole video sounds like my brother not understanding how $44usd for a Figma Gridknight SSSS.Dynazenon ver. new in box is a good deal.

it depends on how good the figure is mafex figures or sh figuarts make insanely detailed figures with really good articulation an plenty of accessories to play around with and being able to get mafex figures and sh figuarts figures in beautiful poses unlike a marvel legends figure thats why mafex and sh figuarts figures are so expensive they just make better figures

Do you even have a Mafex figure, My friend has the recent Comic Spidey and the Symbiote Spidey, and he let me play around with them, and they are more articulated than almost every Toybiz figure ever made

What being dropped on the floor as a baby does to a man.

2:36. Ironically, before that they released an updated version of Carnage, which I have. In it, instead of prints, all the veins were made by a sculpture. But they put the old version in the sets, which is cheaper in production, but looks worse.

As a kid collector, I believe some of them are worth it.

Comparing old Toy Biz figures to Mafex is actually insane. You could've done at least like 10 mins of research instead of just looking at the prices of things and calling it a day. There are many factors to be considered, especially since the figures are all the way from Japan. Even with the pictures shown, it's pretty easy to tell why they cost the way they do. Also, Big Bad Toy Store has shitty prices anyway, you can get Mafex and SHFiguarts for way cheaper with other means. The Hasbro prices are the only good point made.

toybiz literally went bankrupt because their figures were so cheap like bro what is ur argument

It’s not kids toys anymore, it’s adult toys😭

I miss Superhero mashers

Hasbro thinks they are Tamashi🤣

Thumnail: mafex (not a toy) The bio: why are toys so expensive

1:23 in all fairness marvel isn’t making the toys. The people who are making the figures also have to pay for the license to make the toys. That’s why marvel legends costs $27 while GI Joe and Transformers give you more for the same price. But besides that yeah everything should be like $8 cheaper taking inflation and licensing into account.

Mafex and sh figuarts have always been pretty pricey but its because they are actually very well sculpted and painted. They also have great articulation and tons of accessories plus they are imports

There are around 8 billion people on earth, they sell these at that price because enough people buy them anyway.

I kinda agree with you on hasbro but just because the quality of their figures is shit most of the time. $25 isn't a bad price if they just put more effort into their figures. As for mafex and shf, they're collectors items and the price matches up with the quality (besides the qc issues but i haven't had any problems with that)

i loved the seinfield cutaway

Lot’s stuff for a small price was mainly a toy byz thing…………………and that’s why they got bankrupt

I miss when we could have fun as kids, i miss when action figures costed from 10 to 20, now action figures cost 130, like what the hell, i guess action figures are exclusive to adults now, guess we can only have games and legos now, just wow.

bros fluent in yapanese

Buy mezco toys you at least know and feel these guys put work in their figures

Kids DO still play with toys. If you give them the option of sitting in front of a screen all day, they’ll choose that option. But kids don’t get to choose what they do all day so that’s on the parents.

This is why i haunt Mercari.

This was a fire video bro you're pretty underrated. Just subscribed.

Real shit 🦧

They make kids versions but the most you will see our things for adult collectors because there are kids versions of action figures that you can get for like five bucks

That's why i make my own action figures

Um, cause some of those are for adult collectors and some of them are import figures made from Japan. Also, inflation so they would still cost more whether adults were buying them or not.

FRRRRRRR This is the truth man! Toybiz had low prices and now its super expensive

I think shf, Mafex, and more are expensive but are really great quality but it has come to me toys are getting to be higher and higher prices so I agree with you man, adults want there childhood back

as a child i still play with toys not just collect i play to

Mafex figures are imported and way higher quality than anything Toybiz put out. Hasbro figs are overpriced though, but easy to get on sale.

they will probably make more money if they made them cheaper as kids and more new collectors will come in and more sales

I collect mafex. Shf. High end collector stuff. If you know what youre getting into. With the technical engineering going on with overseas products along with build and paint quality.

They’re so expensive now JEEZ😭

Ali-Express bootlegs have been my official action figures plug for a solid 2 year's now, and I'm never going back The quality is insanely good for a $15-30 action figure which Is around $100 cheaper than the originals

Idk man sounds like POOR

this guy needs more recognition

Yeah my Mafex Spider-Man's leg snapped right out of the box.

i mean you aint wrong, i will still be spending 50-90€ a figure of S.H.f because theyre neat

Sometimes it depends on where you’re buying them

100+ dollars for a figure with pieces that fall off when you slightly touch them (cough cough sh monster arts FW goji cough cough) is crazyy

