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Originally Posted by newe82
That is what companies like Circuit City, linen and things, quicksilver, and about a thousand other companies say before they go bankrupt. They were going to be fine as well. there are a ton of options nowadays when it comes to statue purchases. Look at how dirt cheap you can get SS pieces on the aftermarket. Sooner or later the noobs are going to start tapping out and a lot of the older collectors will still be around. I am not saying I will be one because prices are getting crazy, but the market is not trending in SS favor. I personally see way more value in Prime 1 even though their prices are slightly higher. If Prime 1 Z is 1/3 scale, priced at $950 and has a Es of 350. Compared with SS with no Es at $600, I know where my money is going. Just my two cents...but I am sure a lot of collectors probably see these trends just like me.
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It's definitely not going in their direction. There whp me market is plotting in half leaving AS in the middle. You have the people to who money is not an issue that keep going to more and more expensive pieces and the group that can't even afford SS anymore. No da puts SS in a tough position.
There is too much competition upmarket that they just can't compete with being a large organization. There is definitely more room down market with koto, GG quite bit lower and then the cheap stuff below them. As you can tell from past years releases there are a lot of different releases where SSthing trying to go down market and see what the people who can't afford PFs anymore would be interested in. Or the new joker mask. How big is the market for life size after busts go above $1000?
Lot of changes going on, but you still can't make more by selling cheaper pieces with smaller es. So far as the prices keep going up, ES comes down and most recent trend is towards lower prices, but then again you'll need to sell more to make up for it.
I can definitely see bubble growing. There's just too much supply for such small niche market. It'll be interesting to see who survives in the end when it bursts. The big guy with deep pockets or the little guy with small overhead. I work with a somewhat comparable industry of very expensive toys and when the recession hit, it was the hobbyists that disappeared first and the big guys Sur iced to see another boom. All those companies you mentioned worked in basically a commodity market anyone can open up a shop and sell to the general market at cheaper prices and again those stores weren't replaced (for the most part) by mom and pop shops, but even bigger organizations with more product and easier shopping experience.
That's enough ramblings for one morning...
