In other news:
water is wet. In a shocking turn of events that nobody saw coming (
for the 52nd time),
Dave, a collector from New Jersey, has officially announced that he is done with collecting after the latest round of price increases on action figures, which have been attributed to recently imposed tariffs. "
I just can't justify paying $39.99 for a figure anymore" Dave proclaimed, posting a dramatic
Instagram story with the words "
I QUIT" over a screenshot of an online store shopping cart.
ToyFarce investigated...
Dave cited
rising costs,
declining quality, and "
companies taking advantage of collectors" as reasons for his impassioned declaration. "
It's just not worth it anymore. I'm going to focus on other hobbies now... like saving money and touching grass" he added, while rearranging his Detolfs (
Detolves?).
However, just
three days later, Dave was seen proudly showing his latest toy haul on
Facebook, with a caption saying "
WE'RE SO BACK" which included four
Marvel Legends figures, two
Star Wars: the Black Series figures, a few
NECA figures and the latest
McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse wave. And that doesn't even include the
pre-orders that were placed during that time. When asked about his apparent backtrack, Dave simply replied, "
Well, these don't count. I found them while toy hunting, but I had them pre-ordered anyway!" (#loopholes).
Actual footage of a collector leaving the hobby
Fellow collectors were quick to sympathize: "
We've all been there" said Mike, another collector who also declared his retirement from collecting earlier this year, twice. "
It's part of the cycle. First you rage-quit, then you bargain with yourself, then you buy another exclusive online at 3 a.m."
Experts believe this phenomenon is part of the natural life cycle of modern collectors. In a follow-up, Dave confirmed he was really done this time... unless they announce that rumored deluxe figure he's been hoping for for a while. "
But after that? Totally out."
More news at 11:00... "
This time, it's for real!" he said, for the 8th time this year.
*ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!
Satam -
2025-05-09 @ 4:22 pm
Until further notice from JayC, political discussion on these boards remains off limits, and referencing the president and something he said this morning on social media (which does not in fact equal any change in policy as of yet) is political, so let's all avoid that kind of thing, please.
29.99 will be a difficult base price for Hasbro (and others) to make work. It won't affect me very much (except to cut down on stupid army builder purchases), but $5 more is likely to have a huge impact. When they went from 19.99 to 22.99 to 24.99 in a short period of time during COVID, Hasbro said they went too far and hurt sales, pointing out that customers weren't as tolerant of these increases as they thought. I don't know how in this environment it will go over any better. Maybe people will only buy two or three new Krennic figures instead of the half dozen I assume are planned.
Search Online Stores for Marvel legends
Shopping links on this site may generate revenue when a purchase is made.
__scaled_800.jpg)
__scaled_800.jpg)
