WHY ARE HOT TOYS SO EXPENSIVE??
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2021
- Are Hot Toys too expensive? How are they made exactly? Let's take a look into whether you are really getting the right bang for your buck!
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Works of art cost money. As long as their quality remains high, Hot Toys can keep charging what they charge. With Queen Studios dipping into the sixth scale world, and third party companies stepping up their game, my guess is that Hot Toys will have to either drop the cost or keep increasing quality. Hot Toys are the standard by which all others are measured.
If there is more competition, we ALL win.
@@KeCoCollects You are a hot good looking man
New sub here. Gotta agree. It's funny because 5 years ago I was telling myself I would never collect 1/6 and pay hot toys prices , now that's all I collect
Welcome aboard!
Its like every other figure becomes meaningless or lower quality
I just bought thena and Doctor strange I will be a hot toy collector when they arrive in a year and I get to see a real hot toy in person
Yes once you go Hot Toys you'll never go back LOL
I started in mid march and in less than a month I got 5 figures and 4 on pre orders 🤣🤣🤣🤣 everything Star Wars.
It’s easy to forget, just how much does into this art form and these pieces/figures. It’s truly uncanny and I need to remember to appreciate each and every one of them for their uniqueness and the work that went in.
Indeed! Thanks for checking it out.
It's pretty simple, and I say this as someone who's been collecting since 2010 and have a good 60+ models in my collection.
The people who complain about Hot Toys prices, generally want something they can't have. In other words, it's way past their buying power.
The people who do collect what they want and pay for it, know the work that goes into it. The expenses involved. Licensing. Production costs. HOW A BUSINESS WORKS. And most of all, the artistic element that is core to producing models like Hot Toys.
To sum it up, value is relevant to the individual. People who can't afford Hot Toys shouldn't be buying them. And unfortunately, we have more people in the 1/6 community who complain about prices than most would like to care for.
100% this
One of my problems with Hot Toys is their lack of replacement accessories. Pleather is a big problem for alot of their early products. The jacket on my MMS 238 T-800 is starting to crackle and peel. That's an integral part of that figure's costume. Ask anyone who has a Hans Landa figure about pleather deterioration. Or some of the early predator figures. When youre paying that kind of money you shouldn't have to stress about finding custom costume and accessory pieces on eBay.
@fardeen films Hot Toys have been taking advantage of their name and reputation. There are so many other companies making licensed and third party unlicensed figures. Three Zero is one of my favorites with their Rambo figures. Hot Toys do make the best headsculpts in my opinion but there is only so much Star Wars and MCU stuff you can buy
New sub also!! I'm glad you broke it down because I have asked these questions myself..I recently just started back collecting hot toys and I love it here!!!🤣🤣🤣
Welcome back! And thanks for watching
A good question that comes to my mind would be. If Hot Toys used a generic box instead of the art boxes, would we still buy them?
I know several people who buy them to display the boxes. Great question!
@@KeCoCollects I wonder how much they add in as the cost for the art boxes. From the R/D to printing, making ETC.
@@JoshPenceHunts bet it’s decent amount honestly
Well done and well said. The thing I find about Hot Toys (and some SooSoo figures) is that you don't fully appreciate the art, the precision, the wonder of a figure until you get it in your hands. Even the most high quality photos don't do many figures justice until you see the beautiful sculpt, the exact fitting of the clothes, the true design of the character right in front of your eyes.
Pretty crazy isn't it!
Ultron Mk1. Hot toys best work of art/engineering to date. Nuff said. haha Picked it up on BBTS for $90 and it came with bonus BBTS store credit. Couldn't pass it up and now it's one of my top 10.
Great example: the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry Figure that was recently released. I bought it based on my love of the movie. But only until I had it home did i see how much BETTER they made it than what Sideshow's prototype pictures show. The face sculpt is amazing! And the clothing is truly fantastic. I thought it would be good, but it turned out great! I can't wait for 'The Man with No Name'!
Love these insights from a true collector and upstanding member in the collective (pun intended) community 🙏🏽
Thanks for the kind words!
They are so detailed which is what you pay for . The people who make them are true artists .i have marlon brando, al pacino .jonny depp as captain sparrow .jessica rabbit ,joan crawford, rita heyworth, ava gardener , haggrid ,l know some of these are not hot toys but they are still cost houndreds .
All fantastic pieces!
If someone thinks they are too expensive, just remember there's people who will buy a painting for $10,000+. And lots of those paintings are just squiggly lines lol
Great point!
Great video
You always have original interesting topics !
Thanks for watching!
