I do understand that inflation is part and parcel of life, but nowadays I find boxed figures are out of reach. Now that HT is hooked onto money churning licensed figures, they have stopped producing military figures like they used to, and the last figure was priced exceptionally high, for my standards. Long gone were the days when I can get a boxed military HT figure for less then RM300.
Speaking of expensive figures, I paid a visit to
Shiok Toys at e@Curve to window shop and rummage through their loose 1/6 items. The last visit i got a shock looking at a Barrett M82A3 50 cal anti material sniper rifle selling got RM159. What I saw last Sunday shocked me more, carded equipment from GIGN box figure are being sold above Rm200. that's 50% the price without the figure, uniform, armor, and 50% of other accessories.
At current times when the economy is crumbling, I was expecting to see some budget figures being introduce by these toy companies to keep themselves afloat. But I guess such niche market is less affected by the global economy.