In all fairness, MAFEX, SH Figuarts and Figma offer much with about 80-100$ price because they have TONS of accessories, impressive sculpt and insanely articulated, and I want to mention the fact that I saw a shirtless Gojo statue figure (that ISN'T articulated with barely any accessories) for 500$ online. I don't much about Figma (because I'm a Marvel collector), but I'm sure they are cooking with their Demon Slayer figures. About Hasbro; The GI Joe figures are either perfectly priced or underpriced as they are amazingly sculpted with mindblowingly good animal figures for only about 20-30$. I'd say the Black Series Star Wars is kind of overpriced, you are paying about 20$ for decent articulation with a few accessories (looking at you, 50$ Dark Revan with poor *ss articulation with only 2 accessories). Marvel Legends is a little conflicted, they are overpriced with charging a full 20$ for no effort-placed figures such as Darwin (Bonebreaker Wave) & Cannonball (Wendigo Wave?), but they also charge only 20$ for spectacular figures such as Doctor Doom (Super Skrull Wave) or Beast (Retro), so Marvel Legends is kind of in the middle of perfectly priced and overpriced. I swear, the fact bro stated that MAFEX & Toybiz are the same quality is wild 💀 You just provided proof that you are not a figure collector, talking sh*t about figures. Have you touched a MAFEX before? I'm not saying Toybiz has a bad quality, I'm saying that their quality is too outdated to be considered on par with MAFEX.

That mafex Spider-Man man on Bing bad toy store is a bad example they are quite hard to get hold of now hence the price I paid around 70 dollars for mine and it is an incredible figure the best Spider-Man at that scale for sure

1:57 why do you have to call me out like that bro

$10 in 2001 vs $25 in 2024 same shit bro😂

Honestly if that price is too much find a bootleg

True that

I just want to play with a cool Spidey figure :(

because they’re so greedy they don’t even care about the fans at all

The mafex example is wrong because the price you showed is a reseller price, the real one is about 40 usd

Hasbro $50 sets never sell they get deep discounts and then sell. The only toys youll find at the store are mostly in the $10-35 range. Mafex and tamashii nations are Japanese brands that people import and then mark up even more. Theyre made specifically for adult collectors. People who have careers and expendable income. When I was going to college I had no interest in these things anyway. They don’t produce beer or women. Long story short be selective and buy directly from Japan idk

The reason why toys are cheap now to is because Toys are made to break so kids beg to get a another one

As a Lego collector I completely agree. People snatch a shit load of the figures then hike the price up online cause they know people will pay it. It especially sucks cause I’m someone who still loves just to play with my toys and put them up in a shelf to look nice. And I just want toys from my childhood cause they comfort me and make me happy. But these other desperate collector’s have just ruined the value you of the toys. Theirs this one lego Castle set I use to love playing with as a kid and it was only 19.99 which for the set was good value for legos. Now a days it’s over 100 fuckin dollars cause I guess people can’t help but by the fuck out of them so they can make armies to put on their shelf and collect dust forever

Resellers, they make it any cheaper, they just buy more. Blame resellers. Eat the resellers.

Japanese imports are normally a lot

Lol no way you think mafex figures have worse articulation than the super articulated toy biz ones. Like yeah, it’s different, *because it’s better*. Mafex is worth the 60-70 bucks it costs to buy. The extra 20 is due to import costs from Japan.

Hasbro, way overpriced. But, costs have gone up in general due to two factors: inflation and oil prices.

I mean GXK toys have decent prices

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i might of just paid 95 dollars for the same figure as my pfp but the suit is more blue and has a crappy plastic and made by hasbro

Cheap plastic expensive price

I just copped mafex Ben Reilly for 200 🎉 (☹️)

"A small price to pay for Salvation." Nah but fr tho toybiz was spoiling us with their figures nowadays you pay $28 bucks for a re-release of already crap figure but with less accessories HECK some come at that price and like NO ACCESSORIES BRO, I mean that's just Hasbro but still man

The figures can have good sculpt and shit but paying 100 f-ing dollars for a plastic ass toy is crazy

It's crazy how the jada toys Chester cheetah is $25 and mafex and sh figuarts can go up to $115 and even more. You're definitely paying a massive premium like cmon now look at the Chester cheetah and look at mafex riddler.... even considering import costs and stuff like how is Chester cheetah a fourth of the price it's crazy

Yeah, why

FAX dont get me wrong the figures are good but at the end of they day THERE TOYs they have no reason for them to be that high. they should only cost 10-75$ MAX no reason for anyone to price a fig for 100+ dollars. yes good plastic but its 1 action fig they takes up less plastic then a lego set with 100 bricks, but cost the same??. not only that the market for action figures is low so not much people even want action figures anymore. if you by a fig for over 80$ just for you to pose the thing for the next 5yrs then your getting scammed

They are higher quality

What are you talking about the mafex is good

This guy, this non collector just called this super good figures “toys!?” What’s wrong with you these are not toys they are not made for children. Not trying to be rude

its because of adults

Bro shut up it’s just a hobby some people do and that doesn’t make people losers or nerds for liking it

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Bro mafex is superior what???? Toybiz figures are outdated, as they should be.

No

You have no idea what you are talking about. Do some research next time or do another thing if you just wanted a funny edit.

When figures cost a lot to make so they make them cost a lot 💀get a Brain

Your very very out of touch