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07-21-2021, 01:05 AM
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Blue Falcon
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 578
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Toys Wonderland Temporarily Closed Due to "USA Based Collectible Company"
Although not explicitly stated, rumors suggest the "USA Based Company" is Sideshow Collectibles.
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07-21-2021, 03:04 AM
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Cyclops
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 11,507
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Sounds like SS
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07-21-2021, 03:53 AM
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The Masters of Evil
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: United States
Posts: 5,577
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No one cares about Sideshow's actual products anymore since every statue company has the same licenses and does the same characters far better. Makes sense to me Sideshow desperately pushes out all distribution competition out as that's the only hope they have for staying relevant these days.
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07-21-2021, 09:51 AM
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Jubilee
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Posts: 4,281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gyro Zeppeli
No one cares about Sideshow's actual products anymore since every statue company has the same licenses and does the same characters far better. Makes sense to me Sideshow desperately pushes out all distribution competition out as that's the only hope they have for staying relevant these days.
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I don't know what's going on here - but I imagine if Sideshow wanted to compete with those "other" statue producers - they could do it.
My guess, SS doesn't WANT to increase quality or compete with these upcoming producers. If actions speak louder than words, it seems Sideshow is content to let its statue department (?) tick along business as usual. They know who their customers are, they know these are not people who want / are able to drop $1000s on a statue....
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07-21-2021, 09:56 AM
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Green Lantern Corps
Adamantium Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 5,761
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I wondered what all the hate was about in Sideshows instagram comments.
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07-21-2021, 10:15 AM
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Moderator
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,198
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LOL, business is business.
But "not able to provide shipping service globally" doesn't sound like SS....
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07-21-2021, 10:37 AM
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curmudgeon Mod
Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The Shire
Posts: 35,048
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Hong Kong is now China. Wonder if licenses have some relation to that?
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07-21-2021, 11:02 AM
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The Horsemen of Apocalypse
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Dagobah
Posts: 5,979
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It”s all about Sideshow trying to protect their profits. Sideshow controls nearly global distribution of Hot Toys products. This allows them to control the retail price and therefore their profit margin. It shows how much in many cases Sideshow jacks the prices up since these HK resellers can buy for retail in HK, and with international shipping, many times be cheaper than Sideshow.
Another example is their practices with authorized retailers. As a distributor one would think that Sideshow would want to maximize sales to authorized retailers. But Sideshow limits their preorder period, limits their allocations and I believe have been raising the wholesale price in order drive direct sales from Sideshow’s own website. That’s why some retailers like BBTS list prices above MSRP. Having their own points system and website exclusives doesn’t seem to be enough for Sideshow as the rise in popularity of Hot Toys, Sideshow looks to want to have the lions share of sales as direct website orders.
Plain and simple, Sideshow doesn’t want competition from gray market resellers. But as we all know completion can help control prices. So it better for the consumer.
The other benefit of gray market reseller is their products come from the early HK deliveries so are available months before Sideshow’s slowboat large shipment which take longer to produce.
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07-21-2021, 12:01 PM
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The Stones, I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney...
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Graymalkin Lane
Posts: 3,155
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If you're going to circumvent a system that benefits two major collectibles companies it's probably not a good idea to have a YouTuber peddling your site. Never visited toys wonderland but I've heard the name like a hundred times watching a certain YouTube channel and I've only been watching the guy for about 2 months.
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