I appreciate these figures more after watching your video. Thanks for sharing what goes into the process of manufacturing these pieces of art that we enjoy collecting. I look at my collection every day and my response makes these figures worth the money, Wow! These figures look sooo cool! 👀
Thanks for watching
Hot toys is way too expensive. It’s not the stuff that looks realistic that cost money it’s just the plastic. Every figure should be around $100. they’re just overcharging because they know there’s people that really want these cool realistic figures and they’re right because nobody’s ever going to stop buying these it’s like the demon slayer buzz mod situation because they add cloth they make it way over priced when the real price should be about $80-$60 but soon enough there’s going to be a company that actually charges how much the figures cost to make instead of charging literally $600 for a Spider-Man that probably cost at max 100 instead of charging an extra $300 for cloth and rubber that cost at the max $20-$50 to add on
You probably are pretty close to the methods here! Thanks for sharing
If someone thinks they are too expensive, just remember there's people who will buy a painting for $10,000+. And lots of those paintings are just squiggly lines lol
I always told myself i wouldnt get into Hot toys because the price but I started collecting almost 2 months ago and have already 7 figures. I found 2 figures at a game store and the owner was just trying to get rid of them and I paid $100 each which is an absolute steal as it was brand new. I then bought some figures from Ebay and the used market obviously goes for less money which helps. The only new figure I bought is Mando. Yes Hot Toys are expensive but you pay for quality and that's what Hot toys are. The real problem to me is space because all these figures and boxes take up too much lol
Space is a huge issue!
Out of the 40 1/6 scale figures in my collection only 12 are Hot Toys. They are expensive in my opinion but their headsculpts are awesome. I wish I could say the same for the posability on some of their figures and the pleather.
Admittedly, depending on the figure (some Captain Americas), some posing can be very limiting
Really enjoyed this video bro. And I’ve subscribed to you. Completely agree with you.
I treated myself this xmas, and got my first ever hot toys at the grand age of 32! This was a big deal for me 😅
I bought the 1/4 Spider-Man deluxe. (Favourite character)
I’ve wanted a hot toys for what feels like half of my life. Always followed the scene but never had the cash spare. So i had to resort to mezco one:12.
Now i have one of the greatest figures ever made!
My thoughts on price? I paid £480 for him, steep at first but so worth it. I honestly feel privileged to own him, he is simply stunning. When i see my friends and they see him, they all get blown away by the realism. Especially when i tell them about the production behind him and that he’s made completely by hand. Like there’s a story to these figures unlike any other.
Now yes he’s the price of a second hand car, but he consistently makes people smile 😊 adds tons of character to my room, whilst also being a beautiful piece of artwork that a real team has made by hand.
Honestly? Unpopular opinion but I actually think they should be more expensive than they are. When you consider everything, the price is very fair imo. Especially when they retain their value.
My advice to people who complain about price, wait it out till they release exactly what you want. Then suck it up and pay it.
I could never afford hot toys on a regular basis, might as well get the figure you want, rather than ten you only “kind of wanted” but could only afford on sale.
Thanks for the reply and the sub! And yeah, I love people's reactions :)
I'm a middle class worker with a family to take care of, so do i think Hot Toys are expensive yes i do but i also think you get a piece of art that is worth every penny.I can't afford to have 20 Iron man figure but i can manage to buy a figure or 2 a month and i'm still able to build my collection.
Thanks for your response! Agree 100% that they are ART
Great overview!
Thanks for checking it out!
That's why I got out of Hot toys and switched to Prime 1 studios, WAY more bang for your buck. The presence of 1 statue alone shadows multiple Hot toys.
Cannot deny how good a statue looks!
That you made this video explaining the cost rather than a Hot toys employee doing this is beyond me?
They are notoriously quiet
Instead of asking if hot toys are expensive which has an obvious answer, I'm more curious about the profit margin
Now THATS indeed what Id like to know.
I imagine it's fairly lucrative, since your paying a premium for human labor aka artistry, that their getting for cheap.
The one thing I can’t stand about the collecting community is the talk about price most of the people moaning never wanted them figures to begin with but every feels like there opinion is needed, if I don’t like something I won’t speak on it and if I love a figure price doesn’t matter
The most sane comment I've seen in a while LOL. Thanks for watching!
04:15 BLOWN MY MIND 😳
Impressive right??
@@KeCoCollects No doubt in tht .......
Toys wonderland has a gd sale on I just pocked up a couple hot toys boba fett from mandolorian and taskmaster for 127 dollars each and they got se star wars on there for cheaper and many others
I saw those prices! Craziness.
Great video. Earned a subscriber.
Cool! Thank you so much 😊
The way you break it down, it seem like the figure should cost more. Do you think each sculpt is hand made or just the first one? What is something that you would like to cut cost on to make the figure cheaper? I would cut art box and led features. I would also like to know what it cost hot toys to produce a figure.
Thanks for checking it out! The master sculpt is handmade and then it is cast to make multiples (hence the seam on headsculpts) -- and I would agree on LEDs... unless you can power them nonstop, I don't care for them.
@@KeCoCollects I have to agree w/ LEDS. Eventhough on some figs they enhance the look unless you are using a method of power delivery that is sustainable (usb, wireless battery charging mats, etc.) it really is only something that you go ohhh ahh for short periods of time.
