TK HUNTER discussion

gregory wrote:I see where the comparison is coming from, and I get the sticker shock, but it's really not a joke. Once something gets to be over a certain size in production costs go up an insane amount. Plus factors like edition size, materials, weight, shipping, tooling, sculpting, etc all go into the price. The current cost is actually lowered quite a bit from the original price set.

WBR bots are made entirely of vinyl which cuts down on costs a ton. Mars bots were priced purposely very low to entice new audiences to a new toy line. Titan uses some retooled molds from Mars so the costs can be kept similarly low. Tooling already exists for the Hemmingway so price doesn't go up much. Those toys costs less than some Hot Toys figures, you can't really compare them to something like this which is more complex.  

Titanfall use a mixture of materials, they're about 5" shorter, and it's a well known property. Titanfall are gonna sell 10x as many as a character from Popbot or WWR even with the higher price point on them. If you know you're gonna be able to sell a certain amount you can take an educated risk and price things lower.

The TK Hunter is closer to 25" and made entirely of ABS and the tooling for that is expensive. The larger the mold and the amounts of molds required increases development cost exponentially. The versions Ash has right now are already tooled, so it will help cut down on manufacturing time. They'll be pretty limited, but the deposit will help some of those on the fence and need more time. The goal on something like this is to sell enough to break even.

chiowhon wrote:I really hope 3A do exceptionally well with the hunter such that they achieve a good profit.

This may see Ash having the confidence to introduce more colourways and even see price reduce as the mold is reuse. That will be a win win for both 3A n fans.

zzzzz wrote:

Vaxillus wrote:It's actually really interesting to me that everyone seems to want Vali.  I was under the impression that the Death Masks were selling like hotcakes (I would have jumped in too if they'd sported just a bit more color).  It's not like the forum is a very large sample size though.

I'm wondering how this one does during sale.  The Death Masks seem great for pulling in newcomers since they check that universally cool box for having skulls.  The TK Hunter is massive and expensive though, and only appeals to people who are really into the hobby or have buckets of money to just throw around.  I hope it does well either way, but I get the sense we'll see only the two colorways shown, maybe a 3rd later on if sales do really well.  I think 3A knows it's a gamble of a figure.

gregory wrote:increases the amount of molds required

Cthulhu wrote:Really like this figure not sure if I'll get one though. $200 nonrefundable, who knows what happens in a year+...

papamadoo wrote:for me I part on DM because of Archer and Shogun,(still think the shogun look the best DM, is grayish brown kind of shade,  I didnt had 12'' TK and DM seem to go the back with old figure shogun, classic etc. and for somoene like me it was a opening to jump in.

Argentix wrote:Obligatory GID secret drop anyone?

gimbat wrote:Member of Vali fan club here as well, but love DM Hack too

Damn!