Royal Guard Premium Format

[GaryTonge]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nice Guy

I will agree that this price is ludicrous. I will also say that all the prices are ludicrous. Aside from price, the duties and shipping to me up here in Canada are insane.

If SS wants to keep this hobby alive, they’re going to have to re evaluate their pricing strategy. That’s if they make it through this garbage pandemic situation.

This hobby needs to be made accessible. There are outstanding pieces where I can understand a greater price tag. This is my expectation for the maquette lines. This is not it. This is a simple low-cost-to-produce non-complex fabric covered b-list character (sorta) statue which could go from PO to shipping in a couple months. I think SS could have made a lot of collectors happy by pricing this guy aggressively to put a simple character on the shelves of happy buyers during this time.

That's probably why they've implemented that new layaway option

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally Posted by built2shred

With the Virus I thought for sure we would have seen a slow down of statues and perhaps some price drops but it seems business as usually so far...

I feel like we’ve seen a slow down. How many SW 1/4 pieces we seen lately? There was a time I felt like there was always something good landing. I haven’t seen a SS box in ages. I’m actually starting to go with customs more now for the lack of good pieces coming out.

[VS1976]

Es is way too high for this. Surely this isn’t that popular?

[Comicbookguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nice Guy

I will agree that this price is ludicrous. I will also say that all the prices are ludicrous. Aside from price, the duties and shipping to me up here in Canada are insane.

If SS wants to keep this hobby alive, they’re going to have to re evaluate their pricing strategy. That’s if they make it through this garbage pandemic situation.

This hobby needs to be made accessible. There are outstanding pieces where I can understand a greater price tag. This is my expectation for the maquette lines. This is not it. This is a simple low-cost-to-produce non-complex fabric covered b-list character (sorta) statue which could go from PO to shipping in a couple months. I think SS could have made a lot of collectors happy by pricing this guy aggressively to put a simple character on the shelves of happy buyers during this time.

Only if they would consider helping the buyers. No sign of this at all except price hikes so far.

[ambasah]

Originally Posted by VS1976

Es is way too high for this. Surely this isn’t that popular?

the royal guard is incredibly popular. And many (like me) are itching to buy two.

BUT they gave it a stupid price. If it was priced right they could have made over 2000 of them easy.

[komodo112]

I'd be really happy if Sideshow took a few of those pieces and made a Shadow Guard Variant

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally Posted by ambasah

the royal guard is incredibly popular. And many (like me) are itching to buy two.

BUT they gave it a stupid price. If it was priced right they could have made over 2000 of them easy.

I agree with this. This is a $350 piece. At that price it would be in everyone’s collection.