I've had 1/6 and 1/4 statues repainted, and that alone is ~$550 minimum, and can cost over $1k. Obviously, these are different markets, but good painting is NOT cheap. My statues generally look better than my HT, but they don't move and lack a LOT of the intricate details / engineering HT have - especially when I consider Iron Man figures.
How true is that about master sculpts? I remember watching a a short video about the production of hot toys, and they said each head was hand made from the highest quality modelling clay, then left to dry where it goes rock solid and then painted. The whole process took between 2 weeks to a month for each head depending on scale. They never mentioned a master sculpt and basically said every head is hand made. Were hot toys lying?
@@KeCoCollects heres the link to that video. czcams.com/video/8bI0u51QzT8/video.html
what about buying and reselling hot toys?
Lotta people do it
@@KeCoCollects How would I go about doing it ? like how would I know which ones to get that would resell good. and I love hot toys just saying i wouldnt be doing it just for the profit just so I could get more of what id want.
Do you think they will hold their value long term versus other competitors such as Hasbro, Mattel, Neca etc
Hot Toys has been around for 20 years -- not sure the market will continue to stay in their favor, but they aren't a flash in the pan. However, never buy them for "investments"
@@KeCoCollects why do you say never buy them for investments? What’s you’re reasoning on that?
@@jamesstripling7178 in general, "collectibles" are a very volatile market to try and make money on. If a franchise puts out a bad movie or people lose interest, the price of figures can drop pretty quickly. From a financial perspective, if you are looking to invest money to make money, I would recommend stocks, precious melts, crypto, etc. no one is going to "get Rich" off action figures
I think there right at the cusp of being too expensive but for me if I can get one I like for retail then I usually high consider it. Now Prime 1 studios is too damn expensive
Prime 1 are gorgeous, but yeah you are paying quite a bit
I just dumped a few grand in Jazzinc
Sweet!
Good vid. One thing. I would throw in tooling. Molds aren't cheap.
Indeed!
looking forward to stay collecting Guardians of the Galaxy, i also want to attempt to custom build a 1/6 Mad Max Interceptor but we'll have to see if that comes to fruition.
The guardians are AWESOME and mad max sounds sick!
@@KeCoCollects yeah it will be interesting to see what i can pull off with the 3d printer i have, and I'm hoping to find some usable parts through kits if there's anything available out in the wild
I appreciate my hot toy so much more knowing it’s specially made
Agreed!
$100+ for a toy is fucking insane
For some!
Hey friend im from india. How much money do u spend on toys for the extent?
Awesome video ! Do you think Hot Toys figures can also be a nice short/long term investment ?
Ehhhh. I would highly advise against anything like this as an investment. Collectibles in general are not worth it.
@@KeCoCollects Thank you for your answer
You are a masterpiece 😍
You are kind.
No doubt about it, Hot Toys are worth every penny!
I agree!
When I was a kid, I used to had bunch of bootleg figures. Now I collect Play Arts Kai figs (which is not as expensive as Hot Toy), so why not aim higher....I'm sorry wallet !!!😭our hobbies are getting expensive.
This is the way though LOL
Hey you get what you pay for. If you want top quality figures you'll have to pay top dollar to get them.
Facts! Weighing my options with that new Queen Studios Joker 👀
you're not a Hot Toys collector until you get the Hulkbuster :D
I got him! Guess I'm good to go
i love to collecting hot toys figures man
Same!! Addictions
Expensive……? 1/6 vehicles are expensive, including the 3rd parties
Comparatively, absolutely
Hot Toys may actually suffer some from its own name which includes "Toy", b/c these are anything, BUT toys.
For sure!
The sculpt? what about Spiderman figures? They don't even have a face. Lower their prices please.
Fair point!
Thats never expensive in my opinion this is an luxury item which people who made it suffered for the level of detail its totally understandable they charge 300 bucks for a copy of an hero which you get in your home in real life,for me the trash called trading card games are very expensive for nothing a picture which glows wow such bullshit.
Certainly get what you pay for in my opinion!
Because they r so greedy 😂
Maybe LOL
Hot toys are worth it but comparing them to Gucci isn’t flattering. Very overpriced with no increase in quality to clothing that is a fraction of the cost
Fair enough!
Honestly, I think Hot Toys are incredibly underpriced.
The quality only gets better!
Why? the aren't electronic, they aren't made of gold or rare materials, They mass produce them, They are plastic and fabric, they two cheapest materials available. I'm a sculptor, sure a bust takes some time, but once you make a mold you can make infinite copies cheap, fast and easy. They are the price they are because people will pay it, that's it.
@@momsberettas9576 thats not true at all bud. You clearly have little understanding on how hot toys are made. Every head sculpt is crafted by hand. No moulds to be found anywhere mate.
Yeah no shit Sherlock tell us something we don't know
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you are a very handsome man
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